Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-03-02
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.


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tue asegslar Routine.
Bismarck. Feb. 2l.-The Temperance
commissioner bill was killed yesterday by
the senate. by II ayes to Is nays Those
| voting aye were. Ames. Arnold. Cooper,
Dunlap. Fuller of Stutsman. Hanna,
Hegge. Levang. Luke. McCarten, Sam
born. TwicheN, Baker and slotten paired:
McCanna and Murphy absent
Eleven house bills were passed by the
house. among them the following: House
bill No. $50. by Stevenson. requiring burial
OF animals dying from diseases; sub
stttute for house bill 49, amending the law
| fixing the salary of the register of deeds;
house bill l4S, relating to township. road
tax and road work, a poll tax to be paid
in all cases where the township has
adopted contract systems; house bill III,
providing for the issue of $4,000 bonds on
lands for the erection Of additional build
ings at the state insane hospital: house
bill 127. providing for the removal of
| weeds from public highways, streets and
| alleys; house bill 1875. permitting the dis
posal of land purchased or hidden in at
| tax sale by counties; house bill 1854. pro-
viding for pounds and pound-masters in
| unorganized townships; house bill lAO. to
prevent adulteratton in manufacture or
sale of flax seed or linseed oil.
Five house bills were killed, as follows:
House bill 1913, regulating the operation of
traction engines. vote "a for to q
against; house bill No. 9. requiring copies
| OF chattel mortgages to be furnished
mortgagors. by a vote of 10 for to Sc
against; house bill lis. providing for the
| listing of dogs for the purpose of taxa
ton. by vote of 26 for to 81 against.
| Bismarck, Feb. 22.-The house met at
10 yesterday and put in some work
| passing senate bills, which were acted
l on during the forenoon. Those passed
| were for drainage of bitches on school
lands; concurrent resolutions asking con-
gress to pass grain export bounty;
| regulating state repositories; for chattle
mortgage sales to be made on Saturday
from 2 to O'Clock; regulating tax sales;
for reports of commissioner of labor on
trades unions; providing for judgment
and distribution of assets of insolvent
corporations; assessment of express and
telephone companies; costs in civil
actions, for county boards Of health;
costs In civil actions; alimony in divorce
cases; publication Of insurance state
ments; constitutional amendment that
school funds may be put into county and
township bonds. All the foregoing were
passed by the house.
Senate bill for quarterly publication of
| county treasurers' statements was killed.
| II ayes, 81 nays.
Bismarck, Feb A.-Yesterday the sem
ate passed bills appropriating $1,000 for
university deficiency. $1,000 for Glendale
industrial school. two-fifths mill tax for
maintenance of university; $4,000 for
agricultural college also passed. Judge
Lamoure voting no.
The senate refused to concur in the
house amendment to senate bill No. SO.
the depository interest bill, and requested
the house to appoint conference COM
mittee. Messrs. Stevens and Bacon were
appointed. The committee on taxes re-
ported the senate bill No. g. prescribing
the manner of notice for taxes for in
definite postponement and the report was
adopted.
The house bill regulating foreclosure Of
real estate mortgages was killed. The
senate bill for geological survey passed
the house. House bill relating to educa-
ton was killed.
Representative Wallace introduced
concurrent resolution complimenting tho
North Dakota regiment at Manila on
their good record. which passed the
house.
| Mr.. Devine introduced bill allowing
| the Soldiers Home at Lisbon to bond its
land grant for $4,000, to retire 600 float
ing debt and build a hospital.
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finally passed, giving a three years. lien,
also house bills relating to education, APP
pointment of sheep inspectors. relating to
ferries, homes for orphan children, clear
ing school land from weeds. collecting of
realty tax by action. and relating to
deputies.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 25.-The house
yesterday passed all Of the appropria-
ton bills as acted on by the senate with
out change. 1t amended the measure re-
iating to the state fair at Valley City,
cutting off the Mandan appropriation and
referred to the committee. The bill to
prevent discrimination in providing cars
was indefinitely postponed, as was the
one for construction of VS. and confer
ring authority on the railroad commits
sioners.
Bills defeated were: To enforce pay
ment of taxes delinquent on or before
Jan. 1; relating to election herd law;
providing for the redemption of real
property sold for taxes.
Measures passed were: Relating to the
appointment Of deputy clerks of court;
fixing the compensation of oil inspectors;
the senate bill fixing the salary of SUI
preme court reporters at $500. and the
appropriation reimbursing those who adj
vanced money for the state exhibit at
Omaha.
The senate passed the anti-tramp bill,
giving police powers to trainmen. There
were few dissenting votes. The objection
sprang from the fear that employees
might abuse this power. Cooper's bill,
specifying the qualifications of county
judges the same as practicing attorneys
in districts exceeding 1900. was defeated.
The bill appropriating the sum for the
addition to the asylum at jamestown
| was passed.
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