Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
one family. There were SO voting in
the affirmative; / nay and 3 absent.
The SENATE.

The SENATE. f: s#
The senate yesterday adopted an
apportionment bill, after battling for
several days in committee of the
whole with amendments, all of which
were finally rejected, and the senate
passed the house bill as it was
amended by the majority Of the APP
portionment committee. The bill as
amended calls for AZ senatorial dis
tricts, and for Ill representatives.
The committee of the whole, after first
adopting the minority report of the
committee and subsequently amending
that out of all semblance to the
original report, finally decided on the
majority report of the apportionment
committee The bill, after the report
of the committee of the whole had
been adopted, was passed under sus-
pension of the rules and will go back
to the house for consideration today.
Rate Bill.
The report of the conference com
mittee on house bill Is, the rate bill,
was the subject-of considerable inter
est in the senate as we'll The report
of the committee was first rejected
by a vote of 81 to 1S:: Afterward Sem
.ator Hanna made a motion to recon
slider and the senate decided to adopt
the report of the conference commit
tee by vote Of "a to IA The confer
ence committee report calls for a two
and a half cent rate with a two cent
mileage book, as was originally pro-
posed by the railroad committee of
the senate Senator Purcell made a
long and earnest address against the
adoption of the conference report, and
in the first instance helped defeat the
adoption of the report, which action
I the senate later reconsidered.
Senator Mcdonald attempted also
to secure the adoption of an amend
ment to the apportionment bill, pre-
senting a bill calling for thirty-four
senatorial districts. The bill was
probably as fair a measure, consider
ing the population of all districts, as
has been presented to the legislature,
but the senate declined to consider it
further than to vote it down.
Public Utility Commission.
Senate bill No. $40, the bill provid-
ing for commission to consider the
matter Of taxation of equipment and
public service corporations, was
passed by the senate under suspension
of the rules, after the senate had re-
fused to adopt amendments made by
the judiciary committee and reported
the original bill to pass from the COM
mittee of the whole
The city bill, providing for the
Galveston system of commissions in
cities electing to proceed under the
act, was passed by the house and
came back to the senate, and it will
probably be signed by the officers of
the two houses today. n
B The senate went into executive ses-
sion to consider appointments of the
governor and the following con-
firmations were announced:
Combinations.
Mrs. Minnie G. Budlong, as mem
Der Of the state library commission.
John B. Wagner of Lidgerwood, as
trustee Of the school of science at
Wahpeton. .s
Geo. II. HOLSTER Of Fargo, as trus-
tee OF the agricultural college.
Gunder Olson of Grafton, as trustee
of the state blind asylum 5s5s4
Frank Peltier of Rolette county, as
director of the school Of forestry.
.s3 Bills Passed.
This morning session of the senate
was devoted entirely to the passage Of
houss bills and the following were
passed: House bin 1888, oil inspection
bill; 2o6, salary OF district judges and
expenses; 63. penalty for letting any
building for sale of liquor; Il, bounty
for tree planting; 81, reports Of
snpe rintendent Of subexperiment sta
tons; So, corporate limits Of cities;
GA. codification OF school laws: 79.
building and loan associations; q,
openiue of a1lays q, c,t;ac ( 90 -, Z