Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-29

Sof the state will be vetoed. 4
The penal and charitable institutions
will he provided for first and other In:
situations will be taken up after the
necessities Of these institutions are:
cared for. One OF the mattersfSof es-E
5peclal interest to the committee is
the probable decisio OF the supreme
court involving the N law requiring
counties to pay 500 a. year for the.
care of each insane patient. This law
Sls being tested IN the supreme court
and means q matter y Of 5000, 900 i or
$3.50, 600 10 the state In the way Of!
revenues.
s The initiative and referendum
amendment TO the constitution provid-
ing Tor the referendu OF oil laws, as
well as const itutiona amendments,
has been Rreintro dnced Id the house.
The plain bill covering the same sub
siect. but exclud ling constttuti onalE
In the. senate. The prohib itionists are
expected 70 fight the referendum Of
constitute onal & amends ents on the
theory that It would permit q vote to-
be taken on the submission OF tho
liquor5 law. d y &: fss.1ss
Aanumber Of the bills Of the state
I5sducatio nal partment have made
their appearance. incIud ding those for
the non-partisans NOM ion and cleo.
,tion OF state and county superintend.
Ients Of schools. These have been
|faYorably ported nv the educa tionals,
Ecommitte zee and have gone To the cleo
lions commit tee. The bill making an.
|appropria for rural graded ana:
district schools has also been intro
duced.
The state lcers salary bill calls
Tor practi cally; the doubling Of d; the
IEa1ary Of the officers through "a pro-;
vision for an expense account equal
10 the present salary. Under the con-
lstitution salaries cannot be Increased
Tor the term for which an OH Ger Id
elected. 10 that the provision for an
lexpense account sis the only means by
(which the increase could be made.
lafective The governors salary is
liked at $5 900 lind the proposed law
THAT OF other state oficera 81, O09 and.
IDf ths commissio ners af railroads 81
400. II ne hard ly likely that the bill
iwillS get through IA its present shape
land there is apt TO- beT consid erablei
Imposition to such an extensive In
AeEeRae in the salary acaIp. A. s}sa
The state fair, sFhi ct has been q
bone of contention between Fargo and
Grand Forks ever since the arnt pas
sage5ef the bill providing Tor u state,
fair at the two cities Ia alternate!
Pears promises ag ain TO beSR disturb
ling element and q bill has been pre-.
;sBented by Senate Kennedy ito locate
the ffairs permanen at Fargo and
make an appropriati lion DC ia. 600 an.
.nually This Will line up the par.
/ Eisans of the two titles and threatens
,so embroil them Id q hot fight &c the
bill ~ pressed, es ~ viii probably be.
II The new pure food bills have, been
Ipre seIlteds one Of them calling for
Islose supervision nv the state pure
Hood department of all cafes, restau.
rants, hotels, factories, conf artion-
I6riss. dairies and all places where
l1opd I'LL prepared for consump lon or;
Inals Another bill calls for the ap-
aplicati of the pure food law "a the
IBale of LIQUORS Imp orted into the state.
The supreme court has been Cd.
liarged III I'VE members. Judges Car.
Il mpdy and Ellsworth having been
IsWorn ID early siii tho week be- SON
late COMMITTEE has reported fayorably
1.-The bill 10 abolish the regular terms
siat Fargo and Grand Forks and hold
4 all regular terms ait Bismarck and
sIit promises 90 Cd througll the two
houses without serious opposition. 81
Protests are coming from bankers
ln various parts of the state against
1.-THE proposed hank deposit guaranty
INV which has Il good many support
4 srs 81 both houses and 10 endorsed
4 by both party pla forms An the state.
4 The postal savings bank matter Iii
SIaiso bafors the house and senate iii
aIthe| form Of d concurrent resolntion
presented nv sena tor Pierce directing
4 the senatoras and cone ressmaz, be the
Estate I'd oppose the postal savings
bank blu On the ground that 1T would
work hard ship TO the finances III
small communal Il as,