Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-07
BIG GRIST OF BILLS
LEGISLATORS SHOW GREAT Ac.
TIVlTY IN THAT LINE,

LEGISLATORS SHOW GREAT Ac.
TIvITY IN THAT LINE.
Election Contest Occupies Much of
the Time of the Senate-Measure to
Compel Hotels and Boardinuhouses
to Label Their Food if Impure.
Bismarck, Jan. 2S.-Great activity
in the Introduction of bills was shown
in both houses of the legislature last
week, many of the measures being of
wide Importance. A reapportionment
bill introduced in the house by MI.
Buttz does not change the number of
members in either house, but it re-
duces the representation of some of
the eastern and central districts and
enlarges districts in the northern tier
of counties; for instance, the First
district loses two representatives; the
Second and Third one each; the Sixth
Is unchanged, so is the Ninth; the
Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth lose one
each; the Thirteenth gains two; the
Twenty-eighth gains two, the Thirty
fifth the same; the Twenty-ninth gains
one-Ward is divided east and west
by a line between townships 1853 and
1859, the north half to have one sen
ator and four representatives and the
south half one senator and five repre-
sentatives; Burleigh is unchanged and
Morton gains one and so does Stark
and Mclean.
Blow at Boardinehouses.
A bill towards which there appears
to be a favorable sentiment is the
measure providing that hotelkeepers,
ers can serve adulterated food to their
patrons if they want to. but they must
tell the people whom they feed that
they are serving foodstuffs which are
illegal-they must post a printed card
in their %diningroom of a size specified
in the bill on which it must be stated
that adulterated food is being served.
Mr.. Buttz presented a resolution in
the house, which was tabled, the trend
Of which was to express congratula-
tions and thanks to the officers and
employees of the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and 500 railroads for
their faithful and h%erculean efforts
made during the late stormy season in
fighting the unequal battle with the
snow and wild and riotous ele-
ments in the Northwest to keep their
cars moving.
Provisions of New Game Law.
law will be perfect in all of its pro
visions and will cover matters unpro-
vided for in the present law. The
new law prohibits the spring shooting
of ducks and geese, reduces the shoot
ing of prairie chickens from twenty
five to fifteen birds per day and deer
from five to two. The new law per
mits nonresident sportsmen to take
twenty-five birds out Of the state, but
the person must be in possession of
his nonresident permit. Today it is
impossible under the law to take any
bird or animal for any purpose, scien-
tific or otherwise. The new law pro-
vides a cure for this. Birds or ami
mails may be taken for scientific or
other states Of countries. The bill
has been drawn according to the best
game authorities and associations.
Washburn-Crane Contest.
The contest case of E. D. Washburn
against Maynard Crane, involving the
seat as state senator from the Six
teenth district, occupied much of the
senate's time last week. The allega-
tions Of the contestant are that while
Crane has a majority Of one vote on
the face of the returns one ballot on
blue paper-a sample hallot-was
voted for Crane and counted, while in
another cas- such a ballot voted for
Washburn "a not counted. 1T is also
alleged that another ballot that should
have been counted for Washburn was
1Ol SoulllSu anu lHdt III OiG SOlliS
precinct in Hope at least three per
ons were deprived of an opportunity
to vote for Washburn by a failure to
open the polling place at 8 o'clock,
due to the alleged craftsmanship of the
inspector in favor of Crane. Other
Irregularities are alleged to have oc.
cured in other precincts that deprived
Washburn of votes enough to have
given him a majority.
House Settles a Contest.
The contest case of Phelan against
Evans from Stark county has been
settled by the house in favor of Evans.
The committee recommended that the
contest be dismissed and that Thomas
Evans be declared elected. The re.
port was adopted by a practically
unanimous vote. The contest grew out
of alleged Irregularities in one pre-.
cinct. Chairman Shirley cited the
marked difference in the primary
election and that cast at the general
election, the latter one being much
larger. The evidence showed plainly