The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings Of North Dukot} Inv.
makers.

Genera COW0n ms filed an option In
response to request Of the Ienate,
holding that the law creating th\board
of trustees for the state penit hillary
has been repealed by the Hvised
Codes Of 1895, and that the resent
trustees were not acting undf au-
thority Of law. If Cowan is direct
all the trustees of state institutions are
probably In the same dilemma, ah the
legislature will be called upon toenact
o law covering this matter and Gov.
Briggs will appoint entire new b|aris.
A majority Of the penitentiary board
were appointed by Gov. Allid two
years ago for term of four ye$s. 1t
Is understood that they have maee IN
agreement to keep the present bison
officials in office.
Senator Marshall Of Sargent clunty
introduced q bill Saturday by meabs Of
which deposit0rs in state banka will
posts. The principal feature is that
on July each year all banks payinto
the state treasury IL per cent Of de-
posits to be held by the treasurerhs q
reserve fund. When the amount bald
in by any bank amounts to 3 per Eent
Of the deposits the state examiner hay
suspend such requirements If dedned
expedient, but must do so in casd the
amount exceeds per cent of th4 de-
posits. There is on deposit in VARIOUS
state banks $3,OOO,OOO. The bill pro-
vides for two assessments .luling
1897, which would establish the find
with $3O,OOO.
Senator Creel introduced resolution
asking the state auditor what mdley
the railroad commissioners had drtwn
other than their salary and under What
law; also asking the chief clerk to pre-
pare statement of the number Of
employees, amount of pay and how em-
ployed. Mrs. De Lendresci of Fargo
addressed the senate on osteopathy.
Haggart's bill allowing graduates Of
that school to practice In the state vas
passed. Plain introduced a memorial
to congress for permission to the state
to sell land at IS per acre instead Of
So
The Prohibitionists seem to be on
the alert and they are daily filing a
large number of petitions against re-
submission. The attorney general
filed an opinion that the Office of super
intendent of irrigation and forestry
was still in effect, Notwithstanding the
fact that the law was omitted from
the revised codes. Hawks house bill
prohibiting foot ball was indefinitely
postponed. Richards introduced q res.
Olution sympathizing with Pennsyl-
vania on account of the burning of the
state house.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. o. - Senator
Green introduced bill for the taxa.
ton Of express companies. It is un
dcrstood that he will follow this uI
with a bill taxing sleeping car com
panies. State Treasurer Nichols re
ported to the legislature that the
amount Of cash in the treasury Jan. &c
was $324,655. OF this $65,772 was in
suspended banks, as follows: Citizens
National, Fargo. $47, SOL; Grand Forks
National, $9,712; Second National
Grand Forks. 1924; First National,
Minot, 1913. The. treasurer states
that each bank has given security fol
double the amount of, deposit; that he
has examined the securities given by
the suspended banks and finds that the
state will lose nothing.
BeldOn introduced resolution in the
house eympathizing with the Cuban
cause. and calling upon the United
States government to interfere in be-
half of the struggling patriots. The
house passed the senate bill providing
that all sheep brought into the state
must be clipped" by inspectors before
being allowed to Craze. The following
house bills passed: Providing for a
wolf bounty of So: regulating the entry
of judgment in civil actions; relating
to liens on crops.
Senate bills introduced: Valentine,
requiring chattle mortgage sales to be
made by the sheriff; also regulating the
fees Of register of deeds; Clark, pro.
viding for garnishnent procedure in
justice courts: McCanna, providing for
a board of barber examiners Same as
the bill killed in the house,; Rourke,
establishing the limit and defining the
law of presumptive evidence. Hawk
IN introduces In the house bill which
combines the best features of the pres
ent election laws of Wisconsin and
Michigan.
committee on temperance reported a
ment Of committee consisting of Hur-
ley, Murphy, Colby, Towle and Aas to
investigate into the reasons and causes
AAANoSAA6 "a pOAAASSAAS OpCA NAOAulsOu6
of law regarding the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors, gambling and other GRIM
inal offenses in Bismarck, and whether
city and county officials are directly or
indirectly interested in such violations,
as reported and alleged. McGinnis Of
Stutsman moved to table the resolution,
which motion wds lost, 16 to 46. Hank
inson offered an amendment that the
resolution should include all counties
in the state. Hurley and Colby op-
posed the amendment and Hankinson
and Cole supported it in short speeches.
Cole said that public opinion was
against the enforcement of the prohibi-
ton law, and incidentally gave the
state enforcement league some hot
shot. The amendment was lost, 40 to
20. Those who voted against the reso.
luton were: Baker, Carlin, Cole, LIB.
bighausen, Erickson, Hammond, Hank
ins0n, Krooger, LEM, McGinnis, Peo.
pies, Porter. All the others voted yea
except Guinan, excused. The friends
Of prohibition state that the vote shows
their strength to be double that Of the
resubmissionists, and that there IL no
possible chance of q resubmission bill
passing the house.
Krooger introduced hill in the house
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