Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-01-27
And Still No Change for the Coveted
Position of United States
Senator.
Several Bills introduced in the SEN
ate of More or Less I'M
portance.
Mr.. Oliver Wins Applause in His
Stand on the Boiler inspection
Bill.
THE SENATE.

Mr.. CASHEL introduced q concurrent
resolution to appoint a joint committee,
consisting of three from the senate and
four from the house, to prepare amend
ments to the Australian ballot law.
Mr.. KINTER opposed the resolution.
believing that it would be wiser to prepare
bill that satisfies the senate and then
submit it the house.
The resolution was adopted.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
After reassembling the following were
read twice and referred:
Mr.. MCCORMACK, No. 88: Authorize
ing additional protection from fire, in the
capitol building.
Mr.. PATCH, No. 80: To provide free
and uniform text books for the counties,
to be contracted for by the county boards
MIR. WORST, No. 80: Abollshing the
death penalty for murder, and substituting
imprisonment for life.
Mr.. KINTER, No. 81: Defining b0un-
darles Of the Fifth judicial district, and
sion thereof.
Mr.. CASHEL, No. 90: (By request).
Amending chapter 62,isection 162, laws of
1890, specifying forms OF bonds, and certi
hcatlOn Of the same.
ALSO, No. %: (By reauest): Amend
relating to the incorporation of towns, by
inserting therein the clause "and (such
incorporated tOWn) shall thereafter, for
all purposes except payment of any prior
bonded indebtedness, be separate and dis
connected from any civil township of
which it heretofore formed part" The
object is to sever the Incorporated town
from the civil township
ALSO, No. "a: (By request). Amending
sections and 30. chapter 50, laws of 1890,
relating to levy and collection Of taxes, so
as to conform to the above amendment con-
Mr.. SORELY, No. 95: Fixing salaries of
judges of the district court at $4,000 per
annum, payable quarterly. The present
salaries are $1,000.
ALSO, No. 96: Amending section 8,
chapter IS, laws of 1887, relating. to pay
ance companies to local fire departments,
by adding pr0viso that when munich
pality has q paid fire department the
amount received shall be disburst d by the
municipal officers In maintaining such fire
department..
Mr.. LITTLE, bill No. 48: Limiting term
of sentence to the penitentiary to not less
than one year, provided that the imprison-
ment shall be III the penitentiary in the
cases of counties having no Jail. The bill
was amended, in this prOvisO. by inserting
"may" instead of "shali" therein. The
amendment was adopted.
Mr.. MCCORMACK moved to amend by
inserting ninety days instead of one year.
Mr.. LITTLE opposed this amendment.
Tha penitentiary was not intended for
prisoners sentenced to short terms. He
believed that there was no need of such
an amendment.
Mr.. BURKE did not believe there would
be any saving by the bill. There we're few
counties with a Jail fit to confine prisoners
for year or even six months. There was
no place tor them except the penitentiary.
Mr.. GREGORY: The question OF ex-
pense should be of minor Importance. He
favored the bill because it would save the
stigma of a penitentiary sentence for minor
Otfenses, and might lead the counties to
provide better jail accommodations.
Mr.. BRYNJOLFs0N opposed the bill:
year or six months even.
The amendment was lost.
Mr.. INK moved to amend by making the
limit six months. This amendment was
adopted, and the bill so amended was
passed.
Adjourned to 11:45 tomorrow.
NOTES.
A. w. st. Clair and r. p. McAllen were
placed on the enrolling and engrOssing
force.
In moving to amend bill-or any line
or word in Il bill-the member should state
and the journal should show whether it is
the 'printed" or r"enrOlled" bill that Is being
amended. For instance, the journal should
read: "Mr. moved to strike out the
word 'shaIrin eighth line of printed bill
and insert In lieu thereof the word may
etc.
THE HOUSE,
The house met ut the usual hour and
Immediately went into joint CONVENTION
for the election of q United States senator
Two ballots were taken when the genera
order was proceeded with.
The following were