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ing all such sales void as to creditors.
Referred to the committee on judici-
airy.
Mr.. Anderson also introduced a bill
amending section 1916 of the revised
codes OF 1905 requiring all corpora
tions to keep books and to permit the
same with all papers concerning the
corporation to be opened to the in
spection of stockholders at all times.
Referred to the committee on corpor-
ations other than municipal.
204 BY notwithstanding the adj
mission of patients to the hospital for
the insane. Referred to the committee
on state affairs.
POS By Buttz.-Providing for the en-
penses OF district judges. 1t fixes the
same at the actual expenses made
necessary by their work and allows
So per day as hotel expenses when
they are required to be absent from
home Referred to the committee on
judiciary.
Three senate bills were received
and given their first and second read
ings. They were No. 81 introduced by
Cashel; 81 introduced by Macarthur
which provides that railroads shall
bulletin all trains one hour before their
arrival and keep them so bulletined
until they do arrive, always giving the
correct information. In fact it is a
bill to compel the railroads to tell the
truth. The other is the celebrated
LaMoure bill which contains in a few
words the knockout blow to the late
printing graft. 1t reads as follows:
Section ~ of the Revised Codes of
1905, being Section so of the Revised
Codes of 1895, being Section II of
Chapter ll9. of the laws of 1890, and
Section 22S2 of the Revised Codes of
1908. being Section 1907 of the Re-
vised Codes of 1895, as amended by
Chapter 125 of the Laws of 1899, be
and the same are hereby expressly
repealed.
The laws thus repealed are the ones
requiring the state and county print
ing to be done in the state and in the
counties where it is practicable to do
Senator Cashel's bill relates to the
punishment Of those who commit burg
larry by the use of explosives and reads
as follows:
Section /. Any person who with in
tent to commit burglary, breaks into
or enters, in the night time, build
ing in which there is human being,
and commits burglary by the use
of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowd-
er or any other high explosive, is
guilty of burglary with explosives.
Section 2. Burglary with explosives
is punishable by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary of this state for not less
than twenty years, and not more than
forty years.
Few Senators Present.
But twenty senator's were on hand
when the senate was called to order
Thursday and very brief session
was held to allow the introduction of
bills and dispose of routine business.
In the absence of President Lewis,
Senator LaMoure presided.
The most important measure in
| troduced was one by Senators Strom
and Hoffel, which was reciprocal de-
murrage bill. 1t provides that when
railroad companies are unable to sup
ply all the cars demanded at any rail-
way station, such cars as are furnish
ed shall be distributed equally among
applicants in the order of their APP
plication until each has received one
car and the remainder of the cars
shall be divided ratably among ship.
pers in the proportion that the car
lots of freight offered by each is to
the total number of car lots of freight
offered at that station. The bill pro.
vides that when railroad companies
are unable to furnish necessary cars
at any station for a period of five days
freight blockade shall be deemed to
exist and thereafter cars must be
furnished shippers without discrimi.
nation in proportion to the amount OF
freight offered for shipment, and in
case of failure to supply cars after
forty-eight hours notice the road shall
pay a fine of five dollars per car fol-
each twenty-four hours additional de-
lay. The same penalty is provided for
delay in moving cars after twenty.
four hours and for shippers who dc
not load cars within forty-eight hours
after same have been placed.
Other senate bills today were as fol-.
lows: