Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-20
The House..

The House.
The house met at the usual hour.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The roll was called, and on motion of
Mr.. Oliver all absent members were eX-
cuSed.
The journal committee reported, and the
same committee WAS continued.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Judiciary committee: House bill 1913,
relating to liens on crops, without recon-
mendation.
&Also house bill 1856, relating to foreclos-
ure of real estate mortgages, to Indefinitely
postpone. Report adopted.
1877. TO provide for the publication of
the supreme court decisions, favorably.
State affairs committee: House bill 1856,
to repeal law preventing public officers
from specializing in their offices, unfavora-
bly,.
Also house bill 17S, amending the oil in
spection law, favorably.
Also house bill So, relating to indus
trial school at Glendale, favorlng amend
ment and passage. Report adopted.
Also house bill 156, concerning the
collection of state statistics, faVOrably.
Also, house bill ia, for the protection of
fish, favOrab,y.
From the committee on appropriations:
Senate bill al, appropriating funds for the
deaf and dumb asylum al Devils Lake,
recommending amendment and passage.
Also. senate bill! IS, appropriating funds
for Bismarck penitentiary, favorably.
Also, senate bill is, appropriation for the
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amendment and passage.
Also. senate bill 1877, appropriating funds
for the state university at Grand Forks,
favorably.
Also, senate bill 90, making annual ap-
preparations to pay salaries of state officers,
favorably.
Also, senate bill 100. appropriating money
10 pay expenses OF acquiring title to lands
donated by congress to the state of North
Dakota, favOrably.
Also, senate bill So, appropriating funds
for state agricultural college at Fargo,
favorably.
Also house bill 1856, for a constitutional
amendment providing that commissioners
Of railroads shall hold office for six years
and one be elected every two years, ia
vOrably.
On the following appropriation bills,
from the same committee, there were ma
Jorlty and minority reports, and in each
case the majority reports were adopted:
Senate bill 60. Funds for soldiers home
at Lisbon.
Senate bill 4s. Funds to carry out law
providing for regulation OF warehouses
and the inspection, weighing and handling
OF grain.
Senate bill SO. Funds for state normal
school at MaYville.
Senate bill 81. Funds for state normal
school at Valley City.
Senat- bill 72. Funds for state reform
school at Mandan.
Senate bill 80. Funds for the deaf and
dumb asylum at Devils Lake.
Senate bill 140. Funds for the academy
of science 1T WahpetOn.
House bill ia. Funds to pay bounty for
manufacture of potato starch.
House bill 157 was reported by the whole
committee %favorably. 1t a%ppropriates
money to pay Professor Babcock for ex-
kOta coal.
There was some debate over house bill
IS, appropriating funds to pay bounty for
manufacture of potato starch.
Mr.. OLIVER said the law provided for
the payment, and there ought to be no
votes against it. Ii there was no starch
made, there would be no money paid.
combine in the house that was deter
mined to give money to everything from
the insane asylum to the starch factory.
He would vote for none OF the a%ppropria-
tions.
Mr.. COPE explained that it would be
bad faith to refuse to appropriate the boun-
ty money. Relying on the honor of the
legislature, a gentleman had accepted the
offer made by the last session, and had
built a factory at Wahpeton. He should
be fairly dealt with.
Senate bill SO, the deaf and dumb asylum
appropriation bill, also provoked discus
Mr.. KEARNEY wanted to know
whether a building had been erected.
Mr.. BROOKE said that, if he would look
in his desk, he could find the report of the
trustees.
MI. KEARNEY said he did not want to
take the time of the house poking around
after reports. The gentleman from Devils
Lake, he said, was very Kind.
House bill 157, to pay Prof. Babcock $1S2
for services rendered, caused some talk.
thorized the work to be done. He was
tired Everything done here smacks of
jobs and jubbery. Nothing goes through
on its merits, but 1t is bought and sold.
MIR. DENNE TT called attention to the
resolution of the previous session, and be-
Iirved the bill should be paid.
Mr.. DAILY was in favor of giving it to
u1ls buUCoShs IL viz IOuoO was SVluS W
whack up with everybody, Mr.. Babcock
had as good a right as any one to get some
thing.
MOTIONS N RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. LUTZ moved that the senate be re-
qnested to return house bill "a for correc-
ton. He had investigated it since it passed,
and believed that it would wine out
secret society benefit associations.
Mr.. GILL thought there was a misap-
prehensim of the bill. Let the attorney
general he consulted. If he thought it
wrong, then he (Gill) would not object to
recall.
Mr.. KEARNEY informed Mr.. Gill that
all the members could read English.
The motion of Mr.. Lutz prevailed.
Mr.. BURAE moved that all appropri
alton bills be taken up Tuesday at 8
O'clock, insthe order in which they were
introduced.
MIR. BEARDSLEY wanted to wait until
all the member we're here.
MIR. BURKE Offered to modify his mo-
ton so that, if all members We're not pres