Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-12

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Bismarck. N. d., Feb. 6. - Bonding
bills for the c0Glplctic:l ct the state
capitol. additional buildings at state
normal schools and the reform school
passed tho senate to-day. a favorable
report On tho state capitol bonding
bill is expected to be made by the
and supporters OF the bill believe it
will pass the house without difficulty.
Tho ha:sc this afternoon passed
bill increasing the per diem of jurors
after parliamentary battle of two
two days. Attorney General Erich
rendered in opinion that the La Moure
BILL providing that William Bulge of
board CT trustees of the state universe
ty was q legal measure. and the bill
Was placed on the house calendar.
Appropriation bills for maintenance
OF tho state capitol and clerk hire OF
state departments were presented.
Other new bills We're those providing
for four-weeli terms of the supreme
court at Fargo and Grand Forks; re-
pealing the entire oil inspection law
and abolishing the office Of inspector;
prohibiting discrimination in charges
fc" carrying telegraph messages. and
applying The Sherman antitrust law to
tho state courts y bill prohibiting
the practice of Christian Science and
faith healing, under penalties for mis-
demeanor, was introduced by Senator
Voss of Morton county, and provises
that in case of the death of a child due
to faith healing the person who prac-
ticed it may be punished for man
slaughter in the second degree.
In the senate debate was hot for a
few minutes over the resolution pre-
scented by Crane of Griggs, declaring
the omnibus statehood bill inimical to
the best interests of the country. La
Moure said the bill was an insult to
the representatives of North Dakota
who have been supporting the meas
ure in congress. Crane retorted that
he did not believe that North Dakota's
ly went over until tomorrow on a
point of order raised by La Mcure.
Bismarck, N. d., Feb. 1.-THE SEN
ate passed the bill authorizing bonding
the state university at Grand Forks
for $150OOO for the erection of addi-
tional buildings. Other senate bills
passed were those providing for the
appointment Of commissioners OF
deeds; changing the location of the
state institute for fceble-minded from
jamestown to Grafton; providing for
deportation Of nonresident insane per
sons; creating two state warden dis
tricts, and prohibiting the scattering
of drug or medicine samples. New
bills offered in the senate arc those to
compel telegraph Offices to keep OF
fees open at all hours in cities OF 1000
population: providing for state fair
at Jamestown; providing that trains
of intersections need not stop whOe
there are interloclling switches. and
amendment OF vital statistics law to
obtain better health records.
Cranes resolution opposing the ON
nibus statehood bill caused a furry in
the senate yesterday, and went to the
judiciary committee.
Among the bills reported for pass
age was Jchnson's bill providing chat
all executions of criminals in the state
shall take place hereafter at the state
penitentiary.
In the house the Tufts antitrust bill
passed after some debate This is
stringent measure giving state courts
jurisdiction of all trusts and combina-
tons. Other house measures passed
were the deficiency appropriation for
jamestown asylum, and the bill regu-
lating practice of optometry and pro-
hibiting mutual insurance companies
from doing hail business in North Da-
kota. The senate bill providing that
no person shall solicit insurance in the
state unless he has certificate of au-
thority from the insurance commits
sioner passed the house. A proposed
amendment to allow on officer OF each
corporation to solicit in the state from
outside was defeated. La Moure's bill
making William Bulge of Grand Forks
a life member of the state university
trustees also passed the house.
The temperance committee will
probably report the proposed result
mission bill unfavorably. The commit
tee recommended the bill raising the
age of consent.
John d. Benton. Sheriff Twitchell
and G. S. Barnes appeared before the
joint committee on appropriations in
the interest of the location of the state
fair at Fargo. Col. McIlvain, e. c..
Geary and John d. Black appeared be.
fore the committee in the interest Of
the state soldiers home.