Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-05
che LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of the
Week in the 600.
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A senate bill introduced makes the
fight for the state fair between Man
dan and Cooperstown and provides for
state fair board consisting of the
governor, secretary of state, commits
sioner of agriculture and one member
from each judicial district and an an
nual appropriation of $4,000.
Senator Plain presented a constitu-
tional amendment for initiative and
referendum.
Mr.. Lotus presented bill for q
board of examiners for all locomotive
and stationary engineers.
One by Mr.. Hogan gives forty-eight
hours for loading cars of 10000 pounds
capacity or over.
Bismarck, N. D.. Jan. 2G.-The first
primary election bill of the session
was presented to the senate to-day by
Sharpe of Lamourc county. 1t pro-
vides only for the election of candi-
dates for county and large city offices.
Advocates of primary elections want
state and judiciary Offices included,
and another bill may be presented in
the house embodying those additional
Offices.
The senate adjourned this afternoon
after adopting resolutions of regret at
the death of Capt. Alexander Griggs,
ho CT obr,o
rated the first boat on the Red river
and was a member of the constitution.
al convention.
An anti-cannon firecracler bill was
presented by Senator Main. Other
bills presented in the senate were to
permit the organization of morgan
J lied counties west OF the Missouri
river and regulating the payment of
expenses of local boards of health.
The house put in more of the after
noon in the discussion OF bills in COM
mittee of the whole. and passed the
Ryan bill, prescribing modes of exam
, ination of witnesses. A bill was pre-
sented raising the age of consent at
l the request of the w. G. T. u.
A petition for the Communication of
l the sentence of Jacob Bassannalla
) from death to imprisonment for life
I has been filed with the governor.
: Chief Justice young of the state board
, of pardons is out of the state and a
bill proposed to-day to make four
members of the board a quorum, SO
that the matter can be acted upon
without the necessity of calling the
, chief justice back from his vacation.
Bassannell is to be hanged at Wash
!, burn Feb. 20.
Bismarck. N. D.. Jan. 2S.-The leg
l islature to-day took another brace and
+ bills were presented in both houses
coveri,lp a large number of subjects
Davis presented a sweeping primary
: election measure to the house, calling
a for primary nominations for all of
ficers. Movius of R:chland presented
local option amendment to the con
stitution. Other bills presented were
for the issue OF 100000 bonds fol
r state normal schools; dividing the
state into four game warden districts
/ kand providing places for four game
: wardens instead of enc as now; regu.
lating salaries CT county superintend
: cnts: making an appropriation OF S20,
: 600 fer state soldiers home; making
:, bonds of county treasurers either per
, sonal or fidelity at option OF county
commissioners; providing annual ap
! preparation of $500 for Florence Crit
: tenden home at Bis-osarcc1.; amending
drainage law, and fixing the time limit
for loading cars.
The senate passed tho bill requiring
all insurance solicitors to have certifi
: Gates and license from the insurance
commissioner, and making four mem
t bers OF the state beard OF Dardons q
g quorum for the transaction Of bust
= ness. In the senate La Moure called
= for statement OF expenditures OF the
$ $4,000 appropriation for state ane
G high schools during the last two years
s. claiming that expenses of admins
l. trating the law had diverted some O
t the funds from the aid of schools.
= The house had a division on the
election of more employees, but four ad
ditional pages were elected. A bill tt
limit the tenure of county officers t.
'. two terms was killed in the house
8 The Torrens land title la wwas intro
e duced in the house by Ryan of Grand
:, Forks. Two insurance bills were pre-
S sented, one prohibiting foreign mu
e tual hail companies from doing bust
ness in the state and voiding all con
tracts, and another requiring e deposit
of $4,000 by mutual hail companies
I doing business in the state with The
t treasurer. Mattson also presented q
t bill making failure to vote at any gen
: eral election punishable by fine nj
$3.50, to be assessed as tax agains
the voter by the county auditor.
Bismarck, N. d., Jan. 2S.-Twenty
three bills went in to-day from the twt
!. houses of the legislature. In tn
house bills were presented to proven
the dissertation of the American flag
providing for an appropriation for fire
proof furniture at the, capitol; prohib