Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-27

NC. 2JS, examination VI StalS ~
fees by public examiner, passed.
No. 22S, relating to waiver or re-
lease of a cause for action, passed.
No. 1873, power OF banking corpora
tons. passed.
No. l56, establishing state bonding
department in the Office O fthe com
missioner of insurance, providing Tor
maintenance and prescribing duties
OF officers, passed.
No. l05, responsibility of fidelity
insurance COMPANIES, passed.
Committee Of the Whole.
AS a committee of the whole, the
house considered the following gener-
al orders:
H. B. 2S7, publication and distribu-
ton of unauthenticated edition OF
session laws, recommended for pas
sage.
No. 42S, relating to those wha may
be sent to reform s:nhool, passage.
No. q, prohibiting insurance COM
panies and their agents from rebating,
and twisting passage.
No. 293, appropriating money for
the expenses of state government and
other purposes, and repeating certain
laws which conflict with this general
appropriation bill, passage.
No. 4j2, authorizing assessors TO
take a census Of wOmen't sentiment
on the woman suffrage question; a
"straw-vote" measure, indefinite post
ponement.
Senate ELL n. 175, relating TO the
printing of annual reports, and requir-
ing persons having printing contracts
to file suitable bond, passage.
A number Of bills which the senate
had passed were placed upon first and,
second reading and referred to the
various standing committees.
Governor Names Delegate.
Governor Hanna on Wednesday
named d. F. Siegfried Of Fargo to
represent this state at the fiftieth an
niversary celebration of the battle OF
Gettysburg. He is named to succeed
S. X. McGinnis of jamestown, whose
resignation from the post was receiv-
ed Wednesday. Mr.. Siegfried is well
known in the ranks of the G. A. r.,
being a past commander OF the post
and chairman of the board OF trustees.
Message From the Governor.
The anti.cigarette bill is now a law.
A message from the governor brought
the information that he had signed
the easur and turned it over to the
secretary of state. Other house bills
signed by the governor r Nos. %,
76, 81, 80, 154, 155 249, Sc, %, ! and
339.
The Morning Session.
In supporting the house bill Great
ing a state textbook commission and
providing for uniformity of textbooks,
Representative Husband Wednesday
morning declared that all great book
corporations and many educators in
the country are fighting the question
because such a bill is not to their
interests. He said that Is states al
ready have adopted this law, and that
in all of these it had worked out sue
cessfully. The books can be secured
far more economically, he said, under
this plan.
He declared that it is generally
known that agents for the great text
book companies are continually Gov
ering" the state, and Offering and CIV
ing brides to educators, and that
whether or not the bill passes at this
time, the seeds have been sown, and
sooner or later it will receive favor.
able consideration.
The measure was recommended for
indefinite postponement by the house
as a committee of the whole.
Discuss Auto Regulation.
The house spent considerable time
debating the merits of a bill requiring
Automobiles to take their machines
apart and carefully conceal the parts
upon meeting a team; to carry wills
ties of % horsepower; to shoot off
upon approaching road i'll
.tersections and section corners, and
providing heavy penalty for violation
of it's provisions.
After a lengthy argument, during
which several amendments, fully as
ridiculous, were recommended, a mo.
ton to refer it to the committee on
military affairs prevailed. A division
was demanded, and it lost. "A cmotiOn
was then made to refer it to the next
general assembly, and this motion
was declared to have carried.
Hotel Liquor Bill Killed.
Representative Martin supported
the merits of House ELL No. 445, pro-
viding for the dispensing of ~intoxicat.
ing liquors by hotels, and he insisted,
that the present prohibition law is
failure and a menace to coming gen.
erations. In spite of his argument,
the bill was recommended for indefi-
mite postpOnemelt.
Fire Escape Bill Passes.
After a long debate in which the
merits of a bill requiring stationary
fire escapes and proper exits to all
school buildings vas supported by
Representative Divet, the measure
passed the house by a vote of 81 ayes,
6 nays and 80 absent and not voting.
The only other bill placed upon
third reading at the tnorning session
Senate Bill No. 100, relating to
branches to be. taught in the public
schools. The bill lost.
Considers General Orders.
AS a committee Of the whole, the
house considered the following gen.
eral orders:
No. 100, creating a state Textbooks
commission and providing for uni
formity Of textbooks, indefinitely
postponed; 1872, relating to special as
sessment for sewers, water mains,
ridouvo1kc ond ofhor. aurnOcoc mas.