The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-03-04
H LEGISLATURE

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reimburse various persons who con-
tributed to the support of the North
Dakota exhibit ut the Omaha exposi-
ton. No appropriation was made by
the last legislature for this expense,
although a committee was appointed
to do what work was possible to en-
courage the display. The members of
the committee, including Col. G. A.
LounsDerry and Commissioner Barrett,
filed a bill with the state for expenses
and outlay and for reimbursing those
who had made private contributions.
The bill was passed b. the senate but
defeated in the house after Il warm
debate. The matter will be reconsid-
cred and it is believed that some pro-
vision will be rniac fer paying the
claims. Both houses have disposed of
the greater part Of the measures be-
fore tl:am and will not have n great
amount IF work from now to the end
of the session, which is only ten days
away.
The house passed the following SEN
ate bills, which will go to the governor
for his approval:
Appropriating 5000 for benefits to
school lands from drains in Pembina
county; memorial fer the passage Of q
shipping subsidy b;:; 6xiD. the rate of
interest to be paid ty STATE repositories
at 2 and. 3 per cent; p:ovi;,,ns q meth
cd of crop mortgage foreclosure; re-
ducing penalties for redemption of
property sold ut tax sale; reducing the
term of county boards of health to one
year; providing for the appointment of
guardians nd Item; compelling insur-
ance companies to pay full legal rate
for publication Of statements: permit
ting the investment of permanent
school funds in county or municipal
bonds; licensing psddlers; providing
for a tax for ti;c protection in the
building o fire breaks by counties; fix
ing boundaries and terms of court in
the Second judicia: district.
The house passed the bill requiring
teachers to keep a record of visits of
bills for mileage in visiting schools, and
quarterly financial statements of coun-
ty auditors and ~treasurers, whose pas
sage was requested by the state press
association. Speaker Baker appointed
Messrs. Wallace, Wolbert and Stevens
as q legislative steering committee to
select and urge those measures that
demanded first attention as the session
draws to a close. a substitute bill pre-
sented to the house by the committee
on education proposes IN entire read
justment of the method Of appOrtion-
ment of the 2-m':) state school tax,
amounting to hundreds Of thousands
of dollars annually. The bill proposes
that all funds raised shall be appor-
toned by county superintendent in
the counties where collected, to be APP
portioned generally through the state.
The senate passed the La Moure bill
providing that the provisions of the
new divorce aw requiring twelve
months residence shall not apply to
any case in which the complaint is
fled prior. to July. Other bills passed
were: To pay Leck & Ieck $500 for
work on the agricultural college, and
to require counties to pay the expenses
Of extradition of prisoners, instead Of
payment by the state. Bills Introduced
in the senate were: Luke. providing
military instruction in public schools;
Arnod, governing the issue of bonds BY
cities.
In the house the bills introduced
we're: Chacey, amending the herd law;
Allen, authorizing church corporations
to hold 100000 worth OF property.
The senate committee has reported
favorably the bill to create a perma-
nent encampment ground for the state
militia near Devils lake.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 24.-The ap-
preparation bills passed the senate to-
day without a change from the recon-
mendations of the committee and were
at once messaged to the house, by
which they were referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations and will be
passed practically unchanged within a
few days. The house DEBATED the bill
proposing Il state board Of boiler in-
spectors. Representative Sargent Of
fered q bill providing for the appoint
ment of q special commissioner to In
vestigate reported violations of the
laws in towns, cities or counties where
the laws are not enforced. The bill ls,
in effect, another temperance. commits
sioner measure, although it is general
in it's provisions. The governor Is re-
quired, upon, complaint of citizens, to
appoint q special agent to investigate
and his evidence is to be reported to
the attorney general, by whom prose-
cutions are to be conducted. The bill
~appropriates $4,000 for the salary and
expenses of the agent, and as no appro-
priation bill can be introduced after
the fortieth day without unanimous
consent, a member requested that the
bill be printed, but reserved his right
to object to its Introduction. The gov
ernor approved the bills establishing y
Irvine plant ut the state penitentiary.
The senate bills that have been ,ap-
| proved and become laws are:
Appropriating $500 for the payment
| Of reward to Sheriff Shier of Emmons
county for the capture Of the Spicer
family muraerers; increasing the sal
airy of chaplain to So a day; providing
f$15O.OOO certificates of indebtedness.
House bills that have become laws
are:
Enabling school districts to make a
tax levy for sinking fund; permitting
the appointment of permanent chap
lains at the state penitentiary; making
all warehouses public warehouses; ap.
propriating $4,000 annually for public
printing and providing for the republi-
| cation of the Revised Code. i
Seven senate and ten house bills
have so far become laws. Bills intro
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