The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-12


.xyas the iaw elatlng 10 primary
clecklpns. Il provides thnt when a
vote ID clI1lteng HE must pr0ye.byI
af1Q9vit Of another voter that he he
.lonl to the party holding the primary.
Penalties for Violating provisions are
the same 40 prescribed for Illegal vot..
Ing ht general ectiops. Hurley in s
trodnced bill creating the office sof
state librarian and prescribing duties.
The salary 10 the sAme as at present,
but places the appointment In the
haHds OF the governor instead Of, the
steSseta = e state relcEt q the
poIiag the bill giving hotelkeepers a
!le1$ 9n bag8age Of guestA was adopted.
FRANCIS Otrered resolution OF re-
spect for ex-Speaker Gill.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 4.-The first
real excitement II, either branch of the.
legislature occurred when Cteel 81
Ramsey county introduced, a concur
ent;resOlutiOn IN the senate amending
the constitution and removing ths.cap-
ital to Fafgo.s Little OF Bismarck, pres
ident pro, tenn, Mas in the chair. and
referred the resolution to the judiciary
committee, Of which he Ia. chairman.
Creel objected to; this and moved to re-
call the resolution and refer the same
to the committee on state affairs. This
motion was lost by a vote of IA totY,
6 absent; and Stmm and ,Enger. Of
Traln declined to vote. Senator Hag-.
CART Of Fargo was absent from the
s stds4sa when the the resolution was con,
McCarten introduced q resolution
asking the state auditor IL express and
sleeping car companies had paid license
tax, andaif not, wig not =. e-.s,; 4 -t.y-
Cavalier county citizens petitioned
for the enaennent Of the Minnesota
law relating TO the filing -ef chattel
mortgages.
]. @. Smith OF Casselton was elected
secretary to succeed Gill Resolutions
Of respect for the deceased secretary.
were adopted. -
The house was fin committee of the
whole during most of the session.
Francis and Hurley had d heated de-
bate on the bill giving manufacturers
liens on threshing outfits, Francis IA
voring and Hurley opposing. The bill
was killed.
The house passed Rourke's ,ssenate
bill providing for special terms. of the
supreme court when deemed HXpedi-
ent by the judges; also the senate bill
requiring two directors of corporations
organized under state law to be resi-
dents. ~ ...-
Bills introduced: BY Porter, relating
to the manner Of determining the pop
ulation Of counties for fixing salaries;
provides that the vote4at the last. elee-
ton he multiplied by five. Korsmo,
providing penalties for Sabbath break
ing.
Bismarck. N. D., Feb, e. Gov.
Briggs has sent to the senate Tor, con-
firmatton two most importa-ts APP
pointments. William Badger of Man
dan gets the oil inspectorship and
Public Examiner. Langlie was reap
pointed. The judiciary committee re-
ported Creel's capital removal bill to-
the senate with the recommendation
that it he indefinitely postponed. Greet
moved to rec0mmit to the state affairs
committee. which was lost. A.:lnotion
to indefinitely postpone was carried by
vote Of :1G to IL, as follows: =.
For-Arnold Benedict. Brown, Clark,
! Fuller. Gordon, Green. La Moure, Lit
tile, Mansfield. Mc(;illvray. Rourke,
Valentine. VietZ, Wishek-1G.
Against-Creel. Davis. Dobie. Dun
lap, Haggart, Hanna. Hanscom. Lc-
wang, Mccain. McCarten, Plain, Strom
10.
Absent-Tlfts. Marshal. n 4
Not VotinG-Elgef 49, '''S =
The governor has approved senate
bills 26 and q, relating to procedure
in civil cases. Petitions against. re-
submission of the prohibition oues-
ton were presented by Senators Han
M, La Moure. Fuller. AIcCarten,
Strom,. Benedict and Dobie, Dobie's
bill rcpealing the bounty on twins and
the bill relating to lien ON crops passed
the senate. Bills introduced..
Davis. Reproducing Twenty.second
legislative district; GEagp- zappropri-
ating money for state fair ut Mandan,
also prohibiting county auditors from
placing the name of az candidate on
official ballot twfHA intended to- pre-
vent fusion in political parties; Brown.
providing that the commissioner of
agriculture keep records of standard
bred stock: Haggart. relating to prac-
tice Of ostopatic treatment.
Immediately after the capital -remov-
nj proposition was killed. in the SEN
ate Tanton. of Ramsey intreduced a
similar resolutions in the house with
the additional rroviso that the city OF
Fargo erect buildings as good as the
present capitol; the resolution was re-
ferred to the state affairs committee.
The governor approved Hurley's BILL
making Lincoln's. birthday legal hol-.
iday. The law, goes into effect at
once and Friday OF next week will be
observed. G,lina4's bill reducing the
amount of property exempt. from exs
ecuticn from 81 800 to $500 provoked
the hottest fight of the session. Purely
led the opposition to the bill and
Twichell those fsvoring. a hot ex-
change Of words took place between.
the two. and the speaker had difficulty
in Calling them to: ORDER, The bill was
indefinitely postponed by a vote of 30
to 2s. The hill providing state wolf
bounty of So occupied considerable
time. Members from the western part.
of the state supported the measure and
eastern members opposed 1T. The
bill passed by close vote. The house
passed the senate bill providing >steA-
ographer for the supreme also
the. senate. bill repeating the law cree
atine Russian cactus commission.
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