The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-24
HOUSE KILLED
THE RAILROAD
TAXATION BILL
The Plan Was to Tax the Rail.
roads For State Purposes
Only
TELEPHONE COMPANIES PUT
UNDER RAILROAD COMMISSION
House Bill For This Purpose Was
Passed in the Senate Today-Good
Friday Wfl Not Be Made . LEGAL
Holiday.

Friday Wfll Not Be Made . Legal
Holiday.
Bismarck. N. D., Feb. 24-Charao.
terizing the Burnett bill which pro-
vides for the taxation Of railroads for
state purpose only, as dangerous
piece of proposed legislation and
twenty-five years ahead Of the times
In North Dakota, the house this morn
ing indefinitely postponed H. B. 211
providing for such method Of taxa
ton. The plan proposed was to have
all railroad taxes covered into the
state treasury.
Another bill killed by the house
was the measure proposing the collec-
ton of road taxes in cash, the same
being postponed in committee Of tho
whole.
The senate appropriation committee
this afternoon recommended the fol-
lowing appropriations:
A sufficient sum from the Sakaka-
wea monument fund to purchase
three Indian pictures for the capitol
building.
School for deaf. Devils Lake, SIS.
900.
Commissioner of agriculture for
distribution of circular to real es-
tate agents and Commercial clubs,
$4,000.
Williston experiment station, $4,000
for root house and cellar.
F. c. Heffron, $500 and P. g.
Johnson $3.50. service special as
sistant attorneys general in prosecu.
tion of liquor cases.
Mayville normal, fi35, 900.
Dickinson experiment station, $3..
600 and cutting out annual appropria.
! ton.
The amendments to the Englund
bill providing for the appointment
Of grain experts at the Minnesota ter.
minals proposed in the senate com.
mittee will repeal the present sec.
tion under wrich Commissioners Cliff
ford and Brown were appointed, thus
doing away with the uncertainty as
to their holding Office. The Englund
bill places the appointing power in
the hands Of the railroad commission.
The senate committee gave hear
ing on the Fifth judicial district di-
vision matter this morning but they
reaCne0 no CONCLUSION.
The house adopted Sorlie's resolu.
tion approving and recommending the
annexation Of Canada.
The senate resurrected the union
label bill and it is again up for con-
sideration.
Control Telephone Companies.
H. B. 1874. which puts the telephone
and telegraph companies under the
jurisdiction Of the railroad commits
sion. was passed in the senate. Two
amendments were offered on the floor
but none Of them carried.
Senator Steele Of Stutsman offered
an amendment to the bill providing
for appropriations for the hospital for
the insane at Jamestown. The bill
as it was reported back from tho ap-
propriations committee did not make
provisions for the erection Of hos
pital for the tubercular male inmates
Of the institution and the amendment
offered by the senator from Stutsman
provided for that and asked for an
appropriation Of $4,000 for that pur-
pose. Mr.. Steele argued for the
amendment in his usual able style
and quoted facts and figures in sup
port of his contention. He called at
tention to the fact that there would
be need of increased quarters in a
few months, and that the present con-
ditions there was grave danger Of the
health Of the inmates who were made
to associate with the tuberculars. The
amendment was lost however and
later when Mr.. Steele asked for q
reconsideration of the vote by which
the bill was passed in order to get 4
roll call to the amendment the motion
to reconsider was lost.
The Good Friday legal holiday bill
was put away yesterday afternoon in
the house, receiving only thtrty-eight
votes.
Senator w. E. Purcell. a former
member Of the state senate. was in
vited to give the senate few side
lights on Washington life yesterday
afternoon, and did so in an interesting
manner.
Petitions in the house were quite
numerous yesterday, being directed
particularly against the mechanics
lien bill. the spring shooting Of geese
and the collection Of road taxes in
cash.
Effort to revive a pair of senate
bills, S. B. No. 8. 169 and 12, failed,
the house determining that when ac-
ton of indefinite postponement was
taken, that to reconsider such action
repeatedly was inadvisable.
Representative Hyland has intro
duced a resolution providing for the
compilation of highway laws. consti-
tuting the governor, attorney general
and state engineer such committee.
The resolution was referred to the
highways committee.
A resolution by Mr.. Norheim of Nc
Kenzie provided for the cancellation
of $185,00O bonds issued in 1901 and
which have never been realized upon.
They are in the possession Of the state
treasurer.