The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
NORTH DAKOTA LECISL ATURE
REVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE
STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THE WEEK

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ments. This would have enabled the
resubmissionists of the state to bring
the prohibition clause Of the constitu-
ton up for vote which is something
the Prohibitionists have been fight
Ing ever since statehood.
The penitentiary investigation com.
mittee was named Tuesday. 1t con.
sists of Senators Pierce. Macarthur
and diversion from the senate, and
Messrs. Peart, Atwood and Traynor
from the house. Sessions of the COM
mfttee will begin at once and rigid
Investigation is promised.
The constitutional amendment to
locate a normal school at Minot was
Tuesday made special order by the
house for Wednesday afternoon, and
large delegation is here from Minot
to work for the bill.
Majority and minority reports were
presented in the senate on the bill to
permit verdict in civil cases by less
than the full panel of a jury, and the
matter will be threshed out tomor-
row. The majority of the judiciary
committee favors killing the bill. The
house committee reports in favor of
killing the bill to permit taxes to be
paid in two installments.
Senator Macarthur presented a bill
in the senate giving the railroad COM
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telephone charges.
Kinney Of Mclean county Wednes.
day introduced state fair bill locat.
Ing the fair permanently at Fargo
beginning with the year 1910. His
bill would make no change in the
holding of the fair at Grand Forks
this summer. The new measure car
ries $4,000 for an annual appropria,
ton and is regarded as a kind of
compromise measure to appease some
OF those who are not decided as to
how they will vote. The fact that It
was introduced by man from the
western part of the state is regarded
as Indicating the general sentiment
favoring Fargo for the permanent
location.
Traynor of Ramsey county intro
duced bill to establish a biological
institution at Devils Lake, and have
it conducted under the auspices of
the state university. It carries an
appropriation of $4,000 for the first
year and $4,000 per annum afterwards,
The house committees got their
slaughtering clothes on and the way
they went after bills was rather dis.
couraging to some of the men who
had introduced the measures that
were under the ban.
Among the measures indefinitely
postponed were H. BIS 139, ZIG. 119
80, z, Ill, 120, IL, 11S, 1872, 1876, 123
1875. 127. 129, 120, %.
The state affairs committee recon-
mended No. SO to pass. It relates to
land titles.
No. 46. the Dibley bill, regarding
the execution of realty contracts BY
a partner, was recommended to pass
Hanley of Morton introduced a res,
olutlon to empower the speaker to an.
point committees of three to investi.
gate each of the state institutions
during the weeks vacation, which be.
gins tomorrow.
Labor day is to be made a state
holiday if the measure introduced in
the senate Wednesday afternoon, by
Steele of Ward, becomes a law
Senator Crane introduced a bill pro.
vldlng for the prompt payment by the
county treasurers to the state treas
urers of moneys paid On public land
sales.
Simpson of Stark introduced a
measure giving the superintendent of
public instruction the power to pre-
scribe the furniture, maps and Ii.
braries of the rural schools and also
the authority to purchase other than
Webster's dictionaries, as now pre.
scribed.