Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28

appointment OF two dlegates from
North Dakota to serve or the commits.
sion to investigate the European sys-
TEN of rural credits. The latter per
tains to the payment of costs and
treatment at the insane hospital.
Committee on Highways.
Tho comIttec on highways recon-.
mcndcd the %postD0nement Of hin No.
As, providing for the purchase by
county commissioners OF districts OF
modern road machinery, and levying
to pay for the same. Bill No. 81, re.
pealing the guide post laws Of the
state, was recommended for passage,
and bill No. 100, providing for the pay
ment OF road Improvement and It's dis.
tributiOn, was accompanied by both a
majority and minority report, and is
referred to the house as a committe OF
the whole.
House bin No. IS, relating to the Of
fee OF sheriff and providing for deput.
les and their salaries, was approved
by the committee on ways and means,
and house bin No. 1872, relating to
trade discrimination and unfair com
petition, also was recommended for
passage. ga!
Another Reported FavorabIy.
The committee IN judiciary recon-
mended the passage Of bill No. 95, re-
lating to the duties of the states at
torneys and the attorney general, and
recommended the postpOnement OF Dill
No. 112, amending the code providing
for the compensation OF justices OF
the peace.
"Jimtown' Committee Report.
Chairman Anderson, of the house
committee on appropriations, moved
the adoption Of the report of the joint
committee that visited the jamestown
asylum, and the motion carried.
Representative Kyllo asked for
Unanimous consent to withdraw house
bill No. 161 for an amendment, ana
the privilege was granted.
The introduction Of ID new meas
ures was interrupted by messages
from the senate and the governor. The
senate's communication was in the
form of the concurrent resolution for
adjournment on Thursday. and also
included senate bills Nos. l., and AZ,
which had passed the upper branch.
The Governors Message.
The message from the governor was
similar to that introduced in the sen.
ate and relating to the extravaganza
OF printing. Later, upon motion OF
Representative Owens, the chair ap-
polnted Messrs. Burnett, Bratton and
Small as the representatives from the
house on the committee to take up the
matter with the governor and the com
mittec on public printing.
House Bills Are Passed.
Following the Introduction OF new
bills. the speaker signed house Dill
No. 81, the %senate's concurrent reso'
luton abolishing the written journal,
which later was signed by Gov. Hanna
and the order of business reached the
third reading and final passage Of
bills.
House bill No. 80, which gained a
reputation last week by creating a
rumpus in the house. and which was
recommended bv the house as a COM
)mittee OF the whole, for passage, was
first considered. The house showed its
disapproyal of the requirement that
supreme court judges should be unan-
J imous in their decisions to declare a
law unconstitutional. by voting down
the measure by a vote OF 81 ayes to SO
nayes, two being absent and not vot.
ing. .N.. ~.
Is Not Reconsidered.
Representative Hendrickson chang
cd his vote from aye to nay for the
purpose of reconsideration, but when
the father of bill No. 80 moved that it
be reconsidered, Representative Doyle
moved that the motion to reconsider
be laid upon the table, and the "clinch-
err" was fastened to 80.
Bill No. ID, changing the chambers
of the Seventh judicial district from
Pembina to Grafton. was passed, there
being but three dissenting votes. Bill
No. SO. relating to the duties Of the
state treasurer, passed with but two
dissenting votes, and bill No. IS, re-
lating to the rights Of purchasers OF
land at sale for the nOn-payment OF
taxes. carried. after its object was ex-
planned by Mr.. Hoge.
House bill No. IS, defining bootleg
ging and making the first offense pun
ishahle by imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary from six months to a year,
was passed. there being ten dissenting
votes. .t
Discuss Bill No. 81.
House bill No. 81, relating to the
cancellation OF land contracts, was
next under consideration. and when
Mr.. Hoge explained its purpose, Mr..
Lambert declared that it seemed to
him that the provisions OF the bill
were insufficient to'carry ont its pur-|
pose.
Mr.. Lambert talked for some time,
and then. following a suggestion OF
Representative Weis. of Richland. Mr..
WARDROBE of Benson county. moved
that the bill be referred to the com
mittee on judiciary, and such action
vas taken.
To Distribute the Expenses.
Mr.. Anderson Of Burke county ex'
planned the object of bill No. Is, an
act indemnifying owners of animals |
killed because of being affected by
CHAMBERS. and showed how the border
counties are ov%erburdened by an ex- /
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