The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-20
Linton Representative vies
With Johnnie" Anderson
Grand Forks Man.
WOULD PREVENT SCR|BEs
DESCRIBING BRIDES CHARMS
Or From Indicating What May be
Future Residence Of sDown and
Out" Legislators-Peculfar Penalty
Attaches, Also Emergency Clause
Referred to Live Stock Committee.
tBy George Daviss

oeudLch, ceD. LV.@Grdn0 FOfkS
county is getting some notoriety
among the experienced legislators Of
the state because of some of the freak
legislation which has been introduced
by Representative Anderson. Some
time ago Mr.. Anderson introduced a
bill which attempted to regulate the
running of newspapers during cam
paigns so that nothing critical of a
candidate could he said by a corres-
pondent unless the name of the cor
respondent was given, and otherwise
making burlesque of the publication
of political matters. A few days ago
Representative Streeter, and it would
seem a number of other members who
have the ability to distinguish be-
tween boyishness and merit in bills,
got together and decided to take a
fall out of the youthful statesman.
The following bill was introduced as
a sequel to house bill PIG which was
the one introduced by Mr.. Anderson.
The bill was read in the house and
referred to the committee on live
stock by the speaker, who it would
seem to an outsider, was in the plot
to head off any further freakishness.
The bill reads as follows:
House Bill No. s7s.
Introduced by Mr.. Streeter.
A bill for an act regulating and
prescribing the duties of country pub
fishers in the preparation of articles
other than political and also fixing
penalties for the printing of untruth-
full statements in wedding notices and
death announcements sequel to
house bill PIG in reference to political
Advertising
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly Of the state of North Dakota.
Section 1. Any country editor who
prints marriage notice in which he
makes the customary reference to the
bride as lovely" handsome" or "the
prettiest girl in town." or in the de-
scription of the personal charms of
said bride uses terms of synonymous
character, shall be compelled to prove
said assertion or assertions. And in
default thereof said country publisher
shall be deprived of his whack at the
school treasurer's annual statements
and shall be sentenced to move his
paper to the Sixth senatorial district.
there to remain for six months
Section 2 Any country publisher
who shall print in his paper notice
OF the death of member of this house
ana particularly Of member from
the Sixth district or any other states
man or politician as such person may
be considered from general point of
view, and who shall in said notice in
innate, assert, or express the belief
that said statesman or politician from
said Sixth district has ascended the
golden stair shall in said notice give
satisfactory reasons for such belief
or prophecy. And any country editor
failing to comply with the provisions
of this section shall for all time be
Ineligible to publish insurance state
ments and shall be compelled to read
twenty-three Grand Forks Herald"
white Primary Law" editorials twen-
ty-three times without stopping to
take drink. And shall be sentenced
to make his residence for one year in
the metropolis of said Sixth senatorial
district.
Emergency. Whereas there is at the
present time no statute providing for
the adequate punishment of country
scribes who massacre the truth in de-
scribing the beauty of brides or in
exploiting the virtues of departed
statesmen and in pointing out the
place of their future residence there
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