Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-02

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to the senate on the bill. Senator
Talcott thought the time was not ripe
for division, inasmuch as the legts
lature8 wourGa PROBABLY have to reap
portion two years from now. Senator
Simpson said he opposed the bill be-
cause he did not believe it was in the
interest of the Whole state. Senator
Martin took he same position. Sena-
tors Davis, Steele and diversion sup
PORTED the bill, which finally passed
Pills Passed.
Other senate bills passed were:
Senate Bill No. 81 appropriation
for milling experiments with wheat.
Senate Bill No. 1877, Contingent
fund for states attorney.
Senate Bill No. 264, removal OF
persons from institute for feeble
minded.
Senate Bill No. 296, publication OF
supreme court reports.
Senate Bill No. 1s7,, admission Of in.
surance companies.
House Bill No. 156, the game bill
amended to the terms of the Talcott
bill, was passed under suspension OF
the rules and the amendments were
not concurred in by the house. A con
ference committee was named, con
sisting Of Senators Koffel. Talcott and
Baker.
Grain Committee Report.
The special committee on grain in.
vestigation consisting of Senators Tai.
colt, Trimble, Bessesen, and Repre-
sentatives Frame, Doyle and .Hill, re-
ported that the Minnesota authorities
were willing to grant representation
Of the board Of appeal, but not vot-
ing members OF the board. The mem
bers Of the committee stated that they
thought good would come of such rep
resentation as suggested, and referred
the matter to the appropriations com
mlttee which met last night and re-
commended an appropriation Of $4,000
annually for two experts to be named
by the governor. A resolution to this
effect will probably be presented in
the senate today.
State Fair Bill.
The report of the state affairs COM
mittee on the Kennedy bill for the To-
cation of the state fair at Fargo,
was adopted and the bill will probably
come up in the senate for third read
ing today.
Two bills were presented:
New Bills.
Senate Bill No. 343, Talcott-Re-
curing shippers Of grain to weigh the
same and attach weight tag to the
car.
Senate Bill No. 344, Talcott-Anti-
discrimination law.
Senator Talcott also asked per-
mission to present an anti-pass bill
but Senator Movious objected.
Drug Permit Bill Passed.
The drug permit bill, McArthur's
bill abolishing druggists permits and
putting the sale OF liquor into the
hands of physicians on prescriptions,
was passed without debate by vote
Of rs to IS. with fiv absent.
State Hail Insurance..
The Strom hail insurance amend
ment to the constitution, was first lost
and afterwards reconsidered and
passed. Senator Strom made an clio.
quent plea for the bill as in the in
terest of the farmers and explained
that 1t could not possibly work a
hardship or injustice to the state. The
other bill creating a state hail insur-
ance department with the commission
er of agriculture as i+s head, was
passed.
One Bill Lost.
: The bill providing for a state IL
barian and regulation of the state IL
brary was lost and clinched on motion
OF Senator Crane.
Attorney General Miller presented
an opinion that the Trimble bill, Sen
ate Bill No. 80, providing for a fixed
storage ticket for wheat. was constitu-
tional and the bill was passed.
The districts as provided in the
mtasure as it passed comprise the
following counties:
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