Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-03-14
TN THE LAW MILLS
rR0TRCTyoN FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO QUIT DRINKING.
- Bill Introduced I'm the Minnesota
Legislature to Punish Saloon
keepers for Selling Liquor 10
People W ho Have Taken
the Keeley Cure
TWO Law II CEASE GRINDING.
The Legislatures of North ana so"'h
Dakota AdJourn-The Tnyior
Report.

st. Paul. March 12.-The senate did
n full days work, holding long morn
ing and afternoon sessions. IL man
aged TO dispose of a large number OF
bills pending on general orders. AmonS
them II recommended for passage SEN
Nor Keller's two bills relating TO adul-
terated spices and baking powders.
Also the house bill providing for q re-
bate of So road tax for every broad
tired wagon used by farmers. An incl
dent Of the morning session was the
debate over the anti-Suudly thaater
bIl of Senator Theden. The commit
tee TO which II had been referred re-
ported adversely upon 1t, and the de-
Bate was over the proposition TO get
II on general orders, when 1t can De
discussed on the floor OF the senate.
AS a matter Of senatorial courtesy this
was secured.
Senator Hodge secured the passage
Of a resolution asking Attorney Gen
eryl ChiIds to give his opinion upon
the legal effect of the passage of II. Il.
4. the bill to tax unoccupied railroad
lands. Among the nineteen bills In
troduced several were OF some general
Interest. Senator Thorpe presented a
bin placing around graduates of in
ebriate institutions the same legal pro-
lection now given habitual drunkards
and students. His idea Is that when
one has shown n desire TO cure the
iiquor habit the law should prevent
temptation being placed in his way.
Senator Keller introduced n bill which
ts,a COPY of the California law relating
to taxation Of mortgaged property. 1t
provides that when mortgaged prop
srty Is assessed for taxation the face
OF the mortgage shall be suDtracted
from the value of the property and
the owners assessnen thereby re-
duced.
south Dakota.
Pierre, s. D., March 12.-The legis-
lature has adjourned sine die. The
legislative committee investigating the
Taylor ~defalcation made It's report
1ust before adjournment. The pro
ceedincs were In secret and the report
Is made public for the first time. The
committee declares from the evidence
before 1t that 1t is shown conspiracy
existed between certain sureties OF
Taylor and the defaulter to "hold UP"
the state and compel a settlement. 1t
says:
1--WE do not find that there was any
collision among the sureties or other
persons with him to defraud the state
prior to the time when Ii became APP
parent 10 John I. McChesney OF New
York, one OF the bondsmen. that Tay-
Tor would not be able to make his set
Element with the state. But we do
find evidence strongly tending to show
that, In the latter part of December,
1891. and after McChesney discovered
that Taylor could not raise money
enengh to make his settlement. Nc
Chesney, together with Taylor, D.. X.
Tenny and g. III. Wells. and @. t. Nc
Coy. acting as agent at Pierre, entered
Into a scheme to gather up all the
funds held by Taylor. amounting to
pver $500. 900, and all the real and per-
eonal property owned by Taylor wher-
ever located and place the same be-
yond the reach of the state for the
purpose OF compelling the state to
agree not to prosecute Taylor criminal
Nv. or, I'm other words. to compound a
felony. on condition that property and
menev to the am0Int OF 100000
should be delivered NJ and paid over
10 the state. thus relieving the sure
Ties by paying their liabilities with the
funds stolen from the state. The evil
dence shows that they have attempted
TO carry out the scheme with fraudu-
lent intent to defrau5 the state"
North Dakota.
Bismarck. N. D.. March Il. - The
North Dakota legislature has COM
Taeteti its work md adjourned sine
last day Of the session.