The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-09
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tons for confirmation:
& Trustees Of the department oe agricui-
George Marclius OF Williams coun-
~. A. L. Wentworth Of Trailr county and
Nels Sorstrom Of Pierce county
District veterinarians--First district.
George Fitzgerald of Grand Forks coun-
~: Second district. W. F. Grove OF RAM
sey county; Third district. I. D. Hine-
". Teal of Dickey county: Fifth district.
j. c. l.. Moore of Stutsman county; Sixth
district. William MacFfn OF Morton coun
T.; Seventh nant district Ht,b a,s;r,d Elliott
Treacy of Burleigh county: Ninth dis.
trict. Thomas Sims of Bottineau county;
Tenth district. +. w. TOmpkins OF Benz
House Bill No ee2. the general city bill.
became a law on receiving the governors
signature. The bill is the result Of the
the state. and provides an entire new city
code. Both houses are busy clearing up
their calendars for the rush OF the last
few days; The house killed two appr roo
priation bills, one to appropriate $5O.O0v
for a school Of forestry at Rottincau and
the other, $4,000 appropriation for
bridge In Ward county,
enues by many thousands Of dollars aud
the governor probably will do some vigor-
GUS pruning when they reach him.
Bismarck. N. D., March 1.-The feat
ures Of the session Of the house was the
a vote Of 79 to Is. This bill removes the
state fair from Mandan and places 1t in
alternate years at Fargo and Grand
ate, provided for state fair ut Grand
Forks. Whether the amended bill will be
concurred in by the senate is a question
that Is 'gHe aSs OF INT
the house, is developing hOmicidal ten
dency toward bills. The amended game
law providing for three game warden dis
the game laws Of the state. was ktlle.l by
i the house. An attempt may be made to
resurrect It today. as the protection Of
some classes ,, Of, Of game expires this year
The irrigation bill. providing for the APP
pontmcnt Of state Irrigation engineer
; and making an appropriation OF Sl.;ooo TO
and will reach the governor tomofroW.
The senate appropriation bills Will be
taken up In the house and 1t Is likely that
Dr.. H. w. Coe, of Portland. Ore. adj
dressed the house. requesting an appro-
spriation for the fair ut Portland
Bismarck. March 1.-The senate passed
the Streeter bill, introduced in the house
by Representative Streetcr of EmmOns
county and editor Of the Emmons County
Record.
placed on the statute books, of any state.
and makes conspiracy to defame or tl;,-
duce the character Of persons or cOrpO-
rations by libelous publications. q felony
instead of Il miS(1cmcanOr. The bill makes
It possible to indict persons IN Or out Of
the state ate for such e eon1spita,cy and prob p,
to make proof OF libelous charges. The
bill passed by large majority IN both
houses.
priation bills with the execution Of the
bills to erect gymnasiums at Grand Forks
university and Fargo agricultural college,
which were killed. An effort will be made
with the rest Of the appropriation bills.
| The senate concurrcd In the house
Mhie% pro%aes for FOR Soiaas the state fair
at Fargo and Grand Forks in alternate
Gov. sarles sent to the SENATE the Mons
Forks. to be state health officer Dr.
Fiatsni Of Grafton would have been ap-
pointed by the governor. but his name me,
| Walsh county delegation who had in
dorsed him at his own request: DIR. icaly
was the choice Of the medical profession
| Of the state for the place.
Bismarck. N. D.. March 3.-The ap-
was marked by long sessions of both
houses and Il night session of the lower
house.
The principal matter of interest was the
refusal Of the house to agree with the
senate on the banl king bill amending the
general banking law and limiting the
capital stock to minimum Of $1,000
$40. 900 to $4,000; the house refused to
accept the change and two conference
committees that were appointed We're un-
The amendment to the Shells bill, In
creasing the sales of liquor by druggists.
was passed by the house after spirited
debate.
/ Gov. sarles completed his list of APP
Dunlap Of Cass county. Grant s. Hager
OF Pcmbina county. and Fred O. Olson OF
Barnes county, as trustees of the state
institute for the feeble minded at Graf
ton. ]. F. Brodie Of Dickinson was APP.
pointed a director Of the new experiment
Up to the present time about q hundred
bills have passed both houses. There are
fifty or sixty more slated for passage by
the steering committees Of the two
houses.
Bismarck, N. D., March 4.-The last
day of the legislative session was marked
by IL struggle between the Standard on
Company and those interested In the OIL
tie other: The fight came up on the
passage OF the senate bill placing the In
spcctor on Il salary Of $500 and chang
Ing the test from fash to gGavi ,y the
bill. The senate refused to concur, and
several conferences were held during the
day. Finally the cOnferees agreed on q
compromise retaining the gravity test and
giving the inspector fees for one year
and then the salary.
From that time until final adjournment
at 10. by which time all bills had been
enrolled and signed, both houses were in
an uproar of good humor. The banking
bill was passed by both houses as
amended. making capital Of $4,000
| necessary. Portland fair. appropriation
and ali the worlds fair exhibits are to re:
main at the capitol. The house passed
the senate bills for testing fiours ut the
agricultural college, changing the date OF
school clectiO:ts, and others Of minor i'm
portance.
Both houses were in continuous session
from 10 a. m. until adjournment. and
of. though many bills were never reported
from the steering committees. During the
wait for enrolment Of bills, the ladies'
quartet entertained both houses, many
speeches were made including witty
one by the governor, In which he said
him more appropriation bills than there
was revenue to pay for them, he would
do the best he could to please everybody
in the carving exercises to follow.
DR.. Taylor was made president pro tenn:
of the senate. and the usual gifts OF
extra pay to clerks, No legislative SEES
sion has adjourned with better feeling be-
tween the houses.
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.
Hannaford is holding meetings to
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