The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-01

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Gov. Burke sent ia another batch OF
ants 10 the senate Monday.
which vAs referred to the state at.
fa1rs committee and will be acted upon
after ~ ne appointments ara made
Following are the appointees: Trus 4
teea ee the institute for feeble minded
g Grafton. w. c. Truemann. T. -.
Cray. Grafton: c. Christianson, Park
IdSer. and N. Hegge. Hatton. Trustees
q ne Industrial school ct Ellendale,
". G. Mcdowell. Marion and Rtchard
NcCarten. Cogswell. Trustees OF the
blind asylum at Bathgate. Alex Nor.
rtsoh. Bathgate; John Childerhouse.
st Thomas. and Robert Thompson.
BOwesm0nt.. t. el
In the house the important bin intro
duced was one by the committee on
tax laws defining express companies,
freight lines. equipment companies.
telegraph and telephone companies
and providing for their assessment
and taxation, the bill amending Sec
tions ls27aand 1880 OF the code.
The senate passed the following
bills: Regulating consolidation and
reinsurance Of domestic companies;
mutual domestic insurance companies
to deposit $4,000 cash with state
treasurer before doing hail business;
providing for the annual apportioa.
ment Of surplus by domestic mutual
Insurance companies to deposit $z5,OOo
cash with state treasurer before doing
hail business; providing for the an
nual appointment Of surplus by do
mestic mutual insurance companies:
prohibiting discrimination in same
class In life insurance; prohibiting is
suance OF non-participatipg policies by
domestic mutual life insurance COM
pa1ifes: p defining status OF solicitor to
be agent Of q company and not of as
sured; creating a special fund for use
ef states attorneys in prosecution OF
violators of the prohibition law; pro-
hibiting campaign contributions by
corporations.
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing: Lighting passenger depot
Platforms; seizure of intoxicating
liquors brought into the state; deiin-
ing intoxicating liquor; liquor prose-
cutting fund for states attorneys; pub.
Ncation and registration Of all govern
ment liquor tax receipts and providing
penalties for failure to do so.
If onehalfS the anti-1iquor' laws wlfieh
have passed the house ever get
through the senate the life of the
ntind piggers and the person who rents
q building for the sale of liquor will
be strenuous one indeed, and the
shipper Of G. O. d. goods will stand to
lese his ventures beyond peradvea-
tuna.
There was some surprise in the SELL
aAe Tuesday when the advocates of a
21-3cent railroad fare were knocked
cut n the frst round. It had been
sooftaeotly predicted that the senti-
naent' for a 2-cent rate had cooled of,
and that the larger amount would be
TIE choice of the senators. Therefore,
when the test came on the adoption of
the majority and minority report, the
minority report won with ease.
Many amendments were offered, but
the only ones adopted were that the
fare shall end with q cipher or five
IN order to do away with penny change,
and that the bill shall not apply to
street railways. The emergency clause
was stricken out. and the bill was
made special order for Wednesday.
The senate passed the hotel bill,
with a number Of PROVISIONS, for, safety
Of guests. and creating the Office of
hotel inspector, paid by fees.
Bills were passed prohibiting polit-
ioal contributions from life insurance
companies. compelling attendance at
school. an anti-child labor I'll, and
making trustees of the referm school
guardians of the inmates. "a
Senators Simpson. Young. Pierce,
Purcell and Rice we're appointed a
special committee to inquire into pub
Tic service corporations. their rates
end taxation. and report a bill for tax
inc them.
TIE senate committee on apprOpria-
tons has agreed on the following APP
rr~iriaticns for the different educa-
ticnrt institutions:
University. $4,000; agricultural col
l-",.. $500: Valley City normal, $751;
&C." Meyville normal. $S3,5eo: reform
RI, tct. $4,000: science school. 1885,
r"0. blind asylum. $38.200; feeble
r,sased institute. $4,000: deaf and
,,,-:b rchcol. 81 900. all of which is
1, edition to receipts from their share
II s:.o mill tax.
~;"e Shirley demurrage bill was re-
ynr>ea In the house. amended SO that
fa~urrage to both ra1aread and oon-
risree 1T the rate Of 81 per day takes
e4fcc. after seventy-two hours, provid-
I'd tire shipper pays 10 per cent of
the freisht bill in advance.
In the house Wednesday the nael-
strom whirled around two bills which
the reform element Of the house seem
10 have set their hearts upon. namely.
the ,emurrage bill and the bill giving