Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-05

REFERENDUM
and RECALL
forerunner Of 1oday's In
pOftdnt Problem Pops Out
Tuesday Afternoon
IN THE HOUSE

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Representative Williams presides in
absence Of speaker.
Half hours recess taken pending ar.
rival Of speaker and members on aft.
ernoon train.
Twsnty-seven new bills introduced
and referred TO committee.
Several bills passed by house, in.
cludin1 anti-eiassette measure. n t,,'' r.
Mr.. Hoge moves 70 have Hawkin.
sons initiative and referendum b'l'
considered with No. 133 today. Mo-
ton lost.
Two bills recommended for passage
by house as committee Of the whole.
House adjourns at 4 o'clock.
While considerable amount of rou-
tine business marked Tuesdays ses-
sion in the lower branch the first
afternoons session after the recess
was rather uneventful, and only once
was any reference made to the meas
ure which is expected to be the basis
of a fight in the house this afternoon,
and that was when Representative
Hoge endeavored to have the house
accept another measure somewhat
similar in principle for consideration
as a special order along with Eli! No.
1873 today. The house voted down the
proposition il unnistaka'ble terms.
Williams Is Chairman
The house was called to order
promptly at o'clock by Chief Clerk
George, who announced that in the
absence of Speaker Fraine it would
be in order to name a chairman to
preside until the arrival Of the speak:
er. ' e.
Representative Williams was chos-
en- chairman pro tenn, and took the
chair.
There appeared to be some ques-
ton as to whether or not there was
quorum present, until Chief Clerk
George completed calling the roll,
when it was announced there was a
quorum and the house might proceed
with its regular order Of business.
Committees Report
The committee on engrossment re-
ported that it had found House Bill
No. Is correctly engrossed. The bill
relates to county road funds.
House Bill No. 1O3 was recommends
ed for indefinite postponement by the
committee on judiciary. The object
of the bill was to provide uniform
blanks in real estate transfers. The
same committee recommended the
passage of Bill No. 100, an act relat-
ing to the duties Of clerks OF court
and officers in charge Of courts in can.
ceiling and discharging judgments.
The chair ruled that owing to the
absence of so many members of the
house, both bills should go to the
house as committee Of the whole
for further consideration.
"Four Year Term" 'Reconsidered
Representative Nyhug asked unani-
nous consent to withdraw House Bill
No. 204, providing for four year terms
for county officers and members OF
the legislature. The privilege was
granted.
MIR. Streeter arose to point OF in
formation and wanted to determine
whether or not the house is author /.
ized, in the absence OF the speaker.
to follow the general order Of ibusl'
ness all the way through, and he was
Informed by Chairman Williams that
the latter would not assume the re.
sponsibility of disposing Of any mat.
ters of great Importance during the
speakers absence.
House Takes 4 Recess
Upon motion Of G. G. Turner, House
Bill No. 2O8 was withdrawn from the
committee on printing ana referred 10
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