The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-16
IN THE HOUSE.

tile INTERESTS Oh persons WHO'LL luS SCH
ate had only today honored. ,
IN THE HOUSE.
Bismarck, March For some rea-
son the house could not settle down U
hard work as in the previous two days,
and everywhere there was an air of un-
During the last part Of the session
Mr.. Bacon was in the chair and turbu-
lent part thereof occurred while he was
presiding.
The trouble of the day occurred when
the senate messaged over a number Of
bills that had been passed the day prev
ious, but had not gotten out of the sem
ate before that body adjourned. Under
the rules the message could not be re-
ceived by the house without a suspen-
sion of the rules. Among the bills that
were messaged over was senate bill 156,
a bill establishing maximum railroad
rates On coal. Hare at once moved thar
the house do not receive the message
as to the rate bill. Young moved as a
substitute that the house do receive the
message. The motion failed to receive
the necessary t%wo-thirds vote and the
messenger returned the bill and mes
sage to the senate. The vote on this
matter stood 81 to 23.
Bacon moved the suspension of the
rules, and that the bunch of bills in the
other message, senate bills 176, 217, 167
and 227, be received. Young moved as
a substitute that the vote on senate bill
1s6 be reconsidered, which motion pre-
vailed and the motion was reconsidered
by AZ to IA. Hare demanded a vertical
ton and the result was 46 to IS.
1t was about this time that the desk
force discovered that both the message
concerning senate bill $50 and the bill it
self were missing, and forthwith there
was a row. Young accused Messenger
Lindsey of purloining the bill. Leech
arose and explained the matter as stated
above, and then Young strongly init
mated that futile, who had been at the
house desk, had swiped the precious
document. L-eech said under the cir
cumstances when the house refused to
receive the message as to senate bill $50.
the messenger had nothing to do but to
return it.
Young moved that all the bills mes
saged over from the senate as above be
received under suspension of the rule..
Rose demanded a division of the ques-
ton. which being granted, the motion
to receive senate bill 176, providing for
the appointment for a special public ex-
aminer by the governor as occasion re-
quires, was lost, and the bill was sent
back to the senate. The motion was
carried to receive senate bill 117, San
born, making the ~commandant of the
soldiers home secretary Of the board Of
trustees was carried. also the motions
senate bill 167, Laidlaw, government
of county mutual insurance companies
and senate bill 227, Wolbert, providing
for semi-annual examination of state
banks. Later Davis moved the recon-
sideration of the vote by which. senate
bill 176 was not received, which motion
prevailed, and the senate sent back the
bill.
On motion of Young, the following
resolution was adopted:
That the chair appoint a committee OF
three to explain to the senate the cir
cumstances under which senate bill 156
was removed from this house, particu-
larly ass to the fact that the same was
never messaged from this house, but
was taken away by an officer of the
senate by mistake and without author
ity. The motion prevailed and Messrs.
Young, Pollock and Hare we're ap-
pointed such committee.
The committee waited upon the sci
ate but that body had taken a recess till
the morning. 1t is said a bog row is
promised at the session tomorrow
morning in case the senate refuses to
return senate bill ISL. some members
of tho house going so far as to declare
no more senate bills will be passed by
the house in such an event.
Governor White messaged his ap-
prevail of the following bills: II
what property may be taken in exercise
of eminent domain; a.. power of attor-
ney for release Of mortgages; 164, con-
tract enrolling and engrossing; US
cemetery property transfers; TAG, rights
of purchasers at tax sales; I8S. school
district bonds; 104, to cure defective ac-
acknowledgements.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the following bills: 81,
annual settlements school treasurers;
Sc, license and regulate storage COM
panies other than warehousemen in
bulk grain: "a. limiting road tax to 8
instead of S mills: t86, security bonds for
school treasurers: 1903, pure food law;
144. commissioners district redistricting
board: 2oa. drain bonds; los, extending
time for fling farm laborer liens from
ten to thirty days; 2I:3, giving state and
county precedence in enforcement OF
collection Of taxes over liens.
The following bills were killed: 22I:
prevention of prize fights; I66, repeal OF
the Twichell law; 234. publication list
of commission men doing business in.
the state; 1914, leasing o 'ferry fran
chise.
The senate bills passed we're: I8o,
amends law for manner of making abb
stracts of election returns; 200, defines
the system of free public schools of
state; AZ. special school district; Sc, pros
mote efficiency national guard; EOS, as
sessment of damages under law OF em-
i11ent domain; us, four years term for
county commissioners; IS, appropria-
ton for additional clerk hire in the
t~reasurer's office; s.. was then passed
without the emergency clause; senate
bill z2o, collection Of delinquent per.
sonal taxes BY action; 81, inclusion OF
unknown defendants in summons; 2I6.
sheep inspection; settlement Of estates
o~f4decedants;; rag, power of attorney for
Foreclosure q mortgage.