The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-03-04

"A fixed by law the l1th iee1sIaIss
assembly will adjourn and % up
The fiftietn day only fifteen bills ma
nasse1 bota houses the bushes
during the few remaining days vi
De conducted at a rapid fire pace.
The anal reading Of bills Is no.
being done so fast and voting star
I'D that L behooves every membe
to be in his seat every minute Q
each session, with his eyes anil ear
opea IL ne wishes to urge the pas
cage OF pet measures or try to pre-
vent the slipping through Of danger
Gus legislation.
The introduction. OF 50 many pro
posed constitutional. as we'll as stat
uatory. amendments has been freel!
criticized but it is apparent that thu
attention OF the present legislature
has been directed toward the en-
sctment of such measures as would
materially assist in tae judicious
administration of the laws already
on our statute books and it Is very
gratifying to note that very little
radical legislation will be passed
and that it will be more of a RENE
dial nature. be-. .'' +.
Among the important measures
that have 6een introduced and one
that is acknowledged TO have con-
siderable merit is the bill which
provides for the appointment Of a
board Of control to take the place
OF the various boards of trustees.
Such board is now in operation in
the state of Minnesota and under
It's direction of the various institu-
tons thousands of dollars are annu-
ally saved to that state.
Another important Dill is that
which provides for dividing the
state into congressional districts
and if it is decided that such an act
would be beneficial then the ques
tion Of these bills have been intro |
duced, one provides for drawing a |
line east and west giving US
northern and southern district, the
other draws line north and south
giyi- Us an eastern and western
district. There are many reasons
why the people Of the western half
Of the state should favor the latter
plan !
Prominent among them being the
fact that the state has never been
represented in congress by man
from the western part and while it
has probably not resulted in any !
great harm present conditions are
sucn that the western part Of the
state would be greatly benefited by
having at Washington represen-!
;ative who is thoroughly alive to the
demands Of. the people. 4
The report filed 10y the peniten- s
,iary investigating committee SHOWS (
hat there has been a woeful lack of
rood management in that institution.
They annually manufacture and sell
thousands of dollars worth OF brick I
md twine but there. seems to have [
,aen no effort made to have the
,ooiss show the amount manufac-
ueed' or to whom. it has been sold. !
The staff of expert accountants VINO 1
sre working, on the books will not
"; able to secure any sor
lnce and they contend That the
'ystem Of bookkeeping has been
almost worse than none at all. 1t is I
10 be- regretted that such a condit
= affairs has not been discovered
ong ago but it is hard to decide
gnerc to place the blame, the pubic j
Examiner claiming that it is not !
tmong the dities of his department. 1
che charges have been placed under
ourteen heads by tle committee up
IN all but one of which they will
lie complete. report before the
md Of the session They will not I
,a able to complete their investi-
CATIONS of the Irvine plant for tls
,eason that the accountants cannot
inish with the examination of the I
,ooks. Nothing was said Of the II
,ruei and inhuman treatme-t of pris |.
,ners but this will 0e given fully in |
ne final report. |.
The appointment OF committee I
" the house to investigate all state
sfiloes is not accepted very serious
b. It would take experts from three
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