The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-01-16
INSTITUTE FOR
FEEBLE MINDED
ASKS 100000
The Insane Asylum Wants
$432,000 for the Next
Two Years
THE ROUTINE WORK Of THE
TWO LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES
Some of the Measures introduced Ap.
ply to Purity In Politics and Seek
to Prevent the Candidates From Be.
ing Financially Bled.

SOSA
to Prevent the Candidates From Be.
ing Financially Bled.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 16.-Both
branches Of the legislature held short
sessions today, the introduction of
bills consuming the larger portion of
the time. In all fourteen bills were
introduced. in the house. Among
those was an anti-pass measure by
Representative White of Traill county,
and concurrent resolution by Rep
resentative Putnam relative to the in
itiative and referendum. White also
introduced resolution proving that
all bills introduced before the fortieth
day Of the session must be fifty
seventh day.
In the senate bill was introduced
by Senator Strom appropriating $780,
200 for the Mayville normal. Senator
Cashel introduced a primary caucus
measure. Senator Kennedy introduce
ed a bill providing for sanitary super
vision Of bakeries. Senator Talcott
introduced a bill providing for nom
partisan nominations of school Of
flcers. Senator Crane introduced a
bill making the intermarriage of
whites and negroes unlawful.
Insane and Feeble. Minded.
In the senate Steel of Stutsman in
troduced the appropriation bill for the
state insane asylum. It carries q to-
tai appropriation of $4,000. SEN
ator Cashel introduced the appropri-
atoms bill for the institute for feeble
minded at Grafton. The measure
carries $4,000.
The proceedings Of the house
on Thursday afternoon were takan,
up largely with the introduction Of
bills, there being thirty-five proposed
measures read and referred during
the session. OF these bills the White
and Skulason primary election meas
ures have already been touched upon
troduced by Sorlie Of Traill has for
its purpose the giving to the governor
Of the power to remove certain Of
f1cials. This measure is much the
same as that one introduced two years
ago by Sorley Of Grand Forks with the
exception that such county officials
as register of deeds, treasurer's, ETC.,
are exempt, while city and village Of
fees entrusted with the enforcement
of the law are added.
The house concurred in the senate
resolutions of respect to the memory
of the two ex-governors of North Da-
kota who have died within the past
two years. Speaker Burdick naming
as the house members Of the Joint
committee which will draw up proper
resolutions, Ward, Peart and Hale
The senate resolution asking that
the North Dakota delegation in con-
gress do all in its power to have lum-
Der placed On the free list was con-
CURED in.
The senate resolution asking the
North Dakota congressional delega-
tion to use all honorable means in the
furtherance Of the bill before congress
providing for the purchase of the Lin
coin homestead, was concurred in by
the house.
Two communications were received
from the secretary of state, both with
reference to the Twenty-sixth legis-
lative district contests. The first was
a notice of contest filed by John
Storey, while the second was the no.
tice of objection filed by Col. Tuttle.
The entire matter was referred to the
election committee.
B. G. Skulason offered resolution
providing that the legislative assem-
bly, hold proper exercises in observ-
ance of the centennial anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The
resolution provided for the appoint
ment of a committee of eight to make
such arrangements and the house
adopted it. The resolution was sent
to the senate for concurrence.
The senate resolution offered by
Senator Leutz in that body and which
was passed and sent to the house, re-
suited in little discussion. This
resolution provided that the North Da-
kota congressional delegation be ask
ed to do everything possible to secure
the defeat of the bill pending in con-
gress providing that the government
should retain a hold on coal lands
not already patented by ilomesteaders.
The resolutions was introduced in the
interests of the homesteaders of the
western portion of North Dakota and
in the house 1t was referred to the
committee on state affairs.
Bills were introduced in the house
as follows:
H. B. No. 1, Schull-Provides for
service of notice on mortgages in
cases of real estate mortgage fore
closures.
H. B. No. 2, Jewett-Makes mini
mum capital of state banks $4,000,
instead Of $4,000.
H. B. No. 3, Jewett-Appropriates
100000 to idemnify owners of horses
killed because of glanders and estab-