Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE,
Proceedings OF North Dakota Law
makers.

Proceedings OF North Dakota Law
Bismarck, n. D., Feb. 222.-Powers'
revenue bill, complete revision of the
taxation laws of the state. passed the
house unanimously. 1t IL the most I'M
portant bill Of the session, and was
recommended by Gov. Briggs in his
first message to the legislature. The
w. C.. II. u. of the state petitioned the
senate for the passage Of the Davis
bill requiring one years residence be-
fore commencing action for divorce.
Haggart introduced bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for building n chemical
laboratory ut the agricultural college
The senate passed the following bills:
Allowing the school land board to loan
money received as rental from the
school lands; relating to the adoption
of children; providing for the organiza-
ton of orphans home societies; COM
pensating the South Dakota reform
school for care. of state convicts; en-
tire revision of the probate code: re.
garding the probate Of foreign wills;
of agriculture and labor; legalizing the
tax levy of 1895: preventing the sale
of adulterated candy. The senate
passed the house bill amending the in
solvency law. The governor approved
bills amending the law relating to
adultery; regulating the liability of
common carriers; prescribing the num-
Der of challenges in criminal actions:
| defining subjects of which courts will
take judicial notice.
In the house Cryan offered resolu-
ton for an investigation regarding the
competency of clerks employed by the
| legislature. The house passed the fol-
lowing bills: Revision Of the gar
| nishment laws laws; establishing the
| township system for care Of poor; pro-
| tecting planted fish in state waters.
The governor approved the bills tax
ing insurance companies; providing for
| sheriff's fees in Enclosure proceedings;
providing rewards for the arrest and
conviction of horse thieves; enforcing
the payment of delinquent taxes prior
| to 1895; providing for the dissolution
of civil Townships; providing that the
term of office of county auditor shall
commence on the first Monday in
March.
Bismarck. n. D., Feb 24.-Much i'm
portant legislation was disposed Of in
the house yesterday. A bill prevent
ing fusion of political parties by pro-
hibiting the placing of the name Of
candidate on the official ballot more
than once, passed. Populistic and
Democratic members vigorously OPP
posed the proposition. Little's senate
bill legislating the present peniten-
tiary trustees out of office passed by a
two-thirds vote, which carries the
emergency clause. Tanton's house
bill removing the capitol to Fargo was
indefinitely postponed without any
discussion. Korsmo's bill fixing the
maximum rates that railroads may
charge for transportation of native
coal was indefinitely postponed. The
house i'll committee Of the whole rec
commended to pass bills prescribing
conditions upon which surety COM
panies may do business in the state
and one providing special jury to
assess damages under the law Of en-
inent domain; concurrent resolution
amending the constitution providing
for the taxation of telegraph, express
and sleeping car companies; fixing the
salary of the clerk of distric courts;
amending law relating to Sabbath
breaking; preventing operation Of all
trusts in the state; preventing greater
rate of interest after note or other ev-
idence of indebtedness becomes tie;
authorizing verdict in civil action by
tiyc-sixths of jurors, regulating fore
closure in land contracts; providing
for cutting of weeds and other vege-
tation along public highways.
In the senate: Petitions for increase
Of penalty for misunderstanding were
presented by Strom, also petition for
appropriation to aid fire departments.
Nearly all of the session was taken up
by reading of the revision of the rev.
enue laws. Creel introduced Il bill
providing for special school districts
and for bands for same. Special COM
mittee on public expenditures appoint
ed by the senate introduced num-
Der OF bills cutting salary and fees Of
state officials, as follows: Cutting fee
of supreme court reports to $500 for
each volume; repeating weather and
crop service: reducing salary Of COM
| missioner of public lands to $1,500;
reducing the cost of printing of OK
ecutiye documents and limiting the
cost thereof; repeating the law re-
lating to additional fees for clerk of
supreme court, feldlnS 10 printing
and binding required by state officers;
appropriating $4,000 for supplies for
capitol and executive mansion, re-
pealing the law relating to appropria-
| ton for teachers institutes; cutting ex-
pense account OF commissioner Of ag
| riculture and labor to $500 per year.
| Senator Arnold introduced bill rails
! ing educational qualifications of teach
ers i'll common and public schools.
Bismarck, N. d.. Feb. %. The
Davis bill requiring residence of one
year before the commencement Of di-
vorce proceedings was killed in the
| senate by the close vote Of Is to ii.
Those who voted aye were: Arnold,
Brown, Creel, Davis, Dobie, Dunlap,
Enger, Levang, McCanna, McCarteli,
Plain and Stroin. Voting nay: Clark
Gordon, Green, Haggart, Hanna, Lit
tie, Mansfield Marshall, McGillivray,
| ROurke, Valentine, Viets, White and
Wishek. The w. c. r. U. of the state
filed i petition stating that they Keen
| ly regret the disgrace and infamy
| which the present OdiOus divorce law