Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-03-07
RE-, Wallace of jamestown Appointed
State Bank Examiner by Gov.
White.
c. r. Mudoett of Valley City and t
Young of Tower City, Asylum
Trustees.
Senate Confirms Appointments o1
Wallace and Mudgett, but
Not Young.


Governor White today appointed
r. E. Wallace OF jamestown state
bank examiner and the senate con-
firmed the appointment.
Chas. +. Mudgett of Valley City and
E. Young of Tower City were appoint
ed trustees of state asylum. a light
was made on confirmation of Young.
Messrs. Mudgett and Young, to sue
ceed Anton Fried OF Wimbledon, whose
termsof Office expires April 2, 1901 and
c. H. Shiels of Edgeley whose term
expires April 6, 1901.
TheInew appointees are business men
of prominence and will no doubt care
fully look after the best interests OF
the institution.
The senate smelling committee re-
ported that the laxities in some of the
state offices had been remedied by bills
passed. .
. The house passed the oil inspector
bill amending so as to give inspector
66 per cent of fees instead of full
amount. The Gaulke case was dis
missed.
In senate Cox of Barnes inquired
this afternoon about railroad liability
bill and said it was being Smothered
by steering committee. He asked to
have it,called up. The senate voted
against his request and stood by the
committee.
Bismarck, n. D., Mar. Con mo-
tioniof Representative Leech a COM
mittee was yesterday appointed to
investigate charges made against Sen
ator Lewis and himself by Clerk w. +.
Gaulke. Gaulke reported that he had
heard that Lewis and Leech were to
receive 81, 900 each for getting Il bill
regarding insurance companies passed.
The bill providing for the removal
of the capital from Bismarck to Fargo
came up in the afternoon. Leech said
the only persons in Fargo who urged
theIpassage of the bill were Johnny
Haas OF Moorhead, who had promised
to give $4,000, and Ed. Cole of the
Metropole, who said she would give as
much as Haas did," The bill was lost
16 to 81.
The wolf bounty bill was indefinite
ly postponed after much argu-
ment.
The appropriation bills passed the
house by an almost unanimous vote.
The Morgan road machine bill
passed as did also the bill for a Tor
rens land system. The latter bill is
expected to cut wide cash in the
business of abstract firms.
Eleven bills were killed in the house.
including Murphy's bill, city elections
even years, Miners, 81 per day for as
SCISSORS, Mallough's, Ignite coal for
county buildings, salaries clerks Of
court.
SENATE
The long and short haul railroad
bill was killed in the senate.
A bill for establishment OF electric
line from Bismarck to penitentiary
was recommended to pass.
The bills passed were:
Establishing cities as one precinct,
in order that right to vote might not
be lost by moving from one precinct
to another: investment Of sinking
fund of special school districts: sale
of public lands; state examiners sal
ary, deputy, and duties; salary of
county treasurers; examination of
building and loan associations: pub
lication of bonded commission houses;
defining system of free public schools;
city precinct bill; abstract of votes
published.
Bismarck, March 5.-ROutine pro-
cedure was the order OF the day in
senate and house yesterday. The fol-
lowing bills were passed:
223, settlement of claims against
sureties of state departments.
15S, coal mine inspection, amended
to make commissioner of agriculture
ex-officio inspector at additional salary
of 5000 year.
224, tax for free public libraries.
233, attendance of witnesses.
l54, taxation of express. telegraph
and similar companies.
147, issuance of bonds on land grant
of normal schools at Mayville and Val
ley City.