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case of impeachment, and the first
session after the ratification Of this
amendment may last 12O days. s. B.
No. ~ provides that the legislative as.
sembly shall meet every four years.
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H. B. No. "a relates to hotel inspec.
tion and places that duty in the hands
OF the pure food commissioner of the
agricultural college at Fargo.
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H. B. No. % empowers city coun.
ellis to construct and operate muntc-
1pal light, gas, electric and heating
plants.
The first bill to pass both houses
was H. B. No. 1, introduced by Rep.
resentative Walton of Ward, and car
ried an appropriation of 5000 for the
use of the attorney generals office.
It carried an emergency clause and
will take effect Immediately.
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Senator Cahill Of the newly ere.
ated district-Grant county-is pre-.
pairing to push what many consider
an important bill. It is a reciprocal
switching bill and provides that rail-
roads serving the same territory,
even though the rivalry may be in
tense and their lines may parallel,
they shall establish reciprocal switch
Ing relations. Mr.. Cahill Is from
Le1th, on the Milwaukee branch in the
southwestern part of the state. He
points out that Leith, in common with
all other line points, suffers from a
lack Of a switching agreement be.
tween the Milwaukee and Northern
Pacific. Machinery, according to Mr..
Cah1ll, from Fargo must be shipped
by way of Ortonville and be from one
to three weeks in transit. Mail from
Bismarck reaches Leith three or four
days late, after having travelled out
into Montana and back again. Car
lot service cannot be had from Man
dan or Bismarck because transfers
must be made at Elgin or New Leip-
zig.
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Labor legislation is expected to
have an impetus now that A. W.. Bow
man Of Fargo, representative of the
North Dakota Federation Of Labor,
has arrived in Bismarck. Mr.. Bow.
man will work in the interest of q
workmen's compensation act, a min
1mum wage law for women and chill
dren employed in factories, depart.
ment stores and similar places and
also regulating the hours of their en-
ployment. 1t has not been determined
who will introduce these measures.
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The report Of the Joint committee
on printing has been submitted and
accepted. 1t provides that there shall
be published 700 temporary and 500
permanent journals daily, 1000 copies
Of each bill and 1000 calendars. Cal
endars are to be supplied newspa-
pers, public officers, commercial and
farm organizations, libraries and
clubs, while each member of the
house and senate has the privilege Of
mailing a copy of each to five per.
sons whom he may designate.
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It is reported from the Nonpar-
tisan league caucus that a draft of tho
new constitution for the state Of
North Dakota will be introduced in
the house of representatives within a
few days. The league legislators,
without a dissenting vote, have ap-
proved the draft of this new constitu-
ton as far as it has been completed
up to the present time. League leg.
~islators have been at work for some
time drafting the new constitutional
proposals and there is believed to be
no question but what it will pass the
house by a large vote.
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Senator Kirkeide's bill providing for
the manne Of the investment of state
funds in municipal, county and school
corporations, and Senator Ellingson's
bill providing compensation for limo.
cent persons w%rongfully imprisoned
are in the hands of the subcommittee
of the committee on state affairs.
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H. B. No. 13, Miller, aims to amend
and re-enact section 6,073 Of the COM
piled laws OF North Dakota as amend
ed by the session Of 1915, defining
usury and fixing a penalty therefor.
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H. B. No. IL, Walton, is to declare
the law and settle the question con-
corning the time for the commence
ment Of the term of Office for judges
Of the supreme court.
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H. B. No. 16, by Wood, is to amend
section 6,977 of the compiled laws Of
North Dakota and providing for a me-
chanic's lien for repairs upon personal
property.
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S. B. No. IL has passed the third
reading. This bill was introduced by
Lindstrom of Burke and Divide and
a constitutional amendment