Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-17
NOTES ON LEGISLATION
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF BILLS PEND.
ING IN BOTH HOUSES.
LEGISLATION : PRESENTED &c
SUIT MOST EVERYBODY.
Against Capital Punishment.

Against Capital Punishment.
Senator Stade has introduced a
measure repeating the section of the re-
vised codes of North Dakota, which
requires that persons convicted of muir
der in the first degree shall be hanged
making the section read that every per-
con convicted of murder in the first de-
gree shall be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary for life ~ @ .3.
Costs Of transcripts.
Representative johnson of Ward has
introduced a measure which provides
for the taxation of costs of expense in
procuring transcripts upon appeal. The
measure provides that whenever either
party shall have procured a transcript
OF the testimony in any action for the
purpose of appeal, the court shall, on
motion of either party, determine the
cost OF that part of the transcript which
consists of unnecessarily voluminous
objections, and wholly incompetent, ir-
revalent or immaterial evidence offered
by each party and shall direct that such
amounts shall on final judgment be
taxed against such parties respectively,
increase in Commissioners,
Representative Fried, Stutsman coun-
ty, has introduced bill for the purpose
of providing for the appointment of two
additional county commissioners in
ounties where the electors have voted in
favor of increasing the number of dis
tricts from three to FIVE Such new dis
tricts shall be numbered four and five
and the commissioner for each shall be
appointed by the governor, to hold the
office until the next general election. The
bill effects only the smaller counties of
the state
Senate Bills Killed. 5.
The senate has effectua1ly disposed of
several measures by the indefinite post
ponement route. Among them was one
that provided for reward of 500 for
the capture of persons charged with
stealing horses. Another one provided
that sellers of binding Irvine might file
liens on crops in cases where the Irvine
was sold on credit Another bill killed
was that introduced by Senator Young,
an entirely new measure which defined
the powers of mutual insurance COM
panies, which had the endorsement of
the mutual companies doing business in
the state.
Salary Bill Amended.
Senator's Simpsons bill, introduced
early in the session, providing for an in
crease in the salaries of districts Judges,
has been recommended for passage after
amendments. The bill as If now stands
provides for an increase of $500 Der wear
for each district judge after Jan. l, 1909,
making the salary $4,000 per year, and
an expense account of $500 per year
until the new bill, should it become a
law, becomes effective. A similar bill,
seeking to increase the salaries $1,000
per year, was killed in the house.
Division Of Ward County.
. One of the most exciting contests at
this session of the legislature has been
precipitated by the efforts of citizens Of
Ward county, the largest in the state,
to divide it into FIVE counties. Opponents
to the division rushed to Bismarck
and have succeeded in evolving a plan
that may result in vote on the ques-
tion of division into three counties at
the next general election The new bill
provides that two western tiers Of Bot
tifleau county be added to the north
eastern part OF Ward county and called
Renyille, with Mos,all as the probable
county seat. Des Laos county will be
made up Of the northwestern part of
Ward county, with Bowbells, Flaxton
and Portal as probable county seat cam
didates should there be division.
Salaries o. Clerks.
A bill has been introduced ii the SEN
ate BY joint special committee, fixing
the amounts Of salaries to be appropri-
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