Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-02-20

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fitch day of the session. Chairman
Kellogg of the special investigating
committee declared that too great a
tass was being imposed upon his com
miItee and on motion committees of
three were authorized to investigate
each respective state office. This &C.
ton was taken in spite OF the argu-
ment that it would make too great a
hole in the legislature at a time when
important business is to be transacted.
A bill reducing the legal rate of in
terest from II to 10 per cent, which
was once killed by the house, has been
reconsidered and replaced upon the
calendar. In spite of a debate involv-
ing the rights of poor people to repre-
sent their party in national conven-
ton a bill which cuts off the states
allowance of $500 for expenses of ma
tional delegates was recommended for
passage.
Saturday was the last day for intro
duction of bills and sixty new meas
ures made their appearance in the
house. When adjournment time came
around a recess was taken until Mon
day to permit the presentation of
some belated bills. The house spent
much of its time Saturday considering
a bill which provides for the closing
of gates by travellers over private
highways in the state and this was
finally referred to a committee for fur
Their consideration. Another bill that
took up much time and was then re-
ferred to the committee of the whole
was one regarding the kind of fences
it should be lawful to build in the
state.
Speaker Frame read a statement in
the house bearing on the parliament
tary situation in regard to the COM
munication received from Attorney
General Miller resenting the resolu-
ton calling for the investigation Of
the attorney generals Office and crit.
icising the speaker for having the
probe resolution printed in the house
journal. Frame explained that the &C.
ton of the house was based on estab-
lished rules and precedent, both in
having the resolution printed and not
ordering Miller's communication print
ed in the journal. Thompson of Ward
moved that the speakers communica-
ton be endorsed by the house and
the matter be spread on the records
of the house, which motion was unan-
imously adopted.
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Hundreds of kilograms have been
received by members of the house of
representatives protesting against the
passage of the bill preventing the sale
of snuff in the state. The bill has
passed the senate and is before the
house now. The kilograms are from
every part of the state.
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Representative Cotton has intro
duced a bill aimed at clubrooms
where liquor is kept for the use OF
members. The bill is especially
aimed at sales, gifts and the use of
Intoxicating liquors for the purpose
of hospitality or otherwise in club
rooms, lodgerooms and other places OF
like kind for public and private re-
sort"
Tho rr0r0cii0r ~ NIN~%h TNo1r~&1 ~
t~ablishing its own terminal elevators
in the state received a thorough dis
cussion in the senate when senate
bill Nc. Ito, a concurrent resolution
amending the constitution to that eff
feet, was put on its third reading and
final passage. The bill had been in
troduced by Senator Plain, who ex-
planned that it was one of the future
needs of the state. Senator Davis was
opposed to the state going into the
grain business and talked against the
feasibility of the state having termi.
nal grain houses. Senator Bronson
thought the state should have power
to build such elevators in the state
and thought 1t might mean the posi-
bility of opening the Red river. When
the bill was finally placed on passage
it received as ayes, with Senators Da.
Wis, Hughes and Young voting no
while Senator Steel was absent.
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Senator Cashel offered a resolution
which was adopted and which pro
vides that a special committee shall
visit the state hospital for the insane
at jamestown and report back to the
senate what should be lone in the
way of providing more sanitary build
ings to prevent inmates there being
afflicted with fatal diseases. The only
objection raised to the resolution wa!
the language that remarked that th1
state was Financially embarrassed,
but as this was a pressing demand /
was thought that a special committee
might be able to recommend means t.
overcome the difficulty. Senator Han
ley objected to such a statement bein,
heralded over the state, and on mc
ton the resolution was referred to