The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-02

House bills 325, 211 and 112 wero
amended and recommended for pas
sage.
Thresher Bond Bill Killed.
The thresher bond bill was killed
today. after one of the hardest fights
by Mr.. Freeman, its author, that has
been made On the, floor. The bill came
up on a motion to reconsider the vote
by which 1t had been sidetracked a
few days ago, and Mr.. Freeman has
SO amended the measure that he be-
lieves it would meet the objections
made by the members. But after 4
vigorous fight 1t was defeated. The
grounds taken by the opposition being
the fact that it would prevent many
men from engaging in the threshing
business and would therefore make the
threshing of the crops more difficult.
1t was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. White introduced resolution
providing for conference committee
between the two houses on the mat
ter OF the senate amendments to the
two-cent rate bill, and provided that
there should be three members Of the
house appointed for that purpose to
confer with two members of the SEN
ate. The resolution was adopted.
Committee Of the Whole.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole for the consideration OF
general orders. Mr.. Casey presiding.
House bill 1873, the oil inspector bill,
Qn1on6n1 hot ole
created who should become a travelling
deputy and whose salary should be
$1,000 annually. Senate bill! %. which
provided for the loaning u the per-
manent school funds upon farm lands,
taking first mortgages therefore, was
amended so as to permit the loaning
only to residents OF the state.
House bill 1913, the state fire marshal
bill. was defeated after = wordy battle
between Representative. Stevens who
was supporting the measure, and
Major Buttz who was opposing it. The
former claimed that the encouragement
CT the plan proposed i'll tie bill woul
result in a saving of considerable
amount to the policy holders of the
state. Major BUTTE replied that the
state wanted men to fight fires, men
who would stand at the nozzle and do
the work, not statistics which meet
little and quenced no fires.
The most interesting feature of the
debate was the telling of a story of
windmill by Representative Stevens
and by lapsus lingue made to apply
to himself instead of to Major Buttz
No. 254-Providing for the deposit
of the funds Of cities and school dis
TINS as time deposits in bank was
recommended for passage, while 2S9.
Mr.. Jones' insurance statement pub
lication bill, was indefinitely post
poned. No. SO providing for the d.
vision of the funds and property
owned jointly by village and town
ship when they became separate mum
icipalities by the incorporation of the
village, was amended so as to include
the debts and with this amendment
was recommended for passage.
Pugh Wins Victory.
The bill introduced by Representa-
tive Pugh, No. 100, and providing for
the division Of the funds between the
several fair associations of the county
when there are more than one, was
recommended for passage. No. 20,
providing for foreclosure of mortgages
by advertising and fixing the method
of such advertisement, was recon-
mended for passage. So also was 2O7
which specifies the property which
shall be exempt from taxation.
Miller's Good Work.
Representative Miller secured a ia
vorable report on his bill which pro-
vides that the acts of village marshals
who have acted under a misunder-
standing of the law as to their powers,
shall be legalized. The measure is Of.
ficially known as H. B. $50, and when
it was introduced some of the sup
posedly wise ones said it would never
get out of the committee. 1t is now
ready for its third reading and final
passage in the house, and if the SEN
ate favors the measure it will pass that
body.
H. B. POS providing for the admis-
sion of the insane to the state asylum
at jamestown and providing for the
payment for such care and treatment
by the proper county or the state at
large, determining the residence Of
such inmates and providing for the
reimbursement of the county for such
care by the state at large, was rec
commended for passage, and then the
committee rose.
Senate Bills Read.
The following grist of senate bills
were read a first and second time and
referred to the proper committees:
Nos. 1S9, 10, 259, 1879, 2S9, 202, 277,
253, sc, 2s2, 2S7, 302, 131. 27s, 24s, 236,
2S1, 247, 263, 226. 296, 295 and 161.
Labor Days Second Death.
Representative Stevens who has
been fighting with desperation to Sc
cure the passage of a law making
Labor Day a legal holiday, gave up
the fight in the house today after that
body for the second time defeated the
Hanna senate bill which had passed
the senate some time since, and had
been pending in the house ever since.
Once before Mr.. Streeter secured
vote on the measure, but was defeated.
He succeeded in getting the vote re-
considered and the bill went to special
orders. He secured action on the mat
ter again Thursday and the bill was
again defeated by vote of Al to 40.
The vote follows:
Ayes-Adams, Anderson of Grand
Forks, Anderson, o. p. NJ, Brodie,