The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-03-14

eacn lot Ionr years IRON me nrsI tues
Franklin Potter, cass county; each for
Mayv}lle; {. N: johnson, dwight. Rich
normal school at Valley City; All.
p peaffs' L gay,sy Wells Seiy' COUNTY ears Ia eaeh Tor na foSr
years. Trustees state university at Grand
Forks: Stephen Collins, Grand Forks;
Gronna, Nelson county; each for four
years. Trustees soldiers home, Norris
I Brown, Ransom county, and e. G.
State board of agriculture: William DIE
and 7. s. U%nderhill. Of stark county:
Bottineau county, for four years. and
David Clark, Bottineau county, for two
years.
ernor deemed the financial condition Of
the state sufficiently important to send
day, warning members that the proposed
upon would exceed all probable revenues
period by $4,000, not considering h $780,
600 Of funding warrants which must be
paid by this administration
Attempts to repeal the penalty clause
of the prohibition law have proven futile
and the senate unanimously killed the
the following bills: Appointment Of stock
inspectors; amendment Of road machine
purchase law; fixing the salaries of coun-
law, giving oil inspector 50 per cent Of the
fees; providing for the issue of $4,000
bonds for the state agricultural college;
appropriating $4,000 annually for state
aid to high schools and creating the Of
flee Of high school inspector; and the bill
proyhiding for city s eleetions only in even
and the house bin for issue Of ss1l6.oo6
bonds for maintenance.
The house passed the county auditors
salary bill; bill for an electric light line
from the state ,penitentiary to the capitol
Senate bills passing tie house and
lows; Flying county commissioner's pay
anee companies; creating a state board
Of opoaanndons; providing for a tax levy Of
ton of the estray bill.
Bismarck, N. D., March 5.-Monday's
tinctly dull, Notwithstanding it was the
first day of the last week Of the session
and there was a large number of impor-
house proceeded deliberately and adj
journed early in the afternoon.
:, Tbs rdn house passed the senate BIZ for q
the appraisal and sale of school and and
the $4,000 appropriation bill for IN ex-
hibit at the Pan-American exposition.
TIL house adjournment was forced by
some of the leaders who are considering
the matter OF a proposed horizontal re-
a%peropria Of 10 BITS BgE e naw i bef all i tbe haIse
for final action. It is stated tonight that
this will be suggested by the steering
conform to the recommendation Of Gov
ernor White In his special message urg-
ing further economy and stating that the
In excess of the probable revenue for the
biennial period.
Other house leaders claim the govern
ceipts will be greater than he figures,
leaving a surplus of $50, 600 over the ap.
duction of any of the appropriations.
The oil inspection bill was reported in
tn the ss house nar cent snttin FIT the seI inspe ct sssa fees .ss
give the present auditors the benefit Of
the proposed increase in salaries.
1 BIsm ma s;;,, n; p; March eiaThe house
e9e senate ssssien b Tas s1sushfer def th Fhe nq si@er
son wolf bounty bill. providing for a two
tenths mill tax, was killed and buried.
as was Murphy's bill providing that no
city elections should be held in the state
this year and the senate bill readiusting
the salaries of clerks of court and in
constitutional amendment for a local OPP
ton also went to the slaughter-house:
providing for a $4,000 increase in state
aid to high schools and creating the Of
flee Of state high school Inspector, which
was slated for ]. G.. Halland, former state
superintendent, II the bill passed.
The house passed Torrens land title
laws and indications are that it will pass
the senate. The contract engrossing and
enrolling bill passed the senate. and will
be approved by the governor. All appro.
ernor. The Pan-American appropriation
bill is still in the hands Of he senate
committee.
The special committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges of bribery against
Representative Leech and Senator Lewis,
ia aki Gass te eednsys IS fo mee a ! rep sen'st to a the
house. Nobody takes any stock in the
reports. and some surprise Is expressed
s snas ths h0a to f aaEa'h efic iaf , eognI Eonsae
The cigarette bill promises to pass the
the active lobby against it: Nearly all Of
the important measures before the as
sembly have been disposed of.
White appointed r. E. Wallace. Of
s ssad h as pHelis sn dxa a. IN yo to su Of
Tower city and e. F. Mudgett. Of Valley
City, as trustees Of the state asylum at
jamestown. "A HSnt was WaQe On
Young's confirmation and it went to the
charitable institutions committee for con-
sideration. The other nominations were
confirmed.
T. H. Pool. former private secretary to
Governor Fancher, will be deputy exam
liner, carrying out a pledge made to Fan
cher when he withdraw from the state
ticket. In the nomination of Mudgett,
Anton Fried, Of Wimbledon, who was in
dorsed by the Stutsman county organiza-
ton for the trusteeship, was turned down.
The work Of the legislature is pretty
nearly completed. The bills being passed.
at the end of the session are not Of great
Importance. House bills passing the SEN
ate and becoming laws witt the gov
errors approval are those providing that
the fire departments to draw a state tax
must belong to the state association; fix
ing fees to be charged by the state land
department; providing a general irriga-
ton law; making SANDER of females a
mfsdemeanor; and prohibiting remarriage
of divorced persons for three months.
The oil inspection bill Is still a STUN
bling block and is in he hands Of the
tors salary bill is also in conference. The
house today passed forty-one bills. a large
number of senate bills among them.
Nearly all the business in the house has
been cleaned up. there being only about
twenty senate bills yet to be considered
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