The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-07

'ent council from the agricultural
sliege in q joint session in the house
aamber on Feb. 12. and that Prest-
ant Worst had been invited to offer
lie Lincoln memorial address.
TIVE Mere RfGis Reported
senator Talcott then returned the
nate TO the sixth order OF business
Id as chairman OF the COMMITTEES on
~lucation reported senate bills Nos.
and Al. While both these bills
ere recommended for passage the
nmmfttee had caused NUMEROUS
mendments to be included IN both
Ills, and ne the appropriations con-
lined In both measures 9 been m
reased somewhat Mr.. TaicOtt recon-
nended that both be rereferred to the
COMMITTEES on appropriations and u
was so ordered.
The secretary announced that the
| president was about to Sign senate
bills Nos. So and 80, and the presi~
lent signed the same In the presence
.erms OF district court in the Second
district, and No. so aus e~ngrossed
ills TO be written by typewriter IN
tead of by long hand.
Third Beading Of Senate Bills.
S. b. NO. 14-Senator Englund's
opher determination bill, was put Its
nird reading and final passage. but
senator Leutz again offered the
mendment to include. Senator 6ib
ems also offered an amendment, and
ust then the proceedings were inter
npted by another house messenger
Who brought over house bills Nos. 2S
and II, and they were dumped into
the senate hopper. Senator Bronson
then suggested that as the amend
ments to senate bill were 80 copious
that the bill be referred. To expedite
matters pertaining to this bill Sen
ator Gilbert moved that the bill be
referred to a special committee and
that that committee consist of sem
ators Gibbons, Leutz and Englund to
make the needed repairs In the
measures and that the bill hold It's
Nplace on the calendar. Senator Talcott
Nav an opening and moved that while
this committee was fixing up the
gopher bill that the senate take q
recess &f twenty minutes. President
Kraabel thought It was just an ex-
cuse to get over to the house to hear
the debates on initiative and refer
endurn, but the motion prevailed, and
it was just n hour and twenty three
minutes before the senate resumed its
affairs.
After Rseess--Hsffron Appropriation.
AS soon as the gavel fell Senator
Garden was given consent to intro
duce a bill and the measure made q
provision for ar appropriation of S.
600 for services r. @. Heffron had
rendered during the years 1908, 1910,
1911 and 1912 as q special assistant
attorney general in enforcing the pro-
hfbition Law. The bill was immediate
ly turned over the committee on APP
preparations for consideration.
Senator Talcotts bill specifying
what property was exempt from aka
ton was offered for final passage.
This bill had been delayed while m
amendment providing that only prop-
erty assessed at $50 or less be exempt
o taxation, ana Just before roll
call MI. Talcott offered another
amendment that where private build
ingg had been erected at colleges and
used for domiciling students that that
lass OF property be also exempt. The
roll was then called, and the bill pass
ed with 80 ayes, Z nays and 4 absent.
Senator Hughes Of Burleigh being
among those voting in the negative.
The roll was called on Senator
Bond' bill relating to school elections,
and the blu passed with only four
s, B. No. 108, which had been intro
duced by Senator Davis following the
recommendation OF Governor Burke in
his departing message to the legis1a-
ture, n provided for the governor
removing certain county, fownship
and municipal officers, was then read,
but before the roll was called Senator
Jacobson offered an amendment pro-
viding that whereby an action had
been started to remove an officer by
the 1--WE persons provided for IN the
bill, and the action failed 10 ma
terialize hat the governor cnuId at
his discretion take a Judgment for the
costs of the action against the parties
starting the action. This. Mr.. Jacob
SON thought would bar those who
would otherwise attempt to remove
officers because Of spite work. Mr..
Davis thought the amendment was not
necessary, but Senator HanIey
thought the amendment was an i'm.
portant one, and that 1t should have
proper consideration, and on his mo-
ton the bill went over for another
day.
BY this time the special committee
offered Its report on the gopher hill
and after the bill had been read again
as amended, upon the request OF SEN
ator Davidson, the roll was called
and the Dill passed with 43 ayes, Q
nays and 5 absent. Davidson then had
the title amended, and Senator Hyland
wanted an amendment added to In
clude w~oodchucks but he was too late
with his joker. The roll had been
called.
S. B. No. rs, by Mr. Allen. relating
to county sinking funds, was next up.
but Senator Bronson said he had lust
received a communication from Grand
Forks regarding the measure, and on
his motion. the bill went over for an
other day.
s.. B. No. Ex-senator McLean,s
amended herd law, was next offered