The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-22

terday was the last day LOT Tue p"ssine
of bills. The senate met at y o'clocK III
the forenoon and worked steadily all
day and until late this morning. Sen
ate files were acted on first, SO as 10
give the house an opportunity to pass
them, Seldom in the history OF the
state has the senate come SO near
cleaning up all its business as IN the
present session. nor has such careful
consideration been given measures
ever IN to the last moment.
The house bill, by MI Roberts, 10
limit the appropriation for beet sugar
bounties to $4,000 a year, no more
than $4,000 to go to n congressional
district in one year, wa slost by a vote
of 81 to 2S,. reconsidered sand nnaiiy
passed by q vote of "a to %.
Senator Benedict called up II. +. NO.
GS7, fixing the tax levy rate per cent
and secured its passage suspeh.
sion of the rules. The rate Is fixed at
Is mills on each dollar OF taxable
property, and is the same as that OF
two years ago. ',
Senator Stockton called up from gem
eral o1tlers and secured the passage, OF
H. r. No. 292. providing for the consoi-'
idation Of adjoining town election dis
tricts where there are less than 4O
voters in each.
The conference committee report on
the Underleak antitrust bill, adopting
the house amendment, was adopted
and the bill repassed by the senate.
The senate adopted the conference
committee report on the express gross
earnings tax bill. The bill, as amend
ed and passed by both houses, likes the
rate at 4 IL per cent.
The House.
Considerable time in the house yes
terday was taken up with filibustering
tactics, initiated for the double purpose
of forcing the majority of the house.
against its will, to take up the Batz bill
repeating the sugar bounty law, and in
cidcntally. of beating the drainage bill,
which was so far down the calendar
that every moment wasted lessened its
chances of being reached in regular Or
der. The house resented the effort to
force it into submission. and before the
evening recess was taken, the senate
yielded and passed the Roberts sugar
bounty bill, which was the alternative
proposition. In the meantime. hOwev-
er. so much time was wasted that a
calendar of about thirty senate bills
was crowded over to the evening ses-
sion.
The house was still in session early
this morning, passing bills. Among the
more important bills passed were the
following: :
Fixing the tax levy for the fiscal year
Of 1900 and 1901. = 10 restrain and
license peddlers. - To abolish bills of
discovery and provide for the eXamina-
ton of persons before trial. Relating
to retrial of actions for the recovery of
real property. - Relating to docketing
of judgments and liens on real estate
Relative to the adulteration of food
jellies. - Relating to the incorporation
Of societies to loan money to the indi-
gent. Relating to the organization Of
drainage districts. - Amending the
game law so as to make the trout sea-
son April Is to Oct. 1, instead of May
/ to Sept. IL Reducing the interest ON
state deposits from 3 to = per cent in
certain cases. Providing for a state
board of examiners to license cleo
tricians in the cities of st. Paul and
Minneapolis. - 10 authorize cities of
less than 10000 inhabitants to issue
bonds to purchase sites for state insti-
buttons. To authorize cities of 10000
Inhabitants or less which now levy
school taxes to levy a tax large enough
to cover deficiencies not to exceed Is
mills.