The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-18
ANTI-CIGARETTE
BILL WAS PASSED
BY The SENATE
Continued on Page six.

3. B. No. 1913, ways and means, new
Dill constructed and re-referred to the
committee on appropriations.
3. B. No. 1872, ways and means,
amend and do pass.
H. b. No. 73, highways and bridges,
amend and do pass.
>. Il. No. ~. highways and bridges,
re-referred to committee on judiciary.
The committee on Indian affairs re-
ported for adopsso ION a concurrent reso-
luton, introduced by Senator Hughes,
which provided for the sale of 100000
acres of Indian lands in the sale for
the purpose of establishing hospitals
at the w o schools in this state, but
the senators desired more information
as to how many acres of land available
In the state for this purpose and the
resolution was referred back to Sena-
tor Hyland's committee tina more facts
could be reported the following day.
A special committee on ways and
means to devise means to augment the
funds OF the state reported to the
senate. '.....
Senator Carter offered a concurrent
resolution which petitions the secre-
taTy or war to make provision n al
lot funds for the survey of the Red
river from Breckenridge to the Can
adam border and to devise means of
providing the river. with a system of
locks and dams to encourage navi-
cation. On motion the resolution was
referred to the committee on state aft
fairs.
Senator Englund offered a concur
rent resolution relating to the. enforce
ment of the childe labor law, and also
~disapproVes the legislature employing
as pages boys under the age of 16. The
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on state affairs.
New Senate Bills.
S. B. No. 290-Jacobson, extending
power to village boards relating to
Municipal corporations.
S. B. No. 291-Porterfield, relating to
building and loan associations. Cor
porations other than municipal.
S. B. No, 292-Hoverson, relating to
Tenth judicial district. Judiciary.
S. B. No. 293-Williams, providing
for annual county budget. State at
fairs.
S. B. No. 294-Plain. manner of levy=
ing taxes in each county to provide
for care of insane patients. State af-
fairs.
S. B. No. 295-Garden, relating to the
disposition of fines and forfeiture.
State affairs.
S. B. No. 296-McLean, charging the
powers of states attorneys. Judiciary.
Third Reading Senate Bills.
S. B. No. 61-Porterfield, for an act
to regulate the itinerant vending of
medicine noStrums and appliances for
the treatment of disease, injuries or
defOrmity. Bronson moved the on
sideration of the bill be indefinitely
postponed claiming that the measure
was prohibitory and not regulatory
but on a division of the senate be-
ing called for there were only nine
for the postponement. Wartner NOV
ed as an amendment that the word
itinerary be stricken out of original
bill but before there could be a Sec
ond it was moved and seconded that
the bill be deferred until today which
was done, the motion being made by
Senator Davidson.
Anti Cigarette Bill Passes.
At this time the hour for special
orders having arrived the house an
ii cigarette bill was taken up. SEN
ator Overson, chairman of the spe-
cial committee to whom the bill had
been given Saturday reported that all
they were required to do was to pass
upon the legality of the bill and they
had decided that no written report
was necessary as they had returned
the bill the same as they received it,
but Hookway insisted on a written
report and the senate took a recess
of ten minutes to get their report In
shape and when the report was made
it was to the effect that the proposed
law does not conflict in any way with
existing Jaws on the subject.
There was but little discussion of
he bill before the vote was cas- but
Senator Hanley took the opportunity
to make a few remarks regarding the
feeling that had been e~ngendered the
day the bill was first up and stated
that it was the first time in his
legislative experience that the sin
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been brought into question and that
he vas sure there were no motives
but for the best of the people at
large.
He also called attention to the fact
there was on the books of the state
off North Dakota an anti-lobbying
law and he insinuated that that law
was being broken every day and stat
ed that steps should be taken for it's
enforcement. He thought that a great
deal of the sentiment for the bill had
come from outside sources and went
so far as to state that it was his
opinion that other members of the
senate had been openly insulted for
the stand they too on the bill when
it was up for consideration Satur-
day. He read a letter from one of
the physicians which outlined the
start of the fight that has been made
against the cigarette business and al
so to the Nfect that their effect was
no more injurious to a grown person
than was that of smoking cigars.
When the vote on the bill was cast
there were 81 ayes, Is nays, Senator
Linde being absent from the chamber
and absent from the city. Senator
Vail explained his vote by saying that
when the bill first came up he was
opposed to it n stated as his rea-
son that on account of the conditions
existing in his home county he could