The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-03-13
always been knocke.
preme court. The pre-.
believed & VIII stand tho fx,. Il

eral instances. Two game warden dis
tricts have been created instead Of
one and provision made for the APP
pointment Of two game wardens. 9th.
er laws have been passed intended to
enforce the game laws more rigidly.
A new judicial district has been
created, the Eighth district, out Of a
part of the Second district, which In
cludes Ward Bottineau and one or
two other counties.
A hanging bill has been passed, pro
viding for the execution Of all capital
sentences at the state penitentiary,
under supervision of the warden OF
that Institution.
A board of management for the st.
Louis exposition display has been Gre
ated consisting Of Gov. White, Lieut..
Gov. Bartlett, State Auditor Holmes,
Commissioners of Agriculture Turner
and w. N. Steele of Rolla.
In the way Of corporation legislation
the most interesting measure that. has
passed is the personal injury bill,
which the railroad men of the state
have succeeded in having passed after
years of endeayor. The measure is
drastic one, covering all classes of
railroad employees, and making the
companies liable for injuries to an en-
ploye by the negligence of fellow en-
ployes. The railroad men fought any
amendments to the bill, and as a re-
suit it went through. as. originally In
troduced. The law is copied nearly
literally from the Iowa and Kansas
laws, which have been passed on by
the supreme court of the United
States. A maximum coal rate; bill has
been passed, slightly reducing the
present rates in some instances. Little
other corporation legislation of an eff
fective nature has been passed.
In insurance legislation laws have
been passed governing reinsurance,
prohibiting soliciting of insurance eX-
cept by authorized solicitors with GER
tifcates from the department of in
surance, and knocking out suicide as
a ground for contrasting life insurance
policies after one year. A valued pol
icy bill was introduced but was not
heard from afterward. &
Oil inspection was covered by new
law requiring Gravity tests and adding
gasoline to the fluids to BE inspected.
The per diem of jurors in district
court has been raised to So.
A peddlers' license bill has passed,
fixing an annual charge for hawking
and peddling.
A stringent pure food bill has been
passed. -,
The appropriation for farmers insti-
tutes has been increased.
The drug permit liquor law has been
strengthened by the addition of more
restrictions.
The distribution of patent medicine
samples has been prohibited.
The salaries of supreme court
judges have been raised from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
All taxes levied in the state since
1889 have been validated, when for any
reason they have been attacked on
technical grounds.
Four weeks sessions of the supreme
court have been provided for Fargo
and Grand Forks
Sinking funds have been provided
for the payment of bonds issued by
the state educational institutions.
The national guard of the state has
been provided with an increased ap-
preparation, the armory rent has been
increased to $500 year and provision
has been made to allow the companies
to build armories
The business of optometry has been
placed under state regulation and pro-
vision made for board of public ex-
aminers.
The term of county auditors has
been changed to begin April l instead
of March 1.
The primary election bills, over
which there was so much discussion,
were crushed between the upper and
neither millstones. The Davis bill,
which passed the house, did not get
past the senate. This was sweeping
measure, to be applied to all nominees
for Office. The Sharpe bill was sent
back to the senate committee for
amendment and did not show up
again.
The board of control bill was an
other important measure that fell by
the wayside.
A large number of other measures
passed, but their interest is largely of
a minor nature
Some changes of court practice have
been enacted; amendments have been
made to township and school district
regulations; the educational laws of
the state have been amended to rem
edy some defects; the usual number
Of concurrent resolutions have passed,
among them one calling for q consti-
tutional convention to change the law
to permit the popular election Of Unit
ed States senators. SIS IS
interviewing Old Luna.
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across the Atlantic why can't we COM 81
municate with the moon ~
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