

IOTA. 



testimony of accomplices. Ti 



1 preM-nt- ti corroborating tvMiiuoiiy 



to wn: '"it in th f the 



Supreme Cotir :iglc feature of the oor- 



: !. :;i;::ij -' ::. : i V OOOMt WitUn tb* l) - ' < nt 

 of I ho statute. Th new trial was granted \ 

 !y Track. Ireland, ami Coudo- 



taken from the' county jail at \Villianisport and 

 hanged by a mob of 25 or .'." in. -n. Tl. 

 eased men ul in llurlcigh County. 



death 'k and Ir.-lan.l left the 



i thev were di>- 



;od and taken t.. the r.-<T\at:..n under a guard 

 nf hi' 



Ix-i. siwsloB. The Hfth legislative sea- 



ftionbcfrn! i March (>. I'.. \. 



eaker of the House and < '. II. Lit- 



Ue president ;ro t><n. ..f the Senate. 



'.'!. MM in the I'n ited States 

 and he was nominated for re-election 

 .mcus by Jl vote of 45) a- 



. and was elected by a v< 

 ^enate and -i:i in the House. William A. 

 Hcntiey. the candidate of the Democrats and I'opu- 



. ; vote* in the Senate and 1? Ill the 

 II 



The total number of bills passed was 161. ..f 

 which 152 became laws. The Governor vetoed 19, 

 and 10 of these were passed <>\. r ihc veto, being 



appropriation bills that were passed <-n the la-' 

 of the session, a.-* follow : Agricultural <<., 

 000: agricultural college. $10.000; normal school, 

 Valley City. ? . . -nnal -chool. Mayville, 



$20.900: deaf school, $1 '..,':.": insane hospital, 

 $10i.7:o; university deficit, $8,500; univ, 

 fotVnO; Penitentiary, s- SoDM, 



$18,2001 The reasons given for the veto were the 

 lack of time to consider the amounts and the fact 

 that the aggregate was largely in excess of the 

 probable revenue that would be applicable to the 

 purpose. As the caucus conference commit tee was 

 unable to agree on a plan to reduce the appropri- 

 ation and the Governor would not withdraw the 

 vetoes, the bills were again passed. 



A bounty on the destruction of wolves was pro- 

 vided for; a lew of one tenth of a mill is to be 

 made for the purpose. 



A new revenue law was enacted making many 

 changes in the manner of levying and collecting 

 taxes and correcting the conflicting and an. 

 ous provision*, of the former law. A retroactive 

 tax law pn>\ ides for taxation of all property on 

 lands not owned by the owners of the buildings 

 which has escaped taxation since 1889. This is 

 designed to tax property located on the railroad 

 of way. 



net to facilitate the collect inn of delinquent 

 taxes for 1895 and preceding yean is estimate. 1 to 

 involve about $670.270 in the counties ami Jf:r>0,000 

 to $500,000 from railroad companies. 



It was provided that grain commission men or 

 dealers must file a bond in the sum of $10.000 with 

 . retary of State to guarantee their payment 

 of sums due to farmers who ship grain. 



A law was made to compel i companies 



to pay taxes of 5 per -nt. on gross premiums for 

 1W7 and Si per cent, after that year. The lau 

 ing insurance was omitted from the revised codes 

 of 1885, and this bill provides for the 1896 tax now 

 unpaid. 



The law limiting !<>an by State banks to three 

 times the amount of capital was repealed. 



The election law- w, r- -.amended that lu-reafter 

 a car. tme ran n.. .-.. . n the "flicial ballot 



more than once. If norinna f .-d !% \\\ <.n- th.-t: 

 party, he must choov the ,m- on* whose tick 

 wishes to appear. The new law also provides for a 



ate ballot for all constitutional amendments. 



pear in full on the ballot, an 

 any other queMn-n oilier than the .-election of pub- 



1k officer* 



Th. net law \\. 



bill provides for a i I ninety da\s in a 



t as a qualification. 



It \sa> provided that any distn. ..rian 



le. horses, or xlieeptliat li. 



ill into hi- district from another 

 unloaded to graze and run at large, and charge a 

 nts for each sheep, i;, eenl 



of cattle, and f 1 for each head of horses. 



A n. u railroad law was enacted under which the 



iiliiu 



..f the time I he law laL U) ti \ 



maximum rates for the common carriers of the 



The law also mill 

 other matter* in ihe ivpilat imi> "f comin< 



A tax commiioii was appointed to adju-: 

 ilelimpieiit taxes of the Nortliern I'ai-ilie. The fol- 

 lowing concurrent resolution t.as>ed b<.th houses: 

 "It being evident that railroad property within (In- 

 State is returning good re\-nue on capitali/.ation. 

 tig from $24,000 to $60,000 per mile, while 

 ig taxes on mere nominal valuation, and the 



venue for State institut 



apparent, the State Hoard of K|uali/.at ion is h. 

 directe.l to ac-s all railroad property at a just and 

 .dilation, which in no case in future shall U: 

 laH than $.-.INMI per mile." 



A bill to forbid the use of convict labor for 

 manufacturing or other purposes was amend, 

 as to permit the -ale of convict farm product- 

 brick, and was passed in that form. < 'lie propos- 

 employ con\icts in mining coal for State 

 in-lit ut ions was defeated. The educators of tin- 

 State in conference prepared u bill, which was 

 passed, making changes in the -diool laws, which 

 are not radical, but tend to simplify the work of 



te hepart mcnt of In>t ruction. 

 The laws in regard to the appointment of Peni- 

 tentiary and reform school boards were amended. 



A memorial to Congress was adopted, asking the 

 reduction of the price of school lands to $5 an acre. 

 Concurrent resolutions were carried expressing- 

 sympathy with the Cubans, and re|ue>tinp the 

 Superintendent of Instruct ion to take measures to- 

 secure appropriate celebration of Lincoln's Birth- 

 day in the school-. 



The constitutional amendment proposed by the 

 session of 1895, giving the Legislature power t'- im- 



; '.-nalties for failure to vote at general 

 t ion s was also passed at thi- -e--ion and now goes 



to the people. 



The salaries of the Kailroad Commissioners 

 reduceil to $1.2(N). and it was provided tlia: 

 should have $'.2lM) u year for expenses. 



A Committee that wai appointed to examine the 

 workings of the prohibitory law submitted the tes- 

 timony taken, reporting that the law wa*. fairly 

 well enforced in several localities where publi- 

 tiinent wa- in favor of doing away with the li-puT 

 traHie; but that in other places there 

 violations of the law; that officers were el 

 with the understanding that they won! 

 force it : that licenses were issued under city ordi- 

 nances to sell -soft drinks "or run "-hootin/ 

 lerie-." which were in effect licenses to sell intoxi- 



A bill returned without approval was one cl 



ing the penalty the prohibitory law so as 



to make it read " fine or imprisonment " instead of 

 "fine and imprisonment." This bill cau-cd much 



rnent through the State, and it wa- a. 

 that *20.(H0 had been ..pent by the liquor in- 

 to carry it t hrough. It was defeated the day be f< -re 



