The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-23
FLOOD OF BILLS IN THE HOUSE.

Bismarck, IN. D., JAM Il.-Ihere
were more bills offered in the house
Wednesday than on the day the house
first reached that order of business
and the total reached thirty-six. There
was little other business done in the
house aside from the first and second
reading Of bills. Putnam, Snyder and
Walsh were appointed a committee
OF three to confer with like com
mtttee from the senate regarding the
advisability of abolishing the written
journal of the legislature and they
will make their report within a day
or so. There was a message received
from the senate referring to the sup
plying Of extra copies of the bills and
journals for the members of the house
and senate and the matter was re-
ferred to the joint committee on rules,
A communication was received from
the board of control endorsing the
purchase of additional land for the
agricultural school in Morton county
near Mandan and the communication
was referred to the committee on
school and public lands. The report
Of the committee having in charge
the arrangements for hearing the
lecturer on the Panama-Pacific ex
position reported that there would be
an illustrated lecture at the exposi
ton building at s o'clock Thursday
evening and that it would be in the
nature Of joint session of the house
and senate.
Just before adjournment Putnam
called the attention of the speaker to
the fact that in the journal of the
drst day no attention had been made
Of the tact that the members had
taken the oath of Office and the matter
was referred to the committee on re
vision and correction Of the journal.
The matter of seats for the mem
bers came up again yesterday after
noon when the speaker asked if there
were any members who had not been
seated and it was discovered that
Blakemore of Cass was without 8
seat and arrangements will be made
for taking care of him today. House
adjourned until o'clock Thursday.
The following bills have been intro
duced:
House Bills.
H. B. No. 1-Moen of Benson
amending section 525 and 527 of re
vised codes of 1905 relating to the
summoning of jurors provide thai
Jurors may be summoned by mail
summons being sent in registered
letters and If service cannot be made
this way then personal notice shall b.
served. Referred to committee OF
judiciary.
H. B. No. Burnett, for an &C
defining taxation Of real estate mort
cages, and providing a penalty fol
violation thereof. The bill provides
that all mortgages upon real estate
in the state Of North Dakota shall
nay a registration tax of one half o
per cent of face value Of mortgage
providing however that minimum ia,
is not less than so cents. The incom,
shall be turned into the state genera
fund. Tax shall be paid by mort
gagee. Referred to taxes and ia,
laws.
H. B. No. 3-Burnett, for an act de
fning the method of assessing de
termining the rate of taxation and dis
position of taxes of railways, freigh
line companies, dining car companies
express companies, telegraph com
panies and telephone companies o
corporations engaged in carrying pei
sons, property or messages In tn
state of North Dakota provides tina
all property of above named com
panies shall be assessed by the stat
board of equalization at their actua
value and be taxed for state purpose
only and this shall be in lieu of al
other taxes except for public drains
The taxes are to be levied annually b.
the state auditor and he shall motif
each railroad or corporation Of tn
amount of their taxes by Nov. 1 Q
each year.
Fl. B. No. 4-Everson of Griggs, pre-
scribing the lawful rates of interes
for legal Indebtedness and providing
that interest shall be computed fron
date of actual delivery Of principal
Interest not to be. over 10 per cen
and same rate charged after maturit
as before and that interest shall NO
be compounded. Referred to con
mittee on state affairs.
H. B. No. 5-Burnett, joint resolu
ton providing for the payment Q
Necessary legislative expenses. RI
fe-rei to committee on supplies an
eytlenditures