The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-03-04
Tuesday. February. p

Gov. Shortridge has sent to the senate
the following appointments:
Managers Mayville Normal school,
Fred Deitz, ~Northwood, Grand Forks
county (Ind.); Anton Froslid, Hatton.
Trail county Dem }; manager Valley City
Normal school, Frank Wright, Valley City
(Ind.); Joshua Farmhouse, Valley City
Dem J; E. E. Bake, Valley City (Ind.);
directors Fargo Agricultural college,
Thos. Bolton, Park River, Walsh county
Dem. }; A. Z. Gardiner, Edgeley, Larimore
county (Dem.); KIN. Hesgard, Belmont,
Traill county (Ind.)
The senate adjourned over until Friday.
The chairman OF appropriations COM
mittee in the house announced that OIL
though his committee had reported favor
ably upon all appropriation bills passed
by the senate, yet as the Governor had
intimated that he could not consistently
approve certain items in some of them,
he would withhold them until the mem
bers interested in the bills providing the
money of the public institutions confer
with the Governor on the subject, and
thus expedite their final passage.
Many members OF the house were alb
sent, and most of the time OF the body
was devoted to considering in committee
of the whole the bill to reduce passenger
rates to 3 cents per mile. The bill was
finally made a special order for Friday
afternoon.
An amendment was offered to the pro-
hibition statute removing the imprison-
ment clause from the enforcement act and
leaving only a fine for selling liquor in the
state.
The senate was not in session.
The house met at 10 a. m, Mr.. Oliver,
speaker pro TEN. Many members were
absent. The usual reports ofcommittees
were read and the bills assigned to their
proper places.
The following bills were introduced in
the house:
Amending laws of 1890 in relation
to intoxicating liquors. Striking out
the Imprisonment penalty, leaving not
less than $50 nor more than 5000 fine.
Revising and consolidating the laws
in relation to draining marsh and low
lands.
A large number of senate bills were
read and referred to their proper COM
mittees.
The house then spent the remainder OF
the day in committee OF the whole.
The bill changing the time OF school
elections to November was recommended
not to pass.
The bill reducing passenger rates to
three cents per mile came up and wasdis
cussed at great length, and finally made
a special order for the Oath inst.
The house then adjourned to Thursday
23d inst.
The senate committee on grain intro
duced a bill OF which the following is a
synopsis:
"Whereas, any person or firm shall
have been refused the privilege OF on
structing a warehouse upon the right OF
way OF any railway at any station there
on, in North Dakota, it shall be the duty
of the commissioners OF railroads to pro-
coed to the station where such public
warehouse is desired, and determine
whether the welfare of the public would
be advanced by the construction OF an
other public warehouse at said station.
Ii the commissioners shall determine that
the public welfare wouldn not he advanced
by the construction of another ware
house, either party shall have the right
to appeal to the district court. If the
! said board of commissioners shall deter
mine that the construction of such ware
house is necessary then it shall be the
duty OF said board to fix it's location.
The applicant for such public warehouse
site may thereupOn apply to the district
court for the appointment OF three ap-
praisers whose duty it shall be to deter
mine the damage sustained by said rail-
way company by the use and occupancy
of such site for such public warehouse.
The appraisers are to make their report
to the clerk OF the court and file acertifed
copy thereof with the register of deeds.
The applicant for such public warehouse
site may thereupon pay or tender the
payment OF damages assessed by
depositing the anne with the
clerk Of said court for the ben
eft of said railway company, and there
upon may proceed to erect q warehouse
upon the site. The right OF occupancy
only being vested in said applicant or
his or their heirs or assigns. That either
party may appeal to the district court
from the assessment OF said appraisers
within 80 days after the said report is
filed, and the trial of such appeal shall be
conducted in all things as q trial of q
civil action. Such appeal shall not inter-
fere with the right OF the applicant to
occupy such site and to erect a public
warehouse thereon, but such railway
company shall haye first lien upon any