The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-01-25
PE4BL PEBNA COUNTY FRIDAY JANUARY 25 lse5
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Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 10 In the
senate Q committee was appointed 20
investigate the matter Of the reform
school contract The attorney general
announced that he had secured a re.
e6aining order preventing the reform
school board from taking further nc.
ton.
Bills introduced In the senate: Ar.
mold, providing that chattel mortgages
must be renewed within three years.
not within q time limited to twenty
years as now; strom, providing for
the condemnation Of sites for ware
houses on railroad rights Of way:
Plein, having the effect to make the
cost OF destroying Russian thistles
and other noxious weeds o lien ON
land; Haggart, appropriating Sc, 100
Tor the agricultural college; White.
$4,000 for the normal school; Fuller.
$l54,65O for the insane asylum:
Wishek, regulating the fees of county
surveyors; Strom, prohibiting officers
and employees of state institutions
from being interested in contracts:
McGillivray, dividing unorRanizeii
counties in the western part Of the
state between Mercer, Stark and Bill.
ings counties. with a view Of taxing
herds Of cattle In the Bad Lands and
reaching the railroad lands for taxa.
tion. The senate concurred in the
house resolution to send a COMMITTEES
TO confer with the Minnesota legisla.
ttire In order to harmonize the laws Of
the two states with view to reducing
grain and coal rates, Senator lIae.
CART presented q resolution calling on
the auditor and treasurer for esti-
mates of probable revenues, expenses
etc.. Of the state with a view to cnt.
ting appropriations to- fit the financial
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Bf's introduced In the house: TOT.
steIlu. requiring quarterly statements
to be published by the state and coun.
" auditors and treasurers, including
receipts and expenditures; Sharpe, de-
dning the duties Of states attorneys,
and fixing the salary at $4OO for TO-.
GOO. 800 for each additional 1000,
but limiting at f2.5O0; Simpson,
changing the boundaries Of western
counties In accordance with the bill
IN the senate; Guinam, requiring an
agent to be kept at railroad sidings
Wnere freight receipts are $4,000;
Wineman. prescribing form for
bonds issued by the authority of the
state: Hogan, fixing the responsibility
Tor the default Of company employees
or employer In case of damage, also
providing for the publication Of the
price Of wheat and insurance, freight.
cost Of shipment to Duluth or Su.
perior and Liverpool; Rasmussen re.
pealing the law fixing coal rates.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 1.-THE sen.
ate committee reported bills granting
the governors ONCE a stenographer
ana reducing the salary of railroad
commissioners to $1,000; also Senator
Haggart's resolution for adjournment
Feb. 22, and Mr.. Little's amendment
raising the debt limit. An amendment
extending penitentiary Investigation
to cover four years was adopted. Bills
introduced In the senate: Little, an
pe9nEist stt944y yS7hl0Q for penitentiary;
Bourok, $4,000 for a soldiers' home;
being bills which passed the house
last session, but failed to reach the
senate; Doy, reducing the closed sea-
son to game and protecting against
pot hunters and sportsmen from other
states; Valentin. providing for free
text books; Bourke, repeating the act
creating courts Of conciliation; Doy,
providing separate ballot box for wo-
men voting on school matters; Stew.
ems, requiring railroads to keep the
right of way clear from grass and
weeds liable to distribute fire; Hans
com, prohibiting license to reach to
persons not citizens unless they have
resided in the United States one year.
In the house of representatives:
Logan, for free and uniform text
holiday. Messrs. Brainerd, Colby,
pointed members Of the joint commit
tee ON Russian cactus with McGaften,
Valentine and B0urke of the NeHate.
Messrs. Little and Burke are the SEN
ate committee to confer with the Min
nesota legislative committee on grain
and coal rates. Senator Haggart has
learned that the railroads In North
Dakota have practically granted Far
20 and Grand Forks distributing rates,
placing these cities on thersame. foot
Ing as the Twin Cities In that re-
spect. Numerous letters were re-
ceived from Fargo asking for. copies
Of the Edwards-Irons freight bill,
ella ming that 1t should be examined
By Fargo business men II In their In
terest.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 1s. - Among
the bills lost, sidetracked or stolen
during the last legislature was the
substitute for the Mclean warehouse
bill. It passed both houses and
reached the governor on the last night
Of the session. but did not have the
signature of the lieutenant governor
and therefore failed to become q law.
1t was hotly contested throughout. 1t
provides for the condemnation Of
warehouse sites on railroad right Of
way. The measure has been intro.
known as senate fle No. 10.
Another important measure required
railroads to provide platforms for the
shipment Of live stock or grain at sta
tions, with the object Of relieving ship.
pers from elevator monopoly. This
Its passage on its way from the SEN
introduced by Senator Strom and will
Senator Haggart's resolution to ad-
journ Feb. 22 was practically beaten
by q motion to defer consideration un-
til Feb. Il. Among the bills intro
duced in the senate were. By Tufts,
extending time for restraint from sale
Of delinquent personal tax from March
to October; Day, raising the test for
Illuminating oil from 120 to $50; Nc.
Carten, changing the law requiring
duplicate receipts for taxes to be filed
daily with auditor to monthly; Bourck.
defining duties and limiting powers Of
boards Of education In relation to ex.
pulsion Of pupils, Arnold, providing
for geological and natural history sur
vey Of the state.
In the house the following bills were
introduced: Mcdonald, reducing in.
terest during period Of redemption on
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