The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
REVISION Of GAME
LAWS IS PUT OFF
North Dakota House Kills
Measure Dealing With
Sportsmen's Delight
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 2S.-The
feature of the session OF the house this
afternoon was the passage Of the
amended state fair bill by a vote of
70 to Is. This bill the state
fair from Mandan and places 1t in al
ternate years at Fargo and Grand
Forks. The bill as it came from the
senate provided for a state fair at
Grand Forks. 1t is not known whether
he amended bill win be concurred in
by the senate. The house is developing a
homicidal tendency toward bills. The
amended game law, providing for three
game warden districts and covering a
complete revision of the game laws,
was killed today. An attempt may be
made 10 resurrect IL tomorrow. as the
protection OF some classes of game ex-
pres this year under the old law.
The irrigation bill, providing for the
appointment of a state irrigation en-
glneer and making ar appropriation of
Sl2,OOO TO expenses, has passed
both houses and will reach the gov
ernor tomorrow. The senate appro-
priation bills will be taken up in the
house tomorrow, and IL is likely that
most OF them will be passed without
change. DR.. II. w. Coe of Portland,
Ore, addressed the houses today, re-
questing an appropriation for the fair
at Portland.
Make Laws Fast at. Pierre
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PIERRE. s. D., Feb. 2s.-The Van
Osdel resolution making il a felony for
public officials TO accept railroad passes
vas reported out in the house and
comes up for a vote on the committee
report. The house concurred in the
senate amendments to the capitol
building bill, and the general appro-
priation bill was introduced. as was a
bill to abolish the Springfield normal
school. The appropriation bill carries
$1,347,S10, which is about $50, 900
greater than two years ago.
The resolution by Dillon memorial
iZing congress for. a constitutional
amendment to regulate trusts was dis
cussed in the senate. This was being
held in the rules committee, which had
reported a resolution of it's own COW
ering about the same ground. A res
olution by Dillon was adopted, order
ing the committee to report his reso-
luton. The senate passed senate bills
appropriating $4,000 for premiums at
the state fair; appropriating $13, 900
Tor buildings on the state fair rounds
at Huron; requiring foreign corpora
uonS doing business in the state to pay
a license: providing that where an
assistant is employed for a county at
torney the pay shall come from his
salary; appropriating $1,000 to the
agricultural college for plant expert
ments. The senate rushed through
house bills authorizing a 2 mill de-
hciency levy for his year: legaIlzing
certain probate proceedings in Charles
Mix county; to provide compensation
for county boards OF health; making
the state food inspector an inspector
of liquors.; authorizing guardians to
mortgage the property of wards; APP
p~ropriating $4,000 for an artesian well
at the Redfield hospital; requiring n
titles In future to be vested absolutely
In the state before money can be APP
propriated for buildings; placing the
fowage of artesian wells across high
ways in charge Of road overseers: the
house resolution for a constitutional
amendment to lilo municipal courts.
The house at the night session passed
house bills for a caucus law: allowing
suits to be brought against corporations
on fnformation: allowing judges 10 fix a
compensation of attorneys appointed In
criminal cases, and allowing town boards
TO refund Indebtedness without a vote at
a lower rate OF interest.