The Dickinson press., 1917-02-03

free from infections, contagious or
loathsome disease, according to one of
the provisions Of House Bill 81, intro
duced by Representative Keitzman
late Saturday afternoon.
The house committee that investi-
gated State Auditor Kositsky's charg-
es that the auditors office was incom-
pletely and inefficiently handled by
Carl ~Jorgenson, former auditor, made
a report Monday completely vindicat-
ing that ex-official. The committee
found that Jorgenson had conducted
the office competently and efficiently.
The light of day for the advocates
of a less strenuously enforced Sunday
law, is breaking in the state senate,
where Senator Lindstrom's bill, known
as S., B. No. 81, and which declares
garages, cigar stands, news stands,
confectionery stores, etc., necessities,
and permits them to open Sundays.
was reported from the committee for
passage.
Representative J. M. Carigan of
Fort Yates, who comes from the
country famous for it's cattle rustling.
introduced a bill in the house late
Saturday afternoon, which provides
bail in no a S be less than $4,000 for
person or persons arrested upon the
charge of larceny of horses or cattle,
or who after examination are held on
such charge.
Jacob Rothschiller of Gladstone pre-
sided at a meeting of 100 German
fH Tm Q1C Of RIco Will T,,1cJory 10000 F.
ing. Attorney General LANCER spoke
Of a "bone-dry" North Dakota.
force every law, regardless of what it
stress upon the prohibition laws.
Representative John Weber's House
Bill 80, relating to the board of con-
troll of state institutions, would dis
place the present board and would
have the personnel of the new board
consist of an appointee of the COVER
nor, the attorney general and the Sec
retary of state, the appointee to be
ex-officio chairman of the board and
to be appointed for a term of six
years, his salary to be $4,000.
Sheriffs, constables and other peace
officers of the state would be substi-
tuted for game wardens, who are at
the present time appointed by the
game warden, under the provisions of
House Bill 1O2, introduced by Repre- |
sentatives Miller and Baxter, late Sat-
urday afternoon. The bill would |
grant trappers the right to catch |
beaver between the dates of January |
Z and April 1, which at the present
time is prohibited.
The house railroad committee
for passage Tuesday
Representative Hendrickson's bill re-
.ucing the passenger fare on rail-
roads in North Dakota to two cents |
per mile. This committee also recon-
mended for passage Representative
Mackoff's bill for the construction of
cattleways underneath the railway
tracks to provide the free passage of
cattle from a pasture on one side of
track to a connecting pasture on
the other side.
Representative Bert D. Arnold of
in a bill introduced late
Saturday afternoon, would automatic
make a child, or children, Of
not legally married legitimate
and would make the child an heir of
fathers estate, and would give
such child the family nam of the
Representative Arnold's bill
provides for an emergency clause,
claiming that there are no definite
provisions of law providing for an
automatic marriage contract to pre-
vent illegitimacy and protecting the
rights of both mother and
child. The bill is known as House
Bill ia.
House Bill No. a. was relegated to
the scrap heap by the Senate by a
vote of 20 to 20. This is the bill
which was framed by the N%onpartis-
ans for the changing of the consti-
Senator Cahill became quite
vexed when the senate voted for the
indefinite postponement of the bill, de-
that two years hence the
of North Dakota will raise in
their might, seize the capitol, the
legislature and the fullness thereof,
and, if it meet their pleasure, toss the
whole lot into the Missouri. He
further declared that he would find
pleasure two years from now to
to Bismarck to honor in
requiem of hold-over brethren
this years senate who would be
Missing. The reaso for the turn down
the senate of this bill was that
they believed the hurried changing of
me state constitution as provided