The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-31
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drains into natural waterways and
depressions on lands of the owner
without mourning any responsibility
IN damages, and stated that It was
understood that a comprehensive bill
on the matter of drainage would be
prepared and introduced and that this
bill should probably be considered
with that one, and he therefore moved
to reconsider the vote by which the
which the bill was passed and which
was laid on the table, and the bill was
recommitted to the committee on
drainage.
Committee of the Whole.
The house then went into commit
tee Of the whole with Mr.. LELAND in
. the chair, for the consideration of gen.
eral orders. The first bill on the cal
endar was 6S which amends section
613O of the revised codes of 1905 In
reference to the requirement of liens
upon future interests, and is intended
as means of preventing the acquire
ment Of liens upon any machine op-
Grated in whole or in part by man or
animal. The purpose of the amend
ment is to cut out the liens which the
vendors of threshing machines have
heretofore had for the recovery of
their purchase money on such ma
chimes to the exclusion of the men
who are employed in operating the
machine.
H. B. 46 prohibiting road overseers
from doing any work by contract dur
ing their incumbency of the Office, was
passed with some clerical amend
ments, and then trouble came on H.
B. 81, the bill introduced by Mr..
Casey and providing for the creation
Of commission for the purpose of
revising the school laws of the state.
The original bill provided for a COM
mission consisting of the state SUI
perintendent of public instruction and
a lawyer admitted to practice in the
highest courts of the state, and Repre-
sentative Stevens moved to amend by
making a commission of three, the at
torney general being added and the
provision of the bill that the state
superintendent serve without pay, be
extended to the member added, so that
the commission would be composed
of an odd rather than an even num-
Der of members. The proposition to
increase the membership without ex-
pense to the tax payers met with OPP
position on the part of Mr.. Casey who
was in charge of the bill, as we'll as
Mr.. Sorley, the majority leader. The
motion to amend was made by Mr..
Stevens and on a rising vote Mr.. Sor-
ley again met defeat as the motion
carried by a large majority, Hallick,
democrat of Grand Forks, voting with
the majority, and Casey and Anderson,
Grand Forks voting with Mr.. Sorley
against the amendment. Shirley sup
ported the motion to amend as did
Buttz, and Mr.. Shirley's clear cut
speech was one of the best so deliver
ed on the floor.
The Storm Centre.
The storm center of the day was
the concurrent resolution known as
H. B. ~, which had been introduced
by Mr.. Casey by request and provided
for amending section $50 of the con-
stitution of the state so as to read as
follows: "a superintendent of schools
for each county shall select in such
manner as the legislative assembly
shall hereafter direct for term not
exceeding four years, whose qualifica-
tons, duties, powers and compensa-
ton shall be fixed by law" This is
the amendment proposed by the state
superintendent of public instruction
and is intended to open the way for
the selection of county superintend-
ents by board to be composed of
small number of persons. A. fuller
discussion of the merits of the bill
will be found in another column of
the Evening Times: Mr.. Stevens at
tempted to have the matter defeated
and advocated his motion in a strong
argument based upon the fundamental
law of the nation, that the inherent
rights of the people to elect officers
should not be destroyed. That was
one of the principles of free govern
ment which we had not inherited from
the mother country nor had we copied
it from empires and kingdoms. He
was supported in this contention by
Major Buttz. By unanimous request,
State Superintendent StockWell was