The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-01
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| Gals, and legislators.
Committee Hits Two Measures.
Last night, the house railroad COM
mittee held q meeting to consider two
S. B. No. 81, which proposed amend
| ments to the present clearance act and
the present caboose bill,
Both bills were recommended for in
definite postponement, and such reports
will go to the house next Monday.
Parallel Connections.
Rep. Staale Hendrickson, explaining
the purposes of H. B. No. 106, providing
for the construction of connecting wyes
between parallel railroads, described
the situation at Crosby, N. D., where
the 500 and Great Northern lines run
within 600. feet of each other. Indus
to heavy hauling expenses to load cars
| on the other line, and Mr.. Hendrickson
believed connecting wye should be
constructed to remedy the condition.
There was no opposition when the
bill was passed on third reading.
Liquor shipment Bill Passes.
H. B. No. 80, providing that consig-
neeS of liquor must make af1davits that
the liquor is intended for personal con-
sumption; was passed by the house.
This bill. when it was previously be-
fore the house, was debated at length.
Control Bill i'm Line.
The proposed new board of control,
as provided for in II. B. No. 80, didn't
back yesterday with the recommends
tion that it pass.
This bill, If it passed, would transfer
complete control of all penal and char
liable institutions to the new admins
tration, just as the regents bilh already
passed by the house, and now before
the senate. contemplates giving. the
administration control OF the educa-
tional institutions.
Labor Laws Come Back.
The women's minimum wage and
hour act, as we'll as the child labor bill,
are back before the house with rec
concentrations that they pass,
house labor committee yesterday after
noon.
The workmen's compensation act Is
still in committee.
Extend Time for New Bills.
Time was extended to the fortieth
day for the introduction of new bills,
because of the house recess. The rules
had prescribed thirty-five days as the
limit.
Numerous petitions were received
yesterday for and against the proposed
amendment of the Sunday laws.
Yesterdays business.
The complete record of the house
business yesterday follows:
Third Reading of Bills I'm the House.
HI. B. No. 80, Bowman-Providing
that consignees of liquor must sign
affidavits that shipment is intended for
personal consumption.
H. B. No. 81, Observation-Disclosures
of persons parading as blind, deaf or
dumb. for fraudulent purposes.
H. B. No. 81. MISUNDERSTANDING
hotels. etc, to display literature of the
North Dakota tuberculosis association.
H. B. No. 70. OConnor. of Pembina-
Increasing the compensation of election
officials.
II. B. No. 81, Keitzman--
handlers of meat to have health certi-
ficates.
H. B. No. 90 Maxwell-Curing trans
fers of property when conveyance is
signed only by wife, or only by hus-
band, in certain cases.
H. B. No. 100. Ravens and Bowman
Excluding farm lands from city limits.
H. B. No. los, Hendrickson-Requi
ing parallel railroads to construct con-
II. B. No. 1O4, Fraser-certifcation
of questions of law to the supreme
court.
S. B. No. 16. welford-Permitting
counties to build more than one bridge
over a navigable stream.
S. b. No. AZ, Hamilton-Constituti
power to exempt all improvements on
farm property from taxation.
Committee OF the whole House.
H. B. No. 71-Nonpartisan elections,
H. B. No. 75--Providing for the ap-
pointment of juvenile court commits
sioners, indefinitely postponed.
III. b. No. 77-Requiring railroads to
construct cattleways. Recommended do
H. B. No. 72-Two-cent passenger
fare. Recommended do pass.
New BiIIst4n House wednesday.
H. B. No. 176, Erb-Relating to the
annexation by school districts of adj
Joining terFifOrV.
H. B. No. III, Maxwell-Fixing the
compensation of jurors at 81 a day.
H. B. No. IT'S. Erb-Providing that a
five-sixths jury decision shall be bind
II. B. No. 179, Erb-Giving hotel pro-
prietors or clerks police powers in pre-
venting the drinking of liquor in hotels,
H. B. No. 100. Fraser-Locating an
asylum for the insane at Garrison.
H. B. No. 1s1, McManus (by request)
Relating to the duty of county audi
tor and the requirement of the trans
fer of real property as to taxes, deeds
and other instruments of conveyance.
HI. B. No. 1872, Lowe-Providing that
Ignite coal be burned in all state in
situations except where other coal is
obtainable cheaper.
H. b. No. 1873, Everson-Concurrent
resolution against liquor advertising.
HI. B. No. 1874, Prater-Relating to the
shipment Of cases or boxes, containing
bottles, and providing that certain adj
ditional facts be contained in the bill
of lading and freight receipt therefor.
such additional facts being full state
ment of the number of bottles, etc.
H. b. No. 1856, Whipple-Providing
that capital stock of state banks may
be not less than $4,000 in towns of
less than 400 inhabitants; that $4,000
be the minimum in towns between 400
and 1000 population; $4,000 in towns
of from 1,000 to 1000 population; $780,
900 in towns of from 1000 to 5000 pop
ulation; $4,000 in towns Of from 5000
to 1000 population; $4,000 in cities of