The Dickinson press., 1895-02-09
NORTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS AND
THEIR WORK.
The ProceedlnEs of Roth branches
OF the Lexislaturc, Arranged and
Condensed In Convenient Form for
Rapid Reading.

cial order fer Monday. AVishek's bill,
relating t. County surveyors, was
killed. Tie cisi: code is being read
section by section, with Jud La Moure
keeping tab to see that no section Is be-
ing skipped.
In the house Lerom's homestead ex.
cmption was killed. as the subject is
covered by the civil code. Exemption
is restricted to heads OF families and
the value Of homestead limited. The
free school book bill was rGcommitted
for amendment to add county commits
Eioncrs to the board to select books.
Hanna's bill requiring county auditors
to furnish The town clerk list Of
taxes was passed. lntroduced: MUIR
ply, appropriating $4,000 for printing
aud general immigration purposes for
the commissioner Of agriculture's Of
fee; Nelson, prescribing securities nec-
essary on bond Of officers In incor-
p0rated towns; Simpson, that cases
must be heard ut the first term of the
supreme court il appealed within SIX
ty days or brief filed within twenty
five days of time of meeting; Ras-
mussen, requiring bulletins at all sta
tions to show whether train is on
time or late; also requiring the reg
tstration and licensing of all public
warehouses: fee, 50 for house under
10000 bushels and S3 above 10000;
Hancock, providing for preserving the
photographs of senators. congressman
and state officers by the secretary of
state.
In committee of the whole the propo.
:sitions to reduce the amount of per-
Sonal property exempt from taxation
from 5000 to $25 and to repeal the
S5,0N appropriated for the state fair
were reported favorably.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 2.-The senate
spent the day reading the civil code re-
ported by the compilation committee
md on amendments to the proposed
boiler inspection law. Senator Casey
vas before the committee and succeed
I'd in securing so many changes that
!he bill was ordered printed as amend
I'd In the house there was a lively
skirmish over the senate bill repeating
The act creating the commission to
!0dify the laws. The bill came from
The senate yesterday, and was reported
!avorably this morning from the judi
.iary committee. Wincman challenged
!lle report on the ground Of no meeting
Ind no authorized report. 1t was re-
committed. Proper notice being given,
he committee held meeting after ad-
Fournment and recommnded the bill to
PASS. 1t is claimed an effort is being
made to force a revival of the commits
ZION, with another two years job ut the
work of compilation.
Rasmussen's cattle guard bill was
iilled in committee report. Bills in
roduced: Blackjack. creating the Sew
inth judicial district from Pembina,
Walsh and Cavalier counties. leaving
Grand Forks and Nelson the First; Ty.
er, providing for $1,000 banks in 500
population towns; Armstrong. reducing
about one-half the lumbcr of Austria
ian ballots required to be printed: mill
tary committee. substitute for military
bill requiring that the chief of supply
!hall be quartermaster and all appoint
hents shall expire with the admins
ration making them, in addition to
provisions Of the original bill; also by
committee, providing liquor permits
shall be good until cancelled for cause;
providing for renewing the petition
where signers become disqualified. The
ialued policy bill was made the special
order for tomorrow afternoon.
Bismarck. N. d., Feb. 3.-The senate
spent the day on the third reading of
the civil code and the house on the
first reading of the code of civil pro-
cedure. In the house the free text
book bill was ordered cngrossed for
third reading. A resolution was
adopted declaring it the sense of the
legislature that the state fair appro-
Driation OF. $1,000 should not be used
for two years. The valued policy bill
was made special order for Tuesday,
owing to the absence of the author.
Brainerd's memorial to the legislature
,f Minnesota, South Dakota and Ne
)raska to join with North Dakota in
legislation and action with view to
preventing the spread of the Russian
cactus, was adopted. Brokeman's bill,
amended to apply to freight trains.
was recommended to pass; also Il bill
10 license warehouses. The substitute
for the act repeating the compilation
act introduced by the minority Of the
committee provides that repeal shall
take effect March 13, the commission
to donate their services after that date
Edward Murphy was added to- tho
farce of enrolling clerks. Bills .intro
luced: Brown. appropriating $500: pei
mum for First regiment band: Wall
cn. eXemptins midwives from tile law
requiring examination of physicians
Korsmo, requiring county treasurers tt
report to township clerks funds in theil
hands belonging to towns and notify
when drawn by town treasurers; com
pilation committee. code of civil pro
Gee IRE. One hundred and nine bill.
Introduced in the house and nincty-nilt
in the senate.
The house passed the following bills
purdon's. adding president and vict
president to town board of equaliza
ton: committees substitute for the
military bill. provides appointments Il
expire with the governors term. makes
chief of supply quartermaster. and pro
viding that the adjutant general mus
have served in the national guard, vol
unteer force or regular army, and give
authority to use the militia without til,
state III case Of insurrection; commit
tees substitute making liquor permit
continuous if the required number o
qualified petitions are kept: Flack's
prohibiting from closing public or prl
vate roads with barbed wire unles
guards are used: Cryan's. for the as
sessment OF state Danlz stock where
band is located; Tyler's, curing d.
fective Acknowledgements.
The penitentiary investigation d,
velops no wrong so far. The st. Pa,
and Minneapolis parties who We're sal
to have paid a rake-off deny it. I
depositions taken under stipulation. I
one case Of alleged double vouchers
Is shown that there We're two prisoner
of the same name discharged at diffel
ent dates, and purchases of clothin
corrcsponded with their discharge. Th
butcher denied the beef story.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 5.-The pen
tentiary investigation has been col
cluded. No facts We're developed whic
In any manner reflect on the manager
or officers. The butcher quoted in TIL
public examiners report as saying b
was requested to pay accounts, denie
this. He declares he delivered all fc