The Dickinson press., 1899-03-11
~eaislation of Interest.

Legislation OF Interest.
Among the bills which passed the 90
North Dakota legislature we give below
those of most interest to this section of
the state. Not all have been approved
by the governor, but it is likely that
most of them will become laws.
Senate bills.-Increase fee for record
ing brands with secretary of state to s.;
vesting real title in persons who have
had indisputed title for 10 years; the
wolf bounty bill: primary election; Nc
Gillivray, powers of fish commissioner;
physical education in public schools;
$4,000 appropriated for volunteers in Ma
Mia; opening and vacating highway; is
suance of tax deeds; salaries of states at
torneys; purchase of tools and work.
House bills.-Providing the organiza-
ton of school townships without requir-
ing $1,000 assessed valuation; permitting
animals to run at large from November
to April; county treasurer to give bond
in fidelity insurance company at expense
of county; contemporaries beating of
trains misdemeanor, employees of trains
peace officers to make arrests; providing
for designation of repositories for sink
ing Juno Of school districts; establishing
Irvine and cordage plant at the peniten-
tiary; providing for the publication OF
election returns by precincts, officially
by the counties: authorizing county com
missioners to offer reward for wheat
thieves; fixing salaries of county auditors,
minimum $3.50, maximum $4,000, based
on valuation: providing for appointment
of sheep inspectors by state veterinarian;
resolutions to amend the constitution so
as to create state board of pardons, and
for the taxing Of telegraph, express and
other companies: providing for the county
appointment of the state tuition 2 mill
tax; fixing salaries Of clerks of district
courts, based on valuation of county; re-
quiring the covering of wells on vacant
land; governing liens for sire service;
extending the term of residence in di-
vorce cases to IL months; providing for
the registering of deeds in DEGREES of
county courts and correcting title that
should be recorded at once without GER
ti6cate of taxes paid; regulating costs in
appeals in justice courts; reducing term
of county board of health to one year;
providing for the recording of instru-
ments ~discharging recorded mortgages;
p%rovidingfor the levying of tax by county
commissioners upon 10 per cent of resi-
dents to be devoted to construction of
frebreaks and compensation of fire war
dens against corporations; modifying rate
of interest to be paid on delinquent tax
judgments; providing for a modification
of the official ballot to prevent errors in
voting; establishing a method for the
foreclosure of chattel mortgages on crops
having a market value; providing for a
license for hawkers and peddlers; appro-
priating $3.50 for turtherance of high
school work and for regulating the atten-
dance on training schools and teachers
institutes; appropriating $4,000 for prose-
cution of maximum rate case; providing
for pound masters in u%norganized town.
ships; incurable insanity ground for di.
vorce; fixing salaries of county judges;
misdemeanor to send county printing Of
the state; providing for notice of intent
to file mechanic lien; Appointment of con
SENATORS for drunkards and spenthrifts
how pupils may be admitted to districts
of which they are not residents; tax Of
one fifth mill tor payment of wolf boun'
ties; oil inspectorship salaried Office
$500 annually; payment of district as
SCISSORS; penalty for concealing estrays OF
defacing brands; providing for the col
lection of vital statistics; requiring buria
of animals dying from disease; railroads
liable for damages to employees causet
by carelessness of fellow servants; recort
of visits of county superintendent t.
schools.