Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08
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require residence of one year, and passed;
Messrs. Eyolfson, Gleason, Spangberg and
TOfsrud voting no.
! HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. WALLENs: Allowing women to
practice midwifery without passing tech
nical examination.
Mr.. RINDE'S: For fixing salaries of
county treasurer, auditor and registers Of
| DEEDS
The political code. Those voting no were
Messrs Armstrong, Blackjack, Brainerd,
Flack, Fleming, Guinan, Herbrahdson, Till,
Holritz, HOrgan. Jennings, Korsmo, Myers,
Smith.
! HOUSE BILLS LOST.
Mr.. EDWARDS': For employing con-
yict labor in coal mines.
IN TIE HANDS OF THE GOVERNOR.
of county funds; Mr.. Davis change place
OF court, Wells county; Parkin's bill for
organizing unorganized territory: Greg
ory's relating to purchase OF territorial
codes.
| THE POLITICAL CODE.
j., Various amendments were adopted to
| the political code and it was referred ior
engrossment. 1t will come up Monday in
the senate on its final passage.
THE PROBATE CODE.
| The governor has signed the probate
code.
AS AMENDED.
The house adopted the senate amend
ments to Mr. Wineman's bill for the de-
posit of state funds.
THE VETOED BILL.
The military bill vetoed hv the governor
was made special order for Tuesday.
A MINORITY REPORT.
Messrs CRYAN and Rinde. the minority
of the committee investigating the matter
OF supplies and expenditure, made mi
nOrlty report, IN which they claim the aud
itors books showed a large volume of busi-
ness during the time from January l to
January 7, the tax collections during that
period aggregating $4,000; that this was
applied toward the payment of the large
number Of unpaid vouchers. The claimed
overdraft, as drafts for collection against
funds due the treasury had been placed in
the treasurer's hands for collections. But
as these drafts were not forwarded for col
lection but turned in as cash. there was an
apparent overdraft. The large volume of
the auditor and his assistants to post in
the books all charges and credits properly
made.
They explain the necessity for employ
ing special agents to settle TAX accounts
with the several counties in the state. and
that settlements were made with all but
Ransom, charging off illegal assessments
and other void taxes. About Sl25.O 600 taxes
were thus charged off, and proper credit
given counties apparently heavily in debt
to the state
!, They claim the auditor and treasurer
followed the system of accounts used bv
their predecessors, and that the books were
well kept during the past two years, and
that any person hauing even slight
knowledge of accounts could have ascer-
tanned the amount of cash on hand to the
credit of the several funds; that the late
treasurer made trial balance every
month, verified by the auditor, and the
books were found correct in November,
1894, by the public examiner.
They claim the printing was all author
lied by law or by the printing commissions:
that tie law prescribes the number of re-
ports to be printed in most cases, and in
others. it was specified by the printing
commission; that there was no unauthor-
lied printing; that the attorney general
held that printing of the fifth class was
not subject to contract and for that reason
reHuiSltiOn was not required for letter
heads and small work, VARYING in cbarac-
ter: that the change in law obliged the con
tractor to pay eXtla prices for Sunday and
holiday labor in order to get the work out
but added nothing TO the cost to the state.
They suggest that if reports are too volu-
minous they should berestricted by statute;
!, they compare Mrs. Elsen huth' 5 report with
that of Mr.. Ogden's and claim his is the
larger and that The law requires the
, "liftsd"' reports to so irto the report. They
! claim the matter was not duplicated eX-
cept the university and school board mat
!, ter. and that was justified by it's import
!, ance. They deny that it was padded
They, claim the offices were not over
stocked with blanks and other printing
and allege the supplies were for the con-
venience of the incoming officers; that
mucn OF the matter IN the reports could he
eliminated, as it is of no special interest to
the people.
AS to the disputed measurements, they
claim that lhe brewer pages with nonparleI
box heads and nonpariel foot notes We're
measured as nonparlel, and settlement was
maze suDloct TO future correction, but the
WORK cost nearly one,half more to get it
done in the short time allowed. Think the
benefit OF the doubt should have been and