Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-10
House and Senate Dispose Of Large
Number of Bills at Yesterdays
Session.
Senate Passes the Railroad Rate APP
preparation and Senator LaMoure
Expresses Himself Thereon.
House Reconsiders the Fidelity Bond
Bill, Amends it, and Passes
the Measure.
The Senate.
From Wednesdays Daily.]

The Senate.
From Wednesdays Daily.]
The senate convened yesterday after
noon at the usual hour.
Rev. Anderson in asking the divine
blessing gave fitting thanks for the sig
nal preservation of the members of the
North Dakota regiment at Manila, and
for the final peace between the United
States and Spain as consummated in the
ratification of the treaty Of peace.
Messrs. Laidlaw, Sharpe and Noble
were appointed acommittee for tho read
ing and correction of the journal
& CHAPLAIN BILL SIGNED.
The president signed Senate Bill No.
36, increasing the compensation of the
chaplains to So day, which had passed
both houses.
PETITIONS FOR TEMPERANCE CoMM1s-
s1ONER.
kSenator Fuller of iStd.sman presented 3
petitions from residents of his district urg
ing the passage of the temperance com
missioner bill. One of them was signed
by 80 men, another by % women and a
third by 18 of both persuasions.
BILLS REPORTED.
The committee on judiciary reported
favorably on Senate Bill No. 70, relating
to the creation of irrigation districts and
provisions for the payment of expenses
of irrigation. The bill was amended in
some particulars.
The committee on stock reported ia
vorably on Senate Bill No. 81, relating
to the approval by justice of the peace
of bonds for damages in trespass.
NEWS FROM MANILA.
A cablegram received at Fargo at
midnight Monday and forwarded to
Governor Fancher by Major Edwards of
the Forum, stating the victory won at
Manila and the fact that there were no
casualties in the North Dakota regi-
ment, was read to the senator's
SENT 1T BACK.
A message from the house returned
Senate Bill No. 73, a concurrent resolu-
tion for memorial regarding subsidies
for the encouragement of wheat ship
ments to China and Japan, with the re-
quest that it be passed in the form of a
concurrent resolution and not of bill.
Senator LaMoure moved that the SEN
ate proceed to the consideration of this
"rebuke" from the house. Senator
Little said that the form of the bill was
good, and recommended that the bill be
returned to the house with the request
that that body observe its form more
closely. Senator LaMoure objected to
the making of any change. Mr.. Creel
thought action on the bill ought not to
be delayed by the kindergarten at the
other end of the building. The bill was
returned unchanged to the house with
the request that that body take action
upon it.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Senate Bill No. 1O5, by Mr.. Little by
request. Appropriates The sum of $1,000
annually for clerk hire and stenographer
in the Office of the commissioner of
agriculture and labor.
Senate Bill No. 1O6, by Mr.. Twichell.
Provides that state debts shall have
preference in case of insolvency.
Senate Bill No. 107, by Mr.. Noble.
Amends the law. and fixes new dates for
terms of court in the second judicial
nistrict.
HOUSE BILLS READ.
House Bills Nos. 18, Bacon's, provid-
ing for chaplains at penitentiary; SO,
Stevens, relating to building and loan
associations; 81, Gilbertson's, relating to
the disposition of penalty and interest
on taxes; II, Gilbertson's, providing for
the construction of dams; 1O1, Ken
nedys, authorizing county commission
ers to offer rewards, and ia, Glasgow's
exempting certain persons from the pen
alties for unlicensed practice of veteri-
nary surgery, were messaged to the SEN
ate, read the first and second times un-
der suspension of the rules and referred.
SECOND READINGS.
Senate Bills Nos. ", 1O2, 1O1 and 1O3
were read the second time and referred.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Senate Bill No. 80, Laidlaw's, repeal
ing the law providing for discharge of
recorded instruments by marginal entry.
Senate Bill NO 53, Sharpes, making
appropriation for the return of funds
advanced in the prosecution of the max
imum rate case.
Senate Bill No. "a. Laidlaw's protect
ing innocent purchasers Of encumbered
property. III :,..
LAMOURE ON THE RATE CASE.
Senator LaMoure spoke at some
length on the bill making an appropria-
ton for the return of funds ADVANCED in
the prosecution Of the maximum rate