Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-29
SENATE
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personal petitions in the journals, and
Mr.. Holloway said if only a reference
could be made of it in the journal he
, would be satisfied.
Senate bills Nos. q, 62 and 100
were reported correctly %engrossed,
and the state affairs committee offer
ed a report recommending that a
joint committee OF the senate and
house be named to arrange for the re-
ception in the capital city of the
student council from the Agricultural
college when it arrives here February
18th, and that President Worst be in.
vited to give the memorial address
in joint session on Lincoln's birthday.
For that purpose the president APP
pointed Messrs. Williams, Hookway
and Trageton as the committee to act
for the senate.
The committee on ways and means
reported it had amended Senate Bill
No. SO and recommended its passage,
and then President Pro TEN Gilbert
took the chair.
Senator Bronson sent a concurrent
resolution to the desk presuming that
Fort Lincoln at Bismarck was to he
abandoned and asking that the land
and buildings now occupied there by
the government be coded to the state
for institution purposes. The reso-
luton might have been adopted had
it not been for the fact that Senator
Hanley stated that he thought that
the senate should not he too %hasty in
adopting resolutions, and as the OBJ
ject sought would require the atten-
ton OF congress he thought it ought
to go over for a day to give the SEN
ators a chance to more fully consider
the matter, and moved that the reso-
luton be referred to the committee
OH state affairs. Senator Hughes sec.
onded the motion, and stated that the
government could not cede the land
10 the state even If it wanted to. AS
a matter of fact the land occupied
by the post was donated to the gov
eminent by private citizens Of Bis
marclS, and if the post should be aban-
doned it will revert back to the don
ors. The resolution was finally refer
red to the committee. 0
The president returned to the
chair, and Senator Gilbert filed a long
petition from former North Dakotans
now living in California, calling atten-
ton to the state legislature of the
opportunity to exploit the advantages
Of North Dakota at the Panama ex-
position, and asking that the state be
suitably represented. The petition
was headed, by John D. Penton Of Far
and contained the names of many
former pioneers of North Dakota,
we'll known all over the state. Sen
ator Gilbert wanted the entire peti-
ton, signers and all, to appear in the
journal and SO did Senator Talcott,
but Senator Davidson thought Of that
word, ECONOMY" and before the pc
tition was printed In the journal he
wanted it referred to the committee
state affairs; but when the sena-
tors voted by reclamation the presi-
dent declared that Senator Gilbert's
motion had prevailed.
Senator Davis then turned the sen.
ate back to the sixth order of bust.
ness and offered a report from the
9on state affairs to the ef-
feet that Senate Bill No. IA had been
amended by striking out everything
the words, "A BILL" and that a
new bill had been drafted. This bill
provides for a gopher bounty, and the
comnittee's action was based on some
legal opinions that had just been dis.
covered. The report was adopted and
it was ordered that 800 copies of the
new bill be printed.
Right here a ibreathless messenger
from the house rushed past the sen.
ate sergeant-at.arms, and made his
own announcement to the president Of
the senate thtt he had in his posses
Sion q message from the house. The
message stated that the house wanted
the senate to concur In the appoint
Gnent Of a committee Of five, three
from the house, who were Messrs,
Twichell, Huso and Haraldson, with
two from the senate to investigate
and ascertain the present needs Of the
tuberculosis sanitarium ct Dunseith.
Senator Plain, chairman Of the sen.
ate committee on appropriations, ex.
planned that Z Joint committee on up.
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