Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-28

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BY a majority vote, the rules of the
house were suspended, however, and
the motion to sentence Ness to i'm
| prisOnment until Saturday night was
carried.
The case came to a conclusion at
up its routine business.
House Bills Passed
The house transacted but little
! routine Thursday afternoon, which in.
Guided only the passage Of house bills.
The measures placed upon third read.
ing were as follows:
432, relating to special assessments
for sewers. water mains, sidewalks
and other purposes. passed.
AS, providing for increasing or
diminishing the number of county
commissioners, passed.
355, providing for non-partisan mu.
nicipal elections and method of max
ing nominations for such election,
passed.
25S, limiting tax levies during the
years 1913 and 1914, to restrict debt
limits, and to- regulate salaIaes OF
officers which, under the existing laws
depend upon assessed valuation, pass
ed.
ASP, authorizing state board Of par
dons to reconsider, after favorable &c
ton has been taken on application of
any states prison convict on parole
or pardoned, before the release of
such convict, passed. iG1H
AS, relating to fees in county court,
passed. 5,EHA9
45S, relating to practice'iin county
courts having increased jurisdiction,
passed. RI
4S7, publication by the state of un-
authenticated edition of the session
laws, and its distribution, passed.
42S, an act specifying who may be
sent to the state reform school, pass
ed. Ea. by
1913, providing for the care, main
tenance and instruction of blind ba-
bies and children under school age,
passed.
q, prohibiting insurance companies
and their agents from rebating, dis
elimination aud twisting, passed.
$40, providing for county t]reasurers'
notice to taxpayers. lost.
IN THE SENATE.
North Dakota will not be represent
ed at the Panama exposition, neither
at San Francisco nor San Diego, un-
less Senator Gilbert is able to revive
his bill and secure IN appropriation at
a later date, and this he promised to
attempt Thursday. afternoon when the
senate failed to pass the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the big show at
Frisco. r.. Si6f s,
Several days ago the bill was
amended by cutting out the a%ppropri-
alton of $4,000 for the show it San
Diego, and when the bill was voted on
Thursday the bill failed entirely.
Many of the senators thought the
money could be used to a better ad-
vantage for the state institutions,
many of which are in, need of funds,
and as the Panama appropriation
would exceed the funds available the
bill lost by a good sized vote. Sena-
tor Gilbert: wen changed his vote to
no, but he did that to give notice that
he would move to have the bill recon
sidered.
Removal Bill Passes.
After being amended several times
the bill permitting the governor to
remove certain county, municipal and
township officers passed the senate
Thursday. The bill had been discuss
ed several times on the floor, and
when it was made a special order for
Thursday afternoon it was hardly e.
pected that the bill would be further
doctored, but Senator jacobson. who
has opposed the measure right from.
the start succeeded in having sanl
amendment prevail Whereby the &C
cused should have a reasonable time
to prepare an answer to any amend,
ed charges. Senator. DAVIS, author Of
the bill, opposed the amendment but;
was unsuccessful, and the bill passed
as amended.
Tax Commission Provided For. 4,
Senate Bill 221 had been q special
order for 3 O'Clock. This bill provided
for the organization and expenses Of
the tax commission and was opposed
by Senator Talcott, who said he great
ly regretted the state affairs commit
tee had seen fit to report favorable
action on that measure. He also re-
GREETED that 80 much bitterness had
been aroused over this matter. He
maintained the same attitude Is he
had assumed two years ago, that all
North Dakota needed at present was
a tax commissioner, instead of a tax
commission. "a tax commissioner, he
thought, would be able to ecure such
information as this state would need
pertaining to a tax system, and that
a commission could follow atla later
date, when there was a necessity here
for such a commission. The bill car
ries an appropriation Of $1,000 annu-
ally for salaries for the commission.
$1,000 for clerk hire, and $500 for
supplies and expenses, and Mr.. Tall
colt thought this gnoney was an un-
necessary expense at this time, but
in spite Of his valiant efforts to the
contrary, the bill passed by a vote OF
80 to IA.
Senate Took . Recess
Ely $3.50 O'clock many senator's had
left the chamber, and the passage OF
the bills on the calendar was OecOm-