The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29

Of the student council from the agri-
cultural college when it arrives here
February IL. and hat President
Worst be invited to give the memorial
address in joint session on Lincoln's
birthday. For that purpose the pres
ident appointed Messrs. Williams.
Hookway and Traeeton as the COM
mfttee to act for the senate.
The committee on ways and means
reported it had amended Senate Bill
No. SO and recommended its passage,
and then President pro tenn Gilbert
took the chair.
Senator Bronson sent a concurrent
resolution to the desk presuming that
Fort Lincoln at Bismarck vas to be
abandoned and asking that the land
and buildings now occupied there by
the government be coded to the state
for institution purposes. The resolu-
ton might have been adopted had 1t
not been for the fact that Senator
senate should not be too hasty in
adopting resolutions, and as the object
sought would require the attention Of
congress he thought it ought to go
over for a day to give the senators
a chance to more fully consider the
matter, and moved that the resolution
be referred to the committee on state
affairs Senator Hughes seconded the
motion. and stated that the govern
ment could cede the land to the state
If 1t wanted. AS a matter Of
fact the land occupied by the post was
donated to the government by private
citizens Of Bismarck, and If the post
should be abandoned it will revert
back to the donors. The resolution
finally referred to the committee.
This ended the affairs of the senate
for the day, and the following house
bills were read and referred:
1-house bills read and referred:
House Bill No. 10: ..indemifying
owners Of glandered horses. referred
to committee on live stock.
House Bill No. IA. relating to terms
Of court in the second district. re-
House Bill No. 90. relating to duties
Of state treasurer. referred to COM
mittee on state affairs.
House Bill No. 81. preventing
fraudulent sale Of stock. referred to
committee on live stock.
House Bill No. s3. relating to rights
In tag judgment sales. referred to the
committee on tax and tax laws.
House Bill No. "a. defining crime
OF bookkeeping and providing penalty,
ance.
A number Of committee meetings
were then announced. and the motion
Of Senator Thoreson at $3.50 adjourned
the senate to Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
Senator Davis then turned the SEN
ate back to the 9Th order Of business
and offered a report from the COM
mittee on state affairs to the effect
that Senate Bill No. II had been
amended by striking out everything
after the word "A Bill" and that e
new bill had been drafted. This bill
committees action vas based on some
legal opinions that had just been dis
covered. The report was adopted and
1t was ordered that 500 copies of the
new bill be printed.
Right here a breathless messenger
from. the house rushed passed the sem
ate sergeant-at-arms. and made his
own announcement to the president of
the senate that he had in his posses
sion a message from the house. The
message stated that the house wanted
the senate to concur in the appoint
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from the house. who were Messrs.
Twichell. Huso and HARRISON. with
two from the senate to Investigate and
ascertain the present needs OF the
tuberculosis sanitartum at Dunseith.
But when Senate Bill No. 4s which
provides for the pure food commits
sioners inspecting cold storage plants
vas read the third time Senator Bron.
son asked to be informed as to what
became Of the fees collected by the
been introduced by Senator Porter.
field. and Senator Davis attempted to
come to his rescue by explaining that
the fees vent into the pure food de.
partment at the agricultural college
but that didn't satisfy Bronson. and
he wanted the bill to go w for a
day. This was objected to by Senate,
Porterfield but when he saw It wa,
going to be put to q vote he withdrew
Wednesday.
Without any discussion Senate Bill
No. % was reported to have been
amended by the committee On judici.
airy and recommended for passage
Senate Bill No. "a was then put on
its third reading and it passed without
q NloSCAsSAAA6 SOlo.
Senator Plain, chairman Of the sen.
ate committee on appropriations ok.
planned that a joint committee or
appropriations had met on Monday
evening and it was suggested tina,
such a committee be named to make
this investigation without leaving the
city so that the appropriation com
mittee could have needed information
Senator Davis caused the message Il
be re-read. and then Senator Talcot
wanted to be informed as to the OBJ
ject of having such q committee ap
pointed. Senator Plain further ex
planned that at the Joint meeting o
the committees that Mrs. sevens o
Grand Forks had appeared before tn
committees. and tina the committee
had reason to believe that there hat
been some irrcguiarity In the DISPOSE
ton Of the funds appropriated this in
stitution two years ago: At that tim
Senator Plain said $4,000 had beel
appropriated to build cottages an
that while only onetcottage entailing
cost Of about $500. had been built. still
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