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

ney's license works forfeiture Of his
Office as an attorney. The latter bill
would permit attorneys disbarred to
apply anew for admission to the bar,
and would tend to relieve the present
disability of Attorney Cru moi Fargo,
through disbarment, If passed.
The senate received the requested re-
port of State Game Warden Bowers.
The report shows that 5,469 resident
hunters licenses and 131 nonresident
licenses to hunt were taken out in the
state in 1898, of which fees $4,931.34
went to the deputy game wardens and
| $2,465.66 to the state game warden.
The senate also received q list of vOuch-
ers paid by Governors Briggs and De-
vine in the prosecution Of the maxi
mum rate case, the greater number of
which are drawn to H. A. Edwards
and Frank HI. Irons for services in
! assisting in the prosecution of the
case.
In the house. bills introduced We're:
Cassels, providing for granting right of
way to telephone companies; john
sons, providing what persons may be
educated at the state deaf school;
Earrs, authorizing the commissioner of
state school lands to lease them for the
| purpose of clearing them of noxious
weeds; providing for a state fair at
Valley City and appropriating $1,250
annually; Wallace's, providing for dep
uty clerks of court in counties having
over $4,000 inhabitants; Allshouse's,
| providing for the cancellation of sales
for taxes where no taxes are due; Ken
| nedy's, authorizing county commits
sioners to offer reward for grain
thieves; Sanfords, appropriating $780,
600 annually for the maintenance Of
the state capitol and offices; Thordar-
sons, providing for salary of clerks Of
county courts; Stevenson's, providing
for the collection of taxes due on or
before Jan. 1. 1898.
Chancey's bill, providing for the pro-
mitigation of maximum rates by the
| railroad commissioners, was killed in
the house.
The house passed the anti-tramp bill,
| making it a misdemeanor to steal rides
on trains.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 3.-The bills
| for a proposed constitutional amend
ment for the creation of state board
of pardons and for the reduction of the
minimum price of school lands
through the state to S. an acre were
presented to the house and senate.
The measures were passed by the last
legislature and must be passed again
| by the present one before being sub
Moure made another request for infor-
nation as to the extraordinary ex-
penses in the prosecution of the maxi
mum rate case against the railroads.
A bill for the payment of vouchers ag-
gregating $4,000 is before the senate.
The senator asked Il day or so ago for
the list of vouchers, and yesterday
made request that the complete
vouchers be printed in the journal that
the senate might know for just what
services the state was paying. The ex-
pense list shows the expenses to have
been for mileage and salaries of spe-
! cial representatives Of the state for eX-
pert testimony and for stenographic
and similar fees. Senator Creel's reso-
luton instructing the representative
Of the state to vote for subsidies to en-
courage the shipment of wheat to
China and Japan was favorably re-
ported by the senate in committee of
the whole.
Senator Noble of Bottineau opposed
the passage of the resolution, and al
luded to Creel as the gentleman who
had been on all sides of the political
fence in the state for the past few
years. Creel responded by stating that
the North Dakota political fence was
so crooked that no man who walked
in a straight line could avoid getting
on both sides Of it. The senate also
passed the Baker bill for the payment
of $500 to the captors of the murders
of the Spicer family, after Senator Nc
Carten had secured an amendment to
strike out the allusion in the preamble
of the bill to the lynching of the MUIR
derers on the ground that it was not
desirable matter of legislative record
| for future generations. Cashels bill
for the payment of fiat rate of per
cent interest on deposits of the state in
repositories was passed and the house
bill regulating the liability Of owners
of animals tTespassing. Bills intro
duced: Hanna, amendment to the
game law; Cronan. amending the me-
chanics' lien law; Twitchell, providing
granted in civil cases for the enforce
ment of the prohibition law Oh af1idu-
Wit of prejudice as in other cases.
House bills introduced: Lish. amend
ing the manner of determining the
population Of counties for the fixing Of
salaries of states attorneys; Glasgow,
amending the state veterinary law and
exempting certain persons from it's re-
strictions; johnson, providing for the
listing of owners and number of dogs
for purposes of assessment; Tufte,
amending the Sabbath breaking law
and providing fines and imprisonment;
Laughlin. providing for state d":"-
9 .-uu a year and
$4,000 for his expenses in regulating
the dairy and food supplies Of the
state; Swenson. fixing elevator charges
for receipt, storage and insurance.
Laughlin's bill providing that oil
county treasurers in the state shall
give bonds in fidelity insurance com
panies was the subject of an extended
discussion in the house committee of
the whole. The measure was finally
reported favorably. The house has
passed q concurrent resolution to con-
gless praying for the removal of the