The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-04

money out of one pocket and putting
it into the other. 1t was read the
third time and placed on it's final
passage, SO voting in the affirmative.
At the request of Mr.. Dibley the
house concurred in the senate amenl-
ments to H. B. 131 providing for
demonstration farms and making ex-
periments in the manufacture of de-
naturized alcohol. Also concurrence
was given to H. B. 121, an appropria-
ton for the North Dakota Poultry
association. Also S. B. Ill establish
ing an experiment station at Willis
ton. The latter city donates 100 acres
of ditched land which experts say in
the near future will be worth $50 an
acre. Mr.. Peake declared that it was
a great gift. The report of the COM
mittee of the whole was adopted and
the bills were placed on their third
reading and final passage.
Senate Routine.
The senate has passed the several
house appropriation bills and now all
the appropriation bills are up to the
governor. The bills passed are, for
experiments with denaturized alcohol
at Agricultural college $500; SOL
diers' home $5,735; to reimburse par
ties who advanced money for Lewis
& Clark exposition exhibit $5,S94.93;
to pay teachers in unorganized terri
tory $1,000; E. F. Chandler $3.50.
The anti-cigarette bill also passed
the senate but not till it had been
amended by Senator Simpson so that
it is ineffective. Under the amend
ments cigarettes may be sold if COM
are to be submitted to the pure food
commissioners for analysis. Other
senate bills passed: by Rice, requir-
ing county officers to reside in county
seat, does not apply to counties hav-
ing population less than 1900. BY
Simpson, creating tenth judicial dis
trict out Of part of sixth. BY Strom,
dividing the state into two congress
sional districts, one to include coun-
ties of Cass, Richland, Sargent. Ran
som, Barnes, Stutsman, LaMoure,
Dickey, Mcintosh, Logan, Kidder, Nc
Lean. Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Oil
yer, Mercer, Stark, Mckenzie, Billings,
Bowman, Hettinger, Dunn and unor-
ganized territory. The other district
includes the balance of the state. By
Spoonheim, provides the manner of
voting bonds in school districts. BY
Regain, relating to the qualifications
of the public examiner. S. B. 235,
providing for live stock sanitary
board. s. B. 30s, relating to court
procedure in county courts having
increased jurisdiction. BY Talcott,
providing for registration and exam
ination of stations and jacks.
A motion that the senate do not
confer in the amendments to s. B. 1,
the Sharpe primary election Dill car
ried and a conference committee was
appointed. A conference committee
was also appointed on the two cent
fare bill.
The concurrent resolution provid
ing for the appointment of a commits
sion to prepare comprehensive tax
bill to be presented at the next ses-
sion of the legislature was indefinite
ly postponed. The senate committee
on railroads reported the house recip-
rocal demurrage bill to pass with
slight amendments. AS amended by
the committee the bill will not apply
to branch lines built in the future.
The apportionment committee made
a majority and minority report. The
majority report is for As senators and
Ill representatives and the minority
report being practically the same as
the Steele bill. making AZ senators
and 105 representatives. 1t is the
same as the bill passed by the house
except that it gives Barnes and Trail
counties one senator instead of two
each and puts Towner and Pierce
counties on one district.
A concurrent resolution was unani-
mously adopted by senate to appoint
C. A. Everhart of Fargo commissioner
to represent the state at the James,
town exposition. The resolution ex-
pressed the thanks of the people of
the state to Everhart who has erected
q North Dakota state building at the
exposition at his own expense. The
state has made no appropriation for
the exposition.