Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-03-14


form school bonds, amount reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000; house bill I,
Leecl, compels counties to pay cities
taxes; house bill ID, Wade, authorizing
for wolves.
The following conference committees
were appointed: Senate bili 1o7, Muir
ply, oil inspection, Hare, Cassel,
Leech; senate bill I, Little, Bar Associ
alton bill, Ga1braitl, Young and
Thomas; house bill Sc, Winslow, an
nual settlement school treasurers,
Packard, Winslow and Davis.
The house killed senate bills 80 and
&c. qualification for entrance to normal
schools and university; senate bill 2o,
making cities one precinct.
The following house bills were
passed: e. lessees OF school lands, their
rights and privileges; 1913, penalty for
interfering with party i'll charge OF
stock enroute on train; 223, duties and
pay of township treasurers.
The following senate bills were
passed: Bar Association bill; oil in
spection bill, amended to make fees &C
per cent; supplies to assessors; notice
OF expiration to be served by sheriff;
OF, Agricultural College bonds; 147
Cox, Valley City normal bonds; 22o,
sale of $4,000 acres school and institu-
ton lands; 1856, university bonds; pa,
library tax; 20, university law gradu-
ates to practice on certificates; SO, re-
newal of Judgments; 154, taxation tele-
graph, telephone and other companies;
IA, states attorney bill; ISL, surety
company bonds for county repositories;
1853, amends bank law as to capital;
1Io, justice not compelled to transmit
record without pay; 90, repeal OF fibre
bounty; 122, Offset OF taxes against
claims against counties; a., repeal of
Irvine bounty; 1903, additional bond Tor
city treasurer; 142, service OF papers in
certain cases; o5, auditors to attach GER.
tifcates to abstracts, fee IS cents; II,
amends caucus law; 116, title cases in
justice court to be certified to district
court; 127, fees and extra pay OF sheriff,
without emergency clause; 81, COM
mencement of civil actions; 100, amends
libel law; o2, prohibits killing of ante
lope for ten years; Ill, stay OF execu-
ton in civil cases; 70, injunctions, cor
recting omissions in present law; 81,
| SOInliitIiScLlCIll vi dSllOHo III JN1otASC
court; 11S, concerning covenants OF
warranty.
IN THE SENATE.
The passage OF house bills engaged
the greater part of the session OF the
senate yesterday. The order was
reached about the middle of the after
noon and the senate remained in session
until little after o'clock, the latest
session which has been held yet. The
appointments of the governor were
received in the early part OF the after
noon and the senate remained i'll exc
cutive session for some time consider
ing them.
The appointments that were sent in
were the following: ror state exam
liner, R. F. Wallace of Stutsman
county; for member Of the board OIL
trustees of the state asylum at James
town, C. Z. Mudgett OF Valley City
and Eb Young of Cass County. The
first two nominations were confirmed
The nomination of Young was referred
to the committee on charitable institu-
tons for consideration.
Senator Cox wanted to know where
house bill 1873, the railroad liability bill
was. He said it had been reported anc
not acted upon. He wanted to bring
it I'D right away and moved to suspend
the rules and put the bill in order 70,
third reading and final passage. The
senate refused to suspend the rules, ant
the steering committees report wa:
taken as the order of business
House bill IS, the bill to compel al
fire companies in the state receiving
portion of the per cent tax to be
come members of the state association
occasioned little debate MIR. Murphy
moved to postpone the bill indefinitely
There were thirty-nine fire companies II
the state. Of these twenty-five be
loneed to the state association ane
seventeen did not. He didn' see VIII.
it was necessary or wise to force com
panies to join the association If they
did not choose to do so. The motion
to postpone was lost and the bill wa
. passed. :,
House bill 2c8 providing that di
vorced persons shall not remarry with
in three months of the time they are
divorced, was passed.
The senate and house failed to agree
on the oil Inspector bill and the count.
auditors salary bill The senate re
fused to concur in the house amend
ments to the oil inspector bill and thu
house refused to stand for the change il
the salary bill, making it applicable t
present county auditors. Both bills AT
in the hands of conference committees
Hale, Hegge and I.avayea are the sen
ate conferees on the old bill.
The following senate bills were ap
proved by the governor: Al, estra,
law; 48, liability for trespass; 81. state
military board; 60, state board of par
dons; "a, converting Of presidents o
school boards; 90, payment OF fec t.
auditor for certificate OF taxes pad
los, liens in general; 1914, division o
school districts; 1oS, sinking fund tol
county mutual insurance companies
128, vouchers filed to be consecutlvei,
numbered and paid; 13o, state pre-
ferred creditor in debt for Irvine pur
chased from state plant; 14o, Location
and removal OF county seats; u.s., tees
for transportation OF prisoners and pa
tients; 18o, special tax levy to take III