Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-09

ing or the plant. Tne resolution waa
referred to the committee ON appropri.
ati0rs, which will make a favorable re.
port. The state has no funds with
which to establish plant, and will
have to secure them IN this way. There
will be no trouble in disposing of the
certificates within the state, and indi.
cations are that the assembly will AL.
thorize their issuance and the construc
ton Of the plant.
Senator Cashel introduced resolu.
ton directing that the state treasurer
take up So, 200 on bonds issued for the
state university which are optionally
due May l, and reissue them to the
state board Of university and school
lands, to be purchased from the mon
eys of the permanent school fund.
Cashel urged that $15O,O00 state bonds
which become due in 1902, and another
$4,000 due in 1905, be similarly is
sued to the state board of school lands
when they become due, in order that
the moneys of that fund be safely in
vested in state bonds. The wolf boun-
ty bill was passed by the senate, plac-
ing bounty Of So on all gray and buff
falo wolves in the state. The previous
bounty law has included prairie wolves
and owing to the strong objections
cominv from the Red river valley be-.
cause of the large amount of taxes
paid by them for the bounty when
there were few wolves killed, prairie
wolves We're omitted. The stock inter-
ests have made strong fight for the
bill and an effort was made by Senator
McGillivray to get n special bounty of
So on all wolves, but it was lost. The
bill passed in it's original form.
The house bill amending the drain
age law, legalizing about $4,000 of
warrants issued under the old law
which was declared unconstitutional,
was passed by the senate. The senate
also passed the bill tending 10 relieve
the disbarment of Attorney Crum of
Fargo; Hannas bill for the manner of
making grain mortgages forfeiture
sales; Twitchelrs, providing time for
delinquency of real and personal taxes;
tors and congressman 20 vote for the
Hanna subsidy bill; Mobiles. relating
to the manner of notice and collection
ate committee on elections called for
the testimony in the contest of Breen
VS.. McDougha1l, and will hear the case
the coming week.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate was that of Twitchell. which
has for it's object the more just valua
ton of personal property In the state.
At present the personal property valu
to-, II. ,rlrv
and below it's true value as the law
provides it shall be assessed, although
there are no penalties for failure to SO
assess it. The Twitchell bill provides
penalties for failure, and Imprisonment
for any owner who shall fail to list his
property for assessment at it's true
value, and similar penalties for assess
osr who fail to do their duty in the
spirit of the law, and for county audi
tors and county and state boards Of
equalization. The latter boards are
given authority to subpoenae witnesses
to ascertain the true value of all per-
sonal property, and severe penalties,
ranging from $500 to $4,000 and impris-
onment, are provided for witnesses
who fail to appear and testify. or for
members Of the board who fail to as
sess property at it's true value. The
bill, if passed, as it doubtless will be,
will treble the assessed valuation of
the state and largely increase the as
sessed valuation of railroads and large
mercantile establishments. The meas
ure is the first step in the direction of
increasing the assessed valuation Of
property in the state and decreasing
the rate of taxation. Other senate bills
introduced We're: Noble, an amend
ment to the trespass law; Laidlaw, re-
pealing the law providing for canceling
mortgages by marginal entry in the
record.
Bills introduced in the house We're:
Peek, making the county auditor,
treasurer and chairman Of the county
commissioners q committee for the
purchase of all books, blanks and sta
tionery for county officers; Herberand
son, repeating the law for county wolf
bounties; Clark, amending the law
with relation to the salaries of county
auditors. making slight increase in
the smaller counties; Bretnove, to urge
the use of wide-tire wagons, and pro-
viding penalties for engineers Of trac-
ton engines to exercise proper precau-
tions against damages oriSing from the
moving of ENGINES over bridges and
along highways.
Inc house passed Aliens bill giving
wife the same legal rights with re-
gard to business transactions after
marriage as before; Lynch's, increas-
ing the number Of session laws to be
printed to 1000; Laughlin's, relating
to the powers of banking corporations
In the ctato and Ha1n'S Ornyidinp for
the applications of dues and premiums
paid the building and loan associations
w foreclosures.
1ryfnE's Tour.
New York, Feb 5.-The negotiations
for Sir Henry Irving's tour Of this