Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-01-24
House Turns Down 35 Day Amend
ment of Senate by Close
... g.. Vote. ..
Concurrent Resolution introduced
Providing for Issuance of Bonds
to Amount of $I5O,O0O.
Valley City Normal School MOdestIy
Asks for the Small Sum of
$4,000 This Year.

Bismarck, n. D., Jan. 19-The
Chacey resolution shortening the ses
sion to 35 days came up for considera.
tion in the House yesterday. Aftel
considerable discussion the resolution
was laid on the table. Ayes 32, nays
20. Stutsman county representatives
voted to not set the day Of adjourn
ment.
A bill introduced by Packard pro-
vides that all school and other public
lands appraised at over S. and under
$40 per acre shall be leased for five
years for grazisg purposes and land
appraised at less than s. per acre shall
be leased for ten years for pasturage
and meadow purposes.
A bill repeating the Mandan fair
appropriation has been introduced
and will no doubt bring about quite a
fight.
Regulating fees to be charged by
clerks Of district court is the sub
stance of one bill.
A concurrent resolution authoriz-
ing the state treasurer with the ad.
vice of auditor and governor to issue
bonds to the amount Of $l5O,O00 was
introduced.
A bill passed provides that the
duties Of recording brands shall be
transferred from the office Of the sec
retary Of state to the secretary Of ag-
ricuture.
Another senate bill passed relates
to the appearance Of parties.
Other bills introduced in the senate
yesterday were:
To provide for the creation OF
special school districts.
Appropriating $4,000 for Valley
City Normal. OF this amount 3d.
0J0 is asked for dormitory and $4,000
for practice school.
TO provide for levying Of l-5 mills
tax for support Of agricultural college.
Amending law relating to clerk of
court S salaries. Providing for salary
of $1,000 in counties where assessed
valuation exceeds nine million dollors.
To cure defective acknowledgements.
Repeating the estray law.
to employ any person to assist the
proper officers in the discovery OF
property not listed and assessed as re.
quired by law. Total fees not to eX.
ceed Is per Gene. OF taxes on propert y
discovered.
Establishing high school inspector
ship and fixing aid to high schools.
Repeals sections establishing state
military board and providing for
compensation OF members.
To promote the efficiency Of the Ma
tional guard and provide for the re-
tirement of officers who are physically
disabled or at their own request.
Secretary of State Porter is adver-
tising for bids for 800 tons of Ignite
coal to heat the capilal building the
ensuing year.
Mayor Patterson says he is thinking
of opening drug store and becoming
Sunday school superintendent. He
also says it may be necessary for him
to establish newspaper in order to
properly jolly the good people of the
state.
Senator Lewis bill No. 26. amends
the present law SO that a man who
moves from one city ward to another
80 days before election does not loss
his vote. In other words if man
moves from the third to the fourth
ward S. days before election ne votes
in the ward in which he formerly re-
sided. This prevents colonization.
yet gives every man a right to vote
who has to move near election day
1t is estimated that about 80 men
were deprived Of their votes in Fargo
alone at the last election.
Bismarck, Jan. 2l.-The house Sat
urday passed the senate bill authOriz-
ing the issue apprOpriating Sl50,0o0
warrants. amending iti
slightly.
Barrett formally withdrawS from
his candidacy for superintendent of
and forestry.
The following bills were introduced:
,Appropriating $4,000 for a school of
at Bottineau..
Regulating fees of register of deeds. |
Providing for uniform examinations
for teachers. ,,