The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10
THE LEGISLATURE
Procecdings of North DalS"ta's Law
Mill.

Mill.
Bismarck, n. D.. Jan. 2S.-The state
press fraternity secured the introduc.
ton of several bills ut yesterdays ses-
sion which are intended for the benefit
of the publishers of the state. One Of
the measures provides for the publica-
ton by county auditors of the official
election returns by precincts. Another
provides for the publication of town.
ship treaSurerS' reports annually and
another for the publication of school
district trcasurcrs' reports by county
superintendent where the publication
is not made by the districtboard. 1t
is also proposed to have introduced Il
measure making it Il misdemeanor for
county officers to have printing or pub
fishing done outside the county where
it is possible to have the work done Mt
home There is such Il law ut present,
but no penalty for it's violation. The
bill to be presented will he shaped af-
ter the Montana law. The house has
appointed Il committee consisting Of
Messrs. Stevens. Dwycr and Holbcrt to
investigate the matter of clerk hiring
for state offices and report Feb Is.
Bills introduced:
Lynchc. making the compensation of
state veterinarians 81 q day and mile
age of 10 cents Il mile: Allen. providing
for the mortgaging of estates of de-
ceased persons where deemed wise by
probate Judges: Allshouse. reducing
the fee for notaral commissions from
So to 50: Stevens. requiring foreign
building and loan associations to de-
post money. bonds or other evidences
Of value to the amount of 100000 with
the state treasurer subject to taxation,
and not to be surrendered until it shall
appear that all liabilities of the cor
porltion to any citizen of the state
have been satisfied before being per-
mitted to do business in the state; Gill
bcrtson. providing means for the con-
struc1icn of dams across running
streams for power or irrigation.
In the senate these bills were intro
duced:
Laldlaw, regulating justice court
practice; Little, providing for the pub
llcation CT notices of sale of personal
property under execution in justice
court; Noble, limiting the term of coun-
ty boards of health to one year and
one by the senate judiciary committee
providing for the appointment of guar
dams ad Item.
Bismarck, Jan. 3O.-The matter of
the fees of the state game warden
came up in the senate in the shape of
a motion by Mr.. La AIoure that the
state warden file report showing the
number of persons who had paid H.
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.
vldes 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 a
portion of the fees over to the state
and the reduction of the perquisites Of
the game warden. Senator NcCarten
introduced Il bill to this end. giving the
state half of all moneys collected, with
the exception of Il fee of % 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 single
comprehensive measure.
The senate passed Il resolution call
ing for the publication of the voucher
paid in the prosecution of the maxi
mum rate case against the railroads.
bill for an appropriation to pay the
sIms advanced by Governors Briggs
ana Devine is before the senate. and
the members desire to know for what
services the sums We're paid. The SEN
ate passed several bills. including three
OF Anes. regulating modes of practice
IN district courts, relating to unrecord-
ed instruments. and requiring certii-
Gates OF the secretary of state to the
state examination Of moneyed corpor-
ations 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
1he house passed the bill to make
legal some warrants passed under the
old drainage law afterward pro-
nounced unconstitutional in which sew
cfal village contractors are Interested.
y resolution was introduced by Sena-
tor Laughlin requesting the states
representatives ut Washington to sup
port the measure to pension all old SOL
diers who shall have reached the age
of siXty-tive years. Bills introduced:
Amen. appropriating $4.S5O for def
cheney in the advertising funds of the
state board Of school lands; johnson,
amending the law fixing the bounda-
ries Of til" Fourth district and the time
of holding court; Lynch. increasing the
number of copies of the session laws
to tie printed to 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
ur1ay. Feb. II, as day for the deliv-
cring of eulogies to the memory of the
late Gov BRIGGS Tho resolution ,yoo