The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-02-18
siderably. The bill also provides fer,
headquarters Of the inspector at Fargo,
where all oil entering the state is to

11derlDIy. The OIL also rOV1ue 10f
headquarters Of the inspector at Fargo,
where all oil entering the state is to
be inspected.
Bills introduced in the senate were:
Lavang, reducing the compensation OF
stenographers Of the district courts to
80 cents q file and 81 a day, with 10
cents a folio for transcripts; Porter, BY
request, appropriating $500 annually
for travelling expenses of the state rail-
road commission and secretary.
Bills introduced in the house: Die
sem, reducing maximum passenger
fares to be charged in the state to 8
cents n mile; Gronvold, repeating the
law making it a misdemeanor to de
fraud an innkeeper; Thordason, amend
ing the threshing lien law, and Ugland.
making provision for road work and
tax in townships.
The state is low on q cash basis for
the first time in q number of months.
| Bills of state institutions that have
gone for several months behind pay
ment have been paid to the first of the
year. and other bills against the state
l%iquidatcd, except in cases Where the
Bismack, N. D., Feb. 1O.-The unex-
pected happened ut yesterdays session
of the house, and q committee of five
vas appointed to investigate the
charges and rumors alleged against
Judge Glaspell, of the Fifth district.
A game of strategy vas played, in
which neither side gained what it de-
sired. At an executive session of the
house, held again yesterday morning, Q
resolution was passed that he entire
matter of the petition and resolution
be expunged from the records SO that
nothing whatever should appear on the
decords of the house regarding the
impeachment matter.
At the conclusion of the secret ses-
sion and so soon as the open session
was resumed, Representative McHarg
presented again the petition Of Judge
Glaspell and asked the right to read it.
Objection was at once made to the
reading of the petition, and the speak
er ruled that the right of petition could
not be denied, but that after hearing
the petition the house might expunge
the matter from the records if it so de-
sired. The petition was read and i'm
mediately upon the conclusion of its
reading Representative Stevens moved
that the prayer of the petitioner be
granted. The motion was seconded
and cariedr almost before the house
iself realized the turn affairs had
taken, the speaker appointed Messrs.
Stevens, Althouse. Allen, Wallace and
Bacon an investigating committee.
Prior to the adjournment of the
house a resolution was passed for an
adjournment until next Tuesday, but
the senate refused to concur in the
resolution, and the session will pro-
coed regularly. The house deferred
the memorial service to Gov. Briggs to
Wednesday,, Feb. %, in which post
ponement the senate agreed. The SEES
sion of the upper house was brief and
uninteresting. Several petitions were
presented for the passage of the tenn
perance commissioner bill and for the
initiative and referendum amendment
to the constitution. The principal mat
ter of. interest was the introduction Of
q bill prepared by the joint committee
on game laws, providing amendments
to the present law. The bill provides
for deputy game wardens in each
county, from one to three, according
to population. The fees from licenses
for hunters will be paid under one
fifth to the state game warden. three
fifths to the deputies and one-ffth to
| the state, reducing the perquisites Of
the state game warden more than one
half. The open seanson for deer is
from Nov. 10 to Dec. 1; prairie chicken,
Aug. 20 to Oct. 1; duck. Aug. 1 to Jan.
/, and geese, August to May 1. The
bill provides that all Indians in the
state shall be subjecte to the pro-
visions of the law. The matter was
made a special order for Wednesday
next. Bills introduced:
Little, t o reimburse Burleigh county
for the prosecution of w. HI. Leonard;
Baker, to appropriate $500 to pay
Leck & Leck for work on he. state
college; Mansfield (by requestl, appro-
priating 1925 to pay for furniture for
the state capitol building in 1894; Slot
ten, fixing terms of court in the Fourth
judicial district; Cashel, appropriating
$22 400 to establish an institution for
the Predetermined at Grafton, and pro-
viding for the creation of q board of
trustees; Ames, prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of cigarettes or cigar
cite paper, making the smoking of
cigarettes by any person under eight
cen in any public place q misde-
meanor
The house passed the bill authorizing
the publication of county electoral re-
turns by precincts. Bills introduced
in the house III
Winslow. empowering the railroad.
commission to order the construction
of loading platforms ut stations or sid
lngs where deemed necessary; Ken
needy, providing a minimum salary of
$1,000 and a maximum of $1,000 for
registers of deeds.
Bismarck, N. d. Feb. ID ~ There
will be No further session until to-mor-
row, to-day being a legal holiday. The
sessions Saturday were again unim-
portant. Under twenty members Of
the house were present and that body
adjourned without a quorum. In the
senate no business was transacted be-
yond the introduction Of bills and q
few committee reports. The commit.
tee on game laws reported favorably
the bill of the joint c%oGll1ittee, provid-
ing amendments to tie present game
law.
Bills introduced were: Amcs, for the
proctice of physical culture in public
schools; relating to punishment pro-
i ooodinrs IN ~irrsffcn oOlirf s0nd Mellon.