The Dickinson press., 1891-03-07

N'aAAiS 1o1 idIIlleiS institutes; hXlNr
rate OF passenger fare at 3 cents per
mile.
The governor has approved the bill
ties and attaching them to the present
organized counties. AS the senate rave
all house bills first and second reading.
the house held an evening session for
the reading of senate bills.
In the senate there was Il long discus.
sion over the bill for the taxation of
railroads. The committee report favored
me blli. IL it was adopted by the vote
OF the lieutenant governor on a tie vote
OF ~ to IA. A bill was passed providing
for the adoption of u woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution, Tie
appropriation committee reported ia.
vorably the worlds fair appropriation.
The following appointments by the gov
rno We're promptly confirmed in exec
utive session:
Public examiner, r. +. Wallace, James
own; oil inspector, i. a. Mardwell, Penn
Pembina; trustee. jamestown asylum,
John 10. Paulson, vice j. Tonne, resigned.
Trustees Wahpcton academy Of science.
John Nelson. six years; Nj. 4. Stevens,
four years: /. V. Babcock, two years;
s Grafto BOARD q Of eHtn nnia J; Tombs Of
~. I1tlLlstOIl III OWnGT A.
3. Guptil Of Fargo, w. S. Buchanan Of
Sargent, William Dwyer of Napoleon and
j. K. Clark of Mandan. Trustees Devils
Lake deaf and dumb asylum, IL. H. Ru-
ger, e. Jurgen and James Il. O'l3rien, of
Key aeylls m Lake; ii; r: Dickcnson, of Keyn-
board of agriculture, Omer l.. Steele, of
JohnStown; Oscar II. Will, of Bismarck:
II. III. Thursby, of Towner; Il. NJ. Sanford
OF jamestown; William Weaver, of Dur
bin, and Arthur w. Farley, of Ashley.
Tuesday, March 8.
Great interest was conferred ON the
action OF the house on the bill to amend
the prohibitory law. 1t was ut first in
troduced as a simple amendment to the
druggists clause. but after the defeat of
resubmission the resubnlissionists deter
mined to tack on to the bill such amend.
ments as would enable the saloon keep
ers to carry on their business. The bill
came up as a special order Tuesday
afternoon, and Loomis offered a large
batch of amendments striking out all
the imprisonment penalties and the sec
lions providing for injunction proceed
ings forfeiting the office of states attor-
ney for failing to enforce the law, and
prohibiting shipment of liquors by COM
mon carriers. AS soon us the discussion
began the senate adjourned and came
down to the house. The proposed amend
ments called out a spirited discussion,
and several preliminary votes showed
that the house was about evenly divided.
On the question of tabling a
motion to refer again to the committee
the vote was a tie-m ayes and 30 noes.
The point of order was finally raised
that the bill was not engrosSed, and it
was sent to the engrossing committee
by. agreement and made the special
order for Wednesday. Bills We're passed:
Approprlatlng $500 for Jamestown
asylum water works; fixing Il penalty
for counterfeiting brands and trade
management of state normal schools:
allowing township, to bond for artcsian
wells. A resolution endorsing the re-
ciprocity policy of Secretary Blaine was
adopted.
Very little was done in the senate on
account of the interest felt in tho work
of the house. Johnson's bill for assess
mcnt OF railroads was killed, and the adj
lonrnmcnt seemed to end the chances of
La Moures superintendent bill,
Wednesday, March 4.
The effort to add a repeal of all the
important features OF the iron clad pro.
hlDltlon to an amendment asked for by
the State Pharmaceutical association
was defeated in the house after a hard
fight. the bill being made Il special order
for one day after adjournment. A Farm
ers' Alliance petition. signed by Walter
Muir and others. protested against the
passage of q worlds fair bill, and asked
for seed grain instead. Bills were passed
providing for the reissue of lost ccrtiti-
Gates of stock; Railway Police: improy-
ing the method of the making Of the
tax list: authorizing United States court
commissioners to administer oaths: to
encourage irrigation; amending the
school law; taxing dogs; requiring
county physicians to attend OH order Of
commissioners direct taxation of rail
roa.ls: female notaries public: county
commissioners to furnish all county off
GERS with supplies; appropriating sc, 900
for Mayville normal school; amending
insurance publication law; amendment
to evenu law; cancellation of taxes on
railroad on which survey fees have not
been paid: state vetinarian. Bills We're
killed defining usury; amending the rev.
enue law: state and county uniformity
of text books: districts to fix pay of
school officers; county repositories:
veterinary: Iowa railroad law: mutual
insurance regulations; railroad commits
sioners to hold over with six year tcr}n;
repeating penalties of prohibity law.
In the senate Il committee was ap-
pointed to arrange the order of consider
alton of house bills. Bills passed: Gov
eminent of insane hospital: %appropriat-
ing $s25,0 900 for worlds fair: a%ppropria-
tlon for state superintendent library:
repeating special school laws; fixing
interest rate at 10 per cent. Bills killed:
Repeating state donation of section ef
land to Fargo agricultural college: pay
ing employees Of last session for time
used in the crast junket; paying for
stock killed by order of state veterin-
arian; exempting druggists from jury
duty; for prevention of contagious and
infectious diseases.
Fines of Census Consoira:ors.