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NORTH DAKOTA. 



N. W. TERRITORIES OP CANADA. 



jorily report in every particular. The majority 

 (port was adopted. 



A proposition to resubmit to the people the 

 mMffooof pn.hil.inon was defeated. 



The Stale Superintendent of Forestry and 

 Irrigation wan made SUte Fish Commission* r. 

 jit/feh can be legally taken from anv of tin- 

 vatersof North Dakota, including the Missouri 

 and the KM! rivers, except by means of a hook 

 and line. No flan can be legally shipped out of 

 the Btato, And there are other rest 



A new game law was made, but as it was 

 I a part of the political code, it did n t 

 t diirnii: the season of 1895. A new 

 wa created, that of State game warden, 

 ntirebythe Governor. For a license or 

 permit to hunt with or without a dog dunn- 1 he 

 open seatnn a noorssident must pay fJ-V and a 

 nakUot of the State 50 cents. Prairie chickens, 

 juuau. woodcock, plover, wild duck, wild geese, 

 or brant may be killed only between Sept. 1 and 

 Buffalo, i-lk. dear, antelope, caribou, or 

 pjoMflin sfasep may be killed only between 

 and Dec, 15. 



of the birds or animals named can be 

 legally shipped out of the State. 



Two laws were passed relating to cigarettes, 

 one making it a misdemeanor to sell impure cig- 

 arettes or to sell any to persons under seven- 

 teen years old ; the other forbidding the sale of 

 any cigarette*, and imposing a fine of $10 to 

 $80. Ft is claimed that the latter law is uncon- 

 stitutional. 



Bounties were provided for five years on po- 

 tato starch, flax or hemp spinning fibers, and 

 twine suitable for binding grain made in the 

 State. For the eradication of the Russian this- 

 tle and French weed $30.000 was appropriated. 



An act providing for drainage in the Red 

 river valley will result in the reclaiming of 125,- 

 000 acres of the beet land in the valley. 



An act was passed defining intoxicating 

 liquors, covering the leading so-called " temper- 



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The Capitol commissioners reported the con- 

 etaekm of their work in building the south wing 

 of the Capitol, for which $50,000 had been ap- 

 propriated. Of this there was an unexpended 



"f $700. 



The House repealed the gross-earnings law 

 for taxation of railroads. The Senate also 

 the repealing bill, and immediately en- 

 one adopting another system of gross- 



taxation supposed to be satisfactory to 

 all the roads. This bill did not become a law. 

 The law of 1800, proriding for direct taxation 

 of railroad*, was re*n*eX 

 Aaonf other laws made were the following : 



property exempt 



toVnahip the power to vote 

 offpwtwt-book*. 



United States 

 involving a grant 



rV*Mif far 



of 600 or less with a 

 law to prevent fraud in 

 of inmates of the 



Penitentiary in making I'ri.-k for jml.ru- in 

 meats, and in improving roads leading t<> put 

 Station* 



iinor to abuse, o\, rl. 

 and niiikiiii: it t!.< 

 of municipalities t<> pn-\ 



printing $. r oo annually r<>r expenses - 



that In all case* in whi< h 

 duration of th- natural lilV <!' any ]x-r- 



.t particular mr- i mutrriul. tin- stati*ti< . 

 known a-, ti Mortality an 



.inn./ thr printing r sale at vulgar ..r in.lr 

 cent print* or paper*, nhcetM devoted to talch 

 an<l l.l<H..U) l( xl alone, and journals that make a spe- 

 cialty of this Haw* f matter. 



lemeanoR 



iv-rmittimr farm laborers to file liens u] 

 secure payment for \\ork <! 



railroad companies to provide a oj^^^H 

 nunilxT of l-raki-ini'ii to man trains not provided \\ 

 air 1' rakes. 



I'rovi.iiriir ' 1 government uii 



pcrance in the schools. 



iMUhiiiL' -ourt> of ronciliution. 

 I'roviding for a geological and naturul-hmtor 

 vey of the State. 



Creating the office of chief State veterinarian. 

 Creating a high -school board and providing a nys- 

 tcin .f hiifhi-r education. 



:i.Hliintr a ^urnishment law. 



Tin 1 Governor reduced tho appmpri..- 

 made by the legislature to State instituti 

 on the ground tliat tfic amount of n \. 

 able would not be suflirirnt. F.illnwin^ a 

 summary of the appropriations aft r i. diK t; 

 Insane Asylum. $128,500 ; I YniN-nt inry. $^,-1 ' 

 rnivrrsity. $15.080; Soldiers' II. .1,, 

 Agricultural ('..liege, $11,250; Mayvill.- N 

 Srlmol, $7,700; Valley City N.,Vn 

 $4.600: Deaf and Dumb School, $ir, 

 ^70. 



Noimnvr.sT TKKKITOIMI> or < \N 



ADA. Since 1888 these Territories hav had an 

 elective Assembly, and in 1890 th F. l, r 

 liament provided for full self-government 



l.cirislation. -The tifth aatnon "f tin- si-r,,u.l 

 Legislature of the T-rrit>ries was open< 1 

 gina on Aug. 2, 1894, l>y Li.-ut.-d ..v. char 

 Herbert Mackintosh, and was pror< <p 

 7. Among the measures passed th- following 

 were the most important : 



Respecting election^ to tin LcirMative Asscn 



Respecting the formation of irrigation dwtricts. 



Toamcixl the li<iuor-li<*rnM' ord'n.. 



To prevent trepa8 in pursuit of _ 



For aiding in tin- eonntruction of the Wolseley and ' 



Railway. 

 Respecting exemptions from seizure and sale tmbw I 



Respecting the establishment of f 

 Respecting th. profession of medicine an-1 itii 

 Relating to mortgages and sale of peraoi 

 The powers given to the North w. 

 riesar as those IK- Id l-ytl. 



.:ni<Mi. with the single except. 

 it t.. li.irrow m"H.-y upon th-ir own - 

 Immediately after ttprorogatif)ii <>f t ; 

 setnlily t \\r elections took place un.lcr i! 

 ballot regulations and with iruTnuscd represen- 

 The Premier. I'. \\'. C. Ilaultain, was 

 sustained by a good majority. 



Thf first session of th<- third Assembly was 

 opened on Aug. 29, 1895, with a speech from the 



