The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-13
THE LEGISLATURE
MANY PETITIONS FAvoRlNo Wo.
MAN SUFFRAGE FiLEo-kEN.
YoN gill ENDORSED.
NAME BOARD OF CONTROL
r. s. Lewis Of Fargo. Mayor Jackson
Of Wiliiston and A. o. Grant OF
jamestown Appointed BY
Governor Hanna.

Governor Hanna.
After a recess OF four or 1--WE day,
the legislators returned to their Ia
bors and on Tuesday got down to bus
mess, and the probabilities are there
will be no break in the work from this
on out to the closing.
During the early part Of the after
noon it looked like 1t would be i'm.
possible for the senate to hold SEES.
sion as the trains were late and the
greater majority Of the senators we're
not present. President Kraabel was
among thoss who were tardy and It
was necessary for President pro tenn
Gilbert to call the senate to order.
After half hours recess the senate
was called to order and all were pres
ent except nine. Many were also alb.
sent in the house.
| Opposed to ~ per Cent.
Two petitions were received from
Turtle Lake and Washburn, opposing
the IL per cent interest law, which
they termed az usury. and recommend.
ing that the present legislature take
some action toward q reduction. The
petitions were not read but appear in
the journal. It is claimed that money
cannot be secured for loaning in this
country, except on real estate, for less
interest, and that this bill would have
a tendency to make loans much hard
or to secure. It is not thought this
assembly will touch the question.
For Two Deputy sherIfss.
House bill No. 76, providing that
counties Of more than 1000 population
may name two deputy sheriffs II deem
ed advisable. was passed by a large
majority, the vote standing 80 to 81,
with 10 absent. The demand for such
4 provision in many counties in the
state was apparent and seemed to be
recognized quite generally.
Several Bills Passed.
Among the bills of minor import
ance which passed in one afternoon
were: No. los, relating to the organ
ization Of townships; No. 116, relat.
ing to the uniformity Of taxation; No.
| 81, an anti-cigarette measure; No. 173,
repeating the law requiring that poll
| cies be paid in even of loss; No. So,
| relating to elections and terms of Of
nee OF township officers; No SO, pro-
viding for the cleanliness of hotels in
! this state.
kenyon-shepard Bill Endorsed.
When Senator Talcott offered a res
olution that the senate concur in the
house resolution memorializing con-
gress in the support of the Kenyon
| Shepard bill there seemed to be an
attempt on the members from Morton
to f1libuster the resolution There was
some mirth shown when Senator Han
ley said he was not exactly clearly in
formed as to what the Kenyon bill
provided, and he asked Senator Tai
colt to explain. However, from the re-
marks offered by Senators Talcott
Bronson, Hamey and Garden, it was
learned that all the Kenyon bill would
do relating to the shipment of liquor
into prohibition states would be to
take away the protection Of the inter.
state commerce commission when IL
quor Is shipped here for the purpose
Of violating the prohibitory law, and
when 1t was discovered that the bill
did not affect liquor shipped to pri-
waite consumers the resolution was
adopted BY the senate with Senator
Leutz as The only one dissenting.
Secretary Proposes Changes.
Secretary Of State Hall has pro
posed number Of amendments and
changes in the present law which will
Be brought to the attention of the leg
ieiators. One 10 that it shall be the
duty Of the railroad commissioners to
issue licenses - railroad ticket agents
instead Of the secretary Of state doing
80. Also to have the railroad com
missioners issue licenses to all ware
houses and commission merchants,
and that the railroads in extending
limos shall nie plats thereof with the
railroad commissioners instead Of
With the secretary Of state.
The Legislative assembly in 1911 en-
acted license law which requires
the secretary OF state to collect the Ii.
cense fee Of three dollars, and to pro-
penses incident to the registering Of
automobiles out of the funds so col
lected, after which the money is to be
WpPIOPl ldISu UdCA W ZIG COuHL10S
from which the money was paid.
There has been much criticism Of this
method Of handling state funds, and it
b proposed that the law be amended
this year SO as to require the score
tary Of state to collect the fee and to
turn it over to the state treasury, and
that the expenses incident to the lssu.
ing Of the record be paid out OF the
general fund, rather than as the law
now provides, requiring the secretary
Of state to pay all Of the expenses in.
cident to the recording Of these re-
ports, and turning into the treasury
the funds after all the expenses have
been paid at the end OF the year.
Petitions for Woman Suffrage.
The demand for woman suffrage IL
Increasing every day, as petitions
from all parts Of the state are being
died right along. There is no way Of
telling what will become OF the issue.
though it is predicted on the outside
that nothing will be accomplished for
tho measure. While there is little open
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