The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-30
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GronYold asked for the appointment
of a joint committee to draft a neV
measure, and the request was grant
ed. That committee prepared the bill
that was returned to the senate lat
Tuesday, unanimously passed by tina
body, and a short time late
unanimously approved by the lowe
branch Of the assembly.
Prior to adoption by the house
there was some discussion Of thu
measure, Representative Cole, d
Cass county, taking occasion Il
question the merits OF the measure
1t was finally referred to a com.
i mittee OF eleven members, to make g
/ study and report to the house the
provisions. The committee reported
favorably a short time later, and the
bill unanimously passed.
| COMMITS sIoNER TO SELL
GRAIN BONDS or COUNTIES.
A provision in the new seed grain
bonding bill that is practically GER
| tain Of cool reception at the hands
of at least the county commissioners
I OF the state, places the power of dis
| posing of seed grain bonds in the
hands Of the state commissioner OF
agriculture and labor. The commits
sioner was given a $4,000 appropria-
| ton to pay the expense Of placing
the bonds, and the seed commissioner
was given $1,000 for additional seed
| tests required in the case OF counties
/ purchasing grain for farmers.
| INCREASED LEVY FOR
| ASYLUM NEARLY LOST.
The curiosity of a newspaper cor
respondent was responsible for saw
| ing the bill providing for an in
crease in the levy for caring for
patients of the asylum for the in
sane at Jamestown.
It was early agreed that a bill in
creasing the charge against coun-
ties from SIS to S24 a month for each
patient should be passed. and the
measure did pass the senate and
went to the house. In the process Of
passing it. amendments were requir-
ed to legalize the change, inasmuch
as two propositions had been includ-
ed in the original bill, the other
proposition being relative to an
advance by the state treasurer to
the asylum Of $50, 900.
At some point in transit the bill
became side tracked, and when the
newspaper correspondent was check
ing up the bills passed last evening,
ii was found that the asylum meas
ure was not among those present.
Inquiry resulted in uncovering the
formally passed, and in a short time
ii was safely in the hands Of the gov
ernor for approval.
REDUCE PUNISHMENT FOR
CRIME OF SABOTAGE.
The punishment for sabotage, as
provided in s. b. No. q, introduced
by the senate state affairs committee
as q war measure, and passed by the
house Tuesday, was reduced by the
house to from one year to life In
prison for sabotage during the war,
and from one year to 20 years Tor
other forms Of sabotage.
The sabotage bill was passed
unanimously by both houses.
REMARKABLE SCENE IN
THE STATE SENATE,
What probably developed into one
of the most remarkable scenes ever
staged in the state senate occurred
late yesterday, when Senator Hyland
moved a standing vote Of apprecia-
ton to those senator's whose terms
expire with this session, and who
may not stand for reelection. SEN
ator Hyland declared that the work
Of the senate had brought the mem
beers closer together, and he was
confident that there prevailed no
feeling on the part of any member
but that each had worked faithfully,
and accordingly as his conscience
dictated.
Senator Wexford of Pembina coun-
ty. a Nonpartisan league leader, in
secondinE Mr.. Hyland's motion,
smoke feelingly Of the friendship
that he felt for his fellow members,
and he felt confident that the mem
bers were going to their homes with
mutual respect for each other.
Senator Allen. one of the retiring
senators, spoke in appreciation or
the vote given by the members. A.
a. member of the senate since 1871 7
when he claimed the second to the
last seat unoccupied. A few moments
later another man entered. asked II
the next desk was taken, and took
the chair. THAT man was Henry j.
IAnde. former attorney general or
North Dakota man learned 70
respect and honor as we worked to-
rether in this assembly. 1t was with
great sorrow that l learned that he
could not live long. AS / look back
over the eight years have served,
/ have a feeling OF friendship for
every man ] have worked with.
could not say a word Of disparage-
ment for any man ! have associated
with In this senate.
Senator Rowe, claiming distinction
as a member of the first state SEN
ate, and the sponsor Of the frst bill
introduced in the North Dakota SEN
ate, declared this special session had
been the most delightful he had ever.
attended, not because OF the legisla-
ton PASSED. but because Of the social
Senator Gibbons OF Towner county
traced briefly his own legislative
experience, depicting his entrance
eight years as a radical, until he
now finds himself clasSed as con-
among conservatives"
Next year, said Mr., Gibbons. al
dressing himself particularly to the
the hold over senators, and stand
patters il yCfu please. l have gone
the whole route myself, and know"
Senator Hamilton, Senator
Kirkeide, and Senator Ployhar, also
addressed the senate briefly, with
words OF appreciation Of their expert
snces In the assembly and treatment
at the hands OF fellow members.
Bills Passed.
The following bills were passed.
House Bill No. IAN act amend
Ing and re-enacting the seed grain
bonding act: providing for the issu-
ance OF bonds or warrants upon theI
part of the county for the purchase
of seed grain or feed; appropriating
rs, 600 for the use OF the commission
en- Of agriculture and labor for the
sale of bonds and 81 900 for the seed
Guaranty only.
House Bin No. 2--Appropriating
g5 900 to make the state depositors'l
~41n Wmmtv act DnRapd at the last as