The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-02-01
LEGISLATURE
ADJ0URNS
Senator McBride's Insurance Bill
Is Reported FavorabIy. Herd
Law Bill Now in Hands
Of Committee.

Of Committee.
Senator M. L. Mcbride was at home
on Monday looking after his business at
the office. returning to Bismarck on
the evening train. The legislature
was in session only a little while on
Monday and the Stark county senator
had his committee work so well in hand
that he did not lose anything by the
absence.
On Thursday the legislature adjourned
until next Tuesday. This will give
the committees a chance to catch up
their work in good shape and it will
also give members who have pressing
business at home a chance to gather
up their work little.
The general opinion at Bismarck is
that Gov. {. B. Hanna is going to give
the state one of the strongest and most
economical administrations in the his
tory of North Dakota. On Monday the
governor called attention to the fact
that $40, 600 had been spent the first 20
days Of the session in public printing
and he desired that the proper com.
mittees act at once and see if much of
the $500 per day for house journals,
bills and postage could not be saved.
Tons of literature, about a week behind
time. is being sent out over the state
and very small part of this matter is
ever read. The daily papers give brief
mention from day to day of bills in
troduced. their progress in committee,
etc.. and by the time the journals are
delivered in the country the matters are
not very interesting.
A majority of the members of the
house did not want Representative
Klein's bill providing that the indi-
vidual voter mark his own ballot and
they secured an unfavorable report on
the same. @ " No
It looks as though Senator Mcbride
had 9 eond chance to get both of his
insurance bills passed. "a favorable
report was made Monday on bill los.
relating to the responsibility of fidelity
insurance companies. It will be re-
membered that in the unfortunate Stark
county forgeries the bond companies
denied responsibility to innocent pur-
chasers outside of the direct county loss
incurred by the act of its official. The
Mcbride bill is introduced for the pur-
pose of correcting this defect. His other
bill. No. lis. relates to hail insurance
policies and is calculated to bind COM
panies from the time applications are
written. Dickinson attorneys have many
claims against insurance companies
who refused to pay. hail losses last sea-
son because the policies had not been
issued prior to the damage, regardless
of the fact that applications had been
taken by duly authorized agents and
mailed some days prior to the hail
storm.
Senate bill No. 13 by Mclean relates
to stock running at large and is now
in committee with Senators Hanley and
jacobson as members. 1t is likely that
the bill will have some amendments
when it comes out Of the committee
room.
The Suffrage bill was defeated in the
senate by narrow margin the first of
the week. 1t comes up again and the
general belief is that the measure will
carry. Senator Mcbride has been study
ing the question and it is believed that
he will favor the ladies with his vote
in the next call.
The first bill to be passed by the
house. and it passed by unanimous vote,
was No. I, providing for the summon
ing of jurors by registered mail.
Bill No. $. joint bill. introduced
J, by Representative Hanson and Blake
more. and being concurrent resolution
ratifying the proposed United States
constitutional amendment providing for
the election Of United States senators
by q direct vote Of the people, was the
second to pass. :.