The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-28

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thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. Just what good would
come Of an amendment Of that char
acter when the states have severe
penalties for the violation OF the GRIM
inal law which the polygamous CO.
habitation makes, fails to entirely
keep men from its violation, was not
shown. The memorial went to the
legislative cemetery where 1t will like
ly lie until the trumpet call of some
other ambitious statesman brings 1t
forth to serve another speech-making
foundation.
Bills introduced.
The reading clerks breathed easy
today as only five bills were intro
duced. They were as follows:
By Buttz-A reapportionment bill,
the full text of which appears else
where. Referred to the committee on
appcrtionment.,
BY Jones (Ransom)-Providing
deputies for state auditor, treasurer,
superintendent of public instruction,
and secretary Of state, and for the fol-
lowing county officers: Treasurer,
auditor, sheriff, register of deeds, sur
veyor, clerk of court, county superin-
tendent, city and district assessors.
Referred to the committee on state
affairs.
BY Shirley.-Fixing the salary of the
clerk of court according to the as
sessed valuation of the property in
his county on the basis of $500 for
counties having 100000 or less, and
increasing the salary 500 for every
additional 100000 after that point,
but not to exceed in any case $4,000.
Referred to the committee on state
affairs.
Mr.. Shirley also introduced by re-
quest bill fixing the compensation
of officers serving either or civil or
criminal processes at ten cents per
mile for the first sixty miles neces-
sarily travelled in doing SO, and SO
per day for all the time actually and
|. necessarily spent in serving the same
above the sixty miles travelled, but
prohibiting officers who have fixed
salary from receiving the So per day.
The bill was referred to the commit
tee on state affairs.
BY Rose.-Changing the first day of
the. quarterly session of the boards
of county commissioners from Monday
until Tuesday following the same
dates as at present. The purpose of
the law being to prevent the county
commissioners living near the coun-
ty seat to meet on Monday before
those living at distance can reach
the county seat and thus giving them
advantages of one days pay.
Third Reading of Bills.
With the exception of H. B. No. /,
which was made special order and
was passed in the early hours of the
session because of an urgent need of
legislation to carry into effect the con-
stitutional amendment voted on at
the recent election, the first bills to
reach their third reading were H. B.
Nos. II, 10, 76, 81, SO and 60. These
had been considered in committee of
the whole and had been favorably re-
ported. None Of them caused much
of fight except No. 76 in which the
motion to lie on the table, made by
j. A. Sorley, was lost.
/ Senate Contest.
In the senate for the last two days
the hearing of the evidence in the
contest instituted by Washburn
against Crane, the holding member,
has been read, and today after a
morning session lasting for more than
two hours, the senate was ready to
hear the arguments of counsel in the
matter. The opening argument in
favor of the contestant was made by
Attorney Lowell, and he contended
that there were nine votes which had
either been counted for Mr.. Crane or
thrown out, which would be equiva-
lent to that many votes for Mr.. Wash
burn in the controversy. Four bal
lots which had been marked either by
the voter or were colored ballots;
two which had been marked at the
head of the party column and oppo-
site Mr. Washburn's name and while
they were republican except that mark
they should be counted for him. There
was one vote marked for Mr. Crane
and then the cross erased and a mark
made for Washburn. 1t should be
counted for the contestant, three
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