The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-08
North Dakota,
REPEAL OF WOLF BOUNTY
MEMBERS FROM THE STOCK RE
GION OF THE STATE ARE VERY
MUCH DISAPPOINTED
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Appropriations Are All Safely In
Importance OF the Sharpe An
portiOnment Bill and Other
Measures.


BISMARCK, n. D., March 7-(SDecfall
Inc members from the stock country
are deeply disappointed at the repeaI Of
the wolf bounty law. They have made
an especial fight for this and at one time
mad pledges which they thought would
pass the bill in the house. In the final
roundup, however, there was a maioritO
OF one to kill the bill, and its enemies
uld not take any chances of its coming
up again, but knitted the corpse. The
western members who have stood for the
appropriations in the valley are sore
Ihey say the valley members put
through all the appropriation bills for
the eastern part of the state, and then
Jumped on the only bill out of which the
western country gets any benefit.
The most important work CT the leg
lsiature has been done There is a large
number of bills yet to be acted upon. but
the bills that affect the general inter-
ests OF the state have been passed. The
apporionment matter has been settled
and the appropriations have all been dis
posed OF with one or two exceptions in
the case of special appropriations. Eliri-
hating the apportionment bill and the
Dill for 1-mill tax TO support the edu-
cauonal institutions of the state and the
session has been productive of little i'm
pCrtant new legislation There is an
1nnumerable number of bills affecting mi
nor interests, but as a whole the ses-
sion has been tame and unproductive,
outside the steps that have been taken
TO relieve the financial stringency and put
the state on better financial basis
For the maintenance of state institu-
lions the legislative assembly has appro-
priated $327, 500 OF this the asylum gets
100, the penitentiary SIS 500, the nor
nal schools SIS, 0G0 each, the deaf school
1850, the industrial school $4,000 the
soldiers home $20,3O0 the agricultural
college SIS 000. and S6CC0 goes to the deficit
IN the fuel account Of the asylum Other
appropriations that have passed or will
be passed are $32, 200 for the maintenance
OF the state capitol, $500 for repairs of
the executive mansion, 81 eco TO pay de-
felt in the salary of the state daily com
missioner and $1,000 for increased clerk
hire in the Office of the state treasurer.
The senate will make an appropriation
for the Pan-American exhibit, and this
will complete the list of appropriations
for this session
The Sharpe apportfonment bill is an
other important work of the assembly.
This redistricts the state into forty Iegis-
lative districts, with forty senator's and
100 members of the house As a COM
panion piece to this bill there has been
passed bill providing that the engross-
ing and enrolling of subsequent Iegisla-
tive assemblies shall be done by contract.
which will do away with political clerks
and is in the line of economy. Other
measures that have passed in the econ
omy line are the cutting off of the wolf
bounty and abolition of the department
of irrigation and forestry
For the better mana cement of state
affairs, state auditing board has been
created, to audit all claims against the
state. The governor has been authorized
to appoint a special examiner at any
time to inquire into the management of
state offices Completer records have
been provided for in various state de-
partments. Monthly reports of fees are
to be made by state officers and deputies.
Vouchers against the state must be veri-
fed by oath and itemized
For the reliet of the finances of the
state, funding warrants OF S150,GOO have
been authorized and negotiated. A spe-
cfal tax levy has been authorized to take
up $53,000 of asylum bonds, and these
will be reissued and the proceeds turned
into the general fund. A sinking fund OF
one-thirtteth of the bonded Indebtedness
of the state has been provided for each
year after 1901 by tax levy, to take up
the bonded Indebtedness of the state
Sales of state and Institution lands have
been authorized to furnish a permanent
fund whose interest shall go to the state
institutions, and an appropriation has
been made for leasing and selling these
lands A special tax of one mill annually
has been provided for the permanent
maintenance of the state educational in
situations. This will relieve the general
fund OF the state of an expenditure OF
$125,060 annually and puts the institu-
lions on permanent basis
In the way of improvements for state
institutions bonds have been authorized
for them, based on the land grants of
the institutions. Bonds of S21O.OOO have
also been authorized for the maintenance
of the Irvine plant at the state peniten-
tiary
Among the more Important Of the
measures that come Under the head of
new legislation are the bar association
bill regulating appeals to the supreme
court; the creation of a state board of
pardons the prohibition of insurance ex-
cept through state agents; the bin In,
creasing the authority OF the attorney
general in bringing prosecutions in all
counties in the state; the provision for
the relief Of needy farmers by the issue
Of seed grain bonds by counties, and the
reduction OF exemptions from $3.50 to
$3.50
Negatively, the legislature has killed
bills to prohibit the Importation and sale
OF cigarettes; to remove the capitol from
bismarck; to repeal the penalty clause of
the prohibition law and 20 establish a
system of local option to enact a
primary election system for state cleo.
tons; to create a state high school in.
spector and increase the allowance for
aid to high schools from $1,000 to SIG. coo.
Internationally the most important bill
passed is the uniform teachers examina-
ton bill, placing all teachers examina-
tons under the control of the state su-
perintendent. In the line of railroad leg
islation, practically nothing has been en-
acted. The repeal of the TwitcheIl law
for the taxation of grain in elevators;