The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-24
QUADRENNIAL
MEASURE TO
PASS SENATE
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advice Of the senate to appoint all o.
the state officers. secretary Of thu
state. state auditor. state treasurer
etc.
Four bills were passed by the SEN
ate.
Senate Bill No. 6. Ellingsen, provid-
ing for the compensation of persons
wrongfully imprisoned. was the first
OF four to be passed. This provides
that the governor and the members
OF the board of control shall consti-
tute a board Of relief for persons who
shall have served time after having
been wrongfully convicted. The orig
inal bill carried an appropriation OF
$4,000. AS amended and passed this
appropriation was disallowed.
Senator McLean's bill Nos. 26 and
~, providing for the quadrenpial SEES
sions Of the legislature and the length
of the legislative sessions. were both
passed. One provides that the state
legislature shall meet every four years
after the next session in 1919. and
that the legislature shall then con-
vene for not more than ninety days,
except that the first legislative as
sembly after the adoption of the Nc
Lean amendment shall continue for
120 days. Both Of these bills are Of
fered as amendments to the constitu-
IIOut ID DC IdlluSu ny ING hCAL tOEtS~
lative session and then submitted to
a vote Of the people in 1920.
Lengthsn County Terms.
Another bill by Mclean on which
the majority Of the members of the
senate placed their stamp Of approval,
was S. B. No. 30. This is a constitu-
tional amendment to go to the next
legislative assembly and then to the
people, providing that all county Of
ficers shall hold Office for terms of
four years instead of two as at pres
ent. This includes the auditor. reg
lister Of deeds, treasurer, clerk of
court. probate Judge, sheriff. states
and superintendent Of
schools. The bill further provides that
the legislative assembly shall make
such provisions for other county and
officials as they see fit. It
further provides that the sheriff. and
treasurer shall not hold office for more
than one consecutive term.
Anxious for Passage.
II trust that the legislature will see
fit to pass the bill introduced" in the
senate yesterday afternoon by Sem
ator Jacobson said Chief Game
w. F. Reko this morning. IF
the members Of the legislature knew
Of the hundreds and hundreds of
HO"lS ODJCC-
tons we game officers receive con-
the damage done by beavers.
they would not hesitate a moment to
the measure"
The Jacobson provides that an open
season on beaver and otter shall be
declared from January 10 to April 10
Of each year. Trappers or hunters
must secure licenses from the county
and pelts of any animals
10 On h.
auditor within the dates embraced in
the open season, and that official will
mark the hide and return 1t to the
owner. This provision Of registration
Of hides, it is claimed. would tend to
prevent the killing Of beaver in closed
season. The law provides that having
in possession any hide unmarked by
the county auditor, at any period 9TH
er than in the open season, shall be
game laws. The penalty is fixed at
not less than 800 nor more than 5000
for each offense. Because of the de-
mand for the removal or killing OF
beaver which are raising havoc with
trees along streams in western North
Dakota, the emergency clause is at
tached.
eastman Act In.
A verbatim copy Of the eastman |
act Of Minnesota, which bases freight |
rates entirely on mileage rather than |
under the present terminal or division |
system, was introduced in the senate |
yesterday afternoon by Nelson Of
Richland.
This bill is based on what are now |
claimed to be discriminatory tariffs. |
An example is given in the cities OF
and Bismarck. Located but |
six miles apart, on the opposite sides |
Of the Missouri river, Mandan pays a |
far greater rate on freight shipments |
from the east than does Bismarck. It |
is further asserted that under the |
present system Bismarck, Valley City |
and jamestown shippers have to pay !
the same rate to western |
points as Fargo shippers.
Cahill of Grant county introduced |
bill No. rs relating to the transfer |
facilities, and to force reciprocal
switching relations. This is aimed /
at conditions at New |
Leipzig and Elgin, in Grant county, |
rs well as at Mott in Hettinger coun-
ty where the Milwaukee and the |
Northern Pacific refuse to transfer
cars, hence forcing shipments from
nearby towns to go via the Milwaukee
10 Aberdeen, thence to Mandan and
return to within a few miles of the
town where shipment originated.
s. B. No. rs introduced by the
Judiciary committee relates to the
calling in and payment Of any judge
# another judicial district, when the
home judge is disqualified.