The Dickinson press., 1891-03-14

government of state normal schools
publication of supreme court reports,
publication of reports of commissions,
Of agriculture; breeders lien; regulating
life and endowment insurance com.
panies; amending seed grain law; in.
creasing number Of trustees of religious
incorporations; providing for retiring
seed grain bonds; state c~anvassing
board; regulating marks, brands and
trade marks; preventing prairie fires;
empowering railroad commissioners to
fix rates; protection of large game.
In the senate the long delayed draw.
ing for long and short terms took place.
The even numbered districts drew the
long term. The long term senators
number ninc Republicans and six
Democrats, and the short term senators
fourteen Republicans and n Demo.
GRAFT. House bills passed: Military
code; legalizing state tax levy of 1896,
appropriations for compiled laws; Scan.
dinavian language to be taught in state
university; legislative expenses; iuris.
diction of county courts; system of &C.
counts for state auditor and treasurer:
salaries county ~treasurers; statistics;
government of normal schools; printing
reports of state officers; attaching part
Of Benson county to Ramsey; pnbfica-
ton of supreme court reports; breeders
lien; regulating insurance.; amending
seed wheat law; placing Independent
school districts under the general law;
providing for warehouses on railroad
right of way; regulating practice in
supreme court; compilation of laws;
water works tax; protection of prairie
chickens; wolf bounty; appropriations
for janitor for 1889 session, and to nav
for the analysis of native coal; county
treasurer to make semi-annual state
ments for publication; regulating credit
and guarantee associations.
Friday, March O.
Important bills passed by the house
were: Prescribing residence of electors;
raising the salary of the superintendent
of the insane hospital to $2,5OU; worlds
fair board; worlds fair appropriation of
$4,000; regulating state normal schools;
revenue law; appropriation for library
for state superintendent. Wonan's suf-
frage was defeated.
The resubmissionists made a final et-
fort to have their bill recorded on the
house journal and filed with the secre-
tary of state, by offering a resolution
reciting all the portions of the senate
journal that We're expunged and direct
ing the filing of the bill as provided by
the constitution if the bill had passed.
It called out a vigorous debate and was in
definitely postponed, and refused admis-
sion into the journal by a vote of 80 to
20. The usual vote of thanks was ten
dered to the speaker and chief clerk
and reporters, and the speaker and chief
clerk were presented with elegant chairs
by the members. The house adjourned
sine die at 11:02 p. M, the senate hay
ing adjourned at 10:40.
The senate passed the following bills:
Jamestown asylum water appropriation;
revenue law; compiled law a%ppropria-
ton; county immigration funds; town
ship bonds for irrigation; fixing fees for
auditor and register of deeds and clerk
of court; paying for brick for peniten-
tiary; state superintendent of irrigation
and forestry; apportionment of school
funds; prevention of cruelty to animals;
warehouse law; long and short haul
clause; county crop lien. Bills killed:
Mill toll rate; relating to brands; facil-
ltate shipment of live stock and grain.
The lieutenant governor was presented
with his chair and gavel. Senator Worst
was elected president pro tenn. during
the recess. The senate concurred in
house resolution of thanks to the gov
ernor Adjourned at 1910.