Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
THE BILL.

LIE DlVOICE BlLL.
Mr.. WlNEMAN presented a resolution
to recall from the committee on judiciary
IL. B. No. 10, amending the divorce law,
with a view to referring it to the woman's
suffrage committee. He intimated that
there was a disposition to smother the bill
and though a member OF the committee he
desired to get the bill out of that commit
tee.
Mr.. SIMPSON said he was ready to take
the bill up tomorrow or any other time;
that it was not true that there was a dispo-
sition to smother the bill. The bill is now
properly referred and to recall it would be
a discOurteSy to the committee.
Mr.. WlNEMAN was surprised that the
gentleman regarded the motion so seriously.
The motion was lost.
INTRODUCED.
Mr.. STAFNE: House bill No. SO, pro-
Viding for charging the expense OF destroy
ing the Russian thistle and other ~noxious
weeds to the land where owners no not
take action of themselves.
Mr.. KORSMO: House bill No. SO, pro-
viding tor a county tax for the destruction
Of gophers by means of poison.
Mr.. COOPER: House bill No. 60, chang
ing date Of assessors meeting with county
commissioners; also, house bill No. 81, re-
curing fines, penalties and forfeitures to
20 to general county fund. The counties
bear expense of prosecutions, and the the
DRY OF the bill is that they should receive
house bill No. 81, providing that a fine OF
SIS to S$25 for intoxication shall be paid into
Mr.. MURPHY: House bill No. So, pro-
viding for. consolidating contiguous unor-
ganized territory into county Organiza-
tiOns.
MIR. PROSSER, Il. g. 81, by request:
men on all trains and n additional for
each 10 added cars over As.
Mr.. TYLER, Fl. 3. IS: Providing for a
board OF drainage and for drains when
public health may require. Intended to
remedy deficiencies in law OF 1898.
Mr.. EDWARDS, II. B. IS: Providing for
leasing a coal mine and equipments and
mine. Allows ~ cents per ton royalty and
authorizes the sale of coal at 10 cents per
ton above the cost of production. Provides
for furnishing state institutions with coal
mined by convictS.
Also a bill making the governor superin-
tendent OF census, and providing for ap-
pointment of one supervisor, enumerators
etc. The bill is the same as that OF 1885 on
the same subject except that that provided
for two supervisors. The expense of that
census was about $4,000 and the United
States repaid $4,000. Mr.. Edwards esti-
mates the ensus will cost $4,000 which
the general government will pay.
Mr.. SVENSRUD: Establishing state
forestry board, establishing state forestry
school at Bottineau and appropriating
$1,000 for a site.
U PASSED.
Mr.. HANNA'S bill extending five years
the provisions Of the potato starch bounty
law, now about to expire by limitation.
of accounts for the state auditor and treas
urer.
SENATE BILL PASSED.
Concurrent resolution favorable to the
election OF senators by a vote of the peO-
pie.
Adjourned till 2 p. m. Thursday.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Mark Williams has rendered his resigna-
tl0n as deputy commissioner of public
lands.
Miss Preston is at least busy in her work
to advance the interests of the WOman's
suffrage bill.
The house extended the courtesies of the
floor to IL. A. Langlie, OF Hillsboro, and to
W. F. Dunlap, of Valley City.
Senators McGillivray and McCarten were
appointed, on behalf OF the senate, a COM
mlttee to visit the state institutions.
C. B. Congers was appointed commits
sloner OF deeds Of North Dakota, at At
lanta, Ca, upon request of executive.
The governor, auditor and treasurer
we're ~ conference Yesterday in re the
issue OF $4,000 warrants to meet current
expenses Of the state.
Professor Mcfarland, in Fargo Argus,
undertakes to justify his passing Miss
Bates and her escort at the time of the re-
ception, while shaking hands on either
of then. by saying she left a banquet
hall once when he was making an alter
speech. Miss Bates says She retired
a moment to procure the notes of some
remarks she expected to make, and return
ing, stood in the door Of the hall while he
made his remarks, out of respect to him,
taking her seat when he concluded mis- re-
marks.