The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-01-04

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Christianson in behalf of Nc
Henry county moved that the
chair appoint the members of
the two committees from said
county. Whereupon the chair
selected the following: Mem
Der of committee on legislation,
Mr.. Slavens; member of COM
mittee on bar association, Mr..
Webber. Pierce county an
nounced the following selec-
tons: Member of committee
on legislation, Mr.. Cogar;
member of committee on bar
association, Mr.. Thorson.
Mr.. r.Blood of Bottineau, Mr..
Christianson Of .Towner, and
Mr.. Boehn of Rugby then ad-
dressed the meeting, relative to
the proposed division and
creation of a new judicial
district. -.: ..-.t. .ya.. -
Messrs. Bratton and Ander-
son of Rugby and Mr.. Falken-
stein of Bottineau, representa-
tives of the press, addressed
the meeting briefly and each
assured the members of the
bar present of their hearty
support. ' ... =
A general discussion followed
participated in by various
members. 49,
.Whereupon the chair sug-
gested that a committee on
resolutions be appointed and
the same having been offered
in the form of a motion includ-
ing the provision that the chair
name the members of the COM
nnittee having been duly carried
the chair named the following:
Mr.. Blood, of Bottineau
c o u n t y, Mr.. Nostdah1, of
Pierce county, Mr.. Slavens, of
McHenry county, whereupon a
recess was declared. ,G( ,
The meeting being again
called to, order and the COM
mittee on resolutions having
announced that the resolutions
drawn by the committee had
been filed with the secretary,
and requested that they be read
whereupon they were read by
the secretary: Same being as
follows: 81. .,- !. & 4 !
I'VE, members of the bar of
the Second and Eighth Judi
cial Districts now in convention
assembled, recognizing t h e
vast amount.of litigation now
pending in our courts and the
impossibility of our courts to
dispose of the vast volume of
work confronting them and of
the increasing demands for
another judicial district to be
created from the territory of
the districts aforesaid;
Be It Resolved, That it is the
sense of the members of the
bar comprising this convention
that there be a new judicial
district created at the next ses-
sion of our legislature, said
new district to be composed of
the counties of Bottineau,
Pierce and McHenry
Committee on Resolutions"
Whereupon it was moved and
seconded that the report of the
committee as submitted be
adopted, which motion prevail :
ed and the report was adopted.
Mr.. Besancon moved that the
Legislative members be inc1ud-
ed in the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions.
A general discussion follow
ed on the merits of the propos-
ed amendment to the COM
mittee report, participated in
by the following: Shuman of
Pierce and Besancon of Bot
tineau in support of the motion
and Slavens of McHenry and
Blood of Bottineau in opposi-
ton. Representative e1 e c
Wedge also spoke in opposition
to the proposed amendment
and the same was withdrawn. (
Representative elect Wedge
also asked for information in
regard to the necessity for the
creation Of a new judicial
district at this time.
Mr.. Burr of Bottineau, in an
extended address, answered
Mr.. Wedge and showed the
imperitive necessity of the
creation Of new judicial
district by the next legislature
in order that the court work in
the counties represented at
the meeting might be properly
taken care of and the sdockets
Ecleared. Mr.. Burr was followed
by Mr.. &C 8 ger In, d Mr..
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