The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-03-09
LEGISLATIVE !.
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BisInalek.-I-ast week Judge Cowan
Of the Second Judicial district. went
home in high, feather, the house voting
- to IS to indefinitely postpone he
charges chat were offered in a resolu-
ton by Representative Davis Of Grand
Forks INSTRUMENTATION Of a ma
jorsty report Of the: committee appoint
odfsbyrt the speaker This week he Is
back. In Bismarck. working with the
members OF he enaten and getting
readyeto clsar, himself of those charges.
The vote to reconsider came on a reso-
luton offered, by Chairman Jordal Of
the committee that he was ready to
give a 1ynopsis of the evidence from
the notes etakon~ at the hearing, val
the house ready to listen to It. The
house had only n audible vote
against listening to the evidence. and
tor thrss hours Mr.. Jordal: read from
his notes. After 1t vas offered and
closing speeches made the house by q
vote Of 90 to IS. it required that Mr..
Cowan appear before the bar Of the
senate and answer to the. charges Of
habitual% Drunkenness. negligence. OF
WVkyE 1tu It1ON~1SAOAAlOx0 VI ll1C0
A great deal bitterness had been-en-
genderedE into this flght, and"the sore
spots, leftsamong members are. not
likely TO heal.at this session. The short
and ugly word a been passed a
numbsr .sof, times among members, and
At times Il looked as II there would. be
- freo-for-all i1st fight. This fight has
affected other matters Of, legislation
and II lis hard to forecast Just what
VIII. Aohsson sorne important meas
y yetato be;decided:.
Thei..statutes allow the defendant
Judge, twenty days in whichett get
ready for trial., Both houses will adj
journ.sand the senate win reconvene
to hear this case just as sos asa date
can be agreed upon
According. to a resolution offered
Speaker "Hanley a appointed the fol-
lowing board Of managers to try the
casefforethe house:- Messrs. Homnes,
Nsssos;; N.arheim. Hanson and o'Con-
nor Of Grand Forks. These are all ap-
pointed zfromrs,th sideEthat decided to
put the case: 10 to the senate
The division Of the state into three
congressional districts is taking. about
alfa the attention at the present time
or both. houses: The senate and house
have not reached anything like an
agreement. NJ yet. The senate has
pa1sed*a bin making the two northern
tiers of counties clear across the state
into. one district and making: an east
erna. and, western district Of the bal
ance, the dividing line being. drawn
east Of Sheridan. east of Kidder and
east of Logan and Mcintosh. The
house passed the Default bin. No. 256,
making. a Red river valley district, a
Jim river valley district and a Mis-
souri, fivsr valley" district. So many
thingsaares mixed up In this contest 1t
is t>hard, to- forecast which bill will be-
come law.
The legislative, reapportionment
stands assnoted- In. these columns last
week, with. the exception that amend
mSntsT have been made. in the. senate
aAdit1g. one house member to each Of
the following counties: Cass. Dickey,
-Ptbscsss sRolette. Sargent. Burke. EN-
pens,,Bufioigir and Stark. This would
make 80 senators and lis represents
tives in place Of 104, os~called for tn
~ "a 40 Pd6oVO al rSAl0. uOu9Os ~ 10
likelysthe senate amendments will pass
the house.
The, following bills have been signed
by the governor:
House Bills.
No. 36-Relating to maintenance If
station houses.
No. e4-Reiating to location and
building of bridges.
No. 79-Relating to publicity Of
stAtexhnances.
No. loo-Resuiating the practice Of
medicine and surgery.
No, 133-Vacation-s Of. streets and
alleys.
No. 1s4-Powers and duties, Of the
board Of railroad commissioners.
No. .153-Duty of county auditors
andsrequirements of tax deeds.
No. 120-Requiring railroad compan-
les to stop alt regular passenger trains
At county seats.
No. 264--Relating, ito who shall act
when q county Judge Ia disqualified or
absent.
No. 17a-To' by laws OF private cor
poratfons.
Ne. 217--Relattug to the disposition
~o&sDenalty and interest.
No. s6e-To7 the disposition Of un-
eaaimsdsfshares. Of estate in county
court.
No. H-Amsnd. section 1897 OF. 1906
oode.
Senate Bills ~,
No. 1s-Relating to. the priority of
claims in insolvent proceedings
No.t70-Relating to bank examiner
and employees ana how they a get a
1oaasfrons banks with which they are
connected.
No. e7s-Resenacttng section 2s2a Of
Rsxiseds Code. &
Nosf se-Regnlating time o%fameeeting
OF assessors and relation of duty of
county auditors thereto.
No, 107-Amending, section, .2743 re-
l4tinG to- election districts and pre-
Ofncts.
No: les-Amendine section 2744 re-
sttnx toaqual!ied voters and registra-