The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-10

which permits the loaning of monevs
of the permanent school funds OH farm
lands. Of which already $4,000 has
been loaned, was killed in the house,
The estray bill. changing the system of
advertising estray animals taken up.
and abolishing the publication of es-
tray notices, was another recommend
Ell for Indefinite postponement. The
mousse also knocked ont the appropria-
ton for the Mandan fair aud trans
ferred the appropriation of $1,000 an
nually for u fair at Valley City. The
OIL for the payment lly counties of the
expenses of the eXtradtion of Grimm
ans was recommended to pass by the
mouse The following bills were passed
ny the house: Requiring the building
or US by railroad companies on order
OF the railroad commissioners; for the
creation of a county board to purchase
supplies; fixing rates for the storage
OF grain in elevators; providing for the
destruction of grasshoppers; for the
payment of tile expenses of the attor-
hey general in prosecutions from the
general fund; regulating the building
OF platforms by railroad companies;
providing penalty for concaaling es-
Trays or defacing brands; granting
thlnshing machine liens for repairs.
Senate bills passed reducing the min
1mum price of school lands to So an
acre: providing for the expense of adj
yertising and selling school lands and.
for an appropriation to pay the cxpens-
cs of clearing titles to lands mort
| gagged to the state under, the farm loan
law
Bills introduced ilY the house: VOL
bert for the appointment of conserva-
ton for drunkards and srendthrifts, to-
nave the powers of guardians; Laugh
I'm, to repeal the law creating an Off
clal estray paper; McHarg. to require
proper care of cesspools and sewers.
Bills introduced in the senate: Han
ma providing for the study of foreign
languages i'll the public schools AT the
request of Il majority of the patrons;
committee on appropriations, provi,l-
ing $500 for the purchase of IL thirty
acre farm for the peuitentiary; Laid
law. providing school terms: Arnold
deciding eighty acres of land owned by
the state fair association iii Grand
FORKS to the state university; Hrwge
to prevent trCspass of animals
The senate appointed Il steering COM
mittec consisting of NIeSsrs. Little La
Mourc. Hanna and Twitchnll 10 select
Tor immediate action those measures
that are deemed the most important.
| Bismarck. March l.-Anotlicr scalp
was taken by the senate yesterday
that of the Twitchcll bill to provide for
the assessment of personal property in
the state at it's true value The bill
provided heavy penalties for assessors
VIII" returned property for less than
they lad reason TO believe it was
worth. for owners who listed their
property in that fashion and for boards
of equalization that permitted property
to be cqualizrtl mt Il figure lower than
its real value.1'he bill was defeated
16 to IA.
The house put in nearly the entire
day in committee of the whole. The
principal matters of interest before
the body were two railroad bills. One
OF them provided for the liability of
railroad companies for personal injury
to an employc through the negligence
OF fellow servant, and was recon-
mcnded to pass. The debate occupied
several hours and earnest arguments
were made pro and con. Representa-
tives Allen, Wolbert and Tousley
championed the measure, claiming the
present law of the state was unjust
and unfair to railroad employees, while
Representatives Stevens. Wallace and
Thomas argued against the bill as a
discriminating liability against tile
railroads. class legislation and not a
fair measure. Another bill recon-
mended to pass by the house was the
Deisem bill providing for maximum
fn, ~
I mile. The bill WAS agreed to be fa-
vorab!y reported after a brief debate.
Two other bills that provoked warm
debates were those to provide for the
calling of a judge from one district to
another upon the simple affidavit Of
prejudice by q client and his attorney.
The bill is aimed to reach Judges in
certain districts in the state who, it is
claimed, allow their personal preju-
dices to warp their legal Judgment in
the trial of cases
Representative Thomas of Richland
county. arguing for the bill, stated that
he had in mind Il judge in the state
who could no more render fair de-
cision in Il case in which he had Il per-
sonal prejudice against one of the eli
ents than he could go to heaven. The
bill was reported for passage.
| Another SQlaDDle arose over the bill
providing for terms of the supreme
court at Fargo and Grand Forks in adj
ditiOn to Bismarck. the seat of govern
ment. Representatives of the Red riv-
err valley argued for the migratory
court. claiming that the greater part of
the litigation came from the valley and
it was unfair to compel lit.gants to-
come to the state capital to try their
cases. The bill was passed. by the
house and goes to the governor:
The senate passed the following bills:
Prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or
the smoking of them in public places
by persons under eighteen years Of
age: fixing the compensation of jani-
tors and doorkeepers at 81 a day; au-
thorizing the purchase OF thirty acres
of land for penitentiary farm; to-
transfer eighty acres Of land fran the
state fair grounds to the university at
Grand Forks; for the issuance of 500
600 bonds for the soldiers home at
Lisbon; concurrent resolution for an
amendment to the constitution for the
| taxation Of telegraph exDreSS and sim