The Dickinson press., 1909-01-23

NEWS OF
CAPITAL j i | !.
Bills for Appropriation Of $4,000
for Experiment Station and Re-
districting Introduced. Simp-
son Goes on Record.
From the number of bills which are
being introduced into the senate and
house at Bismarck. it looks as though
this session of the Legislature would
have to work overtime to clean up all
the business. Many of the measures
are of great importance to the state and if
passed. will accomplish a great deal Of
good.
LAST WEEKS SESSIONS
In the senate on Friday of last week,
a number Of important bills were intro
duced, including one by Senator Leutz
Of Morton county. providing for county
teachers training schools. These are
for counties in which there are no nor
NAL schools. There may be twelve in
the state. The funds are to be appro-
priated by the county commissioners
and the commissioners will also select
a county schools board to look after the
training schools. The course Of study
is to be prescribed by the superintendent
of public instruction and to be under
his general supervision.
Senator Pierce Of Ransom county
introduced bill providing that corpor-
ations for religious and charitable pur-
poses shall not hold real estate of more
than $500, 600 in value.
There will be plenty of legislation on
the live stock indemnity question, one
Of the measures in which western North
Dakota is particularly interested. In
addition to the bill in the senate by
Senator Gunderson of Nelson, appro-
priating $50. 600 for indemnifying own
ers of animals killed or destroyed for
alanders, four measures on the subject
have been introduced into the house.
Doyle of Foster has a bill to amend
section 2. chapter. ITO of the laws Of
1907, relating to indemnifyine all
owners for animals killed q destroyed
according to law. for being affected with
disease known as elanders. It provide.
for the payment Of three-fosrths of the
certified value of the animal instead oi
one-half, as under the present law.
johnson. .ofs. s.Rollette is the author ol
House Bill No. II. an act appropriatine
$50. 600 for indemnifying the owners Of
such animals and Representative David.
son Of Ward one which appropriatet
$50. 600 for the same purpose Mr..
Jewett Of Ward also has bill appro-
priating the sum of $50. 600 for indem-
nifty or as much as will be necessary to
pay all outstanding claims now on file,
the bill to take effect after its passage
and approval by the governor.
1 Thjty-6ve bills were. introduced into
the house on Thursday and thiry-two
on Friday.
MI. Kinney ofsMcLean has an impor-
tant measure, authorizing counties to
procure grain for relief Of persons unable
to procure same. The purpose of the
bill is to aid new settlers who were
unable to raise crop sufficient TO supply
their needs last year on account OF
unfavorable weather conditions. Referred
to committee on state affairs.
Among the other bills, introduced in
the house which are Of special interest
in this part of the state are the follow
ing:
H. B., 53-Amending section 1882
of the revised codes Of 1905. relating
to the redemption of land sold for delin-
quent taxes. This seeks to reduce the
interest on tax certificates from 2 to /
per cent month.
H. B.. 54, by Hanley of Morton-Act
to repeal sections Il 1888. 1884, /. 936 and
1, 973 Of the revised codes of 1905 relat-
ing to the time when lawful for allowing
stock to nun at large. This measure
will mean that it is unlawful to allow
stock to be at large.
H. B. So. by Skinner Of Ward
Requiring operators Of steam threshine
rigs to give bond or carry insurance to
cover damages caused BY fires original
ing from steam threshing engines.
In the senate, Senator Leutz Of Morton
offered concurrent resolution calling
upon the representatives Of the state in
congress- to oppose the present bill pro
viding for divided title for home-
fsteaders between surface and coal
tdeposits and calling for the passage
- So n.