The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-20

"a.
The vote on the clincher, by which
the motion to reconsider was laid on
the table, was the same, and the full
crew bill ceased to be an issue in the
Fifteenth general assembly.
Initiative Measures.
BY a vote of 20 to 81, the motion to
accept the minority report on Senate
Bill 100, Senator Wenstrom's measure
greatly simplifying the workings of the
initiative, was defeated; by the
same vote the majority report
so amending the bill that 1T re-
tanned no semblence to its original
its twin, 119, by the same author. were
shelved, indefinitely. The Wenstrom
bill would provide that anyone may
circulate an initiative petition and
requires only that signatures be at
fixed by the person who owns them,
no other assurance that signatures
are genuine being required. 8. B. 12O.
as amended, would have provided that
only notaries might circulate petitions
and that every signature must be GER
titled to. Every league member of the
senate, together with Lindstrom and
Putnam, favored the Wenstrom bills
in their original form.
A One-man Commission.
Senate Bill LOO, providing for a one
man tax commission, with the gov
ernor and attorney general as ex Of
ficio members, passed by vote of 20
to is, but the emergency clause, upon
which the vote was the same, lost for
lack Of the two-thirds majority re-
CURED to give immediate effect.
Those who opposed the measure were
Cahill, Ettestad, Hammerly, Hamilton.
Hemmingsen, Hunt, King, Levang,
Morkrid, Mortenson, McCarten, PEN
dray. Wexford and Wenstrom.
The passage Of the bill with the
emergency clause would Immediately
make vacant the commissionership
confirmation Of whose appointment at
the hands Of the governor now is
pending confirmation in the senate.
without the emergency clause, the
bill will not take effect until July 1,
providing, of course, that II passes
the house, OF which there is a very
grave doubt.
|. w. w. Bill Lost.
Because of league opposition. 8. B.
22S. authorizing and requiring rail-
way employees, as peace officers, to ex-
pei from any train passengers whose
fare has not been paid. lost by a vote
OF % aye, % nay and not voting.
The bill, the author explained was de-
signed primarily to cope with the ]. w,
w. problem. Measures of this kind
have generally been opposed by league
members OF the senate, whose purpose
in so doing has not been made clear,
unless it be that they believe restric-
tions placed on free travel may inter-
vest hands.
Senate Bills Passed.
The senate yesterday passed 20 bills
on third reading, as follows:
S. b. 29S, providing for LIQUIDATION
of state banks and trust companies.
s. B. 81, relating to elections for
the removal Of county seats, amended
to place county seats located on navi-
gable rivers in the same category with
those located on railroads.
s. b. 80, locating second hospital for
the insane at Rugby and making APP
preparation therefor.
s. b. 240, relating to sidewalk spec
cial assessment funds.
s. b. 173. providing appropriation
for accountants engaged on state
books.
s. B. 1872, to reimburse DIR. e. f.
Ladd for expenses incurred in de-
tending suits brought against him as
a result of enforcement Of pure food
laws.
s. b. 254, to provide for expenses OF
district judges when acting outside of
home counties.
8. b. Its, making il duty OF county
to approve bills incur
red in arrest and return Of fugitives
from justice and appropriating $4,000
to pay such expenses.
s. b. 315, making emergency apprO-
priation OF $4,000 TO cover per diem
and mileage account OF officers and
employees OF the Fifteenth assembly.
s. B. 213, defining the Thirteenth
judicial district
8. B. $50. providing for building Of
teacherages.