The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-18

changes which he asked in the pure
food laws were merely such as would
meet the new adulterants which had
been adopted by the manufacturers
since the formation of the original law
and the additional condition that the
names of the articles found in any
package should be printed en- the pack
age In the same size type as the name
of the manufactures.
So far as the pure medicine law Is
concerned he said he had made some
changes In that one of which pro-
hibited the sale Of all medicines which
contained cocaine. He had found t1at
many OF the remedies which were rec
commended for home use contained this
drug and that the use OF these drugs
developed the cocaine habit. This
drug can he sold under the proposed
law only on the prescription OF a
physician or veterinarian. He had
found that In one instance the drug
sold in the state contained so much
of this poison that 1t had killed Il
horse belonging to q farmer to which
the owner had administered few
doses.
No changes were suggested in the
pure paint law as that was not yet
fully developed and he thought best
to work out the problems arising un-
der the present law so that the next
legislature could have the results of
that investigation as foundation FOR
the future and make such changes as
the experience and wisdom of the next
two years could give
The formaldehyde law needed no
change as the results which were COM
ing from the enforcement of that law
were satisfactory. Where there were
few years ago nearly all adulterated
brands of this article now they are
nearly all sufficiently pure to be salts
iactcr:
He called attention to the approp-
ration asked for the purpose OF carry
ing out the several laws with which
he is charged and showed that other
states were in many instances paying
more for the enforcement of one law
such as he is responsible for than it is
costing this state to enforce four or
five.
House Routine.
\ large number of house and SEN
ate bills We're reported from the sew
eral committees. among which are the
following:
H. B. Ia relating to mutual insur-
ance companies premium and liabil-
ity. 1t was recommended for passage.
H. b. 149 relating to the publication OF
insurance statements, and SO amend
ing the law that the statements are
required to be published in daily
rather than weekly newspapers en-
cept home concerns, in which instance
the statement must be published in a
newspaper published at the home of
the company. 1t was recommended
for passage. Fl. B. IS requiring NUT
uas insurance companies to collect the
full value OF their premiums either
n case CT unconditional notes, was
recommended for passage The other
bills We're H. B. Ncs. 215, 21S, IS, 112,
SO ana IS all of which We're recon-
mended for passage. S. B. Nos. 80.
| 1874, IS and Is We're recommended for
passage. while H. B. 81 was indefinite
ly postponed. H. B. Nos. 21S, 9S and
20 were amended, the latter having a
majority and minority report, both
OF which went to the committee of
the whole.
The speaker signed S. B. Ncs 81 and
81 and they are now ready for the
approval or veto of the governor.
Representative Chapman moved that
a committee Of three be appointed to
draft suitable resolution asking the
president to modify his recent final
proof order so that it would apply to
commutation proofs as we'll as others,
and in a speech supporting the mo-
ticn he called attention to the fact
that in many instances the holding up
OF final proofs in order that they might
be investigated by special examiner
worked special hardship on the poor
man who did not have sufficient funds
to live on the land long enough to
secure his proofs. Mr.. Johnson (Ward)
called attention to the fact that in the
Minot land office there are 500 final
proofs awaiting investigation and that
according to the present progress it
will take three or four years to dis
pose of them. Major Buttz stated that
the fraudulent proofs which had called
out the order of the president were
made by the people of Oregon and that
the majority of the state and federal
officers there were either in court now
or had been there defending themsel-
YES from land fraud charges, while the
men who had secured homesteads in
North Dakota were honest and up
right men who were seeking homes for
themselves and their families. The
molten to appoint committee was
unanimously carried. During the dis
cussion of the matter Mr.. Chapman
sent to the clerks desk and had read
a communication from the Willistcn
commercial club on the subject which
recited the hardships the order was
inf1icting on the honest homesteadels
OF the state.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole for the consideration of
II. 3. 2G, a concurrent resolution pro-
vidinS for an amendment to the state
constitution allowing the initiative and
referendum in legislation. The bill
was in charge of Mr.. LELAND, the au-
thor, and had he forced vote ON the
measure at an early stage Of the fignr
1t would have been favorably report
ell. The bill provides that the con-
stitution be so amended that both leg