Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-18
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Daily Proceedings Of the Fourth
Session of the Legislative
Assembly.
Synopsis Of Bills Introduced, Debates
on Important Measures and
Gossip in the Lobbies.
FOURTH DAY.
SEN ATE.
Convened at 2 p. m.
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Prayer by the chaplain.
The PRESIDENT announced the fol-
lowing committees to make the inv-Stiga-
tion of the penitentary: Senators Burke,
Gregory, McGillivray, Fuller and Lamb.
They were empowered to send for pefsons
SENATOR LAM0URE, as chairman of
lowing report:
Mr. President: Your committee on rules
desire to make the following report:
We recommend the adoption OF the rules
OF the senate of 1898, with the following
amendments: Amend the third order of
business by inserting after reading and ap.
proval Amend rule 80 by adding "except
the seven bills containing the seven codes
prepared by the compilation cOmmittee,"
which said bills may be taken out OF their
order and passed without having been
printed. Amend rule 35 by inserting the
"the" in the first line. Also by adding the
following as rule Al: 'All reports of COM
mittees and motions to discharge a COM
mittee from the consideration of a subject,
and all subjects from which a committee
shall be discharged shall lie over for one
day for consideration, unless by unanimous
consent the senate shall otherwise direct"
and as so amended we recommend their
adoption as the standing rules of this
senate.
JUDsoN LAMoURE,
Chairman.
SENATOR VETS reported that the
committee to select committee rooms rec
commended securing the rooms over the
Capital National bank on the same terms
as heretofore. The report was adopted.
SENATOR LITTLE moved thatthe sec
retary of state be requested to furnish the
senators with copies of all the session laws.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Nj. LITTLE: To increase the debt
limit; proposing an amendment to Section
1882 of Article IL of the constitution. To
committee on judiciary.
By Mr.. ENGER: Repeating an act
''authorizing the courts OF North Dakota
to raise and eXpend fund for the destruc-
ton of gophers. To committee on coun-
By Mr.. VALENTINE: An act to amend
Section 2, Chapter 10, Laws of 1s90-the
prohibitory law 70 committee on tenn
perance, Allows any qualified person in
county to sign petition.
BY Mr.. WISHEK: To amend Section
379 of the code OF civil procedure OF 1877,
being Section 5l89 of the compiled law g E
and to repeal Section 3o7 OF the code O.
civil procedure, being Section 5l97 OF the
compiled laws. TO committee on judici
ary.
BY Mr.. WISHEK: To exempt certain
personal property from levy and sale on
execution, attachments and other final pro
cess. To committee on judiciary.
BY Mr.. ARNOLD: Providing for the re-
districting OF counties into commissioner
districts. To committee on counties.
The senate concurred in the concurrent
resolution relating to the appointment of q
joint committee OF nine from the two jltdc
iary commit tees, to consider the report OF
the compilation commission. ~
REFERENCES.
The bill of Mr.. Haggart, providing fol
AZ adjournment Of the legislature not later
than Feb. %, was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
On motion of Senator Hagga rt the cour
tesies Of the floor were extende d to Messrs
Thomas Klanogle E. M. Robinson, Geo. Fl
Phelps, W. A. Scott, r. E. Fleming and
Sauter.
The bill of Mr.. Wishek in relation to OK
emptions is intended to make the law &C
cord with the constitution, which requires
that the exemptions shall be specific. The
debtor may elect as to the specific articles
but in the absence of one class can moi
choose in lieu from another. he may take
it all of one class to the value Of 81 500 un
der the law.
Adjourned to p. m. tomorrow. ...ae