The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-01-19

GRIND OF LAW MILLS

GRIND OF LAW MILLS
WORK DONE by THE NORTHWEST.
ERN LEGISLATURES.
Sossion-1he Reform School Fight
Taylor.
st. Paul. Jan. 16.-The house met
with a quorum present. The secre-
tary of the senate appeared and re-
ported the passage by the senate of q
joint resolution providing for the ap-
pointment OF Il committee to investi-
gate and report on the suffering from
the Hincklcy forest fire and to recon-
mend some legislation on the subject.
Mr.. Johns rose to Il question of priv
ilege, and presented Speaker Van
SAINT with a handsome gavel. the gift
OF the pupils of the st. Paul manual
training school.
Speaker Van SAINT, in accepting,
made brief reply, extending his
tAaIkS 10 the uOnOrS.
The Commercial clubs of st. Paul
and Minneapolis sent the following
''The Commercial clubs of the Twin
Cities. representing some 1000 busi-
ness and professional men of the cities
of st. Paul and Minneapolis. respect
fully request your earnest considera-
tion Of the following:
"rhe dread calamity of September.
1884, when the world stood appalled,
at the Minnesota forest fires, should
not be without its lesson. In October.
1904. a largely attended meeting of
the citizens of various parts Of the
state. at the rooms of the st. Paul
Commercial club, strongly favored
state laws looking to the preservation
OF our forests and the prevention of
recurring holacausts so disastrous to
human life. In Canada. and we be-
lieve in some parts of the United
states. wise laws exist. and necessary
measures are taken to the desired end
with beneficial results. 1t is our ear
nest request that the subject receive
the consideration at your hands that
1t seemingly deserves"
The Joint resolution providing for
the appointment of committee Of
three from the senate and five from
the house to inquire into the flrticu-
lars and recommend some legislation
concerning the sufferers by the Hinck-
ley forest fires was, on motion of Mr..
Anderson, adopted.
The session of the senate was one
OF the shortest on record. Promptly
at the hour of meeting Lieut.. Gov.
ClouSh called the senate to order and,
In the absence of Rev. Forbes, the
chaplain, the usual prayer was dis
pensed with. A call of the roll dis
closed the fact that twenty-sevcn
members We're present. This was a
quorum and the order of business was
gone over as If every one did not
know an understanding existed that
no business was to be tranSac cted. Not
a bill. petition. communication or reso-
luton was offered, so, on motion, an
adjournment was taken.
North DnEotn.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 1G - In the
senate committee was appointed to
investigate the. matter of the reform
school contract The attorney general
announced that he had secured re-
straining order preventing the reform
school board from taking further ac-
ton.
Bills introduced in the senate: Ar
mold. providing that chattel mortgages
must be renewed within three years,
not within a time limited to twenty
years as now; Strom, providing for
the condemnation Of sites for ware
houses on railroad rights of way:
Plain, having the effect to make the
cost Of destroying Russian thistles
and other nOXious weeds u lien on
land: Hagsart. approprlatins $40. 100
for the agricultural college; White,
$4,000 for the normal school; Fuller,
$15i.5:O for the insane asylum;
Wishcls, regulating the fees of county
surveyors; Strom, prohibiting officers
and employees of state institutions
from being Interested i'll contracts;
McGillivray, dividing unorsaniznd
counties In the western part of the
state between Mercer, Stark and Pill
tngs counties. with a view of taxing
herds Of cattle in the Bad Lands and
reaching the railroad lands for TAXA
tion. Tho senate concurred in the
house resolution to send committee
to confer with the Minnesota legisla-
ture in order to harmonizc the laws Of
the two states with a view to reducing
grain and coal rates. Senator Hag-
CART presented a resolution calling on
the auditor and treasurer for esti-
mates Of probable revenues. expenses,
ETC., of the state with view to cut
ting appropriations to fit the financial
condition.
Bills introduced in the house: Tof-
stend, requiring quarterly statements
to be published by the state and coun-
ty auditors and treasurers. including
receipts and expenditures: Sharpe. de-
fining the duties Of state's attorneys,
and fixing the salary at SA0O for 1O,-
600. 500 for each additional 1000,
but limiting at $500; Simpson,
changing the boundaries of western
counties In accordance with the bill
in the senate; Guinam. requiring an
agent to he kept at railroad sidincs
where freight receipts are $4,000;
Wineman. prescribing 4 form for
bonds issued by the authority Of the
state: Hogan. fixing the responsibility
lOI IllS ucldulL VI COIUlCiuV cIlIplOScS
or employer in case Of damage. also
providing for the publication of the
price of wheat and insurance. freight,
cost Of shinment to Duluth or Su-
perior and Liverpool; Rasmussen, re-
pealing the law fixing coal rates.
Reward for Tmylor.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 16.-Thc report
of the committee on compensation Of
house officials reported that the re-
mort was accepted. making a cut on
the rate of last session. The governor
appeared and announced that the at
torncy general desired to meet the
house and senate in executive session
at 4 o'clock. An opinion by Attorney
General Crawford was presented. de-
nying the right of the membership Of
Olaf Nelson. sent from the newly or
gantzed county Of Lyman. He was
granted rights Of delegate on the
floor. The committee on Judiciary re-
ported on the bill regulating the ac-
tlons Of the state treasurer. and the
same was referred to the committee
on state affairs. A resolution was pre-
sented declaring the contractor Of the
1aoia1afivo nrintino wac fcilino to f,11.