The Dickinson press., 1909-03-13

station at Hettinger, with an a%ppropria-
ton If $40. 600.
In the house Representative ,Senour
accomplished much good. Bills which
he succeeded in Getting through are as
follows:
H. B. 81. encouraging the formation
of Athletic associations and bands of
music.
H. B. 143, redistricting the state of
North Dakota into legislative districts
and giving the new counties representa-
ton in the legislature, including Bow
man and Billings, as the 39th district.
Williams and Mckenzie the 41st dis
trict, Mercer, Oliver and Dunn the 4sth
district and HettinRer and Adams the
49th district. This measure is of vast
Importance to the. Slope country.
H. B. II. making the fees of the pound
master for taking into pound or dischare-
ing therefrom any horses, ass or mule
and all meat cattle, Is cents each, every
sheep or lamb 10 cents each, every hog
10 cents each and Is cents for keep each
"a hours in pound.
H. B. BIS, appropriating $3.50 to f.
M. Baker for fees when assistant states
attorney for services performed in the
prosecution of criminal cases arising. in
unorganized territory attached to Stark
county. n
Representative Baker 8 most important
work was H. B. 31s, the new code of
the state national guard.
Other measures of importance which
were enacted in both houses are the
following:
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.
H. B. "a BY McCrea, appropriating
SIS. 900 annuity for the use of the state
live stock sanitary board in it's work.
H. B. 1875 by Moen of Benson. requir-
ing a license by every person, firm or
company, standing OF using any stallion
for public service. providing for a stall
lion registration board and defining the
diseases which shall disqualify any
stallion.
H. B. 167 by Thoreson. permitting the
construction of cattle ways under public
highways and regulating the construction
of same.
H. B. 306 by Hanley. creating an
experiment station. at Mandan. In
reality a model farm in connection with
the state reform school.
H. B. 316 by Sgutt. creating an exper-
iment station at Harvey.
S. B. 118 by Gunderson, making uni
form weights and measures for gr aim
S. B. .119 by Cashel. a pure seed 4a,.x.
regulating the sale of seeds. Citizens
may send samples of seeds to the &c.
for analysis.
S. B. 124 by Baker, making it unlaw-
full to sell or give away any animal
infected with OF suspected Of any con-
tagious disease except as provided by
the state live stock sanitary board:
S. B. 1913 by Mcdonald. establishing
at the A. C.. a serum institute for the
eradication and presentation of tuber-
culosis, CHAMBERS and other contagious
stock diseases.
S. B. 81 by Steele of Stutsman, max
ing holidays in this state every Sunday.
New Years day, Lincoln's and Wash
ineton's birthdays, Fourth Of July,
Christmas, Memorial day, Labor day,
Election day and Thanksgiving day.
S. B. 1857 by Crane. persons owning
land on both sides of a railroad may
require the railroad company to build
q proper cattle guard and way
or other adequate means of crossing the
railrod and may recover SIS for every
80. days of default Of the company. :
|. IS. B. $88 by diversion, enabling any
person or corporation to appropriate
food waters of draws, coulees OF streams
and water courses which for the greater
part of the year flow less than 10 of q
cubic foot per second for irrigation Or
stock purposes.
S. B. 4 by Gunderson, appropriatine
$50, 600 for indemnifying owners of
| glandered horses. These exhibit at the
present time a deficit of $50. 600 which
must be met with the appropriation.
S. B. 282 by Purcell allowing a tree
bounty Of So an acre to all persons who
shall plant and keep in growing condi-
tion one acre and not more than ten
acres of prairie land with any kind Of
forest trees, at least 400 live plants, the
bounty to be deducted annually from
the taxes levied against the land.
S. B. 43 by Pierce, appropriatine
81. 600 each for the continuance of the
work at the II demonstration farms in
the state. including New Salem and
Beach.
PUBLIC GOOD
H. B. 1o1 by Olson. making it unlaw-
full for any person, firm or corporation t.
n,,hl;oh ,or c;rr,Ioto odvorfi1ind mates