Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-23

ley City normal school, $25, ls5, instead
of $4,000, and for the state penlten-
tiary, $40, 100, instead of $4,000. The
reduction recommended by the COM
mittee from the original appropriation
requests aggregate $175,Q0O.
Bismarck, Feb. 1S.-The Twitchell
bill for the taxation of express, tele-
graph and telephone companies under
the Ohio plan of the proportionate
value of the capital stock was killed in
the senate. The bill came up in com
mittee of the whole without recon-
mendation by the committee. Mr..
Twitchell moved that the committee
recommend the bill to pass, and Mr..
Porter moved as n substitute that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. The
motion to postpone carried, and there
were not enough supporters of the
measure to secure Il roll call on the
question of indefinite postponement.
The senate committee on elections re-
ported the withdrawal of j. S. Green
as a contestant FOR the seat of J. A.
McDougal of Morton county, and pre-
sented statement by Green giving his
reasons for the withdrawal The SEES
sion was nearing a close and he could
not see why his seating would be of
particular benefit to his constituents,
although he stated that he believed
himself fairly entitled to the seat. A
resolution was passed seating McDou-
gal for the fOur-year term. The pro-
posed constitutional amendment for
the system of initiative and referen-
dunn was disposed Of by the senate
by the passage of motion to indefi-
nitely postpone. The amendment for
the establishment of state bureau Of
hail insurance was likewise disposed
of in the house. The latter measure
was desired to be amended by it's sup
porters to provide for the taxation Of
all land in the state sown to crop ut a
rate sufficient to pay all hail losses
that might occur. The measure was
killed by vote Of 26 to 20.
The house put in the day in commit
tee of the whole ard disposed of twen-
ty-five bills, clearing the work before it
nearly up to date. There was yigor-
GUS debate on the passage of the bill
providing n check upon the mileage of
county superintendent of schools, but
it was finally recommended to pass.
Another bill providing that copies of
chattel mortgages must be made and
delivered to mortgagOrs met with Wig
orous objection as s; useless imposition
Of additional work on business men.
but was favorably recommended. The
bill to increase the compensation of
'doorkeepers and janitors was voted
down, and the bill to print the names
of candidates for office on the official
ballot in foreign language when re-
quest is made by 20 per cent of the
voters was killed. The new estlay law
was recommended to pass. Bills in
troduced:
Thompson, authorizing county conf
missioners to enforce the blowing of
land to destroy locusts or grasshop-
pers; Tousley, providing penalties for
discriminating by railroads against
shippers in the furnishing of cars or
platform or warehouse room.
The senate passed the appropriation
bill reimbursing state officers for funds
advanced for the prosecution OF the
rate case, appropriating $1.197 to REIN
burse Burleigh county for the prosec,l-
ton Of w. II. Leonard, to pay S. e.
Olson $500 for supplies furnished the
state capitol in 1894. and appropria-
ting $500 for geological survey of
certain portions of the state. The COM
mittee on state affairs reported favor
ably the house bill for the establish
ment Of Irvine plant, and it will in
oil probability pass the upper house.