The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-03-10

ttlat t1Cket are nOnl noted re
gardless of whether each in
dividual candidate receives a
full percentage. Efforts tc
change the date of the primary
election fell by the way side,
and the third Tuesday in June
will continue the date of that
affair.
Corrupt Practice Act.
Corrupt practice Legislation
has also been approved and
the bill is now in the hands of
the governor, awaiting his
signature. The bill that was
finally passed is great deal
different than that adopted
several weeks ago by the SEN
ate. In the house new bill
was substituted, embodying
the principle but setting forth
prohibitory clauses into a far
less number of words than the
senate saw fit to express the
same sentiment.
Out of the investigation of
several departments of state it
is expected that new methods
of handling the business will
be adopted. This is especially
true of the treasurer's office,
the auditing board and the
game board of control, while
within the next two years an
examination into the methods
of the board of school and uni
versity lands will probably re-
suit in adopting more up-to-
date and approved systems,
more in conformity with the
volume of business transacted.
In the treasury office, closer
account will doubtless be KEEP t
upon the administration Of
affairs. Lack of method in
the handling of the game board
of control funds should be
altered as a result of the in
vestigation into that depart.
ment, while the auditing board
will doubtless use greater care
in exacting statements of ac-
counts before allowing the
same.
Insurance.
While it appeared at one
time that some very drastic
insurance legislation would
prevail, it now appears that
such work was not carried on
very extensively; there were,
however, two very interesting g
bills on this subject. One of
these relates to the insurance
statements providing that they
must be filed by March 1st of
each year and making it a
penalty for the insurance COM
missioner to accept statements
after that date, without sub
jecting the insurance company
in question to the 500 a day
fine, provided by law. 1t is
declared that in the past in
surance statements have been
received in the office without
regard as to time and that this
fine or penalty has not been
collected. Hereafter the in.
surance commissioner must
stamp the date of receipt OF
statement on such statement,
thereby affording a method OF
checking and determining
whether or not the fine in
question has been paid.
| Fraternal beneficial associa.
tions are affected by another
bill passed. 1t provided that
suicide is no defense after
twelve months have elapsed
from the date of issuing the
policy, In large number OF
the fraternal insurance policies
at the present time a thirty six
months clause prevails, but
hereafter this clause can nc
longer be carried. Old line
companies have been under
this provision for some time
and now all are placed on ar
equal basis.
Ten Year Term.
i Many mourned the untimely
death by the indefinite post
ponement procedure of the bill
providing ten-year terms fo1
judges of the supreme cour
and there was consequent re
joicing when it was resurrectec
on the last day of the session
and passed. This bill was fo
an amendment to the co nstitu
ton, 80 that one supreme cour
judge would be elected every
two years instead of electing {
majority of the court every si1