The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-03-04
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
THE LEGISLATURES HAS ONLY A
FEW DAYS LEFT.
Notwithstanding the Senatorial
Fight Was a Long One the
Business of the Session
Is we'll In Hand.
Saturday, February 10.

Saturday, February 10.
The senate indefinitely postponed the
garnishment bill
The bill providing q process OF garnish-
ment and regulating proceedings therein
was indefinitely postponed by the senate.
The bill to pay the sum due South Da-
kota for support OF boys at the reform
school at Plankinton was passed by the
senate.
The bill providing for the purchase OF
a site for the erection OF state elevator
at Duluth or West Superior and ap-
propriating 500, 900 for the purpose,
was passed by the senate.
The following appropriation bills were
passed with amounts as reported.
The appropriation bill for the state
university at Grand Forks-$73,92O
For the agricultural college at Fargo
500 900.
For a reform school at Mandan $780,
600. Messrs. Enger and lamb voting nay.
For the state ~penitentiary, $69,O9O.
For soldiers home at Libson, 500 900.
For the normal school at Mayville,
100000.
For the normal school at Valley City,
100000.
IOI JIG SCllOOl vi Vic ucdl dU DckllS
Lake; completion OF building.
For maintenance OF the same institu-
ton $25, 900 in all.
To recompense the county auditor OF
Ward, for services in connection with I'M
organized counties.
For annual state fair, apprOpriating
SIS, 900; Messrs. Ink. Hitler, Stevens and
Enger voting nay.
For the insane hospital at Jamestown,
500, 700.
For reimbursing the county of Pembi-
ma for expenses i'll connection with small
pOX quarantine.
For better enforcement of laws for pre-
ventiOn OF cruelty to animals, $500.
The following bills We're introduced in
the senate:
TO provide for a uniform system OF free
text books.
Requiring railroad companies to use
safety couplers on freight cars.
To fix all railroad rates of fare for
passenger trains at not over 3 cents per
mile, and prescribing penalty for exact
ing q greater rate.
Prescribing the mode of making assess
ments and the levy andcollection OF taxes
and for other purposes relative thereto.
Providing for the adjustment of the
provisions OF chapter 3S, code OF civil
procedure, being the 'herd law" in
counties where a majority of voters so
elect, and providing for special election
or the purpose.
The house met at 1Oa. m. and proceed
ed with the regular order of business.
The following were bills introduced.
Requiring school district treasurers to
deposit funds in designated repositories.
Amending laws in relation to exemp-
tons, making exemptions specific. The
bill was drawn by asub-cOmmittee of the
judiciary in order to make exemption
laws constitutional.
Amending law in relation to tax sales.
Allows three year for exemption.
Providing fOrthe destruction obnoxious
weeds and grasses on the public high
ways.
Providing for the codifcation, CON-
pilation and publication OF the laws.
Referred to a Joint committee consisting
of Deans, McCulloch and Wineman, ap-
pointed on the part of the house.
Regulating the n of making as
sessment for purposes OF taxation.
Repeating section 5 Worlds Fair law,
being that provision making persons ap-
pointed by the federal authorities ex-of-
ficio members OF the state board.
Providing for town physicians.
Providing for the assessment of prop
erty which escapes the assessors. .
Authorizing county commissioners to
provide for draining swamp lands.
Relating to handling and shipping
grain. Requiring railroads to make
proper provisions for the shipment of
grain; provided they may require it to be
sacked when presented in less quantities
than 200 bushels.
Prescribing the duties OF county treas
urers and to provide for thecare and safe
keeping OF public funds.
Substitute for house bills 40 and 2O2,
regulating credit companies and com
mercial agencies.
The following house bills were passed by
the house:
Providing for an experimental irrigar
ton station at Edgeley.
AbOlishing the right OF dover.
Making normal school certificates good
for five years.
Cutting down sheriff fees for collecting
taxes.
Prescribing the mode of making assess
ments and levy and collection OF taxes.
Providing that county officers shall
receive their salaries monthly on the
warrant OF the county auditor.
Changing name OF the deaf and dumb
asylum to the school for the deaf.
Repeating act establishing independent
school district o Richland county.
Providing that witness fees shall be 50
per day and 10 cents mileage.
The following senate bills were passed
by the house:
Fixing terms OF court in the first judi
cial district.
Authorizing $4,000 bonds for the
completion Of the south wing of the CAPT.
tol.
Attaching unorganized territory to
Mercer and Stark counties.