The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02
NORTH DAKOTA.
IFS Constitutional Convention Still
Struggling Over the Preliminaries
Of Sovereign Statehood.
Some Of the Matters Discussed In the
Conyention...A Couple Of Completed
Documents Submitted.
SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS.


The politicians. and especially the aspirants
for Office under the state government. are
beginning to realize that the constitutional
convention has much to do with their pros
poets, financial aud political, and lively
interest is being manifested in the committee
reports, now being prepared and submitted.
They are particularly Interested in the report
of the committee on the executive. The
committee has agreed on its report and on
salaries OF the state officers. but will not sub
mi, it to tho convention for several days.
The salaries are as follows:
Governor. 81, 900: lieutenant, 81, 900: audi
tor and commissioner OF insurance. 2,lOo
each: secretary Of state, treasurer. superin-
t.,,lrnt of public instruction. commissioner
nf schools md public lands and attorney
general. 1000 cncl.
The committee also recommend thnt the
railroad commission consist Of three MEN,
hers who shnll he elected and whose salary
shall he s., 900 each.
SELLING SCHOOL LANDS.
The convention lus also agreed upon u
plan for disposing Of the school lands and
lee on school lands, with the request that il
I've incorporated in the constitution. They
ask that no school lands be sold for less
than $40 per acre without the consent Of at
enst two consecutive legislaturers: that no
more than cfourth Of the lands shall be
sold within five years and that ut least one
Iourth shall never tie sold; that lands may he
leased, hut not more than one section to one
Individual or company, and that no lease
shall he valid unless receiving the sane
,iun of the state board Of school lands.
DIVIDING TIE PROPERTY.
The commission for the division Of prop
rrtv bet ween the states of North Dakota and
South Dakota is still Il long way from I'M
agreement as to the basis OF division. l.. W.
Caldwell, OF the South Dakota commission
who states that North Dakota ha,i received
Sll3.DOn am, South Dakota S7:s,O0O ct
moneys for permanent improvements in
public buildings outside of the bonded in
dehtn1ness. acknowledged that he was mis-
taken and that the difference in favor OF
North Dakota is only $4,000. Mr.. Purcell
Of North Dakota produced figures to
show that instead of the balance being in
favor OF The north. South Dakota had r.-
,eiv@l over $4,000 and North Dakota
SG4,D00, thus showing that the south had
received nearly $4,000 more than the
north. These are simply Illustrations Of the
wi!c discrepancies existing. ]! Will he some
time before the joint commission w!l| agree.
ns an agreement cannot br reached without
q minority of each commission. The com
,nitttc on Legislative apportionmcnt is en-
lnrrnssrd by the drlay of the convention in
settling the question 81 wlcther the legsla-
live power shall rest with one or two bodies
and deciding upon the number to lbs elected.
SOME OF THE MEASURES DISCUSSED.
Ii was proposed that state senators he
elected for II term Of four years, and that
thry shall br divided into two Glasses, the
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