The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-05

adopted the minority report Of the COM
mttfe on which the
and referendum in legislation: The ma.
jority Of the election committee favored
indefinite postponement Of the bill. but
by vote Of 20 to 15
Senator Cashel introduced bill for the
system Of handling the
opportunity for. discussion Of various
o9er senate Of 5 h qS Se dx
permits shall be granted by majority
vote OF electors instead Of by petition as
at present. Senator Wipperman. Of the
duced stringent antt-pass bill, making
acceptance Of passes or franks by public
The bill for certifying of names Of sem
ators and for popular vote was amended
to provide that three candidates for Unit
States be by
Another important bill passed in the SEN
ate was a curative tax act. intended to
legalize all leyies Of taxes since 1889
them aside for technical Irregularities.
Fargo will probably get the state fair
the iii the 9ar sf
SS and ann%aS
thereafter.
Bismarck, Feb. 26:-By an overwhelm-
Ing mapority the house Yesterday de-
grain inspection bill now before The wise tne
consin legislature by that body would
improve pT the condition 10 Of grain shippers in
adopting the minority report Of Repre-
sentative Young of the committee that
went to Madison.
Young's report stated that Gov. La
as he could wen give that he would name
North Dakota man on the board Of in
The majority Of the committee, consist
ing of Senators Lamoure and Sharpe and
Representatives Leech and Mattson, with
ha heY eed a
North Dakota man would be appointed,
and hence could not recommend that the
BBh iii. the passage OF the Wisconsin
The majority at the same time placed
tenn Of grain inspection that PROMISED
better things for North Dakota shippers
and recommended the passage Of reso-
state to recommend a man for a place on
any grain inspection commission that Of
fered free and fair market for North
on in the senate where they will be con-
sidered tomorrow.
Bismarck, Feb. 28-Two sessions Of the
held and bills
en- bills passed. A steering committee was
named in the house with Young, Of
Barnes, chairman, and Messrs. Davis,
Watts, Leech, Chanee, Lyons, Gilbert,
Richmond, McGahan, Ryan and Movius.
The pure food bill among those passed is
intended to shut out adulterated food
products from the state. The bill to re-
duce penalties for violation of the prohi-
bihion law was killed.
Other bills passed by the house were
the increased militia appropriation; Tor
rens land title law; law changing boun-
daries Of Billings and Stark countless;
peddlers't license bill; reduction of ex-
emptions to $500: appropriation Of $1,000
state asylum buildings. and requiring
payment for care of patients at insane
asylums where their estates are sufi-
cient. The bill to grant reward of $50
for information against violators of the
prohibition law was sent to special orders
Tor Tuesday afternoon.
The senate passed the initiative and
referendum constitutional amendment,
practically all of the resubmissionists sup
porting the measure as means of get
ting the liquor question again before the
people, the bill requiring constitutional
amendments to be submitted to the peo-
pie on petition Of Is per cent Of the vot-
ers. TIE bill to increase the per diem of
county commissioners through the state
to IS was killed.