Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-02-07
BY A CLOSE VOTE
Amendment Placing Exemptions at
$3.50 Passed the House by
Close Vote.
Arguments for and AGAINST the Prop
ositi0n to tower the
AmO1nt.

Bill to Repeal Anti-hobo Law IS
Recommended to Pass in
House.
Bismarck, N. d. Jan. 6:-The con-
sideration of the bill reducing exemp
tions from 81, 500 to $500 brought out
numerous arguments for and against
Sargent's amendment placing the ex-
emptions at $3.50 finally passed by a
vote of 30 to %. Bacon favored the
bill. Low exemptions would not stop
immigration, as low exemptions were
directly in the interests OF settlers.
Five hundred dollars, a library, clothes
and food for year fixed a man nicely.
He said we wanted debt paying peo-
pie in the state-had enough dead
beats. 1t was the most important bill
of the session, as it will save the state
and farmers 500, 600 yearly in interest
and lower prices for goods.
Chaffee agreed with Bacon. The
only man in his district who opposed
the bill was a banker. The farmers
we're not dishonest and meant to pay
their debts. He reported a ,constitu-
,entas saying he could not understand
why an honest man should oppose this
bill.
Hare said he was aStOniSherl that
anyone should have to defend "a low
exemption bill. The country was no
longer the frontier wnere such high
exemptions were necessary. The peO-
pie did not now need it. 1t protects
no one. Five hundred dollars is
enough to protect anyone. when taken
lin connection with the homestead eX-
emption and when the party was hon
est. He never knew anyone to claim
exemptions through failures Of crops,
but knew plenty who sought to evade
their debts behind high exemption
bulwarkS.
Keeler said his people wanted the
old law to stand. Had heard of no
petitions from farmers for this reduc-
tion. Low exemptions in case of death
of head Of family wollld hurt dee edent
and his family.
After considerable discussion in the
house it was recommended that the
bill repeating the anti ti-brake beam law
.be passed. Rep. Miehaels said that
the law making it a crime to steal a
ride resulted in many farm hands
keeping away from the state. Bacon
said the bill repeating should be
passed.
The bill for the removal of the de-
partment of marks and brands from
the office of secretary OF state to that
of commissioner of agriculture came
up for consideration. The question OF
making fees for recording 81 or 50 was
discussed.
Hall introduced a bill providing for
erection of stables at cealntry school
, houses in certain cases. Other bills
introduced we're:
Dwire: Dispositions Of estates Of
intestates dying in penal or charita-
BILE institutions.
Young: BY request, making it in
competent for a party to an action or
interested therein to give evidence
concerning conversations had with
deceased or insane persons.
Mcclure: Provides for licensing fire,
lightning or tornado insurance agents,
within state, but exempts county mu-
tual insurance companies.
Gronvold: Establishing public
county scales.
Watson: Prohibits railroad en-
ssployes from making contracts with
companies restricting liability in DAM
age cases through negligence or mis-
management of other employees.
On motion of Watson the rules were
suspended and the last named bill was
read a second time and referred to
committee on railroads.
Lerone: Makes state board of equali-
zation consist Of governor, state audi
tor, state treasurer, attorney general
and one county commissioner from
! each county, and makes one third of
the board quorum instead of one
half as now.
THE SENATE.
A communication from the state
capitol board, Governor White, Audi.
tor Carlblom and Secretary Porter,
made an estimate OF $685. required
for capitol maintenance for the ensu-
ing biennial period, which was refer
red to the committee on appropri-
ations.
Bills were introduced providing for