The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-22
FULL RAILWAY
CREW BILL KILLED

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sengers and No. zoe relating tc
transient merchants were put owe un-
til Monday to allow more time foI
consideration by the members. No
1855 which will allow county commits
sioners to appropriate money to be
used for the prevention of the spread
of tuberculosis in the state was pass
ed without opposition. No. 116 which
is concurrent resolution amending the
constitution of the state relating to
the uniformity of taxation and permit
ting the classifications of property for
the purpose of taxation and relating
further to the assessment and taxa
ton of certain public utilities COM
panies. Passed with only 5 mega
tive votes.
Appropriation Committee Reports.
The committee on appropriations
made its report and sent back thirty
bills with various recommendations,
Nos. 176, 1913, "A, 81, 282, III, rs, 247,
81, n 2Ol were amended and recon-
mended for passage while Nos. 1877, 16,
139, u, 102, 10, 1879, 23S, 1876, were re-
commended for passage without
change and Nos. 119, so, 205, II, Is,
1883, 1913, 1870, 80, 800, 172, were killed
~ Liz kOIIIlIlIISe anu TeCOInLl6nQ9Q
FOR indefinite ~postponement.
First Reading House Bills.
H. B. No. 250-Appropriating money
to pay Warden Hellstrom for pastur-
age used by the penitentiary for past
four years. Appropriation committee.
n. B. No. 260-Appropriation for
WiIliston experiment station. Appro-
priations.
H. B, No. Misrepresentation for
~penitentiary, SIG, 900. Appropriations.
Fl. B. No. 1~7-Industrial building at
school for deaf. Appropriations.
H, B. No. 1S4-Appropriation for the
school of science at Wahpeton. Appro-
priations.
H. B. No. 3O0-Hebron mining and
experiment station. Appropriations.
H. B. Nc. 194-Appropriating SIS, 1000
for sub-experiment station at Het-
finger. Appropriations.
Fl. B. No. 374-Relating to sidewalk
special assessment fund, Taxes and
tax laws.
H. B. No. 214-Assessment of bank
stock. Taxes and tax laws.
H. B. No. 1S7-Relating to the duties
of county auditors. Taxes and tax
laws.
H. B. No. 4O8-Relating to rewards
for arrest of horse and cattle thieves.
Committee on state affairs. ,
H. B. No. decomposition for
public administrators. Ways and
means.
Executive Session.
There was an executive session dur
ing the afternoon that lasted for just
four minuteF anesait is understood that
fhe governor hal ISN'T in anether name
for the board of control to take the
place Of the one who was not con-
firmed of the original three that were
sent in.
Senate Bills.
The passage of bills occupied prac-
tically the entire afternoon for the SEN
ate for the Friday session.
Senator Porterfield's bill, No. 81, re-
lating to itinerate vendors of domestic
articles and stock food remedies, was
put on it's final passage. This bill has
been before the senate since early in
the session, and since it was introduced
petitions have been received from all
over the state protesting against the
passage of this measure, as it was con
sidered it would prevent a competition
that is desired by the farmers.
The bill had been considerably
amended in the committee and when
put on final passage Friday, Senator
Wartner offered an amendment that
would strike out the word "itinerant'
wherever found in the bill. Senator
Bronson offered an amendment that
would strike out section 2, which re-
CURED an inspection by the food COM
missioner Of these remedies sold by
wagon peddlers. Senator Porterfield
said that under the present law the
food commissioner had an opportunity
to inspect the goods sold by the drug
gists. of the state, but that there was
no provision for an inspection of the
goods sold by these peddlers. A rising
vote was taken on the amendments as
offered by Wartner and Bronson and
both were lost.
When the roll was called the bill
failed Of passage by a vote of 20 to
"a, but as there were a number of
members absent Senator Hanley gave
notice of a reconsideration of the vote
next Monday. "
~. r. Lights For Autos. ...
There was an attempt to change
the color of lights for autos as pro-
vided in Senator B%ronson's bill No.
202, but all motions to amend were
lost, and the bill passed with a com
Portable majority.
Other Bills Passed.
S. B. No. 271-Englund, relating to
maximum rates on coal and briquet-
ties. Passed.
S. B. No. 255-Plain, to create farm
ers clubs. Passed.
S.. q. No. 213-Englund, bonding
licensing commission merchants, Pas
sed.
S. B. No. 2S6. judiciary committee,
Lawyers Cooperative Co. to publish
complied edition of laws. Passed.
S. B. No. 184-Garden, payments of
cost in extradition cases. Passed.
S. B. No. 117-Hughes, enforcing
liens on property in storage. Passed.
s. B. No. 232-McDowell, mode of
cancelling land contracts. Passed.
S. B. No. 253-Hanley, fixing terms
Of court Twelfth district. Passed.
S. B. No. 292. relating to Tenth
Judicial District. Passed.
s. b. No, 287, distributing of laws
Of state. Went over for another day.
More, Petitions.
When the senate convened at 2
o'clock a few more petitions were filed.
One by Hoyerson against high license
for wagon peddlers, and another
against change of the lien law. The
state dairy association sent a COM
munication to the senate asking that
senate bills Nos. 1914 and 1876 be pass
ed.
Ellis Reported From Committee.
Fl. B. No. 223. education, indefinitely
postponed.
S. b, No. 200, education, amend and
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