Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-21
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TEN TO PASS

Committees of the House Report
Another Batch Of Bills in.
House committees reported ten bills
for passage yesterday afternoon and
five bills were "killed" by the com
mittees. Three senate bills were re
commended for passage and one was
killed.
The committee on banking recon-
mended for passage. as amended, Mr.
Ployhar's bill, Fl. B. No. 10S, Which
would make the drawing of a lank
check without funds in the bank to
protect the same a felony.
Ways and Means.
The committee on ways and means
reported on the following bills:
H. B. No. 100, Mcclellan, action be
indefinitely postponed. This bill
would amend the present herd laws
so as to provide a penalty to cover
cases where parties maliciously allow
their stock to run through crops.
Fl. B. No. g., Blanchard, do pass,
This bill relates to using railroad
tracks as highways. 1t is made to in
clude the driving of vehicles and lead
ing and riding of animals along the
railroad track. ,...
H. B. No. 81, Watt, do pass. This
bill changes the date of the obser'
vance of Mothers Day. in North
Dakota to the second Sunday in May,
so as to come on the same date as OBJ
served in other states of the union.
H. B. No. Is, Ness, do pass as
amended. ThisSsssbfll relates to the
duties of auctionesrs and protects the
public against loss of taxes due or
assessed against property sold.
State" Affairs.
The state affairs committee recon-.
mended that theiisHoman conc brent
resolution relating to the establish.
ment Of terminal, elevators at Bis.
marck be referred Ito the committee
of the whole house. The committee
also reported two senate bills for pas.
sage. They were:
S. B. No. II, Mcbride, do pass. This
is a concurrent resolution amending
Section 216 of the constitution, estab-
fishing and locating a state normal
school in the city of Dickinson, coun-
ty of Stark. 1t is understood that the
Dickinson people interested in this
measure appeared, in. the committee
room yesterday morning and agreed
that if the bill was passed they would
ask for no appropriations until the
year 1919. ~ i
S. B. No. AZ, introduced by the SEN
ate committee on ways and means, re-
lating to the legal rate Of interest and
usury. do pass.
Judiciary.
The committee on judiciary report
ed on the following bills:
S. L. No. 81, Wartner, do pass. This
bill provides for the payment of ex-
penses of district judges when act.
ing outside of the counties of their
residence.
S. B. No. q, Jacobson, action there
upon be indefinitely postponed. This
ILL relates to the payment and period
OF redemption from execution sales.
H. B. No. 81, Hjelmstad, action be
Indefinitely postponed. This bill re
lates to lewd and lascivious conduct
with children.
H. B. No. 113, Pendray. action be
Indefinitely postponed. This bill
would decrease the salary of the clerk
of courts.
III. B. No. III, Balsdon, action be
indefinitely postponed. This bill
would provide for the making of con.
tracts in writing between owners OF
land and brokers or agents employed
to sell sucll land;.sfor the filing Of
such contract. with the, register OF
deeds, and prescribing his fee there.
for, and for the delivering of such
contracts to the buyer of such land
before consideration is paid for same.
Fl. 3. No. 333, Torson, do pass as
amended. This bill provides for the
adjustment OF the death penalty in
this state.
Temperance.
The committee on temperance re.
commended the following bills: H. B.
No. IS, Everson, do pass. This bill
provides for additional power to
county, city, village. township or
town pc ice officers in the enforcement
OF prohibition. pure food, snuff, cigar
cites, pool hal, Ibawdy house and
habit-furming drug laws of the state
and a penalty if such officer should
not enforce same. II. B. No. ia, do
pass as amended. This bill was in
,troduced by Mr.. Smith of Kidder and
enlarges the boot-legging act so as
to include all agents and solicitors,
either paid or unpaid.
Education.
The committee on education recon-
mended for passage, as amended, H.
.. No. 100, Blanchard, relating to the
teachers insurance and retirement
fund, changing the optional date from
Jan. !, 1914 to Jan. I, 1916, for the
teachers to join the fund.
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SENATE.
Senate Bill No. 104, Mr.. Hoverson
-For an act to repeal section 2155 OF
the Compiled Laws of 1918, relating