The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-15
THE EVENING TIMES. GRAND FORKS, n. D

pondingly happy. He has worked on
this bin for a half dozen years ana
Is about to see it or an equivalent
bill enacted into law.
The committe on banking RECON-
mended that s. B. 20 and S. B. 1870 be
indefinitely postponed and the repor,
was adopted.
First Reading Of Senate Bills.
The senate took a squirt today and
introduced twenty-seven new bills.
several Of which were very in,portan,
and which brings the total up to Just
two hundred and fifty for the session.
They were as follows:
223 by Leutz-relates to water
works and gives city council the fun
power over the same.
224 by Leutz-makes all inmates of
the reform school at Mandan the
wards Of the trustees of this institu-
ton and gives them power to invoke
the aid OF the officers of the law In
returning escaped or paroled inmates.
225 by Leutz-makes it. q felony for
anyone to tap an electric light wire
to escape payment to toll by thus cut
ting the registering meter or In any
way tampering with such meter so as
to keep it from registering.
226 by Leutz-relates to pupils II.
the reform school.
227 by Leutz-provides for chang
ing the name of the state reform
school at Mandan from reform school
to state training school
22S by Leutz-provides that all hail
insurance companies must have $685.
600 in cash in bank before they are
allowed a license to do business.
229 by Leutz-that an accounting
officer shall report to the state audi
tor complete list of all expenses
for the institution which he represents
completely itemized. He shall keen
certain separate lists and when the
auditor receives them he shall audit
and before the sixteenth of the sue
ceeding month, issue warrants for nav
mentS of same.
go by Pierce-provides for the is
suance of 1000 mile mileage book
at two cents per mile, to be transfer.
able and prescribes the manner in
which it shall be made.
231 by Hanna-provides $500 con-
tingent fund to cover the expenses of
the state insurance commissioner IN
doing work which the statutes pro-
'vides no funds to meet.
232 by Taylor-empowers city coun-
ellis to fix the rates charged the pub
lie by public service corporations In
cities.
293 by Judiciary Committee-The
Shells bill of two years ago which
makes 1t felony for any institution
trustee or trustees to exceed the ap-
preparations provided for the institu-
tons. The measure also carries
provision for an emergency board ana
prescribed mode of procedure in ex-
traordinary cases.
234 by Talcott-the South Dakota
anti-pass law and is modelled on the
plan of the Crane bill except that it
extends to the county and township
officers as we'll as state and judicial
officers 1t is a much more comprc-
hensive measure than the, Crane bill.
2S5 by Talcott-provides for a state
live stock sanitary board.
2S6 by Wagner-prescribes the man
ner in which slaughter houses must
be kept to be sanitary, the duties OF
the keepers of the same and the duties
of the board of health.
237 by Swenson-provides for
state horticulture board.
2SS .Stade-tlle Oregon law which
makes it a felony for any newspaper
or other periodical to publish bill
with the name of the author attached.
In long preamble the bill declares
that there are as high as eight bills
introduced in the legislature covering
the same subject. the object of the
author being to get his name in the
newspapers. The bill allows the
name of the authors to appear in tae
journals and on the bills for the use
of the members but prohibits the pub
LEGATION of the authors name under
other circumstances under heavy
penalty.
239 by Stade-prohibits the taking
of tips by officials or their clerks or