The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-02-12

in both houses were held yesterday after
noon,- and an adjournment was taken to
Tuesday afternoon.
Little, in the senate, introduced a bill
years in other states before being adj
mitted here. and another fixes the course
Of law study at three years instead Of
two.
Taylor's bill prohibits free distribution
Of drug and medicine samples. Cashel's
bill, providing for appointment Of a board
for feeble-minded, was passed in the SEN
ate, as was Regan's bill, fixing the COM
pensation of assessors in unorganized
Hale's bill, providing for organization
Of district high schools, or consolida-
moving from one precinct to another in
the same county shall nave a vote in
the old one until he gains one in the
new precinct, was also passed.
Governor White, in a message to thd
house, estimated the cost of the main
tenance Of the capitol and grounds and
the : gGye1 nsr;od e MSiah at 1900 for a
The e senate bin providing for an issue
efbo SIS 1000 600 t bonds ds. for and the he'll Devils Lake Ike
house. Another measure in the house
fixes h legal rate of interest at Z per
cent. The house committee killed the bill
requiring all passenger trains to stop at
county seats.
Bismarck, N, D., Feb. 3.-.The senti-
ment is generally in favor of a good ex-
hibit at the St. Louis Exposition. The
members of the legislature and Governor
White favor as liberal an appropriation as
the state can make, consistent with its
can commission, recently, made to the
legislature, urges that in view Of the sue
cess of the states exhibit there, a liberal
and to that end part Of the appropriation
that remained unexpended after the Buff
falo show has been used to lay the foun-
dation for an exhibition at st. Louis.
County committees have been organized
and interest aroused in the preparation
of grains. grasses and vegetables. The
wool growers at their recent meeting de-
and asked that at least 25 per cent of it
be expended for the live stock interests.
Governor White does not favor the cree
would be better to DEVOTE all the money
to gathering. and displaying products
in the agricultural. mines. dairying
maintenance Of a building would cost
at least $4,000 n IS this would
merely be for the entertainment of
T Eonls It Would Of the DO sf little T to%a Wfn adv te St:
ing the resources of the state, which
ought to be fully presented, particularly
at this time, when the tide of, immigra-
of the middle west. The appropriation
asked for is $50. 600, but this will prob
ably be scaled down somewhat.
Bismarck, N. D. Feb. 4,-Gen. O. O..
Civil War, was a guest of the two houses
of the legislature yesterday afternoon.
Invitation hn,taI was extended to him by both
briefly .c~ongratulating, the state upon its
prosperity n growth.
Little but routine was done in either
lative recess. Browns state fair bill, pro-
posing to locate the state fair at Fargo
and making an annual appropriation Of
$4,000 was presented in the senate. The
the governor and the senate adjourned
after a brief session.
In the house Shells Of Lamoure intro
drug stores under the medicinal permit
act to four gallons a month. Other bills
presented were for submitting increased
and administrators. Bills passed in the
house were for the relief of James Nc
Keehnie Of Lisbon; for armory rent for
eral education bill; for registration Of
apprentices in pharmacy; eXempting VOL
unteer firemen from the payment Of poll
tax; removing the limit of clerk hire in
register Of deeds office; constitutional
amendment providing that grain in ele-
vators may be taxed at fixed rate; chang
ing name of state school for deaf.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 5.-The two
houses of the legislature yesterday trans
acted more business than on any day of
the session so far. Twenty-Five bills were
introduced in the two houses, and in add
ton to a number of measures were
passed in both houses.
The senate passed a bill providing for
licensing peddlers, after some debate.
Other senate bills passed were the con-
st1tutlonal providing for in
vestment of state school fund bill fixing
fees to be charged in administration Of
estates making possession of game ami
providing that suicide shall not defeat
payment of life insurance after one year.
Lamoure's bill fixing 5000 as maximum
damages to be recovered in case of death
by negligence of a corporation was
amended to provide that suit may be
brought within two years after death, and
was recommended to pass. Sharpe pre-
scented a bill for $40, 900 bonds for state
industrial school.
Part of the time. the house was taken
UP with a joint session addressed by ]. L.
Crawford in the interest of an appro-
priation for the st. Louis exposition.
them bills reducing exemptions to $3.50.
providing for erection of a science insti-
tute building at Wahpeton; creating the
office of state fire warden; prohibiting dis
elimination in railroad rates for long and
short haul; requiring every vessel in
which gasoline is sold to be colored red.
and appropriating 1880 for the ntate