Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-03-06
Friday, February 81.

The senate was called to order at 2 p. m. by
president pro tenn Pinkham.
A petition was received from the Devils Lake
fire department praying for the passage of SEN
ate bill 113 and house bill 1872.
The following bills and resolutions were in
troduced:
resolution was introduced by Mr. johnson
Of Ward calling on the attorney genera, for his
intecpre alton Of section 80 OF the constitution
relating to the drawing for long and short
terms OF senators.
Amending the usury law.
Amending the law abolishing tho North Da-
kota hospital for ins ,ne.
Giving powers to the president protempore of
the senate.
Amending the law relating to distribution Of
lays 80 as TO include superlntendents of schools.
Providing for the printing nd distribution of
ballots at public expense. Some minor amend-
ments were made
Amending The law relating to the shipment of
live stock or grain.
Proposed amendment to constitution relat-
ing to sale OF school lands.
Fixing q minimum OF $500 year for county
commissioners ii counties Of 1900 popula-
ttOn or less.
Providing for the protection and reputation Of
primary elections.
Amending section 100 of the civil code.
To prevent tresplss.
Relating To the aye OF CONSENT
Amending the law regulating appeals
Amending law relating to fess Of register of
deeds.
The bill defining the residence of qualified
ELECTORS was made special order for Saturday
at O'Clock.
After some pertinent remarks In regard t,
president pro tenn signing bills. and some oth>
unimportant business the senate adjourned.
The house was raped to order at o'clock a.
| 1n:. with Speaker Allen in the chair
The house spent the entire forenoon In COM
mittee of the whole, considering only 5hree bills
the debates were of no special account The
object of the lengthy debates seemed to be only
to fritta away time.
The hG use adjourned without earning its per
diem to Ghe satisfaction of the voters Of the
state.
At the afternoon session of the house the bill
sans 70 fees Of clerks Of district courts
The following bills were introduced:
Appropriatiug funds to pay certain expenses
OF tho Second legislative session. such as COM
Authorizing commissioners of United States
circuit courts to ad minister oaths.
& The bill providing for the probate of foreign
Mr.. Oliver secured unanimous consent to
amend house bill %, to postpone collection OF
taxes of 1890. which had been returned by the
governor. The amendment was made, and, on
roll call. the amended Dill was re-passed.
The house bill amending the cruelty to ami
mails law. On motion the bill was amended bv
striking out the provision as TO town watering
trOuRhs. and. as amended, the bill passed.
The house bill allowing commissioners 10 es-
tablt-h county immigration fund was lost
for liens for labor performed In repairing thresh
ing engines and separators was indefinitely
postponed.
The house bill relating to common carriers
went through without debate.
The house bill for an industrial school at Ell
lendale was lost.
deeds and .ounty treasurer Ut Grand Forks
county was indefinitely postponed.
House bill IL, providing for changing bound
ary lines Of school dsJricts. On motion OF Mr.,
Gill, indefinitely postponed.
message from che senate conveyed the 1u-
telltgence THAI the house concurrent resolution
poned
House bills SO and 81, amending the school
law, were indefinitely postponed. No. 81 was
tions. II mad an extensive pedigree, as It nad
been buffeted from house to committee, from
committee to house, from house to committee
and had bobbed around In divers other di-
rectiOns too numerous to mention.
House blu 195. appropriating SO. 500 to codi-
fy the laws wa passed.
House bill 2le. relating to the responsibility
OF threshing machine operators for damages
they tn NAV cause BY fire. was debated by Messrs.
Williams. GRADER. Smith. Fiske aud Fay: and.
on motion Of Mr. Kearney. was indefinitely
postponed
On motion Of Mr.. Brooke. the rules were sus-
pended to read for the third time house bill
son to Ramsey county. Afser remarks by
Messrs; Burke. Brown. strom and Havrevold.
tu0 Dlll passed.
Then came the house warehouse bill-the
much.dlscussed 212. There had previously
been q hard oratorloal fvnt over the m assure In
oonmtttee Of The whole, and the battle was
now mvre Of Q PARLIAMENTARY nature. Messrs
Oliver. Lutz. McCulloch, White, Peabody aud
Strom favored, and Messrs Gill, Tufts. Cope,
BIZ ,b51oSwn. Lamb and Burke opposed On thus
bill MI. Lutz made one of the most logical
speeches OF the session.
Wnile the bill was being read Mr.. Tufts NOV
cd its reference 20 general orders:
the table Carried, =,
MI. Gill moved the further consideration of
sections Q and 2 bo indefinitely postponed.
Dir. Oliver raised the point Of order thai mo.
tlon 70 strike ont or otherwise could not be on
tortatnod on third reading unless by unanimous
consent, and he was sustained by the chair.
ttely postpone.
Nj. Oliver moved to lay tho motion on tho to.
. n nstlc while Ar. gu moved to refer TO