The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-01-26

that each committee member would be
supplied, and the rafting of typewrit-
ers was heard on every hand. Appeals
kept coming to the capital from all
over the state for copies of certain
and has ordered bills printed
and also passed a resolution to supply
each newspaper Of the state with the
bills as well as the journal of the
house. The typewriter girls again wear
smiles.
The last session of the legislature
appropriated $4,000 for the horses that
were killed on account Of CHAMBERS, and
this year already five bills are in ask
ing Indemnity for horses killed the past
two years. The law allows about one
third Of the appraised value Of the ami
mails killed, and according to a state
ment as returned by the state veter-
s54, 900 of these claims.
The state university asks for an ap-
preparation of $213, 900. This covers a
new college of law building to cost
5000 and $25,400 to " cost of
completing the commons building. The
Agricultural college is asking for a
total of $353.000. This sum includes
$4,000 for the construction of a chem
istry building and $4,000 for a girls
dormitory. The new normal school to
be instituted at Minot asks for the
sum of $3.50 00, mostly to be expended
~ ~oo,,oIc o-1 rouy hri11ino re Tho
Glendale normal and Industrial is
asking for about $4,000. The White
stone battlefield commission is asking
for $1,000 to pay outstanding indebted
ness n maintain field and commits
sion the coming two years. Among the
other bills introduced are ones for the
state institution for feeble minded car
rying with it an appropriation of $780,
900 and for the deaf and dumb school
Of $4,000.
There are few business organiza-
tons of the state that are not trying
to strengthen their laws or have them
simplif1ed and brought up to date. The
sheriffs have met here and will have
bills introduced looking to have the
office put on a salary basis as other
offices now are, and also to have the
mileage rate raised as they claim that
the livery prices are so high that
sometimes the mileage allowed Will not
cover the livery bill. The registers
are here and want an adjustment of
fees. The probate Judges want a re-
c%odifcation Of the present laws and
will ask the legislature for the APP
-, pointment Of a commission to prepare
-, o1lo ne %Lo 1o1,y, or1 ror0rf GO n r.
the next legislature. The press asso
citation is asking for a simplifcatior
and c%odification of their laws. The
laws now are very ambiguous on the
matter of printers fees and the new
bill is designed to make everything sc
plain that all counties will interpret
the laws alike. The educators are ask.
Ing many changes in their laws.
Protection Of the home merchan1
who contributes to the expenses q:
running the government and to thu
\ welfare Of his community are. propos'
ed in a bill offered in the senate b,
Senator Welo of McHenry.
The bill provides that every tran
silent merchant shall pay a state lie
ense of SIS which may be obtained
from the secretary of state upol
proper application, and that in eacl
village or city where he establishe
himself temporarily he may be as
sessed $25 per day for SO long as h
desires to do business there. The 10
cal license is optional with the cit,
itself but must no be over SIS. ]
complaint is made to the mayor 70
the president Of the commission of an,
city or village that any person er
gagged in the mercantile business is
transient, that person may be re
quired to deposit a bond to the amour
of $500 pending the decision as to hi
standing and in the event he is foun
to be a transient or a fire sale" mer
chant, the amount Of the state licens
shall be paid to the state and the res
Of the money to apply to the licens
fund of the city or village to whic
the bond was given. Among the mel
chants placed under the ban by tn
bill are named insurance, bankrup
receiver. trustee, estate, fire, water {
smoke sales" Punishment in the wa
Of fines and Jail sentences are pre-
yided in a Of violation Of the law
Senator Gibbons has introduced
bill, which, if passed, will give tt
! railroad commission of the state ir
; creased powers and more money wit
which to do business. It was the II
} tention when the warehouse licens
bill was passed. four years ago tn:
, the fund thus created should mai
the commission self supporting ar
that will be the result if the presel
bill is passed. The receipts from tt
licensing OF warehouse grain elevate.
and flour mills for the past two yea:
has been a trife over $4,000 and tn