Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-03-04

conslderatlon--lt can, il passed, do no
harm and contemplate no future ap-
preparation, and there is no reason Why
some such scheme should not be made
use Of TO keep our money at home and
build up another home institution.
BISMARCK, March lin Saturdsy's
proceedings IN the senate the following
bills were introduced:
Hanna, travelling expenses Of state ex-
aminer. also expenses of board Of univer-
verslty and school lands.
Senate bills passed:
Wishek's committee, reducing the ex-
penses of the commissioner Of labor,
printing public documents, printing and
binding.
Appropriations: Erection and main.
tensnce OF reform school; funding Sol.
diers home certificates; reimbursing
BurIeigh county for wolf bounty trials;
$36, 5000 for capital maintenance against
$4,000 asked by the governor.
Concurrent resolutions, Hanns's in
vestment OF school funds IN state war
rauts. Little's raising the debt limit.
The firemen's tournament approprla-
tion was killed.
House bills passed.
Richards compromise OF Northern
Pacific taxes.
Another years residence divorce bill
has been passed in the house.
Twitchell's bill taxing express, te]e-
graph and other corporations, and
Hawks, independent school district
barred from voting for superintendent,
were also passed.
Killed: Powers, superintendents Of
election; Lindstrom's, convict coal
mining; Green's, election; Ryan's, liabil-
ity Of corporations; Korsmo's, poor farm
uperintendent.
Lenz' memorial for election OF United
State senator was reported on favorably.
The bill that passed the senate reduced
clerk hire in several state departments q
total of s., 400; the item of $500 for copy
ist supreme court was stricken out; also
sl.5OO additional for clerk hire for public
examiner. Supreme court reporter fees
cut from $500 to $500. Salary school
land commissioner cut 10 1,5OO.
Seventy five railroad men at Msndsn
petitloned against 81. B. 12l-the Iowa
law.
The house passed, by party vote, the
election bill prohibiting name appearing
more than once on official ballot. Killed
Heskin's bill prohibiting license Of soft
drinks by cities; also the referendum
bill; the bulletin Of passenger trsins;
abolishing railroad commia sioners. Bills
were introduced reducing salary Of
county treasurers, register of deeds,
judges, auditor and superintendent of
schools.
President Worst Of the agricultural
college states the institution has reached
the full limit Of its accommodations for
pupils and If the government appropria-
ton is to be obtained as designed, fur
ther additions will be needed, such as .
new chemical laboratory. A wing is pro-
posed for this purpose and is badly
needed; also a sewerage system.
The report Of the house committee on
expenditures shows the books in the
mt t1on ~ n
| especial care is urged in the acceptance
| of vouchers. In the treasurer's office all
the accounts are in good shape, and the
settlement of the $63, 900 IN suspended
| banks 10 recommended to be left to the
treasurer, the committee beng confident
| that the state will suffer no loss. The
| Office Of the insurance commissioner has
collected nearly $4,000 10 fees aud taxes
for the two years, at an expense OF about
$4,7OO and only Si4 uncollected from
companies. The report of the officer was
printed at saving Of $1,000 over the
previous administrator. In the Office
Of the superintendent of ublic instruc-
ton, the expense is reported too large
aside from the salaries, and greater care
is urged in the selection OF books for the
library and better system OF book
keeping is aeked to be adopted. In the
office OF the railroad commission, the
expense has been reduced oveT previous
administrations, but the committee
Thinks further reductions can be made
| without detriment to the interests Of the
state. In the Office of the land commits.
sioner decided improvement Ia found
in the system Of bookkeeping, ard IN the
office OF the attorney general no charge
has been made for travelling expense,
! and economy has been the watchword in
! every feature. A recommendation is
| made for the employment of a stenoera-
| pher, in addition to the present Office
force. The office of the state examiner
has been we'll managed, ana provision
should be made for the additional duties
imposed by the new duties prescribed.
Closer economv rs recommended IN the
maintenance OF the capitol building.
The Fessenden News. one of the best
| printed papers in the state, Is running a
cnlumn from the NAtChitOCh0e hR. y