The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-12

nays and Is absent and not voting.
The time for taking up special order
for 3 o'clock having arrived Klein was
called to the chair n house bill No.
% being Bratton's mechanic lien law
was up for consideration on the mo-
ton to recommend for passage the
speaker announced that the ayes had
1t but a division was called for
and the result was the anne There
has been considerable of Il fight
against this bill and many petitions
have been sent in to the effect that
the present law is good enough and
there is expected to be a big hgnt
when it comes up on the floor of the
house for third reading and final pass
age. The committee of the whole was
in session only about five minutes.
After the report of the committee had
been read Sorlie moved that the bill
be considered e~ngrossed and be placed
upon its third reading and final pass
age but the motion lost.
III. B. No. 212 come up for the final
passage and Polyhar moved that 1t be
passed at this time but Butler of Ran
som objected. Polyhar stated that there
was. a bill coming from the senate that
would conflict with the house bill and
1t would be saving of time n money
to postpone action. The bill makes it
possible for county treasurers to sup
ply personal bonds instead of those
of a bonding company as at present.
A motion that the bill be placed at
the foot of the calendar finally pre-
vailed: ~
H. B. No. 240 by B~jornson, calling
for a review of the grammar grade
studies during the entire senior year
in high schools was carried after some
little debate by a vote OF So ayes, 3
nays and s absent n not voting.
No. 4 which has caused a good deal
of fireworks in the house proved a
very docile' subject and there was no
comment except from Lambert who
wanted an added section to the eff
feet that the proposed reduction Of
maximum rate of interest from IL to
10 per cent be made not effective until
Jan. 1, 1914. The amendment was not
attached, and the vote on h bill was
ell ayes, 38 nays and IL absent and not
voting. ~ 4
H. b. NO. 1872 by Gardner providing
that parties holding leins or mort
cages on growing grain must notify
every elevator within a radius Of
fifteen miles of such instrument car
ried with rs ayes, rs nay and 16 abb
sent.
Linstrom's bill No. 223, prohibiting
the locating of a cemetery within
eighty rods of a schoolhouse passed;
81 ayes, 10 nays and 81 absent.
Two bills of Twichells relating to
the rights of city councils were passed
with practically no opposition, one
gives the city the right to sell gas
and electricity and the other the right
to operate a slaughter house.
Williams bill providing that no per-
son shall be eligible to appointment
to municipal office unless they shall
be a citizen of the United States.
passed and the clincher was attach
ed the vote being 10 for, Ia against
and IS being absent and not recorded.
When WARMERS bin doing away
with the payment of $500 expense
money to each delegate to a national
convention brought out the first call
Of the house as those members pres
ent wanted to see the rest record
their vote. But while the sergeant
at-arms was going through the hall
looking for the delinquent members
most OF the absentees rturned to the
chamber and when it was discovered
| that there were only three absent and
| that they were all on the sick list the
| call was dispensed with and the vote
| taken. There were so ayes, ~ nays
and 8 not voting, The clincher was
| attached.
There were nve bills received from
/ LIE GGAACNS AN 6AESAA 2AA1g chAAA 0oNSlAA
reading and committee reference. No.
1866, by Ellingson reinstating end
validating certain corporation chart
ers by special act was sent to the
committee on corporations other than
municipal. No. no, by Plain, being a
concurrent resolution to provide that
the state may build grain terminal
elevators in the state was referred
TO the committee on state affairs. No,
141, by Bronson, relating to deeds to
~homesteads and conveyances of same
went to the committee on judiciary
and No. 13S, by bond making the
educational tax Ia mills was sent to
the committee on taxes and tax laws
while No. 200 by Wartner, providing
that district judges shall have their
expenses paid when holding court
outside of the county of their -esi-
dence was sent to the committee or
judiciary,
Under the head of third reading OF
senate bills, ~Jacobson's No. AZ, re-