Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-09
STATE LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The agricultural college will get a
new dairy building, a new chemical
building, and other necessary addi.
tions, as will the state university.
These institutions are maintained
from the general mill tax for educa-
tional institutions aud the specific ap-
preparations are in addition to this.
The state hospital for the insane gets
q new 100000 fireproof ward building
for women. Senator Steel sought to
have an appropriation included for a
tuberculosis hospital, but failed. Then
there is a number of smaller institu-
tions through the state, like the May
vile normal school, the school of
science at Wahpeton, the forestry
school, and other schools that need
appropriations and all help to absorb
the state revenues. A good appropria.
ton has been reported for the institu-
tion for the feeble minded at Grafton.
1t will take $4,000 or $50, 900 to pay
the indemnity for glandered horses in
the state. The making of briquettes
from Ignite coal will be encouraged
by an appropriation of $685. 900 for the
experiment station at Hebron, which
has done a good deal of experimenting
in the line of gas production and bri.
quette making. So far the a]ppropria.
ton bills have been passed without
change from the committee reports,
and Senator La Moure of Pembina
county, chairman of the senate appro.
priation committee, who has been sit,
ting on the lid, is anxious to keep the
total within the probable revenues of
the state.
A bill 80 require the Typographical
union label on several of the classes
of public printing, however, was lost
on final passage in the senate. The
objection to it al that it was class
legislation and not in line with the
spirit of equality to all classes of la
Dor.
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The medical bill has gone through
the mill, and it is believed that under
it the standard of the medical profes.
sion will be raised. The bill, House
Bill 100, had the approval of the state
medical association, which has been
trying for a number of years to get
through a law defining the practice of
medicine and making the whole mat
ter SO clear that controversies should
not arise among the various cults of
healers. The bill just passed is the
most satisfactory w presented and
is now in the hands of the governor.
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The insurance legislation proposed
is varied. The new fraternal insur-
ance bill, putting fraternal companies
on an old line basis, has passed the
senate. Another bill providing that
fire insurance companies accepting
rates from a general ratemaker shall
be penaliZed to the extent of 25 pei
cen of their policies has passed the
upper house. 1t is said the old line
fire companies have agreed that they
will withdraw from the state if the
bill passes The Trimble bill, provid
ing that life companies shall invest
so per cen of their premium collec-
lions in real estate loans in the state
was r~esurrected, but failed Of passage
again
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There is a great mass of legislation
about half digested in both houses OF
the legislature and the time of the
last week will be filled in sorting out
and disposing of a great acclmula.
ton of bills that have passed one
house AMI are now in the other.
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