Griggs courier., 1891-03-06
NORTH DAKOTA LEoisLATuRE.


NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURES
BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. ~. in the
Senate the following bills were passed:
Appropriating 81, 600 for the mainten-
ance Of the capitol building; appropri
ating 81, 900 for the relief Of destitute
settlers; appropriating $1,000 for May
vile normal school; sheep inspection;
regulating corporations and boards Of
management. regulating benevolent
and charitable institutions; fixing value
of exempt homestead at 5000. The
famous bill to repeal section 90, the
penal clause of the state bank law, was
defeated by large vote. This measure
has caused more discussion than any
other before the legislature, and there
are two or three bills pending in the
House.
In the House but little work was
done. The House refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the native
coal bill and a conference was ordered
The wool market bill amendments
were agreed to and the bill now goes
to the governor. A resolution was Of
fered for constitutional amendment,
cutting the salary Of the lieutenant gov
ernor to $500 q year. The senate bill
remodeling the school law was passed
without amendment, and the bill dis
pensing with school treasurefs was
killed.
BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. s5.-In the
Senate the following bills were passed:
Appropriating $1,000 for the expenses
of the recent Indian outbreaks; provid-
ing for the recording of brands and
trademarks; providing for standard
of weights and measures; to prevent
fraudulent transfers of property by in
solvent parties; providing for record of
marriages, births and deaths; prohibit
ing mortgages of crop for more than
one year. The bill providing for publi-
cation of laws in newspapers was re-
considered and passed.
In the House bill to repeal the pro-
hibitory law was introduced. The fol-
lowing bills were passed. Appropriate
ing 100000 for the Valley City normal
school; repeating the boiler inspection
law; fixing salaries of county treasurers;
exempting firemen from jury duty and
poll tax; providing for state military
code; repeating section Al of the 1890
school law.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 26.-In the
Senate reapportionment bill was in
troduced providing for seven more SEN
ators from the Red River valley.
Bills Passed-Appropriating $4,000 for
fkHn 10 <@vS
the boiler inspection act; for the pro-
lection of large game; levying state
tax; counties to build bridges of value
of over 500 and pay for same out of the
general fund.
Bills Lost-Protecting threshing ma
chine laborers; penalty for adultery;
payment of county salaries monthly;
fixing fees of clerk of courts in large
counties.
In the House the joint committe to
ascertain the cost and value of railroads
made lengthy report. 1t was resolved
that no bills should be introduced later
than Monday.
Bills Passed-Providingf for five trus-
tees for DEVILS Lake mute school;
bringing school districts under general
law; publication of supreme court re-
ports; city levy for water works; teach
ing Scandinavian languages in state
university; personal taxes not to be
collected by distress until October;
making railroads liable for fires started
by locomotives; giving county lien for
seed wheat; collection of statistics for
commissioner of agriculture and labor.
BISMARCK, N. d., Feb. 27.-The Sen
ate passed the following bills: The Aus
t1-@-an system of conducting elections;
to facilitate the shipment Of live stock
and grain; providing that school lands
shall not be sold for less than $40 per
acre; fixing the maximum salary of
county commissioners at $500; regulat-
ing primary elections: to prohibit
spread of noxious weeds by threshers;
allowing marriage at ages of eighteen
and sixteen if parents consent; fixing
fees of registers of deeds; providing for
furnishing county officers with state
documents.
In the House the following bills were
passed: Regulating fees of clerks of
district court; providing for probate of
foreign wills; prevention Of cruelty to
animals; long and short haul clause to
railroad commission law; providing for
compilation of state laws by commits
sion of three to be chosen by the COVER
nor; transferring part of Benson
county to Ramsey county; allowing
physicians to handle drugs under same
restrictions as pharmacists; also the
joint committees warehouse law, which
called forth very interesting debate,
aud was finally passed.
Il-Spent Wit.
Son-in-Law-I can't understand whv
the comic papers show such bad taste as
constantly to publish jokes about the
mother-in-law.
Mother-in-Law-It is really the great
est injustice, and am glad to find q
man at last who