The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-15

this or that poinE does not @HcepG me
railroad from damages by reason Of
knsuf4es which naay RESIST from such
ohstrScstoM. -a...
Under the ambulance chasing act
contracts that are made with injured
psrsonG Cor saGtl@aasR are declared
null and void. Also OonSracts whieh
may be made ~ sscA ina@sd persons
With attoenGss to prosecute their
chains aRB nuisHes.
AboItahnnent of the delay m appeals
b ne sUpnanas SQUIRT 10 provided for
IN The bill inHnpducsd By Msssrs. d.
veA, Buck and Lambert in the house.
The sxpsnse Of appsslE and the genr
afal simplifying of the . OF aN
PCai are also pToVidea TOT ~
As affecting the educators Of Inc
state, the teachers pensiHp fGnd ID
the most iroportsRAt creature Of the
ASSEMBLY, This fund L. created As q
result of the encFt& Of the EoTSh Ia.
kota EdUcaAioTssl association. Provt
sion for tho @Esat.9E OF ths fund Is
! made ny the rGtSatLOR Of / Per cont
OF the salagtss at tsatheVs for ths frat
ten yearN AEd 3 per cent after the
tenth year ua to the twsruT- Esrh year
OF service. From tbs County tditicn
fund the payment Of 10 cents Tor each
school child 10 provided. The annuity
to teachsra " R4sd It Saa-iftieth OF
the earnings for the last A~O PEARS Of
service, multiplied By the whole uaEn-
Der Of yearn engaged 10 service. The
GnDHitv cannot EXCEED @7Es, Or be hess
than $3.50 per anhGnn.
Several important pieces OF banking
lsgaalation also enacted. These
incfude provision for the increase Of
the percentage of capital stock that
can be invested In furnishings and Hx.
lures. On banks of $40, 600 c~apita4i2a-
ton, 30 per cent may be invested. on
banks OF $4,000 capitalization 30 per
cent may be ussd, and on banks Of
$4,000. capitalization 10 per cent may
be used. !
Another new law gives banks au-
thoTity to invest In real estate mort
cages up to so par cent Of their total
deposits and surplus.
|. The initiative and referendum for
cities also was provided. The recall
as affecting city Oficials is another
new institution. The machinery for
these is provided In a bill introduced
by Representative TWitchell.
Power 70 the governor Of removing
county, city, township and village ota-
| RtaIa fnr fnlitrn 4e do &hAIr ln&w wna
provided after a fight that hiss extend
cd over many years. Il 10 provided
that the governor shall, on the Ming
Of a complaint against an ohioial, ap-
point q referee who will make the eK-
animation OF witnesses and report the
same to the governor. Dissatisfaction
with the removal proceedings gives
the aggrieVed person the power 10 aE-
peal to the district court.
Revision Of the code is another Inn
portant result of the assembly. The
new code will be completed In about
. year, being the 1rst since 1905. The
secretary of state Is authorized, under
the bill passed, to make q contract for
the revision with an Eastern publish.
ing house. ,
In the Porterfield bill provision ID
made for admission Of cheaper grades
Of gasoline than have besn formerly
admitted. such hover grades being
used particularly in gas tractors, etc.
An Information bureau will be estab.
lished in Christianis, Norway, during
the ~conteRnial exposition there in
1914. An appropriation Of SIC, 900 fer
that purpose val provided. Also
there will bo an exhibit at the Pana-
ma-Pacinc exposition in San Francis
co, On appropriation of $4,000 being
granted. The proposal to establish
an exhibit ut San Diego was turned
down.
The use OF peuitsntiary inmates In
state work. for other institutions out
side Of the penal institution IL pro-
vtded for In the Cashel bill. The war
den may use the convicts in industrial
trades about Bismarck, governing the
proceeds OF such work into the state
treasury. .ts ' ~
Under a reapportiontne Of the tax
for educational purposes that tax IN
raised 10 1k per cent, this step being
taken to provide funds fer the MiDot
normal school,
Farm names, under the Duncan bin,
hereafter may be registered with ooun-
~ registers OF deeds as q method Of
doing away with the double use of the
same name.
Citizens Of Mandan will be REIN
bursed for funds expended In the pur-
chase of = site for tne federal eK-
perimental station recently located
there.
The commissioner OF agriculture and
labor is displaced as a member OF the
board Of e~uuaiigation, the chairman of
the tax commission being placed there
instead.
Liquor will not be permitted 10 be
introduced upon the premises of any
institution, V o including the state
capitol.
A state board OF education, taking
ver the duties Of several boards now
maintained, was created,
Ths superintendent Of pubic In
struction - dropped as . member Of
the normal board Of control and 9 paid
secretary Ia provided for.
Meats Of diseased cattle will hers
after be labeled before they can DO
offered for sale. this measure being
aimed at tuberoular cattle.
Complete control Of fraternal tssur-