The Dickinson press., 1909-02-27
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publican leaders did not know what they
were talking about when they advocated
q tariff revision. Mr.. Martin favored
the adoption of the resolution and SEN
ator Purcell spoke against it.
Senator Dlis introduced a new primary
law Friday afternoon. 1t includes every
thing from u. S. senator down to con-
stable. Its senatorial features are
similar to the OREGON law and makes
it possible for a democrat to be elected
senator by a republican Legislature.
Among the other new bills in the SEN
ate were S. B. 315 by Senator Pierce.
prohibiting the killing of prairie chick
ems until 1911; S. B. 313, by Senator
Leutz, requiring independent grain
buyers and track buyers to make report
to commissioner of agriculture; S. B.
800. by Senator Irwin. making Good
Friday a legal holiday; S. B. 29o by
Senator Simpson, making the compen-
sation of county commissioners IS a
day and five cents a mile. Office hours
from 9 to II and 2 to 6.
The senate committee which is inves-
tigating the Office Of superintendent of
public instruction, Of which Senator
Simpson is a member, has secured an
expert on educational matters and is
giving the Office a thorough overhauling.
There is no disposition to give Mr..
Stockwell a bad deal at all, but the
committee wants to have a complete
examination of the affairs of his Office.
Some bills of Importance have been
favorably received and others killed or
postponed indefinitely. The jamestown
fair bill was postponed 43 to % and the
Devils Lake fair bill by a vote of a. to
"a. H. B. 255, requiring teachers to
test the sight and hearing of pupils. of
public schools was ordered to pass,
H. B. 274, dividing the state into two
congressional districts was indefinitely
postponed. S. B. 60. prohibiting the
intermarriage of the colored and white.
races has passed both senate and house.
Senator Simpsons bill defining the
terms of court in the Tenth judicial
| district was recomm ended to pass the
senate. II. B. IL, relating to counties
furnishing seed grain to needy settlers,
was referred to a conference committee
representing both bodies of the legisla-
tive assembly.
It is generally believed that there
! will be no more drug permits in North
| Dakota-if the measure of Senator Nc
Arthur for their abolition, meets with
the same favor all the way through that
it has so far received. The senate COM
mittee on temperance has reported the
bill favorably and it's supporters insist
it will pass the senate without difficulty.
S. B. 3O5 by Senator diversion creates
the Twelfth judicial district out of
Williams and Mckenzie counties. Should
this become a law, it would remove Nc
Kenzie county from the Tenth district,
where it was placed by the last legisla-
ture.
S. B. 241 by Senator Simpson appro-
pirates out of the funds of the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
twenty-five hundred dollars OF so much
as may be necessary for the purpose OF
paying bills of the sheriff of Stark
county. witnesses. jurors and others,
incurred in connection with criminal
cases arising in the ~unorganized coun-
ties attached to the county of Stark fol-
judicial purposes prior to April list, 1908.