Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-01-31
MATTERS LEGISLATIVE.
House Busy Reading the Re-
port Of the Compilation
Committee.
Railroads Likely to be AS
sessed on Property Values
For Taxes.
Nierling'S Game Law AWakens
Considerable Opposition.
Comments.

Comments.
BISMARCK, Jan. Ex-senator Little, Of
the judiciary committee, will report the
civil code as amended by the codifying
board, to the senate Wednesday. 1t will
take the remainder of the week to read
it, and it is supposed that but little
other legislation will be accomplished in
that house.
In the house today, Nierling's bill
for an act to amend the laws of 1888
section 70, chapter 109-prescriblng the
method Of making assessments and the
levy and collection of taxes, passed. This
bill makes it the duty of the county
auditor to certify to the amount due
upon redemptlons, and on payment Of
the same to the county treasurer, to
make duplicate receipts of the certified
amount, describing the property re-
deemed, one of which shall be filed with
the county auditor, which shall have the
effect to aDnu] the sale. If the amount
so paid for the purpose of redemption be
less thaa required by law, it shall not
invalidate such redemption, but the
auditor shall be liable for such def
cheney to the person entitled thereto.
Representative Guinan's bill defining
the duties Of railways in regard to the
keeping of agents at station houses, also
passed the house. This bill sprovides
that every railroad corporation shall
build station house and keep a station
agent - months in the year at all their
sidings where there is grain and mer-
chandse of any description shipped, the
freight on which amounts to $4,000, or
more, in one year. For violations of this
act fine of $4,000 is imposed.
Wineman's bill repeating the acts pro-
viding for the trial Of causes by the dis
trict court without n jury and for the
hearing of such actions on appeal-chap-
80 of the session laws of 1S93-also
passed the house.
The house passed Svensrud's bill ex-
tending the time of paying taxes for the
year 1894. This provides that all unpaid
personal property taxes for '94 shall be-
I. come delinquent of March lst, '95 and
shall draw interest at the rate of l per
cent per month from date of such de-
llnquency until Oct. 18th, '95, at which
date there is to be added penalty of
per cent upon the amount remaining
unpaid and l per cent per month there
after until paid. County treasurers are
not to proceed to collect by distress and
sale any of the taxes referred to until
after Oct. 18th, 95; except should he
believe the taxpayer is about to remove
from the county or to dispose Of his
property. In such cases 1t is his duty to
proceed to collect the same as soon as
the duplicate is placed in his hands.
Representative Hills bill to appropri-
ate s2,45S.32 to compensate the state of
South Dakota for providing for and
schooling North Dakotas. refractory
children at her reform school, passed.
Senator McGillivray's bill for the en-.
largement of the counties of Stark,
Billings and Mercer, which passed the
senate on the 23rd inst, passed the
house today and became law. This
bill has been discussed by The Alert IN
a previous issue.
LEGISLATIVE LINKS.
new veterinarian bill will shortly be
introduced, retaining the general fea-
lures of the present law, but making the
professor Of veterinary science in the
State Agricultural college chief veter-
marian without salary. The bill gives
enlarged authority to prevent the i'm
portation Of diseased and infected stock
into the state.
There Is general complaint about
the poor quality of oil sold for lighting
purposes IN this state It's common
occurrence to have a lighted lamp smell
loud" enough to drive dog from tan
yard. The inspection needs bracing up.
Senator Casey returned today to con-
suit with the cactus committee.
Representative Valentine, of LaMoure,
has been joined by wife and children,
who will spend few days at the capitol.
No word yet comes from the gov
ernor's office about appointments. The
candidates are not letting opportunities
to strengthen their cases go by.
Hon. Jud LaMoure spent Sunday in
Jamestown.
The Western Union boys are kicking
because there is 60 little business. The
session is dull and they want some one
to stir things up.