Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-06-08
Raonoa0 INSTRUMENTATION
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SHeBenoHe HoHeR eaoaeneuoaoS
Davis Does Things
Stand By Him

EN VII dCCOQlll VI SllC dll0ChS,
amounting to persecution, that
the insurgent press is making
on Geo. w. H. Davis of this
county, we have taken the pains
to look up his standing in the
House and to note the work done
during the three sessions he has
represented Ramsey county and
North Dakota. We find him
during the session of 1901 placed
on the following important COM
mittees: Judiciary, Agriculture,
migration, Chairman; Appor-
tionment, Temperance, Animal
Industry and steering conference
committees. We find Mr.. Davis
as having introduced in 1901,
house bills No. Is, relating to
education free. House bill No.
16, constitional amendment
providing for change of name to
school for the Deaf. House bill
No. SO providing that each county
pay it's own wolf bounty, and we
find on searching the records in
the Auditors Office that it saved
to Ramsey county $500 during the
biennial period. House bill No.
", relating to meeting of town.
ship board Of supervisors. No.
70, relating to the duties of
county auditors in furnishing
supplies to assessors and the date
of meeting of such assessors.
No. 70, relating to holding an
nual township meetings. No. 16.,
relating to time when township
officers shall qualify. No. 1854,
a bill for an act providing for the
engrossing and enrolling of bills
for the legislative assembly by
contract, which, by becoming a
law, saved to the state the sum
of 81, 800 for the first session in
which it was in force. We have
not at hand the figures of the
second session, but assuming that
it was equal, it has saved up to
this time upwards of SIS, 900 to
the state and such saving viii.
continue, as no one would think
now of returning to the old met
hods.
Session of 1903 committee ap-
pointments. Mileage and per
diem, chairman; appropriations.
Education, chairman Railroads,
State Affairs, Temperance and
Steering committee and several
important, conference COMMITTEES
1908 bills No. IL, relating to
game and fish; No. IS, relating,
to Education; No. Is, concurr-
ent resolution school for the Deaf;
No. 95, providing for the selec-
ton Of candidates for office by
popular vote; No. l03. provid-
ing for an enumeration each
year of the deaf and dumb and
feeble minded persons in each
district in the state; No. 1872, re-
lating to, not entitled to tuition
fund when enumeration; No.
243, relating to tax lists, when
delivered to treasurer; No. 244,
lei sting to when taxes become
due end delinquent, penalty and
Interest. Session 1905. Memb-
err of the following standing
committees on RAILROADS, chair
man; Elections and privileges,
State Affairs, Taxes and tax laws,
Mileage and per diem, chairman
Educational institutions. Intro.
ducing bill No. 26, relating to the
collection Of delinquent person.
al taxes: No. Ill, selection Of
candidates No. 61O, relating
to public warehouses, and com.
polling elevator companies tt
deliver same grade of grain az
received at any terminal poinr
on payments Of railroad ane
warehouse charges. No. 230
relating to costs on foreclosure
liens. No. 235, relating to cor
porations other than municipal
No. 272, amending Sec. 1859
code Of the state of North Dakota
The reader will notice tina
nearly all bills introduced by Mr.
Davis either tend toward the bet
ter eduation of our children, tn,
saving Of taxes or facilitating tn,
work of county and township
officers. We find him also offer
ing a resolution during each ses
sion providing for each news
paper in the state getting a cop!
of the House and Senate Journal
that the greatest publicity ma,
be had as to the acts of al
( members, and during the las
session we find him Offering thl
resolution, a ppearing In column
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