The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-02-25

state capitol in 1874. and %appropria-
ting $500 for q geological survey of
certain portions .: che stale. The COM
miftee on state affairs reported favor
ably the house h::::: '.: .-he establish
ment of a twiEe r:srt, and il will in
all probability pass tie upper hoGsc.
Bismarck, Feb. 20.-The sercte passed
the Irvine plant bill and the matter has
been favorably acted upon by both
houses. That the governor will sign
both bills is assured, and steps will lie
taken ut once for the disposal of $780,
600 Of certificates of Indebtedness, af-
ter which the trustees of the peniten.
tiary will proceed with the erection of
a building and the establishment of q
plant. The senate also amended the
printing appropriation bill to provide
for the printing of Il code, revised from
the edition Of 1895. with changes I'D
to date, to be completed within SIX
months, and the amended bill was
passed by both houses. The capitol
maintenance bill was passed, providing
an appropriation of $4,000 annually, 4
reduction of $1,000 from the house bill.
The appointments of trustees for the
asylum for the blind and the state i'll
dustrfal school we're confirmed by the
senate in executive session, and the.
substitute for the temperance commits
sioner bill was recommended to pass
by the committee and will come up
for final action early next week. The
senate passed the following house bills.
which go to the governor for his up.
proval: Covering collections of PEN
atty and interest on taxes into general
fund of counties; appropriating $4,000
annually for public printing; defining
territory to be organized into school
districts; making all warehouses pub
lie warehouses; providing for mort
gazing of real property of deceased
persons by administrators on order OF
county court; prohibiting certain forms
of reinsurance; providing for appoint
ment of regular chaplain ut the state
penitcntiary.
The house passed the Allen bill pro-
viding for the building Of sewers in
cities by the creation of improvement
districts. The bill will enable Fargo
to build a much needed trunk sewer.
Stevens bill, the Scent passenger fare
bill, was reported to the house without
recommendation and will be disposed
Of in committee Of the whole. San
ford's bill for the issuance Of $4,000
bonds of the lands Of the insane asy-
lum for the erection of new buildings
wolf bounty bill was amended to make
wolves.
The following bills were Introduces:
Diesem, to permit the crossing of
bridges with pipes by water companies;
Taylor, to settle disputes of county
boundaries; Hale, providing for the
payment of any extraordinary ex-
penses of the attorney general in the
prosecution of cases; Towle, authorize
ing the. railroad commissioners to en-
force the building of .Y's" by railroad
companies; Lee, making it a misde-
meanor to put out strychnine o poi
sons except for destruction of gophers;
Dyer, making it q felony to conceal an
|estray animal or deface " alter d
brand; Laughlin, making 1t q INSIDE
Imeanor for any collector to resort to
intimidation or threat to collect q bill,
.npd prohibiting Unemployment Of q
In delinquent tax cases; Ste
vens, to enable substitution Of records
destroyed by fire. D~0ugherty, regulnt-
Ing the appointment Of officials depu-
ties; Laughlin. appropriating $500 q
year for the principal musician of the
|reglmental band and 500 for troops
Of cavalry and batteries, in addition to
|armory rent; Erickson, for the levy Of
ajax Of two-fifths of a mill for the pay
|ment of a bounty Of cents on gophers,
and Sanford, to enable highways to be
CONSTRUCTED across railroad right OF
way.
Senator Creel introduced In the sem
ate a bill providing for an annual en-
|campment OF the state militia ut the
reservation at Rock Island. near Devils
Lake, making the place Il permanent
|encnmpment ground. Senator Noble
Withdrew his bill providing for regular
terms Of the supreme court ct Fargo
md Grand Forks, and introduced an.
other providing for two terms annual
~ Of two sessions ench.s The first 2ses-
sion OF the first term meets In Fargo
In March and the secondaa'Session at
Bismarck In April. The hrst5session 81
the second term5meets mt Grand Forks
in#sSeptem6er,, and thessecond session
atsBismarck in October All cases
4 be tried at Bismarck unless twenty
aSd6y1s. notice ID givensby partiessof de-
ss69iFesto trysthe cnse ut one OF the. ether
cities. The bill! also provides that thu
elites mnst provide clambersa and
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Mi$h0utN EXPENSE tpSshe4stat.e