The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-03-09
LEGISLATURE
ENDS SESSION
sleit Rush Of Work During the
] Closing Hours !.
cOwAN TRIAL on MARCH %
osts Get by senate When Articles Of
Impeachment Were Drsueht. In
Frsm the HOUSE.

Bismarck, March l.-Working till
Ar IN the night and long after the
midnight hour the North Dakota as
ssmbly completed its legislative work.
Amid confusion that was seemingly
rampant everywhere . large number
1t new laws were passed. Direct
election of national committeeman,
party choice for candidates for presi-
don't and vice president and direct
election Of delegates to the national
convention are features provided in
one of the most important bills passed
dN!inG the session. Amendments to
the state game and fish board of con.
t1ol bill were finally agreed to and
presented to the governor for his zig,
nature. Legislative apportionment
was pulled through successfully, with
Q senate vote Of 50 and Z house vote
81 112 members
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March % Is the date set BY the
senate for the trial of John F. Cowan,
Judge of the Second judicial district.
The date was fixed when the articles
Of impeachment, prepared by the
board of managers, were filed with
the senate The board Of managers
will act as the prosecuting body, hav-
ing the power to engage counsel and
to perform all other acts in furthering
the states case. The articles of i'm
parchment received the approval of
the house short time before they
were read in the senate In the arti-
cles of impeachment eight separate
charges are set forth embodying
crimes and corrupt conduct in Office,
nalfeasance of Office, etc., and the
specifications set forth between eighty
and ninety distinct instances upon
which it is contended that he has laid
himself liable to impeachment.
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Out of the grist mill In the house
have come with safety Talcott's game
bill, amending the present game and
fish board of control law. It has been
amended by the house to retain con.
troll of spring shooting. Rural school
aid. fought for 50 many years. is at
hist reality, having passed both
bodies. Corrupt practice legislation
was approved by the house in an en-
tirely new bill replacing the Bosses.
sen measure passed by the senate.
The senate concurred and the law
goes to the governor.
KeRRedy's full weight bill on lard
and bread, Duncans bill for assistant
dairy commissioner, Talcott's firearm
forfeiture measure and Welch's meas
ure empowering the school and uni
versity lands board to Investigate into
the extent of Ignite coal in public
lands, were among those passed by
the house and which will become law.
Appropriation bills from the senate
were rushed through the house as
rapidly as the roll could be called. 1t
took less than an hour to appropriate
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Bakers bill creating bird preserve
Of Devils Lake, Plains state hail in
surance department measure, Thorn
tens measure creating revolving
fund out OF the proceeds Of the Irvine
plant, with the ultimate view Of estab-
hshing farm implements factory at
the penitentiary, together with Plains
initiative and referendum, have all
been passed by the house and with
she exception of the initiative and
Fscerendum will become law.
Bills for the division Of the Fifth 1u-
Aicial district we're finally given UP
a4ter every parliamentary tactic in
their support had been worked out
The Williams bill for an extension to
The Capital City street car line from
The capitol to the state penitentiary
was carried after hot argument. Eff
forts to reconsider the vote by which
the Humane association measure was
killed We're unsuccessful, although
there was hot fight made in It's IA
vor. The Englund bill providing for
the appointments Of grain experts to
represent the state at Minnesota grain
terminals was killed in the shuttle, re-
osiving only forty-seven votes.
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Purchase OF editorial space, prohib-
tied in senate bill, will continue, as
q measure making such sale prohibit
tory was defeated. The Welo tran
silent merchant measure and the Fas-
sett tuberculosis sanitarium measures
were both passed and are in the hands
Of the governor for his signature No
argument was made on the Simpson
bill for making Columbus day legal
holiday, but the bill was postponed. A
concurrent resolution for the endorse
mont Of parcels post was not adopted.
being tabled. Indemnity for tubercu-
lar cattle was approved, while the Bse-
sen bill for the control Of public utili-
| Mes was also passed.
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A report from the board Of investi-
J. cation which looked into the admins