Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-17

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. ...
House Bills Nos. Ill and 112, which
had been passed upon by the attorney
general as to form, were read the first
and second times. The bills provide for
the constitutional amendments and were
passed by the last legislature. On motion
of Mr.. Stevens, who held that the
amendment providing for the taxation of
express and similar companies was more
in the nature of law than an amend
ment to the constitution, the amendment
was referred to the committee of the
whole.
SENATE BILLS READ.
Senate bills 70, 81, "a, 81, 1O1 and 70
were read the first and second time and
referred.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The house then resolved itself into
committee of the whole with Mr.. Towle
i'm the chair.
House Bill No. los, Dougherty's, pro-
widing for clerk hire in the Office Of the
county Judge, was first up for considera-
ton. The bill was amended by the ways
and means committee to provide that
salary Of clerk should be paid from the
general fund in case the special salary
fund was exhausted. Mr.. Dougherty ex-
planned that the bill left the employment
of clerks in the judgment of the county
commissioners and provided that SER
vices must be actually rendered for work
done! The amendment was adopted and
the bill recommended TO pass.
House Bill No. 13 Gulack, providing
for the printing of names of candidates
on official ballots in other than English,
came up and was allowed to remain in
committee without action because of the
absence of Mr.. Gulack.
House Bill No. 100, Gronvold' g, amend
ing the law with relation to the forming
OF election precincts came up with a
technical amendment. Mr.. Gronvold ex-
planned that the bill reduced the number
of electors required in district for it's
division and formation into new pre-
cincts from 800 to 200. The amendment
was adopted and the bill recommended
to pass.
House Bill No. 141, Hare's, fixing the
compensation of doorkeepers and jani-
tors. was allowed to remain in committee
at the request of Mr.. Hare, who stated
he desired to change the bill to the form
of resolution.
House Bill No. 113. Lish's, relating to
the determining of the population of
counties for the fixing of salaries of
states attorneys, came up with a recon.
mendation from committee for indefinite
postponement, and the bill was recon.
mended to be indefinitely postponed.
House Bill No. 1923, Brotnovs, for the
regulation of traction engines, was pass
ed for the time being because of the alb
senoo of Mr.. BrOtnOV.
House Bill No. l24, Kennedy's, to pro-
hibit the using of repeating shot guns in
the state was the next in order. Mr.
Stevens moved as an amendment that
repeating rifles, pistols, or other guns be
included in the prohibitory features of
the bill. Mr.. Laughlin submitted an
amendment that the use of dogs be also
prohibited along with repeating shot
guns. Mr.. Deisem moved that the whole
matter, bills, amendments, ETC., be indefi-
nitely postponed. Mr.. Bacon said the
presumed object of the bill was to help
out the prairie chickens. The majority of
hunters who hunted for sport used these
repeating shot guns. He had been re-
quested by sportsmen to oppose the bill
as an injustice. Mr.. Kennedy said he
had been requested by some of his con-
stituents to introduce this bill. He had
done his duty and he didn't care what
the house did with the bill. Mr.. Deisem's
motion carried and the bill went sky
ward.
House Bill No. 80, relating to the
granting of rightofway to telephone COM
panies, was laid on the table on the mo-
tion of Mr.. Hale. He stated there was
another bill before the house on the
same subject. If that failed to get
through it might be desired to take up
this one.
PEANLTY FOB SABBATH BREAKING.
House Bills No. 1O7 and 116, the
to the Sabbath breaking
law, provoked the discussion of the af-
ternoon. Mr.. Tousley in explaining his
bill lO7, providing for ine of 81 to $40
for Sabbath breaking stated that there
was in many localities sentiment in
favor of altering the present law which
was objected to on the ground that the
of the fine, 81, was not an
to those who would dis
courage Sabbath breaking. While there
we're cases in which the penalty of 81 |
might be sufficient when the costs were
considered in addition, the proposed law
eft the fine in the discretion of the |
court. and it was believed would work to
he better enforcement of the law.
Mr.. Stevens said he was like his friend
Kennedy with the shot gun bill-he had
been petitioned by his constituents to
,ote for the bill-he moved the adoption
# favorable report by the committee
# the whole.
Mr.. Laughlin offered an amendment
the Bismarck TRIBUNE, rail
oad employees, ministers of the gospel
Who have to preach on Sunday, farmers
Who may be caught in storm and have
o thresh, postoffice employees and livery
tables-the TRIBUNE because it might
'e necessary to get out bills on Sunday
or the legislature on Monday, farmers
because the threshing of their crops on
sunday might be an absolute necessity,
'ostoff1ces and railroad employees be-
ause those businesses have to run and
VERY stables, because they have to
itch up teams Sunday to take the good
eople to church and take 'em out rid
ng after church.
Mr.. Tousley said the members would
ave confidence in the officers who en-
orce the law-there would not be any
rbitrary or wrongful enforcement.