The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-25

the county OF Trail, and shall be en-
titled to one senator and two repre-
by reducing the earning ability of the
fund. This argument was 50 forcib,e
that the bill could in all probability
have been Sorleyized, but Representa-
tive Adams came to the rescue for the
purpose probably of administering
chloroform, so that it would die a
painless death, and moved that 1t be
re-referred to the committee on school
and public lands.
The bill introduced by Representa-
tive Brodie of Stark county providing
for the payment of school teachers
who performed their duties in school
districts which had been organized in
unorganized territory, but which dis
tricts were subsequently declared lille
gally organized, and appropriating the
sum of $1,000 for the purpose, Was
passed by a vote of 70 to 5. The bill is
intended to recompense teachers who
taught in some of the unorganized ter
ritory in the western part of the stale
in good faith, but which organization
of school districts were afterward held
to be illegally organized.
House bill 107, relating to the con-
struction and maintenance of work
houses, which was defeated in commit
tee of the whole, got new lease of
life by motion to reconsider the vote
by which the report of the committee
of the whole was adopted, and the bill!
was again sent to the committee on
ways and means to be reconstructed
along the lines suggested in the debate
on the same in committee of the whole.
This is something of victory for Mr..
Beane, the author of the bill.
House bill No. IS, the White maxi
mum freight rate and two cent passen-
ger rate bill, was reported from the
senate with number of amendments.
The bill was made the special order
for next Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Rep
resentatiye BUTTE offered the following
amendments, they being the same as
those offered in the senate by Senator
Regan when the bill was under con-
sideration in that body: That the re-
printed bill be amended by inserting
the words "one-half" after the word
two" where it appears in line four of
section one Of the printed bill; and
that after line nine of section one the
following be inserted: provided fur
Their, that every railroad, railroad cor
poratiOn and common carrier doing
business in this state shall issue, upon
request of any person, mileage books
in denomination of one thousand miles,
with baggage and other facilities SINH
lar to those accompanying regular trip
tickets, at price of twenty dollars
each; that such mileage books shall
be good for travel by the purchaser
and by such adult members of his FAM
lily as he may designate and whose
names are then and there written
thereon" The amendments were re-
ferred to the committee of the whole
together with the bill.
House bill 1873 was also reported
from the senate and went to general
orders, while 105, the bill introduced
by ]. M. Anderson of Grand Forks, re-
lating to the sale of school lands, met
a tragic death in the senate chamber
and was reported as Indefinitely post
poned.
Some Committee Reports.
The following bills were reported
from the several committees and rec
commended for passage: House bills
222, relating to malicious injury to
property; q, relating to the handling
of freight in carload lots, being amend
ed; and 1853, providing for the appoint
ment of deputies by certain officers.
as was senate hill 2O6, Senator Cash
els bill defining water courses.
Representative Pugh at this time
made decidedly clever turn and got
out Of hole H. B. 100, introduced by
him, which provides for the division9of
the funds levied by the county for the
purpose of maintaining county fairs.
The bill was defeated few days ago
during the absence Of the author, Mr..
Pugh, and when he returned to the
capitol he at once began plan to get
it again on the calendar. He asked
unanimous consent to have the vote
by which the bill was tabled reconsid-
cred, and this was carried. He then
moved to have the bill placed on gen.
eral orders, where it will come up for
consideration at the proper time. Get
ting unanimous consent to revive bill
which has been killed indicates that
the member SO asking 1t is regarded
with considerable favor by his COL
leagues and that they are willing to
give him square deal even when 1t
is to their disadvantage to do so from
legislative point of view.
Senate bill No. 3, the famous Labor
Day bill, was also revived by Repre-
sentative Streeter. who moved to re-
consider the vote by which the matter
was tabled at an earlier day of the
session, and the vote to reconsider
was carried It was then made spe-