The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-17
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE

senate repeating the antl-pass law
Saturday afternoon.
Senator Carter had introduced a
bill that made provision for the use
of railroad passes. but it also pro-
vided that members of the legislature
and state officials could not collect
mileage from the state If they used a
pass
Two Reports Submitted.
The bill was reported back from
the committee on railroads Friday aft =
ernoon with a minority and majority
report.
Senate Bill No, f21 Recalled.
AS soon as the prayer and roll call
were disposed Of Senator Plain,
bill No. 121 from the committee for
the purpose of correcting a clerical
error.
More Bills Ready for Action.
The committee on enrolled and en-
crossed bills has just reported that
senate bills Nos 8, 33, 81, 141, 1877, 16S,
| 1SS, 21S, 227 and 22S had been cor
rectly engrossed and that senate bills
| Nos. AZ and 100 had been correctly
enrolled, when a message was brought
over from the house transmitting to
snS sSndte mouse piilS NOS. l6Z, 252,
283, 23S, 2S7, 311, 299, 321, 152. 355, 147
81, which the house had passed. and
also returning senate bills No. 81, SO,
l3S, which the house had passed un-
changed, and senate bill No. 67 which
the house had indefinitely postponed
Petitions Still in Order.
/ Though the senate had passed three
woman suffrage bills in a row. the
members are still receiving petitions
to provide votes for women, there be
ing four received Saturday. There
were also six petitions against any
change of the mechanics lien law and
one against high license for wagon
| peddlers
Bills Received From Committees.
Judging from the number of re-
ports received the main committees
OF the senate had held some Ions
night sessions and the bills reported
back were as follows:
II. B. No. ia. elections, do pass.
,. 3. No. III, appropriations, amend
and do pass. ~
H. B. No. 80. railroads, amend and dc
pass.
s. B. No. 222, railroads, minority, in.
definitely postponed, prevailed.
pass, lost.
S. B. No. 212, warehouse and grain
grading, do pass. a~.-
! S. B. No. 121 warehouse and graf:
! grading, amsnG and do pasS.
8. b. No. 17s, state affairs, amend
and do pass.
S. B. No. 1OS, state affairs, amend
and do pass.
| S. B. No. 1876, state affairs. referred
to committee on appropriations.
). B. No. 233, state affairs, do pass
S. B. No. as, state affairs, amend anC
1 do pass.
| S, B. No. 1913, state AFFAIRS re-refer.
red to committee on appropriations.
s. B. No. 81. judiciary, amend anC
do pass. -.
S: B. No. 22s, judiciary. indefniteI.
S. B. No. 2sO, judiciary. indefnitel,
s; B. No. 251. judiciary. indefinitely
postponed 4 81
S. B. No, 30. jualalss ~, do pass.
postponed.
S. B, No. 245. judiciary, amend an,
do pass.
S. B. No. 121. correctly engrossed.
Senate Bills That Passed.
/ S. B. No. 236, by Mr. Talcott, ere.
ating state board of education, pass.
ed by vote of 4S ayes, and 2 absent
] ). b. No. "a, by Mr.. Davidson, re.
quiring county treasurers to put no.
tations on tax receipts, was up for pas
| sage, but was re-referred to the com.
mittee on tax and tax laws for fur
ther amendments. -..
Mr.. Gilbert in the Chair.
S. B. No. 121, by Mr.. Steel. appro.
| priating $340,000 for the insane asy.
lum. was then put on it's third reading
| and 1t passed by vote of 40 ayes and
absent.
S. B. 1877, by Mr.. Oyerson, providing
| that legislative clerical work be done
by contract. Senator Hookway was
| opposed to the bill because he believed
the assembly would not be able to Sc
cure as efficient help as under the pres
ent system, and besides it would give
| outsiders chance to come in here and
| do the work while under the present
system the money went to taxpayers
and was scattered over the state. The
roll was called and the only ones vot-
| ing against the bill were: Messrs
Barnes, Gronvold, Hookway, Linde
Loftsgaard. Mclean, Mudgett, Porter.
| field, Wartner, Mr.. Gibbens being alb
sent from the chamber.
S. B. No. ia, by Mr.. Plain, provid
ing compensation for assessors collect
ing agricultural statistics, passed will
| 45-ayes, nays and / absent.
s. B. No. 22S, by Mr.. Linde, prohib
iting waiver or release of a cause o.
action before the same had accrued
passed with vote of AZ ayes and
absent.
President kraabeT in the Chair.
S. B. No. 227, by Mr.. Linde, relatint
/ to the sale of personal property anC
providing a reasonable time to ascer
| tain defects, was passed by a vote o
47 ayes and nays
There was considerable discussion
when senate bill No. 9, by Mr.. Bron
son, was put on its third reading. Thi!
bill provided for the partial paymen
i of taxes on real estate, and Mr.. Bron,
/ son contended that it would help th,
small property owners, and he claim
| ed it had worked with considerable
success. Mr. Gilbert said that las
! session there had been a member Wht
was authority on Oregon laws, Will,
\ this session there seemed to be on'
member posted on Minnesota laws
and he thought it time they founl
someone who would take up Nortl
Dakota laws, and he could see M
| present necessity of this bill. Senai
tors Hanley and Wartner also talked
against the bill, and when the rol
was called the bill lost by vote o.
33 nays and IL ayes. Those votint
against the bill were: Messrs, Allen
Barnes, Carter, Cashel, Clark, David
son, Davis. Duncan, Ellingson, Cans
sic, Garden, Gibbens, Gilbert, Gron
void, Helgeland, Hughes, Hyland, ia
cobson, Kretschmar, Linde, Mellow
i ell. Mclean, Porterfield, Putnam
Steel, Talcott, Thoreson, Trageton
/ Vail, Wartner, Williams, Young, whii,
those voting for the bill were: Messrs
AIbrecht. Bonzer, Bronson, Elken