Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-09
THE LEGISL ATURE
Proceedings Of North Dakota,s Law
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came up In the senate In the shape Of
a motion by Mr.. La Moure that the
state warden file report showing the
number Of persons who had Gpaid IL
censes In the state in the past year.
There has been no definite knowledge
of the amount of fees that have been
collected by the warden. The law d.
vides the fees between the state ward
EN- and his deputies; and as in some
counties the aggregate receipts for IL
,censes have aggregated $1,000. it is
the general belief that the fees Of the
office are larger than is generally sup
posed, and legislation will no doubt be
enacted looking to the turning of q
portion of the fees over to the state
and the reduction of the perquisites of
the game warden. Senator McCarten
introduced a bill to this end, giving the
state half of all moneys collected, with
the exception Of fee of Is cents to
the county auditor for each license.
the other half to go to thewardens. A
joint committee of the two houses will
be appointed to consider the several
bills proposed amending the game laws
for their consolidation into a single
comprehensive measure.
ing for the publication of the voucher
, paid in the prosecution of the maxi
mum rate case against the railroads.
A bill for an appropriation to pay the
sums advanced by Governors Briggs
and Devine is before the senate, and
the members desire to know for what
services the sums were paid. The sen
ate passed several bills, including three
of Ames, regulating modes Of practice
In district courts, relating to unrecord-
ed instruments, and requiring certifi-
Gates of the secretary of state to the
state examination of moneyed corpor-
atoms chartered. The senate also
passed McGillivray's bill providing for
the publication Of quarterly statements
by county auditors and treasurers.
Bills introduced in the senate: Mobiles,
providing for notice of rates of taxa
ton; Cashel, providing for maximum
interest OF = per cent on state funds
by banks selected as repositories.
The house passed the bill to make
legal some warrants passed under the
old drainage law afterward pro-
nounced unconstitutional in which sew
eral village contractors are Interested.
, "A resolution was introduced by Sena-
tor Laughlin requesting the states
representatives at Washington to sup
port the measure to pension all old SOL
diers who shall have reached the age
of sixty-five years. Bills introduced:
Allen, appropriating $3.50 for def
cheney in the advertising funds of the
state board of school lands; Johnson,
amending the law fixing Tie bounda>
ries of the Fourth district ard the time
of holding cous$; Lynch, Increasing the
number OF copies of the session laws
to he printed 10 1000; increasing the
maximum amount for state printing to
$4,000 annually; Dougherty, amend
ing the revenue law with relation to
the rate for delinquency in real and
personal taxes; Nelson, providing that
the superintendent of the safe deaf
school may solemniZe marriages be-
tween deaf and dumb persons.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 31.-The senate
by concurrent resolution set apart Sat
urday, Feb. II, as day for the deliv-
ering of eulogies to the memory of the
late Gov. Briggs. The resolution was
introduced by Senator Sharpe and
adopted by the senate and the house
will concur. The senate passed Laid
laws bill increasing the salaries Of
chaplains of the house and senate to
So a day, McCarten's concurrent reso-
luton for a constitutional amendment
permitting the investment of perma-
nent school funds in county and NUM-
cipal bonds, and Ames' bill making un-
known persons defendants in certain
actions. Ames' bill providing for the
repayment of all moneys paid for prop
erty sold at tax sales where the sales
have been adjudged void and providing
that the law apply to all previous tax
sales in the state was referred back
to the committee. The bill would open
up vast deal of litigation and involve
nearly all tie counties in the state,
rs there are numerous tax sale certifi-
Gates that have been held void. Bills
were introduced by Fuller of Penn
bina providing for mechanics liens on
threshilg engines and separators for
repairs, and by Sanborn providing for
the determination of the value of bank
stock in the state for the purpose of
assessment.
The feature of the days session in
the house was the discussion of res
olution introduced by Representative
Laughlin of Ransom county in the ma
ture of protest to congress against
the seating Of the alleged polygamist
Congressman Roberts of Utah. Repre-
sentative Stevens of Burleigh charged
the opposition to Roberts as newspa-
per sensationalism, and said he had an
acquaintance with the gentleman and
that he was popular and respected at
home. The speaker vigorously ar
! raigned some representatives of the
press, who, he stated, had traduced the
! intentions and doings of members Of
the assembly since the beginning of
the session. The resolution was finally
referred to the Judiciary committee.
The house. in committee of the whole,
Indefinitely postponed Lynch's bill re-
ducing exemptions from $1,000 to
$1,000. The house committee on agri-
culture reported favorably the bill to
regulate the salaries of state veterina-
rians, with an amendment which fixes
the maximum compensation and mile
age of the veterinarians at $500 an
nually. Bills introduced:
johnson of Richland, providing for
the granting of right of way by NUM-
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