The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-10

traffic Of divorce bureaus in Eastern
cities should be stopped ut once; that
the deferring Of the effect Of the law
until July 1 would bring into the state
q host Of all classes of matrimonial
insists seeking to take advantage Of
the law before the proposed measure
took effect, and that the effect would
be better If the measure were effective
at once. The vote by which the bill
passed the house was 40 in favor and
3 against, the latter being Baker of
Cass, Bacon of Grand Forks and Ais
house of Xidder. There was some lob
by work against the passage of the
measure, but it was ineffective. The
sentiment of the house was over
whelmingly in favor of the measure
and the wholesale divorce business in
the State of North Dakota will be q
closed book after the LIST of July.
The senate passed the Kreel bill for
the payment of full legal rates by in
! surance companies for the publication
Of annual statements. The bill to pay
the reporter of the supreme court an
annual salary of $1.50O in lieu of the
present payment of $500 volume also
passed, with the bill for an appropria-
ton of $500 for repairs of the eXecu-
tive mansion. The senate committee
on appropriations reported favorably
| the bill for the payment of $500 reward
authorized for the arrest and convic-
ton of the Splcer murderers two years
ago. The senate also adopted the house
resolution requesting congress to pass
n service pension bill for old soldiers.
| The bills introduced in the senate were
| Sanborns. fixing the salaries of states
! snff . Il
T, maximum Of $1,000, according to as
| sessed valuation of counties, and pro-
| viding that counties having an as
sessed valuation of over 100000
| may have an assistant states attorney
to be paid not more than $1,000 an
nually: McDougalls, providing for the
| inspection of stock from out the state
by veterinarians. and fixing fees; Cash
els. requiring state officers to report
and pay fees to the state monthly;
Twitchelrs for the collection of fees
on leases. contracts and sales of land
by the state land commissioner; Lev
ings appropriating 5000 for the pay
ment of the expenses of Il committee
to confer with like committees from
Minnesota and South Dakota regard
ing just railroad rates; and Little's,
providing that revocation of an attor-
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 $4,931.3 81
went to the deputy game wardens and
$24G5.G6 to the state game warden.
The senate also received a 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 II. Irons for services in
assisting in the prosecution of the
case.
In the house. bills introduced were:
Cassels, providing for granting right Of
way to telephone companies; John
sons. providing what persons may be
educated at the state deaf school;
Earls 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 $3.50
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 Il reward for grain
thieves; Sanford's, appropriating $685.
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 misdemeanor to steal rides
on trains.
Bismarck. n. D., Feb. 3.-The bills
for a proposed constitutional amend
ment for the creation of a 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 We're passed by the last
legislature and must be passed again
by the present one before being sub
mitedt to the people. Senator Ia
Moure made another request for infor-
nation as to the extraordinary en-
penses in the prosecution of the maxi
mum rate case against the railroads.
a bill for the pawn art of vouchers ag-
gregating $500 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-
| pensc 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 Creels 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-