The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-02-01
FRIDAY, FEBR UARY l. 1891


standing. They draw B per cent; also
&l30,O0 to meet blu now due. These
'tarrants are to become due Nov. /,
1898, and sudicisnt discount Is au-
thorixed to make q reasonable rate of
interest.
Renate bills introduced: McGarten,
prohibiting county superintendents re.
ceiving $1,000 salary from engaging In
other business; Hillier, that before pro-.
ceeding In condemnation suit for ware
house ON railroad right Of way railroad
commissioners shall sit as board Of
arbitration; IL no agreement, the at
torney general to institute condemna-
tton proceedings; Plain, repeating the
appropriation for reform school.
EnEer's gopher bill and Plains bill re-
ducing salaries Of railroad commission
ers were defeated.
In the house bills were introduced:
Brown, appropriating $500 for seed Of
sugar beets for experiment; Cryan, for
taxing bank stock at full value where
the bank is located; Mcdonald, declar-
Ing hotel deadbeating a nuisance, but
excepting members Of the legislature
from its provisions; Jennings, invest
Ing state attorneys with authority to
require security for costs in criminal
prosecutions; Tyler, curing defective
acknowledgements prior to 1895; Tofts-
rud, reducing the salaries Of county
judges In smaller counties; Hanna, re-
quiring auditors to furnish town au.
th0rlties transcript of assessment
rolls.
Passed: Hodgeson's bill relating to
the state banks; Edwards and Wine
mans authorized educatsn0al bill for
uniform text book; Edwards favoring
state instead of district uniformity.
Guinn's bill for agents at all si.!ings
where freight receipts are $2OOOO was
reported favorably. also Rasmusse's re-
pcaltng the coal rates.
Bismarck. u. b.. Jan. e,.-ln both
brnncl,ns nf tile lcrs-'.t.,~n hv ctrom
In the senate and Lindstrom IN the
house, hills We're introduced defining
the duties of the lailr0al commission
ers and regulating common carriers.
The PROVISIONS reach bridge companies
aud ferries. 1t gives the board power
to fix schedules, which shall be held
reasonable until set aside by the
courts; declares that rates charged by
any other company In any other state
shall also be held reasonable II low
er than the rates charged by roads in
this state; provides that they shall ill.,
quire as to the responsibility Tor ac-
cidents. and their report shall he
prima facie evidence AZ to facts stated.
Senate bills Introduced: Haggart,
repeating the appropriation for tha
Mandan reform school: Day. repeating
the law refusing record to instruments
where taxes are not paid; Rourke, pro-
viding code Of procedure for county
courts granted increased Jurisdiction
by constitutional amendment; als) re-
ducing the contract rnte Of interest
from IL to 10 per cent.
In the house bills were intr0ducctl:
Gleason, allowing the sheriff to sum-
mon Jurors but not taiismcn when
he is Interested In the action to come
before the court: kellogg. allowing
town authorities to call for services Of.
county surveyors; Logan. sllslending
the law prohibiting animals from rum
ming at large from November to April:
Herbrands0D, requiring a residence Of
three years before a person can he
come pauper and charge upon the
state. Bills passed: Wineman's bill
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes. Rich
ards and svensrud only voting no;
Rays. requiring all property in the
state April I to be assessed for taxa
tion. the bill being intended to tax
wheat In elevators. which. 1t ia
claimed, has been shipped out to avoid
|-ta1Ntton; Purdon's: fixing the date of
the first meeting Of the city council,
and Senator Rourck's bill accepting
the conditions Of the United States
statutes in relation to soldiers homes.
granting 500 for each inmate.