The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
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Nos. 2Sl and 361. and postponemen,
for house bills Nos. 1S3, 322 and 1S3,
h committee on labor recon-
mended that house bill No. 500 be
amended and passed.
The committee on ways and means
recommended hat house bills Nos.
$50 3l8 pass. but failed to approve OF
house bill No. sos. The committee
on judiciary recommended the pass
age OF senate bill No. 141, and amend
ment and passage of house bill No.
ll9. House bills Nos. $50, SIS and
5l3 were recommended for indefinite
postponement.
AT this Juncture Representative Div.
ct called attention to the fact that a
great many in the house were not vot.
Ing on the various questions and that
the vot on the adoption of reports
had been ignored by several. He rec
commended that everyone in the house
take enough interest in the proceed
ings to respond when the question is
put.
Roads Bill Special Order.
Representative .Lindstrom moved
that II vote by which senate bill No,
%, involving state aid for good roads,
was lost. be rec%onsidered, and that it
" "a d SPSSl0l OIuSE OF business
TOT next Wednesday afternoon at =
o'clock.
There was considerable debate, and
Representative Burnett claimed that
the bill was unworthy Of further con-
sideration inasmuch as it throws the
state treasury wide open for good
roads purposes. He suggested that II
the treasury was to be thrown open.
1t might be done in the interest of ed.
ucation.
He denied the allegation that grain
IS rotting in the granaries of the state
because the farmers We're unable to
use the roads to haul the product to
market, and insisted hat it was not
IN III interests of the farmers at all
that the good roads movement is be.
ing 1urthered, but it simply involves
a question of pleasure.
Autos Brought the Cry.
You never heard about this good
roads business until a few years ago
when the automobiles began to come
In" he declared. Il am willing to
vote on a good roads proposition if it
is nSed SO you can't tax us to death,
the amount to be expended is
limited, but I'm not willing to throw
the treasury wide open"
ePieseHldt freltaS declared
nat good roads represent the inter".ts
Oh education, and he recalled several
instances of the difficulty children
have met in travelling to and from
school. and cited one instance wherein
"A carriage vent through into a coulce
ana one child killed while enroute to
sehool. Representative Dixon. recalled
the many Inconvenience experienced
DH the farmer in hauling his grain to
market over bad roads. but Represent
tatlve Hoge was of the opinion that
alter three bodies have passed upon
the resolution, the present house
should concur in and give the peonle
an opportunity to express themselves
in h matter.
Inc motion was put to a vote, and
carricd, and the question is made n
SPECIAL order Of business for next
wednesday afternoon at " O'clock.
House Bills Passed.
House bill No. 2Ss, relating 10 the
inspection Of railway and express com.
pany books in the interests Of the pro.
hibition law. passed the house by a
vote OF 81 ayes. 8 nays and SO absent
and not voting. The "%clincher" was
attached.
House bill No. $40. relating to the
..oel law. passed by a vote of SO ayes.
Z nays and 16 absent and not voting.
and the "clincher'' was attached.
House bill No. 2O6, relating to If.
censing transient merchants and ned.
oiers, passed by a vote Of Is ayes. 10
nays and IL absent and not voting
House bill No. 100, relating Ia the
duties of clerks of court in capcelline
and discharging judgments. passed by
a vote OF 90 ayes. 0 nays and Ia abb
sent and not voting.
House bill Nc. II, relating to the
terms ot court in the Seventh judicial
district. passed by a vote Of 101 ayes,
no nays and 10 absent and not voting.
House bill No. Ill. relating to non
partisan election of superintendent OF
public instruction and county school
81 aye 3 nays and 22 absent and
not voting.
House bill No. 339. providing for
township overseer of highways. pass
ed ny a vote Of 60 ayes. "a nays and IL
absent and not voting,
House bill No. 27O, care of Old Sol.
dlers' and Historical park at Walhalla.
~. d.. and carrying an appropriation
therefore. carried by a vote Of 81 ayes.
z nays and 18 absent and not voting,
Regarding Those Reports.
n special committee named to in.
vestigate the cause of the delay of re.
ports OF the various state dcpartments
submitted another report as to its nro,
gress.
1t reported to the house that In or.
der to get the reports ready before
the present legislative assembly adj
1ourns the printer will have to EMPLOY
extra heip. which will involve addi-