The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-21
THE STATE LECISL AZURE
Transactions in the Senate and House of Representatives

companies. BY Simpson - Licensing
grain warehouses. BY Palmer-Anti-
tipping bill; prohibiting sleeping and
dining car porters from receiving tips
and makes it a misdemeanor to give or
receive them. BY misunderstanding
public grain warehouses.
The senate bill limiting railroad
employees work to sixteen hours was
passed.
The house Friday had another live
ly time over the initiative and refer
endum bill. which was supposed by its
opponents to be decentiy dead and
only awaiting burial. The matter
came up ON motion by Sorley OF
Grand Forks to reconsider the vote of
Friday. Stevens of Bur1eigh moved
that this motion be indefinitely post
poned, which was lost, and Sorley's
motion carried. Considerable inef-
fective talk followed and finally An
derson of Ramsey moved to amend by
striking out all in the bill which per-
tanned to referring to the people
amendments to the constitution. this
with the idea that it would obviate
the objections of the prohibitionists.
At last the bill was made the special
order for tomorrow afternoon, when
it will have fair chance of passing,
though great fight. will be put up
against it by those who desire only
the provisions for constitutional
amendments, hoping through this
means to get the liquor question again
before the voters. The senate bill re-
lating to paving in cities, and of more
particular interest to Grand Forks
and Fargo, was passed.
Twenty-seven bills were introduced
in the house to-day, many of them
carrying more or less appropriation.
Among them were Peake's banking
bill, providing for increasing the mi
nimum capital of state banks from
$4,000 to $4,000, banks already in
before Jan. l. 1909.
Chapman, for an irrigation and dry
farming experiment station at Willis.
ton, with $4,000 appropriation.
Burgum, changing county seats.
Thoreson. giving a lien against
threshing machines for labor
Rose, authorizing the railroad com.
missioners to declare forfeited the
charter Of any railroad company
which secures the removal of a case
pending against it in the district
court to the United States court.
Geildt. violating contracts in some
cases between railroad and cattle
shippers, where the latter has failed
to read the conditions of shipping re-
ceipt.
Tofsrud, regulating lobbyists and
providing fines; creating Office of le-
gislative statistician, with a salary Of
$2,5O0
Hannawalt. making states attor-
neys game wardens.
Steem, for creation of funds in
banks to secure deposits.
The senate session was brief. It
was thought the debate on the major
ity and minority reports on the anti
pass and passenger fare bills would
be the feature, but the senators evil
IDENTIFY were not ready for it, as a mo-
ton to adjourn was made and carried
when the matter was reached.
Representative Streeter has been
collecting statistics regarding the
question whether or not prohibition
is effective in stopping the consump-
ton Of liquor. In this state traffic in
liquor is absolutely prohibited. while
in South Dakota county option pre-
walls to a certain extent. Yet from
the collector of internal revenue, Mr..
Streeter has learned that LAG 5tax re-
ceipts to liquor dealers have been is
sued in South Dakota. while in this
state 1903 receipts were issued, and
the collector estimates that there are
about 100 other persons in the state
selling liquor who have not been To-
Gated.