Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-21
THE LEGISLATURE

THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of North Dakota Law
makers.
Fifth Day: In the senate bills We're
introduced rs follows: BY Senator
Haggart, repeating the law authoriz.
ing directors of corporations created
by the laws of North Dakota other than
railroads, to meet outside of the state.
1t is claimed that the existing law au-
thorizes corporations to hold their
! meetings beyond the Jurisdiction or the
! state. thus allowing them to do things
prohibited by law. escape service, ere.
Senator Haygart also introduced bills
a., providing that charters of domestic
CORPORATIONS shall lapse where they
| fail to hold annual meetings or to
maintain an office for the transaction
of business; also. providing that ut
least three directors of corporations
! shall be residents of the state. by Lit
| tic. governing proof-writtcn instru-
ments or coEtracts.By Strom, providing
for closing OF banks by state examiner
where necessary to protect the interests
of creditors. BY Haggart. providing
clerk hire for state officers.
In the house: Mr.. Hurley introduced
q bill to make Lincolns birthday le-
gal holiday. Mr.. Johnson, providing
for lien upon threshing engines. sep
arators, etc, for repairs. BY Steven
son. regulating tolls in grist mills. a.
lowing one-eighth, and prohibiting
custom mills from grinding their own
grain when custom grain is offered.
The chairman of the principal COM
mittees Of the senate are: Appropria-
tions, Haggart of Cass; railroads, La
Moure of Pembina; state affairs, Mar
shall of Dickey; engrossing and en-
rolling Valentine of La Moure; judi
ciary, Little of Burleigh; temperance.
Finger of Steele; agriculture, Strom OF
Trail.
The chairman Of the principal house
committees are: Hankinson of Rich
land, railroads; Francis of Cass, judi
ciary: Hurley of Trail, appropriations;
Murphy of Ward, education; Williams
of Trail, agriculture; Wood Of Grand
Forks, insurance. Power of Richland,
taxation; Lindstrom of Benson, ways
and means; Hawk of Cass, engross-
ment; Mitchell of Ransom, enrolment;
Shape of la Moure, school and public
lands; Relder of Logan, warehouse:
Colby of Cass temperance; Stevens of
Morton, boundaries.
Bismarck, n D., Jan. Reconsider
able excitement was caused among
gamblers, "sure thing" workers and
blind piggers who have thronged here
expecting to reap a rich harvest dur
ing the session of the legislature, by
the introduction in the house of this
joint resolution by Representative Aas
Of Nelson county:
whereas, We view with alarm the
bold and open violations of constitu-
tional and prohibitory law against
liquor selling and enactments against
gambling devices in this, the capital
city of the state; therefore,
Resolved, That the officers and ex-
ecutiye of the state be directed to close
forthwith all places and devices that
are thus operating; that if the police
power of the state is not large enough
at present to carry out the provisions
of this resolution that such aid as may
be necessary be secured to keep these
places closed during the session of the
legislature"
The presidential electors met in the
Office Of the secretary of state at noon
and cast their vote for Mckinley and
Hobart. The electors adjourned until
tomorrow, when Elector Nels H.
Dyste of Forman will probably be
chosen messenger to carry the returns
to Washington.
The monotony of the proceedings in
the senate was broken by the report of
the elections committee recommending
the unseating of Sanford and the seat
ing of Bailey Fuller in the Stutsman
county contest case. Senator McCar-
ten. OF the committee, made minority
report in favor Of Sanford. Rourke
moved the adoption of the majority re-
port. White moved as a substitute
that the matter be postponed until to-
morrow, which carried. Fuller's friends
were disappointed at the postponement
but state their man will surely be seat
ed tomorrow.
Senate bills Introduces: BY Creel,
regulating newspapers qualified to do
legal printing ard prescribing the
duties of the county auditor relating
thereto; Gordon, providing for the ex-
emption of the wages of laboring men
AAoAu So1ulSuu1cul, AlLlle, regulating
procedure in civil actions and provid-
ing for the taking of dispositions;
Mansfield, providing for the prevention
of prairie fires compelling railroads to
burn grass for several feet on each
side of track; Valentine, making all
election ballots of uniform size and
color; Rourke, authorizing persons
having liens on real estate to pay taxes
on same. In the house bill was in
PRODUCED by Guinan, reducing the
amount of property exempt from exc
cution from $500 to $500.
Bismarck, n. D., Ian. 13.-The senate
settled the Sanford Fuller election con-
test by seating Fuller. Senator Ar
mold moved the adoption Of the report
of the majority Of the committee, un-
seating Sanford. Dobie moved to sub
stitute the minority report, which was
in Sanford's favor Sanford then
asked unanimous consent to address
the senate in his own behalf. He spoke
at considerable length, charging that
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