The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-03-04

Senator Cashel introduced bill for
the state dispensiary system Of han6s
ling the liquor traffic. There is no ex'
,pectation of the passage Of the bill
but it will give opportunity for dis
cussion of various methods of hGSd.
ling the liquor evil. Another sente
bill provides that druggists permits
shall be granted by majority vote OF
electors instead of by petition as at
present. Senator Wipperman of the
Democratic minority introduced q
stringent anti.pass bill, making &C.
ceptance of passes or franks by public
officials bribery.
The bill for certifying of names of
senators and for popular vote was
amended to provide that three candi-
dates for United States senator may
be nominated by state conventions for
election by voters. Another important
bill passed in the senate was a cura-
tive tax act, intended to legalize all
levies of taxes since 1889 where at
tempts have been made to set them
aside for technical irregularities.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. ~. - BY an
overwhelming majority the house de-
clared it's belief that the passage of
the grain inspection bill now before
the Wisconsin legislature by that
body would improve the condition OF
grain shippers in North Dakota. This
action was taken by adopting the mi
nority report of Representative Young
of the committee that went to Madi-
son.
Youngs report stated that Gov. La
Toilette had given as positive assur-
ances as he could well give that he
would nome North Dakota man on
the board of inspection in case the
Wisconsin bill passed. The majority
of the committee, consisting of Sena-
tors LaMoure and Sharpe and Repre-
sentatives Leech and Mattson, with
commissioner Turner, presented re-
port that they could get no assurance
that North Dakota man would be
appointed, and hence could not rec
ommend that the legislature take fur
Their action toward pressing the pass
age of the Wisconsin bill.
The Fargo state fair bill went up in
the air in the senate when majority
report of the appropriations commit
tee was adopted, substituting gen.
eral county fair measure for the Fargo
bill. All appropriation bills were re-
ported back to the senate, and, with
this one exception, were passed UNI
der suspension of the rules. The SEN
ate killed a resubmissiOn resolution,
but refused to kill bills repeating drug
permit laws, making it misdemeanor
to solicit orders for liquor in the state
and Offering reward of $50 for infor-
nation against yiolators of the pro-
hibition law.
The house passed bill creating a
new Eighth judicial district, which
was lost several days ago by lack OF
the necessary twO-thirds vote.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 2S.-Two SEES
sions of the house were held and
seven bills were killed in committee
and twenty-seven bills passed A
steering committee was named in the
house with Young of Barnes chairman
and Messrs. Davis, Watts, Leech,
Chaffee, Lyons, Gilbert, Richmond,
McGahan, Ryan and Movius. The pure
food bill, among those passed, is "a
tended to shut out adulterated food
products from the state. The bill to
reduce penalties for violation of the
prohibition law was killed.
Other bills passed by the house
were the increased militia appropria-
ton; Torrens land title law; law
changing boundaries of Billings and
Stark counties; peddlers' license bill;
reduction of exemptions to $500; ap.
preparation of $500 to volunteer fire..
men; providing bonds for state AL
nm buildings, and requiring payment
for care of patients at insane asylums
where their estates are sufficient. The
bill to grant a reward OF $50 for in.
formation against viOlatOrs of the pro-
hibition law was sent to special or
ders for Tuesday afternoon.
The senate passed the initiative aN
referendum constitutional amendment,
practically all of the resubmissionists
supporting the measure as a means OF
getting the liquor question again be-
fore the people, the bill requiring con-
stitutional amendments to be SUBJ
mitted to the people on petition OF Is
per cent of the voters. The bill to IN
crease the per diem of county COM
missioners through the state to IS was