The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-01-17
A Synopsis of the Daily Proceedings
of the State Legislative
Assembly.
The Members Are Settling Down to
Business-A Number of Bills
introduced.
The First Bill in the House Appropri-
ates 100000 for the State
Deaf and Dumb School.
SEVENTH Day.
The Senate.

A motion was Dy MI. CaSnol
and subsequently withdrawn, approving
the report of the committee on rules. The
delay was taken to give the members an
opportunity to read the report, it being
printed to-day for the first time.
Mr.. LAMOURE moved that the state
auditor be requested to furnish the senate
with an itemizeL account Of the expendi-
lures included under the head Of "Malnte-
nance of State Capitol, $15,50B 62;;' also
miscellaneous warrants, general purposes
$780," appearing in the state auditors
report.
The motion was seconded and carried.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
No. %. BY Mr.. Cashel-Amending sec
ton 70, article 6, of chapter ~, session laws
of 1890. lit provides for the meeting of the
electors in a school district and the levy of
a tax for school purposes.)
No. %. by Mr.. Cashel-To provide for a
board of state %canvassers.
No. "a. BY Mr.. M~iller-Giving power to
county commissioners to dispose of real
estate bid in, in the name of the county, at
tax sales.
No. Is. BY Mr.. Almen-For the protec-
ton of labOrers employed by men running
threShing machines in this state. This
bill (section II provides 'that it shall be
unlawful for any person to demand or re-
ceive pay for the threshing OF grain in this
state until the person doing such threshing
shall procure and exhibit to the person for
whom such threshing was done, a receipt
in full for all wages due Or owing for the
labor Of men and teams employed by him
in dong such threshing." 1t such a receipt
cannO be procured, then a bond shall be
put up BY the owner OF the threshing ma
chine.
No. 26 BY Mr.. Kinter-To provide for
the registering Of all county warrants
issued by the county auditor or clerk and
manner of paying for same.
M. q. BY Mr.. Kinter-To amend Sec
ton Is of chapter 1872, entitled an act au.
thOrizing counties to issue bonds to procure
therein. This bill provides for the pay
ment and retirement of bonds that have
been issued for seed grain.
No. %. BY MI. L:ttle.-TO provide for a
uniform system of free text books through
out the state. The first section provides
that the governor, superintendent OF pub
lie instruction. president of the state uni.
versity aud four other competent persons,
electors in the state, two of whom shall
be appointed by the governor, by and with
the consent Of the senate, for a term OF
five years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified, shall! constitute
the state board of text books, whose duty
it shall be to select and adopt from time to
time u series of text books, maps and
charts to be used in the public schools and
other educational institutions of the state
as hereinafter provided.
No. %. BY Mr.. lnk-TO donate and
grant section 81, in township 1873. range 48
west. This bill provides for donating the
above described land to the North Dakota
academy of science at Wahpeton.
No. 80. BY Mr.. Ink-FOr memorial to
congress requesting the passage Of an act
confirming the act Of the legislative as.
seInbly of the state of North Dakota DO.
mating and granting section 81, township
1873, range 48 to the academy of science at
the city OF WahpetOn. This was subse-
quently changed to a concurrent resOlu-
ton.
No. 81. BY Mr.. LaMoure-T0 amend
chapter 175 Of the laws of 1890, being an
act to amend section II of chapter 81 of
the session laws OF 1889, referring to the
transfer of certain county funds. This
bill provides for the transfereDce to the
general fund of ~unexpended balances be-
longing to the road and bridge fund or
penalty and interest fund when, in their
opinion, such transfer will be beneficial to
the county.
No. 81. By NJ. L. McCormack-Classify-
ing the judicial districts in the state and
fixing the salaries of the judges therein.
This bill provides that the districts shall
be divided into three classes. The first
class consists of those districts in Which
the vote polled for judge Of the district
court is 5000 or less; the second class over
5000 and less than 5000 and the third class
over 5000. The judges Of the first class
district shall be paid $1,000; second class.
$500; third class, $4,000.
THE COMMITTEES.
The following senate committees were
announced:
Judiclav-Little, LaMoure, Cashel,
Kinter, Worst, McGillivray and Patch.
EducatOn-Worst, B%rynjolfson, Kinter,
Almen, Svensrud. Bidlake, Mccormack.
ElectlOnS-ArnOld, Ink, Kinter, Worst,
CAshel, Kuhn. Lowry.
Observation-Disclosures, Llttle:s Bid
lake, Welser, johnson Ut Trail, Engle, Ar
mold, Kuhn, Mccormack.
Acknowledgement Of Trail, Patch,
Svennungsen. Bidlake, Worst. Ink, ovens-
State Affairs = Mccormick, LaMoure,
Pinkham, fuller, Lowry, EnGer, Engle:
Public LGnds-E'almer. Mccormick, Hag-
gait, Klnter, Fuller, Bjorgo. Pinkham..
UB6 UJtL INOADOu,
johnson of Trail, Bisbee, Little, Kinter,
Svennungsen.
Agriculture Svensrud. johnson of
Ward, Euger, Almen, ~Svennungsen; Nc.
COrmick, Lowry.
Warehouse, Grain and Grain Grading
Nelson, Kuhn, Fuller, Biulake, BjOrgO
Enger, johnson of Trail.
Counties-Johnson OF Ward, Mccormick,
Bldlake, Mccormack, Ink, McGillivray,
Palmer, Weiser.-
Engrossed and Enrolled Btlls-Ink, Lit
tie, Svensrud, McGillivray, Almen.
Banks and BaNkimg-Cashel, Little
Patch, Fuller, LaMoure, Kuhn. Ink.
Ctttes and Municipal Corporations
Fuller, Haggart, Arnold, Cashel, Lowry,
Miller and LaMOure.
Indian Afnirs-Engle, Bisbee, Palmer,
Johnson of Ward, Miller.
Stattsttcs-Miller. BrynjOlfs0n, Engle,
BjOrgO, McGillivray.
Federal Relations-McCormack, La.
M0ure, Haggart. Patch Nelson.
Observation-Disclosures. Almen, Enger, Lit
Public HeaMh-Brynjolfson, Palmer,
5vennungsen, Fuller, Blsbee.
Public Prtnttng-Lowry, Arnold, Worst,
McGillivray, Haggart.s g2 IL
TemperGnce-Almen; Enger, Svennung.
sen, Nelson, Pinkham, Kinter, Brynj0lf.
son. q