Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-10

of bonds issued for the university
which may be taken up at the option Of
the state May !, 1899, and requesting the
state treasurer to redeem the bonds al
that time and reissue them to the state
board of university and school lands
Mi. Cashel sp6ke.in favor of the resolu.
ton, stating that it afforded a safe in.
vestment for the moneys of the perma.
nent school fund and kept the debts Of
the state within the state. If, the plan
had been adopted at the admission Of
the state, when bonds were issued fol-
the payment of the joint debt of the
states of North and South Dakota,
there would have been 100000 Of
state bonds in the permanent school
fund, and money would not be lying
idle. There were s153,OOO of state
bonds coming due in 1902 and $4,000
in 1905, which should be taken up by
the permanent school fund. The reso-
luton was passed.
THE CONTEST CASE.
Mr.. Arnold of the committee on cleo
tions moved that the secretary of the
senate request the secretary of state to
present the papers in the contest case of
Green VS.. McDougall to the committee
when requested by the chairman and the
motion was carried.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Senate Bill No. 81, by Mr.. Noble.
Amends law with relation to trespass.
Provides that security for damages shall
be approved by a justice of the peace.
Senate Bill No. 80, by Mr.. Laidlaw.
Repeats the law providing that recorded
mortgage may be discharged by entry
in margin of the record thereof.
Senate Bill No. SO, by Mr.. Twichell.
Provides for the listing of personal
property for assessment and taxation at
it's true value in money. Provides pen
atty of fine and Imprisonment and for
fixture of ten times the amount of tax
on owners who fail to list the same at
ifs full value. Similar penalty for as
SCISSORS who fail to list personal property
at its true value, or to include in assess
ment property not returned. Similar
penalties for county and state boards of
equalization, and gives them power to
summon witnesses to ascertain the value
of personal property where they have
reason to believe it is uot returned at a
proper value,
FOR H TWINE PLANT.
MI. Twichell introduced a joint reso-
luton, authorizing the governor, auditor
and treasurer to issue and dispose of
certificates of Indebtedness to a maxi
mum of S15O,OOO, or sosmuch thereof as
might be necessary from time to time,
the proceeds of the sale to go to the state
treasurer to be used for the expenses of
the establishment and operations of a
Irvine and cordage plant at the state
p~enitentiary. Half of the total amount
of certificates to be due Nov. l., 1902 and
half Nov. l, 1904. On motion of Mr.,
TWichell the resolution was given it's first
and second reading and referred to the
committee on appropriations.
SECOND READINGS.
Senate Bills 80, 80, 81 and SO were
given their second reading and referred
DIVORCE BILL IGNED
The president signed Senate Bill No.
l, LaMoure's divorce bill. A commune
cation from the executive later filed with
the senate announced that the bill had
been approved and signed by the COVER.
nor.
H WOLF BOUNTY MATTER.
Senate Bill No. 10, Mr.. Mansfield's
wolf bounty bill providing for a bounty
of So III gray and buffalo wolves, came
up at 2:3O as a special order. Mr.. Mans.
field moved that the bill be placed on its
third reading and final passage.
Mr.. Luke offered as an amendment to
the bill that a bounty of 81 be paid on
female wolves and 81 on male wolves.
Mi. McGillivray offered as a substitute
for the amendment that a bounty of S;
be offered IN female wolves and So on
male wolves.
Mr.. LaMoure suggested that under the
proposed substitute not a male vol
would be ever killed in the state-all Of
'em would be females.
Mr.. Twichell said the eastern part Of
the state and Cass county were willing
to bear their share of the burden of taxa.
ton in caring for the stock industry o.
the state. The records show that there
had been a total of $4,000 debt con
tracted by the passage of the wolf bount,
law at the last session of which Cas-
county would eventually have to beal
about one-tenth or sS,O0O, which was
rather steep for % wolves killed in thai
county under the law. It was lhardl,
fair or just to increase this amount Of
make the burden larger by the proposed
substitute.
Mr.. McGillivray said the Red river
representatives ought not to object te
the bounty. He had been in the senate
and voted appropriations for state insti
buttons all of which went to the eastern
part of the state. There was not a pub
lie institution west of the river. The
amount paid during the last two years
was not $4,000 but about half that sum
The tax would not be heavy, was right
and just to the stock interests and ne
member ought to vote against it.
MIR. Mansfield said he had obtained
the figures on wolf bounty from thu
state auditor and the total was abou,
half the sum stated by Mr.. Twichell