Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-03-09
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
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Bismarck. March l.-Senator Twitchelrs
bill. No. So, providing penalties for fail
ure in correcting lists Of personal prop
erty and defining the duties Of assessors.
came up in the senate yesterday on re-
port OF the ways and means committee
without recommendation. It was de-
feated-14 for. l6 against.
The feature Of the house session was
fight on house bill q. by Allen. as to the
liability Of the railroads toward their em-
ployes. Allen and Wolbert spoke in favor
of the bill and Wallace and Stevens
against it. The report of the railroad
committee recommended indefinite post.
ponement but the minority report was
made. The debate was lively. star
speech being made by Wolbert, which
won the day. 1t will come up for final
passage at the morning session, and un-
less railroad influence is brought to bear
it will pass the house by two to one
vote.
A spirited fight was made on the Noble
senate bill calling for one term Of the su.
Il
in Grand Forks, and in this instance
also. the minority report was adopted
and the bill recommended to pass.
Bismarck. March e.-The following
| and go to the governor for his approval:
Providing for publication of election re-
turns BY By precincts; regulating orphans.
authorizing the payment of extraordinary
expenses Of prosecutions Of the attorney
general from the general fund Of the
for joint maintenance of poor farm by
counties and for county appointment Of
two mill state tuition tax.
Senator Creel introduced a concurrent
state regiment at Manila. which passed
house for Consideration. At the present
time about fifty senate bills and thirty
five house bills have passed the two
made at the session will reach not far
from 100. The total number Of bills in
troduced is about 400
in the hands Of the steering committee.
and upon the REL reports tn of lt the committee
ses hs fs or aSS S of
road corporations for injuries to en-
ployes through negligence of fellow serv..
county or state printing out Of the state
that can be done in the state: providing
for a bounty tax of one-tifth mill for
ers. reducing salaries in larger counties;
fixing salaries of clerks Of court: making
the sheriff sealer Of weights and meas:
Compensation of legislative employees;
creating county board for the purpose
IL the state I'll inapectorshP saia xia
Office at $500 annually; providing for the
appointment Of conservators for drunk
The house defeated the bill to fix cents
in the state, by vote of IS to Il.
Bismarck March 3-The senate yester-
day passed house bills. including Laugh
!iH,s dairy eo nnssz bill; Towle's
p @ test book esf b Pa5sS1%
bill relating to the. storage of grain:
Castles concerning the granting Of right
Touiey's providing contingency fund to
be placed at disposal of the governor;
to threshing liens was killed. The house
Hanna's bearing on education; Hanna :
lative employees at s. daily; from the joint
game commission for the protection OF
game and fish: Mobiles relating to tres
the expenses of conducting railroad rate
cases, and joint resolution calling for
funding warrants from the governor, and
state auditor. Bowers OF Fargo, has been
agreed upon as his successor to the office
Of state game warden. All appointments
sent to the senate have been confirmed.
Bismarck. N. D.. March 4.-The legis-
lature concluded its labors last night. The
tSe the
did not conclude until 10 o'clock. The
members were treated to a band concert
in the corridors after the session ended n';,d
Littles caucus bill, which was defeated.
was called up and passed. Arnolds for
daf Forks pf the senate sate dr 5
to examine and clear titles on land mort
gagged to the state, was lost; The con-
ton. reducing the minimum price of
school lands to IS per acre; Mobiles for
the REIMBURSEMENT of school lands: Nc.
state fsh commissiopers .'n BASED ae Ames'
cigarette measure was not acted upon.
Porter's concurrent resolution amending
warehouses was amended and passed.
Twichelrs bill for taxation Of grain in
elevators was amended in the house. The
lost. and the b ,i passed in its original
form. The object sought Is to enforce
the collection Of taxes assessed against so
from scee to $1,000 in t taxes so is Related
each year to elevator companies on q
statement they make to the. board Of
elega psr9es ha ehs TO
each year is lost to the state in taxes
against wheat in elevators.
McHargh and Stevens made determined
lobbying bill by Senator Twichell. The
latter and Atty. Gen. Cowan among the
members Of the house explained the true
nature Of the amendments proposed.
which would have annulled 1t. AS 1t was,
the bill was adopted in the nature sub
mitted by the senate. The senate bills
referred to the steering committee were
all voted on in the house today. About
twelve bills which the committee had de-
cided were not among the important
bills, were held, hoping for time to act.
The committee had a report ready. to
hand in, but 1t was found It would be i'm.
passed before adjournment; Most Of the
Late in the afternoon the Glaspell mat
ter came up as special order. Laugh
lin submitted the resolution preamble.
which set forth the circumstances by
which the committee was appointed, and
the resolution proper, which read as fol-
lows:
sThis house concludes, first. that the
special committee, under the authority
given it, has properly performed Its duty;
second, that this body does not consider
Impeachment proceedings on the evidence
adduced either wise or justifable. 1t does
not believe that impeachment proceedings
should be based upon mere newspaper
criticism, and in absence Of regular filed
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