Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-01-24
Attorney General ComstoCk Issues
An Open letter to Bismarck
Saloon Keepers.
Bills Regulating Interest Rates, L.
Censing of BARRIERS and ReduC-
ing Wolf Bounty.
LEGISLATURE to be Asked to Give A.
thority to State Officers to
Borrow Money.

Bismarck, jan 1S.-Saloons must go
in Bismarck. Attorney General Com
stock has issued notice to violators
of the prohibition law that the liquor
traffic must be stopped. In his notice
the attorney general warns saloen
keepers that he will adopt such meas
ures asmayl be deemed necessary to
effectually enforce the laws governing
such!cases.
The meve;of the attorney general
has created considerable surprise. By
some tits taken to.mean that he will
enter into a warfare against saloons
lin all counties Of the state.
In the senate bill was introduced
taxing peddlers s25 it on foot, $50 for
single horse, S75 for two horses and
1925 for.,Imore than two horses, H.
censes to be issued by county auditors.
Bills were also introduced to protect
those furniShinglmaterial for public
buildings;Ito amend law relating to
limitation ef actions: regulating ex-
animation OF, witnesses; fixing time
for settlement of estates eOf deced-
,ents: amending law governing pay
ment Of vouchers in the order of fl
ing by eXempting3 salaries and eX-
;penses OF Legislature: regulating ad-
mission tossnormal schools by requiring
three years highTsehool work: provid-
that no person shall be admitted to
state university who is not able to
pass examination: amending the law
relating to sale OF twine from state
plant; regulating Insurance. Provides
that insurance ..3unl property in this
state must mot be written through
agents outside the state, unless ap-
proved by agents in theI state, who
shall receive commission, 10 the end
that the state shall receive the taxes
on the insurance. Prohibits reinsur-
ance for companies not authorized to
do business Ina the estate. Penalty Of
$500 for violation ofsproviSiGns Of law,
and gives insurance commissioner
power;itoI make Unnecessary eXamina
tions.
In the-house bi!ls.were introduced
regulating powers OF county boards OF
health inOhandling contagious diseases
at county 1expense: establishing a
board OF examining BARRIERS, regulat-
ing the practice Of harbering, licensing
of BARRIERS, land: providing for better
,educating'of svchIpraetitioners; appro-
priating $4,000 biennially for farmers
institutes; providing that interest for
any legal indebtedness shall be at the
rate OF per cent per annum tlnless a
differents rateIsis contracted for in
writing and allSScontracts shall bear
the same rate after ithey become due
as beforesunless it clearly appears
therefrom that suchswas not the in
tention of the parties: providing that
'county!treasurer shallIhand list Of de-
linquent personal taxes to sheriff for
collection on Oct. !, instead Of Sept.
Is; reducing: wolf bounty from 50 to
50: prohibiting persons from serving
on a jury twice year.
The legislaturewill be asked to give
the state ,ofticers,authority to borrow
money to pay the boys off and keep
the state institutions open. There
may be some factious opposition to
the same, but the.authority will have
to be given soon to issue state war
rants. They aresgood interest bearing
paper and theIbankS are always ready
to cash them.
Gov. White has letter from Abbie
NJ. Bagstow ofIl6 Greenwich ST., Bos-
ton, asking for the whereabouts OF
Henry Bailey OF Saltwater, Maine,
who is supposed to be employed on, or
owner OF a cattle ranch in the state.
The Tribune says it is not probable
that Supt. of Forestry and Irrigation
Barrett of Churchs Ferry win be re-
appointed. Gov. White may designate
member oil the agricultural college
and endeavor to get the salary deduct
ed from the college appropriation.
Bismarck, n. d., Jan. IA num-
Der Of newspapers throughout the
state are suggesting the consolidation
Of the two normal schools of the state,
as though it was in the power Of the