The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-20

and recommended for pas
sage 1856 introduced by Mr.. Jones
Of Ransom county, requiring all rail-
roads to make proper connections and
trackage for transferring cars from
one road to another at all grade cross
ings of railroads, was recommended
for passage. 1S9 introduced by Mr..
Johnson of Sargent county which
amends section 1867 of the revised
codes of 1905 in refernce to high
ways and bridges, was recommended
for passage.
There was break at 2:30 in the
reading of committee reports as that
was the hour set by Major Buttz to
move to reconsider the vote on H. B.
FOG relating to the payment Of travel
ing expenses and three dollars per
day for hotel bills of district court
Judges when they are away from home
and after explaining that he as one
of the minority could not move to re-
consider he yielded to Mr.. Miller of
Ramsey county who moved to recon-
slider the vote by which the bill was
lost, and the motion was carried. The
bill was then made special order
for Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
The oil inspection bill introduced by
Mr.. Burgum was reported from the
committee with some amendments and
with these amendments it was rec
commended for massage.
Senate Bills Read and Referred.
The following senate bills were read
a first and second time and referred to
proper committees: Nos. 1, 144, 1853,
ISL, 45, 70, %, 165. 1877, 1872, PIG, ia,
40. 206,' 1874, 143, and SO.
Bills Read and Passed.
The third reading and passage of
house bills Is the most interesting
portion of the legislative proceedings
as it Is then that talk-often called
winds enacted into law, and today
five measures were made ready for the
consideration of the senate as fol-
lows:
No. 1913 requiring railroad COM
panies to light all depot platforms be-
fore and after the arrival of night
trains 1870 introduced by Mr.. Haugen
and providing for the confiscation OF
intoxicating liquors shipped into the
state, was passed with II ayes and II
nays. 1879 introduced by Mr.. Nelson
Of Trail county, defining intoxicating
liquors was passed with 7S ayes and
S nays. Mr.. Streeter, the Emmons
county fighter who nearly always OPP
poses legislation along the lines of
this bill, creating considerable amuse-
ment at the expense of Mr.. Haugen,
the chairman of the temperance COM
mittee, who was in charge of the bill,
by making the customary head of"
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed and that the mo-
ton lie on the table. Haugen got back
by remarking so to voice that the EN-
mons county gentleman had Joined the
ranks of the prohibitionists. 1911, Mr..
Haugen's bill which provides that all
fines arising from prosecutions under
the liquor laws of the state shall go
into special fund to be used for the
prosecution of the violations of the
liquor laws rather than into the school
fund as is now done. In a wrangle
over the bill as to the practical ap-
plications of the same, it was decided
to re-refer the bill to the judiciary
committee for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether or not another bill
had not been passed upon by that
committee on practically the same
subject. 1876 introduced by Mr.. Haug-
en- requires the holder of special tax
receipts or licenses from the govern
ment to be published in the official
newspapers of the cities and county
in which such. cities are located in
the first week in each month a list of
all such licenses filed with the county
auditor during the preceding month.
The law also requires the license to
be filed with the county and city audi
tors and provides fee for the same
of ten dollars. The bill was passed
by a vote of "a ayes and 10 nays.
Kid Legislation Out Again.
The bill introduced by Representa-
tive Anderson of Grand Forks which
provided for the lighting of the gov
ernor's mansion from the current from
the state power house at the capitol
disclosed the boyishness of the Grand
Forks legislator again in lamentable
manner. It will be remembered that
the power house of the capitol is
operated only during the day for the
purpose of operating the street rail-
way and to light the capitol building
and Offices until they are closed in
the evening. Mr.. Anderson stated with
pompous seriousness that it cost some
thing like $500 annually to light the
governors mansion and that the state
could save something by using the day
current and a storage battery which
could be charged during the day and
used at night. He claimed that his
Information was that a storage battery
OF the character suggested would not
not cost more than 5000. Mr.. Twichell
called Mr.. Tufte to the chair and from
the floor stated that he had made
some inquiries and had found that the
installing of the necessary fixtures to
carry the bill into effect would accord
ing to the information he had, cost
something like $4,000 and that the in
terest on this money would practically
light the executive mansion without
any of the inconvenience and uncer-
tainties attendant upon the method
proposed. In as much as Mr.. Twichell
seldom makes haphazard statement
even on the floor, it is most likely
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