St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-16

North Dakota university at Grand Forks, in
cluding S1O, 900 for water mains and plumb
ing; S67, 200 to the Sioux Falls penitentiary,
including $4,000 for salary of officers and
$3.50 for maintenance of prisoners and
officers; $4,000 to the normal school at
Madison, including $4,000 salary to
teachers and professors; $1,000 to
the School of Mines at Rapid
City; S25, 500 TO the Agricultural college at
Brookings; S5,065 for care of territorial
library and printing, Including $4,000 for
printing the laws; S33, 424 for the North Da-
kota penitentiary at Bismarck; S14, 900 for
Improvements on the Bismarck penitentiary
covered by the issue of bonds; miscellaneous
appropriations S21, ,430, including SIT, 500
Tor salary of railroad commissioners. The
bill provides that the levy of tax shall not
exceed 3 mills, and that the property OF the
territory shall not be insured. The final
section reads as follows;
Provided that no appropriation, provided
for in this act for furniture, labor, steam
heating apparatus or otherwise, shall in any
way be construed as an Endorsement by the
territory of the act of the capital commission,
or be construed in any manner as ratifca-
ton or Endorsement of the acts of said COM
mission in locating the capital of the terri
tory at Bismarck, in said territory; but such
appropriations are hereby declared to be made
to discharge moral rather than legal obli-
cation of the territory.
Additional appropriation bills were passed
for purchasing cards and session laws, S700;
to pay assistant clerks and sergeant-at-arms,
81, 200; $4,000 to pay for the New Orleans
exhibit; $l5, 900 for armories and militia
companies, allowing $500 for one company
in each county; $4,000 for maintaining ter
ritorial offices; $3.50 for drainage of capt.
tol, etc.
The last act of the house sent to the coun-
ell at 1920 a. m. was a bill appropriating
So, 600 for maintaining the principal terrific
rial offices for the next two years, but no
provision having been made for heating and
lighting the capitol this money will be ex-
pended for providing Offices in the First Ma
tional bank block for all state officers except
the treasurer, who will have his
Office in his own bank. This
will leave the capitol to be occupied only by
a deputy custodian for the next two years.
At 80 a. N. Gamb BILE presented in the coun-
Gil the majority report from the conference
on the general appropriation bill, announc-
ing that the house conferees had abandoned
the extra appropriation for the Vermillion
university and over $4,000 Of the house
amendments in favor of the Bismarck peni-
Tertiary; but insisted on other amendments
increasing the Bismarck appropriation, cut
ting off one item from the Yank kton asylum,
appropriating for capitol furniture, carpets
and steam heating apparatus, and also pro-
Yiding for issuing bonds to provide funds
appropriated for com pleting the Bismarck
penitentiary. Pettigrew made a vigorous
speech against adopting the report. He said
the territory had not clear title to the capt.
tol property and fraud had been
practiced in this respect, since only
right of use had been given. He would not
vote to add to this property of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company He argued that
the Sioux Falls penitentiary is enough for
the territory and one at Bismarck is not
needed. He believed the house had increased
appropriations for no good purpose and ob-
jected to its adding legislation to the appro-
priation bill. He said the public service
would not suffer if the bill failed Prisoners
and insane would be cared for Nickeus
thought Pettigrew had not seen a deed
of the capitol grounds. He said it was a
clear warranty with the only condition that
money from the sale Of plated lots should
go into building. Smedley said the thing
which hurt him most was it was not the
council. it was not the house, but it was
the ouside influences that covered them.
They had to choose between two evils. He
chose to vote for the bill, and so provide for
the insane and prisoners. Gamble said no
one could feel the situation more deeply
than he. He would favor converting the
Bismarck pehitrntiary into a reform school,
as in the original council bill but opposed
the house plan of at once completing it for a
penite ntiary. He was opposed to paying for
the furniture, carpets and heating apparatus,
because this was not the capitol. He had
been opposed to holding the session here
He would have been willing to pay rental.
If there was authority for an extra session,
or congress could be appealed to at once, ne
would act differently. AS it was, rather
than to see the insane turned out the 22d
inst, when the last appropriation expired, he
would vote to sustain the report. 1t was
either this bill or nothing. He favored keep
ing up public institutions. The majority re-
port was then adopted by 10 to s.
Both houses waited till after Z a. m for
the bill to be enrolled, signed and approved
The governor on approving the bill said:
| did want to send a message in writ
ing in relation to this bill. | think it ex-
travagant in some of its provisions, but
whatever is wrong in it can not now be
remedied.
The aggregate of the bill is s439, 339. so,
being about $41 200 more than when it
passed the council. OF the increase about
$4,000 is for the Bismarck penitentiary and
about $2l, 200 for furniture, carpets and
heating apparatus at the capitol
The Southern members are being much
disappointed at the resut.with two-thirds In
both houses and all the leading officers, with
apparently everything in their hands, and
that the capital was not moved, that the
capital commission act was not repealed, that
the appropriations were not refused for the
Bismarck penitentiary and that the capitol
furniture was paid for.
The governors vetoes were all sustained,
but few know how near he came to vetoing
the general appropriation bill. 1t would
surely have been vetoed had there been time
TO perfect another bill in its stead. The
governor had strong objections to this bill,
feeling that many of its provisions were ex-
travagant, but as there could be no extra ses-
sion held, and therefore no provision could
be made for the territorial institutions until
congress met again, and congress might
not give relief there was but one alterna atve,
he said, and 81 therefore sign this bill" 1t
was then 7:05 and quorum was barely left
In both houses.
The house refused to take action upon the
bribery investigation matter, but the accused
appeared before Judge Hare on Saturday
when Pierre was discharged and Pierce and
Wells were each held in S10,0 bonds, and
procured sureties. Most of the legislators
have returned home.
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