The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-17
THE UNIFORM
PRINTING BILL
PASSED SENATE
Taken Out of It's Order and
Was Passed With Small
Opposition
TRINBLE INSURANCE BILL
HAS TWO REPORTS PENDING
One Is For Amending the Bill and
Passage, the Other For Passage
Without Amendment-Good Road
Superfntendency to Conference.

Superintendency to Conference.
Bismarck. N. D., Feb. 17.-Unex-
pected sentiment favorable to reduc-
ing the senate membership to forty
and placing the house membership at
100 was voiced at the first meeting Of
the joint subcommittee on legislative
apportionment held last night. The
plan of having only forty members
In the senate, which means a reduc-
tion Of nine districts from the present
number, would have hard shedding,
but Is an indication of the fact that
an effort will be made to prevent an
increase in the membership Of either
house. The members Of the Joint SUBJ
apportionment committee are Sen
ators Welch, Steele Of Renville, Ken
nedy, Simpson and Plain, and Repre-
nor Of Grand Forks, Putnam and
Nestos.
Printing Bill Passed.
Brought up out Of the regular or
der. house bill No. rs was passed by
the senate. N. B. Black Of Grand
Forks was asked to address the SEN
ate as to the requirements of the
measure and did so. Only Duis, Ell
ken, Gibbens. Kretchmar. LaMoure,
Overson, Steele of Renville, Steele of
Stutsman. Thorson. Trimble. Witch
er and Wallin voted against it.
The corrupt practice and primary
bills will be considered by the senate
late today.
Report comes from the house ways
and means committee this afternoon
on the senate bill which would have
increased salaries Of the county audi
tors In Grand Forks and Cass coup-
ties. As amended by the house coma
mittee the bill does away with that
increase and it also provides that all
fees covered :tato the Office must be
turned over to thea treasurer, after
Jan. 1, 1913.
The Valley City service bill came
out with unanimous report favora-
BILE to its passage. It provides that
all passenger trains must stop at
county seats.
From the senate tax committee a
favorable report was made on the
Nestos so-called wide open amend
ment to the constitution providing for
the assessment Of property according
to classification instead Of at its full
value, as provided under the present
law.
The state affairs committee report
ed out the bill requiring the petition
of majority Of the property owners
along the street, before street rail-
way can be constructed, and 1t also
recommends the bill requiring more
detail in the state treasurer's quar-
terly statement.
Favorable action on the appropria-
tion for enforcing the pure food, bev-
erages and sanitary law also came
from the senate state affairs commit
tee. The amount of appropriation ts
to be fixed by the appropriations COM
mittee.
The Welo county superintendent Of
highways bill, now in the house. will
20 to conference committee because
Of the amendments proposed In the
house. One amendment proposed
makes the adoption Of the plan op-
tional with the counties.
The Trimble insurance bill came
back from the insurance committee
to the senate today with majority
report favoring the amendments and
to pass and minority for the pass
age as it stands. The amendments
reduce the percentage of investment
from sixty-five to fifty and make It
applicable to policies having the prin-
ciple of investment. thus exempting
straight life. The bill will not be up
finally till next week.
Senate bill No. 222 fixing the time
for the primary election in July came
out with a majority report to pass
and minority report for indefinite
postponement. The majority report
was adopted after a brief furry.
In the house the railroads commit
tee acted favorably on the caboose
bill.
The anti-pass bills will be consid-
cred by the conference committee to-
night. The strong probabilities are
that the senate bill will be agreed on
which would make the law effective
July 1.
House bill No. 100, regulating the
practice of medicine, also came up in
the senate again today, the majority
report for the passage being adopted
with the minority report being for
amendments. This places the bill on
the calendar for final passage.