Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-06
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AoAA WIN VII AnllCC.
House bill 1873, relating to the publication
of insurance statements, favorably.
From joint committee on salaries of
county officers: A substitute for house 4
bills 1923 and l67, relating to fees OF clerks
of district courts.
From committee on judiciary: House
bill 2SO, providing for a vote on the ques-
tiOn Of transferring a portion of a town
ship from Benson to Ramsey county,
%favorably.
From the joint committee on penal in.
situations: House bill 1l9, providing for
the filing Of the contents of chattel mort
cages with township clerks. favorably.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill 1857, relating to fees OF clerks.
of district courts. was the unfinished bust
ness. The bill passed.
Mr.. GILL moved that 10 O'Clock a. H..
be- the regular hour of meeting here
after.
Mr.. BROOKE asked that house bill 81
be at once transmitted to the senate.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
On motion of Mr.. Lutz all new bills
were read the second time and referred.
pa. By Mr.. Oliver-Appropriating
funds to pay certain expenses of the Sec
ond legislative session. such as committee
room rent, etc., to committee on appropria-
tons.
245. BY Mr.. Loomis-Authorizing COM
missioners of United States circuit courts
to administer oaths, to judiciary commit
tee.
A message was received from the gov
ernor to the effect that he had signed house
bill 189, for payment OF expenses incurred
during the threatened Indian outbreak.
HOUSE L DISPOSED OF.
No. 1893, providing for the probate Of
foreign wills. Passed.
Mr.. OLIVER secured unanimous coll
sent to amend house bill 20, to postpone
collection of taxes of 1890, which had been
returned by the governor. The amend
ment was made, and, on roll call, the
amended bill was re-passed.
On motion of MIR. LutZ, the votes by which
house bills 20 and 1913 were passed were
reconsidered and the motion to reconsider
laid upon the table.
House bill 100, amending the cruelty to-
amended by striking out the provision as
to town watering troughs, and, as amended,
the bill passed.
House bill 2O4, allowing commissioners
to establish a county immigration fund:
Mr.. KEARNEY wanted to amend, but
objection shut him out.
Mr.. MCCULLOCH would vote for the
bill if it allowed the establishment OF a
migration fund to get out of the state
those poor fellows who had dropped their
wad here.
The bill failed to pass.
House bill 147, to repeal the law provid-
ing for liens for labor performed in repair
ing threshing engines and separators.
Mr.. WILLIAMS explained the bill.
Mr.. BURKE opposed it, as also did Mr..
Hottie, and, on the latter's motion, the bill
was indefinitely postponed:
riers, went through without debate.
On motion Of Mr.. Lutz, house bill IS, re-
pealing the warehouse law, was laid aside
until after consideration of house bill ZIP,
a bill on the same subject.
On motion of Mr.. Oliver, house bill ITO,
regulating buying, selling and handling Of
action should be taken on house bill 2l2, of
a similar nature.
House bill IS, for an industrial school at
Glendale. Lost-SO to 28-not a majority
of all the members in the affirmative.
House bill ia, relating to salary OF reg
lister Of deeds and county treasurer OF
Grand Forks county.
The printed bill ascribed its authorship
MED it's paternity.
Then Mr.. Williams got up to defend it
said he introduced it by request. But it
was ascertained that the bill was not the
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body appeared to father it, the bill was, on
motion of Mr.. Oliver, who said he believed
it to BE- unconstitutional, indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. BJORNSON moved that the report
OF the joint committee to codify the school
laws be now received.
Mr.. Oliver moved that when the house
adjourn it be to 7:30 in the evening t.
listen to the first reading of the codiiied
school bill, but to do no other business.
Carried.
House bill l8, providing for changing
boundary lines of school districts. On
motion of Mr.. Gill, indefinitely postponed
A message from the senate conveyed the
intelligence that the house concurrent
resolution for resubmissiOn had been in
definitely postponed.
House bills so and 81, amending the
s Nn 81 iaW' wv were IRE, Indefinitely postponed.
ers' examinations. 1t had an extensive
pedigree, as it had been buffet from
mouse to committee, from committee to
house, from house to committee of the
WHOLE, back to house, then to committee.
had bobbed around in divers other d.
rectlons too numerous to mention. 1t had
certainly earned its rest in the indefinite
~pOstpOnement bOneyard.
codify the laws.
Messrs. Burke and Oliver favored the
OA1s uAu Iuc ldGGtI T0du from governor
Burke's message in support of the meas
ure.
The bill passed-57 TOD.
House Dill 2l8, relating to the RESPONSE
bility of threshing machine operators for
damage they may cause by fire, was de-
bated by Messrs. Williams, GRADER, Smith,
Fiske and Fay; and, on motion of Nj.
Kearney. was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Brooke, the rules were
suspended to read for the third time house
bill 23O, transferring part of a township
from Benson to Ramsey county. After re-
marks by Messrs. Burke, Brown, Strom
and Havrevold, the bill passed.
Then came the house warehouse bill
the much-discussed 212. There had pre-
yiously been a hard oratorical fight over
the measure in committee of the whole.
and the battle was more of a par.
liamentary nature. Messrs. Oliver, Lutz, ,
McCulloch. White, Peabody and Strom..
favored, and Messrs. Gill; TUFTS, Cope.
Brown! Lamb'an Burke opposed. On this.
bill Mr.. Lutz made one of the most logical
speeches Of the session.
While the bill was being read Mr.. Tufts
moved is reference to general orders.
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