Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-02-16

OF the additional clerks.
Mr.. Bentley offered @ resolution to ex.
cuse the absent members, evidently in
order to prevent the house being held
under call. He said he had no know
ledge of the absent members desiring to
be excused, but he knew that Mr.. Wright
had gone to bury member of his family
and it was cruel and inhuman to send
for him under call of the house under
these circumstances. The absent mem
berg not paired were Messrs. Wright,
Elliot, Rinde and Severson.
The committee of the whole had under
consideration large number of bills
which were reported favorably, or leave
to sit again requested. excepting Mr..
Strom's bill regulating the operation of
tra' tion engines, which was killed.
An effort to get eight additional clerks
appointed resulted IN a storm Of pro-
tests, criticisms, etc, and the motion was
lost.
Among the important bills introduced
were:
Mr.. Newman: To re-enact subdivision
of the civil code abolishlng right Of
DOVER
Mr.. Cochrane: Providing n state
bounty Of $500 for the destruction of
wolves. Orders by county auditor re-
celvable for state taxes.
Mr.. Logan: Authorizing county
bounty of from So to 81 for wolf bounty.
The clerk announced a communication
from the attorney general. Mr.. Oliver
inquired If the attorney general had been
asked by q resolution of this house for
an opinion in relation to any subject.
The records did not show that any
request had been made. and Mr.. Oliver
moved that the communication be re-
turned to The attorney general with the
information that when they wanted any
information or advice they will ask for
it, He characterized the communication
as 'Rankaboo rot" and reflection npon
the governor and other state officers.
Mr.. LELAND moved as substitute
that the communication be read, which
motion was supported by Mr.. Strom, Mr..
Johnson of Grand Forks and others, and
was adopted by vote of q to 20. The
clerk had read about one-half of the
communication when Mr.. Hagen moved
that further reading of the communica-
ton be indefinitely postponed. Mr..
LELAND moved that the cGm-
munication be printed in the
Journal and be considered in connec
tion with the report of the investigating
committee. Laid on the table. Mr..
Strom explained his vote. He believed
10 treating the attorney general fairly
and he voted No.
Mr.. Walsh explained bis vote. The
law provides that the state officers shall
make their report to the governor and
their communications shall come to the
legislature through him; unless invited
by the legislature to allow this coumu-
nicatlon to be considered would be to
open the way to all state officers to air
their opinions before the legislature
whenever desired.
The motion OF Mr.. Hagen to indeti-
nitely postpone further consideration Of
the communication as adopted 30 to 10.
INVESTING SCHOOL FUNDS.
The communication was a document
addressed to the members Of the legisla.
ture opposing the conclusions of the
committee consisting Of the Public Ex-
aminer. aud Messrs. Blewett and Parsons,
appointed to investigate the investment OF
the school land money. This communi-
cation of the attorney general gives fully
the other side of the question as seen by
him. He desires the state to accept the
proposition OF Messrs. Fulton Il Co. to
return the school money to the state and
receive the school bonds back. If this
Is done. he says. lit will still leave a
deficit in the interest and income fund
of 81, 1872 80 as shown by the report OF the
committee; for that report states that
the interest land income fund has been
drawn upon to purchase school bonds in
the sum of S55, 1886, and that there has
been paid in premiums IN these par
chases to Fulton Il Co. the sum of $751;.
336.46, which subtracted from the former
sum leaves "a ,392 80, that is the amount
the interest and income fund will be
short when Mr.. Fulton has been returned
all the bonds he sold the state. This in
terest and income fund rs you will see
by reference to section l54 of our state
constitution IS special fund to pay our
teachers and run our public schools
throughout the state.
Next Monday it will be six months
since any money has been apportioned
to any schools of this state and the
teachers and districts have been re-
quired to wait. No apportionment was
made to them on the 18th OF November
as should have been, and the money that
should have been sent out to them then
has been retained and diverted from the
treasury IN violation of this provision of
the constitution to invest in a long loan
bearing 4 per cent interest. The people
OF this state are not overtiushed with
cash. They are unable to meet their
taxes as they now admit. The main
tenance OF the public schools for the cur
rent year is a public and absolute neces-
slty, and section l53 of the state consti
tuition Is very explicit that no state
legislature and no board of school and
university lands shall ever take dollar
ont of the permanent school fund to
make good deficit in the interest and
income fund, which latter fund for the
time being pays the teachers and runs
the schools, and the people Of the state
are unable to be further taxed to make
good this deficit. They need the money
for school purposes Immediately and
have been entitled to a part of it since
Nov. is last.
Additional reasons for the return Of
tue bonds are given by Attorney General
Standish IN that the state can moro