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ability of the commissioner. The ex-
aminers so appointed shall have three
years active bank work in the state
and must furnish evidence of qualifica-
ton as expert accountants and gen.
eral fitness for the duties as may be
demanded by the banking board.
For the better administration of his
| department the bank commissioners
SHALL Immediately after his appoint
| ment, proceed to divide the state in
to six districts, which shall have as
nearly equal number of banks or
other financial institutions, and be ar
ranged with reference to convenience
and economy in travel. One examiner
shall make the examinations in each
district and shall confine his work so
far as possible TO the corporations
within his district No examiner is
allowed to be interested in any fin
ancial corporations during his tenure
of office. The salaries of the exam
iners are fixed at $4,000 per annum.
1t is provided that the annual appro-
priation for the maintenance of the
department shall in no event exceed the
amount of the revenue arising from
fees.
Another important change in the law
is in the capital stock, it being pro-
vided that hereafter no state bank
or corporation shall be organized in
town of between 1000 popula ton
with capital of less than $40, 00O in
towns of between 1000 and 5000 peo-
pie, the minimum capital is $780, 900: in
towns of from 5000 to 1000, the mini
mum capital is fixed at $4,000; in
towns of from 1000 to 5000 inhabi-
tants, the minimum is fixed at $40,-
600, and in cities or towns of more
than 5000 the minimum capital stock
is $4,000. All stock shall be paid in
before the corporation shall be al
lowed to commence business and evil
dence of such capital stock either in
actual money or deposit in a previous
ly approved correspondent bank must
be furnished to the commissioner be-
fore certificate of authority may be
delivered. A multiple of four on the
vote cast for congress in the last pre-
vious election is to be employed in
determining the population of town,
city or village.
Fees for banks, payable semi annual
ly, follow; for banks under 1000
stock, $40; between $40, 900 and $4,000
capital stock, $50; between $50, 900 and
$4,000 capital stock $50; between $40,-
600 and $4,000, a fee of $40 and be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, a fee of
$50. For banks having a capital stock
of over $4,000 and less than 500, 900,
a fee of 500 is provided while for
those Of between 100000 and $780,
900, the fee is 5000. All having over
100000 capital stock, must pay fee
of $3.50.
Building and loan associations and
mutual corporations shall pay a fee
of $40 for the first 100000 assets
| y, it'll an additional $40 for each addi-
tional 100000 or major fraction there.
of of assets.
Twenty nine thousand dollars is the
appropriation asked for, that being the
expense of conducting the department
| during the biennial periad.
| The power of appointing receivers
| for insolvent banks is vested in the
banking board rather than in the dis
trict court as at present.
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House on Saturday.

Bismarck, N. d., Jan. 30.-Adjourn-
ment from about Feb. to Feb. gave
the house no little trouble and for a
while it looked as though the COM
mittee of the whole, to which the con-
current resolution introduced by Mr.
Kuhl of McHenry county was referred
had become involved in a hopseless
tangle, but it finally extracted itself by
rising and making the resolution a
special order for Monday afternoon at
3 o'clock.
Consideration of H. B. 46, defining
unfair discrimination, was brief, al
though an effort was made to have the
measure referred back to the commit
tee from which it had been reported,
That motion was defeated and the bill
passed it's third reading, after hav-
ing been slightly amended by the in
sorting Of sub heads at the lead of
the several paragraphs.
H. B. rs, relating to charges on
public printing, created a little dis
cussion in the committee of the whole,
but it was recommended out for pas
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KIDNAPPING BILL
UP this week

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. Ex-senator
Hookway's kidnapping bill is one that
is expected to be acted upon by the
senate this week. The bill amends
section SS41 Of the 1905 codes, and
defines kidnapping, provides a punish
ment therefor and prescribes a punish
ment for aiders, assistors and abettors.
Senator Hookway is interested in this
measure and believes that it will pre-
vail He proposes that all persons
guilty of the offense shall be punish
able by fine of $4,000 and imprison-
ment in the state penitentiary for a
period of not less than ten years nor
more than twenty five years, or BOTH
which he leaves with the discretion of
the court.
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Thomas Marshall, who is here also to
take hand in the fight. And it is UNI
derstood that Congressman Hanna will
be on hand this evening.
HOMES Bill.
The Homnes bill, which was intro
duced in the house Saturday, differs
slightly in detail from the Simpson bill
in the senate. Mr.. Homnes provides
the LaMoure and Dickey counties shall
be in the second district. which will
not include Mckenzie county, as IN the
other. In his third district, Mr.. HON.
mes put Ramsey county out of the first
shoe string" district and into the
northwestern district.
Mr.. Homes figures for his districts
are 205,000 for the first, $4,000 for the
third and 176,000 for the second.
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Saturday in the Senate.

| bismarck, N. d., Jan. 0U.-COngreS-
sional apportionment has at last made
it's initial bow in the legislature with
| the introduction of bill Saturday by
| Sen L. A. Simpson, providing for the
| division of the state into three con-
gressional districts. The matter has
been the subject of much comment
and the presentation of the bill was
anticipated several days before it ar
rived.
Senator Simpsons idea seems to
throw the Red river valley into one
district which would be the first, and
| then draw line east and west through
the center of the western part of the
state, splitting the northern and south
ern territorities therein into second
and third districts respectively. In the
first district, according to the bill,
are included the counties OF Pembina,
Cavalier, Ramsey, Walsh, Nelson,
Grand Forks, Steele, Griggs, Trail,
Cass, Barnes, Ransom, Richland, Sar-
gent LaMoure and Dickey.
The second district will comprise
Stark, Billings, Dunn, Mercer, oliver,
Adams, Hettinger, Bowman, Mckenzie,
Morton, BurIeigh, Emmons, Kidder,
Stutsman, Logan and Mcintosh coun-
ties. For the third district there will
be Eddy, Foster, Benson, Towner, R5-
lette, Pierce, Wells, Sheridan, Mclean,
McHenry, Bottineau, Ward, Renville,
Burke, Mountrail, williams and Divide
counties. The bill was sent to the
committee on apportionment.
There was six bills up for final read
ing, five of which were passed. S. B..
81, introduced by the committee on
municipal corporations, relating to the
payment of sheriff's fees for the col
| lection of delinquent personal taxes,
was upheld for legislation and on mo-
ton of Senator Stevens was made a
special order for this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Bills Passed.
! The bills passed were: S. B. Is, by
| Pierce, which authorizes incorporated
villages to regulate the use Of streets
| in regard to all self propelled vehicles,
which carried by vote OF SO to 0, ten
being absent from the chamber and not
| voting; S. B. So, by Jacobsen, pertain
| ing to fees in the Offices of the regis
| tiers of deeds, which carried by the
same vote; S. b. 78, by TaIcott, relat-
! ing to property exempt from. taxation
| S. b. 88, by Elkin, relating to the re-
pairs of sidewalks, and S. B. 81. also
by Elkin, relating to sidewalk con-
tracts. which carried by a vote OF 40
to 0. nine being absent and not voting.
Two communications were received
from women suffragists from over the
state. A long list of names was at
tached to each petition, one Of which
came from the residents of Cavalier
and Towner counties and another from
| the women supporters or the measure
of Bowman county. The petition from
the counties in the northern part of
the state was signed by both men and
women.
Committee on Recommendations.
The bills reported back from com
mittees were: S. B. 1865. making slight
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ing Of geese and brant in April and
May. Game and fish.
III. B. 2S4--Reimbursing counties for
nayments made as rewards on con-
victions of blind piggers. Total $1,000.
Appropriations.
III. b. 232. Lee-Providing salaries
for sheriffs and turning fees into coun-
ty treasury. Judiciary
H. B. 233, Pendray-R Relating to
duties of auctioneers. Ways and
means
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RADICAL CHANGE
in DIVORCE LAW

Bismarck, n. D., Jan aO--An inn
portant bill introduced this session is
one by Representative O'Connor of
Grand Forks county, which relates to
the proof and procedure in cases of
divorce Mr.. O'Connor stipulates that
no divorce may be granted upon the
default Of the defendant or upon the
uncorrohorated statement, admis-
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State Rankinq Bill.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 30.-Among the
important bills to be introduced today
is one by Senator Mcdowell, which
Will relate to state banking corpora
| tons, creating a separate banking de-
partment, and which will place bank
Ing and other financial corporations
within the jurisdiction and control of
the same
| Senator Mcdowell proposes to take
the banking department from the Of
| f1ce of the state examiner, and pro-
vide for the appointment Of a banking
commissioner, whose term of office
shall cover period of five years. The
commissioner must be a man Of at
least Ave years banking experience and
Endorsed by the banking board.
| Under the Mcdowell plan the state
will be divided into seven districts with
a deputy in each district, and one gen.
eral deputy in the Office Of the COM
missioner. Two inspections a year in
stead of one will be duty Of the COM
missioner, who shall also look after
matters pertaining to the capital stock
in all banks and see that same is in
cash before charters are issued.
Other salient features of the bill are
the appointment of receivers for in
solvent banks by the banking board
instead of from the courts.
Joke Game Bill.
Bismarck N. D., Jan. SO.-Senator
| Carter was the man who called at
| tention to S. B. IA, introduced by SEN
ator Pierce, providing for game bird
breeding ground, who detained rapid
legislation Saturday Just as the vote
on the measure was about to be taken.
1t appears that the Pierce bill, in
troduced by the senator from Ransom
county by request, had had few little
jokers injected into it somewhere or
other, which gave 1t rather peculiar
aroma. Senator Pierce, in speaking Of
the matter later, said the bill left his
hands all right, and it came to him
all right, so the joke was not on him
nor the ones at whose suggestion he
presented it.
According to the provisions of the
bill, a reserve of eight townships in
Richland and Ransom counties was set
aside as a state game breeding ground,
making a territory of twelve by TWEEN
ty-four miles. The bill forbade any
one from hunting on the premises of
the reserve, with the exception of
those who lived or owned property on
the specified ground.
When the bill came back to the sem
ate, Senator Carter detected on it's
third and final reading that it con-
tanned the clause which gave the right
to shareholders in corporations, own
ing ground on the reserve, to hunt
therein during the open season, which
would afford few chosen ones a very
nice place to hunt and from where the
rest of the public was barred.
Senator Carter stated that he
thought there was "woodchucx'
chucked away somewhere in the bill
and moved that it be rereferred to the
committee on fish and game, which
prevailed Senator Pierce will look
closely after the matter and see that
it's Objectionable features are eliminat-
ed before it comes back again for
passage.
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changes in the policies of certain fra
ternal insurance companies was recon-
mended to pass; S. B. 9S, creating the
twelfth judicial district, was recon-
mended to pass and report adopted; 8.
B. 131, relating to the sale and APP
praisement of school lands was recon-
mended to pass and the report adopted.
The state affairs committee recon-
mended the following bills to pass,
some with slight amendments: Sen
ate bills, 81, SO, 122 and g.
The anti-pass bill upon which there
were two reports made by the railroad
committee, was brought up again on
general orders. Senator Steel of Rem
vile county moved the adoption of the
majority report of the committee. This
report would cut out all free trans
portation OF any description except to
patrolmen and letter carriers. Senator
Simpson. who opposed action on the
bill Friday because neither of the re-
ports had been printed, again asked
for the printed copies of the bill. When
informed that they had not yet arrived
for distribution on the senator's desks,
the senator from Stark county asked
that the motion for the adoption of the
majority report be allowed to go over
until such time as there should be de-
livered the bills, and his motion car
ried.
The Cashel election bill was also laid
over until today for the same reason.
S. B. 3S, was recommended for indefi-
mite postponment by the committee on
warehouses and grain grading, and the
same committee recommended that S.
B. 135 do pass.
Lieutenant Governor Burdick at the
close of the session. which was longer
than any held so far this year, an
nounced the committee from the upper
house which will Investigate the state
auditing board. Those who will act
will be Senators Williams, Cashel and
Kretschmar.
Only one house bill vase placed on
its first reading, which was H. B. %,
by Nestos, providing for uniform taxa
ton, which was passed by the house
the preceding day. Under suspension
of the rules the bill was placed on its
second reading and was referred to
the judiciary committee.
New Bills.
1HSC lOllOWlIlS plllS were
in the senate Saturday and after
their first reading were Immediately
reread and referred to committees for
consideration:
S. B. 2O6, McDowell-To amend
section 1916 of the revised codes of 1905
relating to highways. Highways and
bridges.
S. B. 207, Simpson-Providing for
three congressional districts in North
Dakota. Apportionment.
S. B. 20S, Garden-To provide for
improvements at the North Dakota
school of forestry, to assist in the
maintenance thereof and appropriating
$4,000. Appropriations.
S. b. 200, Garden-To regulate bust
ness of corporations issuing bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebt-
edness and providing for examination
of such corporations Corporations
other than municipal
S. B. 210, McDowell-To amend Sec
tions 1885, 4638. 4641, 4642, 1864 and
1868 relating to state banking cor
porations creating state banking de-
partment, placing banks and other
financial corporations within the juris-
diction and control of same. Banks
and banking.
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The house members want to go home
and take a recess about Wednesday
and stay until Feb. z. So far the lead
ers in that body haven't been able to
agree on the date, so that the matter
of a recess is still hanging in the ball
ance.
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The fish and game investigation COM
mittee expects to get busy this week
and rush matters along so that the re-
port can be made on the appointed
day.
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Addison Leech, county auditor elect
of Cass county, who attended the last
days session of the auditors conven-
ton in this city, spent Sunday in the
capital city.
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There is considerable agitation over
the newest Frame bill which repeats
the drug permit. 1t is stated that a
big fight will be made by the druggists
Of the state who were here last Week
Many of them have been notified to
return.
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Great Basement Sale

or brasses. chinaware and framed
pictures: 20 per cent discount this
week: deLendrecies.
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Morning sessions in the house is the
next thing on the programme, and it is
expected that this week will see the
beginning of them. The matter was
agitated Saturday afternoon, when
there was a motion to take a recess
until this morning at 10 o'clock instead
Of the regular evening adjournment
Representative Price of Fargo, how
ever carried the day in his motion for
an adjournment.
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CONGRESSIONAL
APPORTIONMENT
1T is THE ABSORBING QUESTION
JUST NOW AMONG THE
LEGISLATORS.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 30.-The eau
Gus season is on again and there are
almost as many of them as there were
during the speakership contest prior
to the opening Of the assembly. 1t is
conceded the big fight of this session
VIII be over the congressional appor-
tionment, for which the caucuses are
now being held.
sunday afternoon at o'clock third
caucus was held at the Grand Pacific
hotel for the purpose of getting an al
hgnment on the districting of the state
Tor congressional purposes. The pre-
Vailing sentiment at the meeting was
for the division of the eastern part of
the state into northeastern and south
eastern districts, with Grand Forks
the principal city of one and Fargo
the other. A third district will be
made out of the western part of the
state if such plan goes through.
AT the caucus, yesterday, a commit
tee Of five was selected to frame a bill
that would incorporate such an idea.
and which will be presented in the
senate. Senator Talcott of Cass conn
ty is chairman of the committee and
the other members are Senator Gund
erson, Representatives Davis of Grand
Forks county Law and Hartv
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LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

The hotel men have gone home. They
stayed until early Sunday morning and
were guests at the Northwest hotel,
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Districts of New Bill.

According to the ideas of the SUNDAY
afternoon caucus, provision will be
made in the bill for the northeastern
district to include Bottineau, McHenrv.
Rolette, Pierce, Towner, Benson, Ram
sey, Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh, Nelson
and Grand Forks counties.
In the southeastern district will be
the counties of Trail, Steele, Griggs.
Eddy, Foster, Wells, Sheridan. Bur
leigh, Stutsman, Barnes, Cass, Rich
land, Ransom, Sargent, LaMoure,
Dickey, Logan, Mcintosh and En-
mons.
The third district will then prob
ably take in Morton, Oliver, Mercer.
Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Billings.
Stark, Dunn, Mckenzie Williams Di
vide, Mountrail, Ward, Renville, Burke
and Mclean counties
This division is considered only ma
tural for a number of reasons. chief
among which that If North Dakota
should grow in the next ten years as it
has in the last decade, another con-
gressional division will probably have
to be made, and 1t will then be an easy
task to split the western district In
half for the new district.
IL is also greatly reared that Should
the division result as provided for in
the Simpson. bill, with the Red river
valley counties in one district, it would
tend to make the shoe string district
as the valley district would be called
democratic occasionally. 1t is felt that
the strongest democratic districts in
the state would be in that section
which would always make hard fight
and tend to give the state a demo-
cratic congressman
An effort will be made to avoid this
so as to split the democratic localities
in Richland county and up in Walsh
county, so as to put them into separ-
ate districts where there will be suf-
ficient republican vote to kill their
chances.
Helsesen and Marshall Here.
Congressman ELECT HeIgesen, already
on the ground, is endeavoring to carry
the new apportionment bill through
The bill, which viii probably be framed
sometime today or tomorrow. is ex-
pected ait not later date than Tues
day afternoon. Just who viii intro
duce it has not been decided upon.
roo,as fI,a SUNDAY a rtfxa1e xsra
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Some of the members of both houses
realize that the session is half over and
the sentiment prevails that everybody
must get down to work, else there will
be a lot Of unfinished business on
March 8.
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TO AMEND SHERMAN ACT
Democrats to Take Up the Question
In Earnest During Next Session

Washington, Nov. Amendment
OF the Sherman Antitrust Law at
the coming session OF Congress is to
be undertaken in earnest by the Dem
ocrats of the House, according to a
statement by Representative Henry
of Texas, ranking member of the
committee on judiciary. Representa-.
tive Henrys announcement occurred
while President Taft and Attorney
General Wickersham were comforting
at the White House as to the advis,
ability of supplemental antitrust leg
islation. The House Democrats, II
was said at the Capitol, will push leg
islation along this line whatever may
be the Administrations determine
ton In the matter In addition to
antitrust legislation. the judiciary
committee also has decided upon re
vision of the statutes on injunctions
and the laws regulating cases of in
direct contempt. The coming SEES
sion Of Congress is by no means tC
be overshadowed by tariff legisla
tion,' said Representative Henry, il
speaking OF the plans OF the judiciary
committee. "Of course. the tariff re
vision will be of great Importance
but II will not minimize other prob
lens before the House"
Representative Clayton OF Alabama
chairman Of the judiciary committee
who has been consulting with Repre-
sentative Henry and other member
during the recess. is expected II
Washington within a few days. Worl
already begun on the bill amendlnI
the Sherman law will then be resum
ed. The committee will work chief
toward elimination from the statu
OF the rule OF reason" as interpretel
by the Supreme Court. A law pre-
viding trial by jury In cases of indll
ect contempt OF court and modlfcs
tons OF injunctions are regarded b
the Democratic leaders essential {
fuldlment OF the party pledges In tn
platform made at the Denver CONVEX
ton.