The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-01-26
final passage This was agreed to and
the bill was passed.
North Dakota,

Bismarck, n. D.. Jan. 24.-Rills fere
introduced in the senate as follows:
Senator Lamb, fixing maximum coal
rates; the rates from Dickinson into
Bismarck under this bill would be
$1.21; present rates, SIPS; from Dick
inson to Fargo, S1.SS; present rate, -;
Arnold. appropriating $SS.62 for uni
versity: Strom, $55.OOO for Mayville
normal school; Parkin, providing for
adding unorglnized territory to Or
ganized counties; Hitler. declaring all
mills custom mills and prohibiting
them from taking greater toll than
one-tifth; White, making a normal
school diplOlrla equivalent to n teach
er's certificate; Pl,in. protecting elk,
deer, antelope and buffalo until Sep
tember. 1875; also submitting the
question Of direct Orgs nization to q
vote of the people in school townships;
Strom, memorial to congress in favor
OF electing senator's by the people;
Enger, providing that actions under
Judgment except for recovery of real
estate must be commenced within ten
years. Tufts, providing for q deposit
Of state funds, limiting the maximum
rates at 3 per cent.
In the house the womanfs Suffrage
bill was recommitted for report as to
constitutionality. The bill extending
potato starch bounty law five years
was reported favorably. Bills intro
duced: Fleming, providing that per-
mits to sell liquor need not be re-
newed as long as the 'etitions show
the proper number of qualified petit
TONERS; Svensrid, exten ling the time
for penalty and restraint on 1894
taxes to October, 1885,; Nierling, pro.
viding $25 license for nonresident and
50 for resident sportsmen hunting With
dogs; closing the season for birds ex-
cepttng September, October, November
and closing the season for fish e, cept
in the Red and Missouri rivers from
November until June; Wallin, prohil)-
iting slaughter houses upon banks of
streams; German, reducing charges for
grain rates on branch lines of roads
to main line rates about l cent per
bushel; Flack, providing for protection
from barbed wire fences along high
ways; Sergeant. changing time of an
nual meeting Of county insurance com.
panies from January to June: Prosser,
that interest on county deposits shall
he computed on average instead of
minimum balances; Jerome, reducing
homestead exemption from $4,000 to
$500; Logan. for registration of
voters OH assessors data except in
cities of over 1900; Rinde, making
general reduction of clerk hire in cX-
ecutive offices; Tyler, providing for
consecutive numbering Of instruments
filed In offices of registers of deeds.
South la kotn.
Pierre, s. d.. Jan. 24.-The house
proceeded to a ballot for United States
senator. The ballot resulted in 81
votes for II. +. Pettigrew Ntep.) and
II for }. S. Crawford Uop.).
Wyoming asked for the concurrence
Of South Dakota In resolution to
congress in regard to reclaiming lands.
The clOmmittee OH irrigation recon-.
nlendcd the passage of house bill No.
IL. In regard to the control Of artesian
water. House bill No. 7S was rtcom-
mended TO" passage w the 4. ii. ary
committee. A recess IT fifteen min.
utes was taken, and Oh reasse:nbling
roll call showed a large nun ber of
abScntecs, and business was suspended
until the sergcant-at-arms could make
arrests. House bill No. II came I'D us
q special order and was passed. Mr..
DOwdell offered resolution that the
committee on appropriations be in
structetl to report not later than Feb.
IL; OH motion the resolution was
tabled. The house then adjourned.
The senate ballot OH United States
senator was 3:I for Pettigrcw and 8
for Crawford. A number Of petitions,
containing about 5000 names, were
presented against resubmission. The
reports of the temperance committee
were presented. and the fight was on
the adoption Of the minority report,
which was warmly discussed, but lost
by a vote of IL to 26. The majority
report was adopted by the same vote.
This means that the question of resub-
mission will be presented to the peo-
Dle