Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-20
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL.

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Bismarck March II, 1909.
TO the Secretary of State:
file herewith House Bill No. 327 board
provide for the and control of the SOL
ders home this without approval,
for the that the conflicting provisions in this act leave the
time of its taking effect indefinite and uncertain
Section of the act that the SHALL before the
adjournment of the twelfth Legislative assembly, nominate and ap
point with the of the senate three electors members OF
board board of control of state institutions
further provides that the shall fill all on the board
when the Legislative assembly not in session. Section eight pro-
vd control SHALL within days after appoint
qualification organize and the duties vested
said but shall exercise full control Of the institutions until
July 1911 Section nine provides that the board OF trustees now
charged the of such institutions SHALL and after
July 1911 have further legal existence and that all trustees now
the institutions shall exist
such boards and shall become vested the board OF control
which board authorized at said time vz l. 1911 to assume
and exercise all the powers vested IN or by
boards of Section eleven provides that the
shall visit the hospital for the each month"; and in such
visits shall be vested with the now granted any visiting CON-
hospital insane abolished and the members relieved
from further duty upon the passage of this act Section twelve
regular biennial report legislature covering biennial period
ending June tirteh preceding the regular session OF the
preceding the meeting of the legislative assembly,
Section fourteen requires uniform system of records and &C
the board authorized employ experts in the nst
the first of july 1909 the modern and complete
six weeks after the passage Of this act determine the kinds
quantities provisions and supplies for the institutions sub
its charge Section fifteen following and apparently in the
present tense provides biennial estimates of special appropa
tons to be appropriated for the use Of the Institutions
Section SIXTEEN relating suggestions the report to be made
the legislative assembly, and sections seventeen eighteen nineteen
twenty and twenty-five all apparently in the present
fourteen establish system of accounts in said nst
July 1902 and determine the kinds and quantities
Of provisions and supplies for such institutions within six months
The next conflict appears in section yree which provides
the several institutions holding for definite term shall continue in
office until the pratt OF e term AL o dnd super t @
L. 1911 and further provides that the superintendent wardes
other chief executive officers of the institutions named be
the board for misconduct neglect of Duty ncompeency
other proper cause thus apparently giving to the board OF con
fepent institutions Sections twenty-five tentveven
twenyeght twenty thirty tryone thrtywo thrhree
trtydve expressly provides SHALL prior July
1909 annually thereafter fix with the written approval of the
governor the annual month"; salaries of all the officers
gloves in the several institutions except such as are fixed by
legislative assembly, the board shall classify the officers and
pyes and the schedule wages so fixed become operative
July first of each year.
Section provides that the local shall be
eved of their duties July 1911 such local shall
proper for all moneys failing
the treasurer July 9o9 such failure Shall be
reported by the attorney general for action
The remaining sections apparently present
and harmony with the provision requiring the
the before July 1909 and
express directions before July
sign this bill would have law requiring the gov
send the of the members of this board the twelfth
legislative assembly, giving governor power appoint
of the board of control during vacation giving the the
members with the advice and of the
while and to suspend members of the board vacation
and fill all vacancies by appointment during vacation requiring
the board organize and the duties vested said
board within ten days after appointment and allowing them
exercise full control until July 1911 maintaining the
of all Of said institutions the soldiers home and char
table reoratory and penal institutions of the in office until
July l. 1911 aboishing visiting committees appointed visit the
asylum its passage and providing that said board by
committee its secretary appointed by the board of
control shall visit said institutions in place of the visiting
committee providing that the board of control shall install in such
institutions uniform system of records of 1902