The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-23
ROUT|NE0F WORK
LEGISLATURE HAS STARTED ITS
WORK IN GRIM EARNEST
MUCH BUSINESS ON.
ALL INTRODUCING BILLS
On All Varieties Of subjects-cods
Commission and Judicial Trib-
n to Be Discussed-"eIus
Sky" Bills Numerous.

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work OF the session and the main
events Of the week just closed, the first
active week Of the session in reality
has been the introduction of bills. OF
these bills there have been a great
number and they bear on every con-
celvable subject from good roads, ap-
preparations for the state institutions
to the establishment Of a code COM
mission and a judicial tribune for the
adjustment of cases where the supreme
court is divided.
Postage for Members.
Slight friction was developed in the
senate over the amount of money to
Tor postage. The amount was at first
placed at 81 per member for the ses-
sion, but this displeased some of the
members with, much correspondence
and it was moved that the postage be
cut of entirely and no allowance made
to the members for postage. This
motion passed the senate but was turn
each member will get the necessary
postage for the session.
Following are some of the bills that
have been introduced in the house and
senate with the names Of the movers
and the objects Of the bill:
Among the, important bills intro
duced Thursday was one by Kue of
'SAAS SOu1ll, ll1 ~ luc 0SldUllSl-
ment of a hospital for the insane and
a school for the feeble minded at Fes-
sender in Wells county.
Blakemore Of Ass would amend the
constitution to establish a supreme jul
dicial referee. .
In the senate diversion introduced a
bill which, if passed. will prevent the
marriage of habitual drunkards, those
mentally incompetent and those suf-
fering from tuberculosis in advanced
stages or from a contagious venereal
disease.
diversion has also a bill which pro-
vides that mortgages on personal prop
erty must be made out in duplicate and
the copy handed to the mortgagor.
Watt Of Cass county offered a bill
%appropriating $4,000 to the agricultural
college for experiments to determine
the milling value of cereals, baking
and other chemical properties of -four
produced therefrom and providing for
the publication of the information OBJ
tanned.
A bill by Borusky Of Cavalier pro-
vides when a mortgage foreclosure is
made by advertisement all other mort
gagees must be notified by registered
mail.
Hjelmstad introduced a bill approyz.
ing county commissioners purchase Of
modern road machinery, apropriatlng
money to operate the same and to
make levy to pay the same.
Against Referendum.
A communication was received from
h North Dakota Methodist confer
ence protesting against the initiative,
referendum and recall amendment to
the constitution.
A communication from the secretary
Of the printing commission econ
mend the printing of 1000 copies of
bills and journals to supply the news
napers, schools and county officers.
Dean Of Grand Forks moved the adopi
ton Of the recommendation. which
carried by 200.
In tho House.
The request Of the senate for the
the legislative was greeted
with applause which showed that the
resolution storm of the stamp appro-
priation would not have been accepted
In the lower house.
This session Thursday was also the
shortest session of the house for this
term. The house adjourned at 2:31
after twelve bills had been introduced.
In the senate on Friday He]geland
introduced a bill relating to drug per-
mits.
Bill No. 81 was introduced amending
the constitution for the purpose Of To-
eating a hospital for the insane at Rug
by.
Duncan also introduced a bill of the
same nature n he wanted the asylum
for the insane and feeble minded locat-
ed at Leeds.
No. SO, introduced by Duncan pro-
vides for the registering of farm names.
No. SO, introduced bv Hughes makes
1t unlawful to hunt deer until the
year 1918.
Senator Porterfeld of Cass introduce
o6 a n1ca S,lra rnoJ1atinr tho vnn1inp nj
medicines.
The probate code commission report
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
FRIDAYS House Bills.
Northrun introduced a bill in the
house prohibiting the manufacture or
saol Of cigarettes.
Co1man offered a bill making a
compensation Of county, commissioners
s5 ner day and 10 cents per mile for
actua' travel. ..' d.
L,ndstrom introduced q hill require
ing the OPERATORS Of threshing ma
chimes to give a bond securing the
wa yes Of labOrers.
Wardrona introduced a bill appro-
priating s25, 600 annually for state air
at Fargo and Grand Forks on alternat-
ine wears.
IBfcrnson ~introduced a measure an
nror~ia+ine $4,000 for better eonipment
1Or m" SCHOOL OF pharmacy at the aSFl-
cultural college.
On Saturday a Joint committee OF
which Senator Talcott is chairman. Of
fered a resolution in both branches in
which they erOrted thew had made an
Investigation of the present system OF
transcribing the records Of the present
assembly relative to the engrossed bills
and written Journals that their rec
concentrations would he offered in the
shape Of a bill in order to create the
new system they recommend In the
shape Of law. 4
The bill provides that bills be en-
crossed and enrolled with a typewrit-
er and the printed journals shall be the
permanent record.
Among the new senate bills were the
following:
67--Aldreicht, amending the consti-
tuition relating to state. aid for high
wavs.
52--Kretschmar, relating to terms of
district court. - ..r
39-Ganssele. relating to the coliec-
ton C., taxes and Deputy county treas
urers drawing a salary.
7n.-Hvland. providing for an indus
trial school at the school Of The deaf
at Devils Lake.
71.-Shanley. to appropriate S7.412.-
20 to reimburse those who purchased
land for the experiment station a.