The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
REVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE
STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THE WEEK.


legislative assembly witnessed three
of the most strenuous sessions in each
house ever before witnessed in the
history of North Dakota. The house
cleaned up its work in short order,
and at o'clock Friday evening await
ed the pleasure of the senate. The
latter body, however, held two or
three executive sessions and INDUCED
in a number of animated debates over
house measures up for final passage.
A steering committee, composed of
Senators Purcell, Kobbel, Talcott, La
Moure, Sharpe, Pierce and Bessessen,
was named in the senate early in the
day.
The McCrea druggist permit law
was passed by the senate late Friday,
following most spirited battle be-
tween the opposing forces. The vote
was &c to 20, and one absent and not
voting. This bill places the issuance
of liquor permits to druggists in the
hands of the district judge. Senator
Macarthur made an excellent fight for
his bill, but lacked the necessary
votes.
Senator Kennedy's bill requiring an
inspection of all liquor sold in North
Dakota drug stores passed Friday,
and now becomes a law.
Another measure to become law
at this session is that providing for a
board Of control, to consist of three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor, to supervise the various chart
table and penal institutions, including
the state soldiers home at Lisbon.
This bill was introduced by Represen-
tative Atwood of Stutsman.
All hope of securing any anti-pass
legislation at this session was aban-
doned Friday, when the committee on
railroads killed the White bill and
later allowed the Bessessen measure
to die in the committee.
Two important bills of particular in
terest to the militiamen of the state
that were passed Friday were those
relating to the adoption of the new
military code and that referring to the
appropriation Of $4,000 by the state
to the guard. These bills will, it is
understood, be signed by Gov. Burke
As result of law passed Friday,
North Dakota will hereafter be repre-
scented in the inspection of grain at
the Minnesota terminals-Minneap
and Duluth, with one representative
at each city. Appropriations required
to carry on this work will also be
made into laws.
The railroad men of the state will
be compelled to be content with but
one favorable law at the session Just
closed. The bill abolishing the dinky
cabooses was enacted into a law and
goes into force after July 1, 1910.
In executive session in the senate
Friday night, that body confirmed
three of the governors appointments
They were Mrs. DR.. Darrow, Fargo;
Albert Sheets, Lakota, to be members
of the state library commission, and
E. w. Conmy, Pembina, to be trus-
tee of the state blind asylum at Bath
gate.
H. B. 1874, McCrea-Appropriating
$1,9S1.95 to provide for legal expenses
incurred by the state experiment sta
ton at the A. C. in defending the pure
paint law, passed the senate with few
dissenting votes. Other house bills
passed at the night session of the sen.
ate were AS, $40, 3S3, 1874, 29G, PSI,
17S, 1870. 236, 1O1, 388 and 36. In Sc.
curing the passage of many of these
measures it was necessary to call for
conference committee of both houses.
The afternoon session of the senate
was devoted mainly to confirming
some of the governors appointments,
announced in this correspondence Fri.
day night. hearing communication
from Secretary of State Blaisdell and
listening to the new military code.