The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
SENATE PASSES SEVERAL BILLS
OF IMPoRTANcE-Wi
BOND OFFICERS. ,.
IMMIGRATION BILL FOUGHT
Action Will be Taken This Afternoon
State to Carry Own
insurance.

Hyland's immigration bill which pro-
vides that the governor, the commits
sioner of agriculture and the president
of the railroad commission shall be the
board of immigration and which makes
an appropriation Of $4,000 for 1915
and $4,000 for 1916, was referred to
the committee of the whole house in
the house and will be threshed out
this afternoon. The opposition that
has developed to this bill in the house
was wholly unexpected and when it
came back to the house from the COM
mittee on appropriation with divided
report, majority for passage and a
minority for indefinite postponement.
there was considerable surprise
among the supporters of the bill
Among the important bills recon-
mended for passage by the house COM
mittees was Overson's measure max
ing the election of United States SEN
ators conform with the federal plans
for the direct election of United States
senators.
The county seat removal bill was
again before the house on third read
ing and although it failed OF massage
by only two votes it will probably be
reconsidered and brought before the
house again. AS the bill now stands
it will make possible the removal OF
the county seats in Nelson, ROlette
and Bottineau counties The discus
sion of the bill again brought forth
good deal of fireworks but there was
no further attempt at amendment
Among the important bills passed
by the house was one by which the
state will carry it's own insurance on
state-owned buildings. This has pass
ed the senate, where it originated,
and is now up to the governor for sig
nature.
Senator Ellingson's bill creating
state bonding department was passed
by big majority without amendments
and this is another of the important
bills that will be up to the governor
for consideration before the close Of
the session. There was very little de-
bate over the matter and it will re-
main to be seen whether the supreme
court will hold that it is constitutions
as now drawn and passed.
The senate bill extending the time
in which the teachers retirement fund
may be optional until 1917 was passed.
There has been considerable of fight
on this bill during the entire session
and at one time the house repealed
the entire teachers's insurance and
retirement fund law and redistributed
the money but reconsideration carried
and the law is still on in working Or
der
Bismarck, N. D., March 2.-The even
trend of affairs in the senate was up
set on three occasions, one being
when the bill providing that control
of light, heat and power plants be in
vested in the board of railroad COM
mssioners. There was considerable
debate over this bill. Local conditions
in the various cities where light and
power plants are concerned came into
question but the bill was finally pass
ed with a good margin of safety.
The second clash came when H. B.
1872 was up for third reading. This
is the bill that repeats the terminal
elevator mill tax and appropriates
$4,000 for the railroad commission to
make study of the feasibility of the
building and operation of state OWL
ed terminal elevator either in this
state or Minnesota or Wisconsin
There were members who thought
there should be an appropriation car
rled to make up the amount cut on
in the mill tax. After considerable
debate the bill was rereferred to the
committee on judiciary and a report
will probably be made this afternoon.
The amendments made to Torson's
bill providing for the adjustment of
capital punishment was the third
stumbling stone in the senate but the
bill was finally passed with an amend
ment which makes it provide for
those sentences in the future and also
provides capital punishment for any
one who may commit murder while
serving life sentence. There were 5,
ayes and Is nays for the bill as it
was amended.
The rules were suspended for the
passage Of appropriation bills so that
thew might get Ia the governor N