The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-03-18

A tuberculosis sanitarium to be
erected somewhere in the northern
part of the state is one of the institu-
tions authorized by the legislature
and a board has been appointed to Sc.
lect a site and see that it is beautified
and prepared for whatever buildings
may be erected. An appropriation of
$4,000 has been made this year and
this will be supplemented by the next
legislature. New experimental sta.
tions have been created at Hettinger,
in Adams county; Harvey, in Wells
county, and Mandan, in Morton coun.
ty, and mining experiment station
in Morton county, at Hebron.
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The state officers salary bill was
one that passed on the last night
of the session and it increases the
salary Of the governor by s1,500
year and that of the state officers by
$3.50, with a provision that the off,
GERS to avail themselves of the bene-
fits of the bill must live at Bismarck
and give their personal attention to
the duties Of their Offices. The rail-
road commissioners get a $4OO a year
increase in salary, the secretary an
increase from $1,000 to $4,000 and the
clerk of the supreme court an increase
from s1,50G to $4,000 q year. The state
bank examiner also gets an increase
in salary and gets two additional as.
sistants, so that the matter of salaries
and new officials was pretty well pro.
vided for by the legislature.
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All Of the appropriation bills have
passed practically as anticipated in
these letters and practically all of
them will be approved by the govern
Or. So far he has vetoed only two
appropriation bills, one for 5000 in
aid of the G. A. R. of the state and
another for small sum to purchase
some Indian sites for the State His.
torical society. The appropriations
will run pretty close to the revenue
Of the state for the ensuing two years,
but 1t is believed there will be a safe
margin.
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Tho passage of the bill giving the
attorney general two assistants at 81,
500 year each was one of the inter
esting incidents of the last night OF
the session. Senator Simpson o1
Stark county opposed the bill, claim
ing the appropriations committee had
agreed to postpone it indefinitely. The
bill finally passed and the appoint
ments to be made under 1t are await.
ed with considerable interest, as the
activity Of the office in the enforce
ment Of the prohibition law, which il
the end most generally sought by the
ultra prohibition element in the state
will depend to some extent upon the
appointees. Already one or two spe
cial assistants to the attorney genera
have been named in the western part
of the state to have charge of the en-
forcement of the prohibition law II
the western counties.
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OF corporation legislation there wa.
little. the sentiment of the assembl,
was not In favor of further attack.
upon railroads and several drasti,
bills that passed the house did no
get through the senate. One of then
was to authorize the commissioner,
to investigate any rate on petition o.
twenty-five citizens, to make orders
failure to obey which meant a fine o
$500 to $1,000 day for the railroads
and largely increasing the powers o
the commission. A good many of tn,
members Of the senate felt that ther,
was already sufficient corporation con
troll legislation on the statute book
and the bills were lost in the Snuff,
of the last night. The anti-pass bill
never got out of the committee in th,
senate, although senate anti pas
bill was reported to pass on the las
day Of the session. The bill to pre-
vent discrimination in the purchase o
grain by elevators was lost in the sen
ate committee Of the whole and tn
bill to give the railroad commission
ers power to fix telephone charge
was reported back to the senate with
out recommendation end died nat
ural death.
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