Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-02-23
THE BOARD OF
CONTROL BILL
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PASSES HOUsE-PROVIDE FOR
PENAL AND CHARITABLE
INSTITUTIONS
Institution Appropriattons-Other
Important Measures

msuCutaOn ApprOpf1at1Ons-Othe
Important Measures
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Bismarck, Feb. 22.-in the house
yesterday the bill providing that rail-
road companies must place railroad
s'alcs ct every station was killed.
The bill was held to he without merit
and tonfscatory in its nature
Initiative and Referendum Bills Pass
Initiative and referendum bills,
three il number, were passed by the
house today. The Doyle-Ployhar
bill relating to both constitutional
and statutory enactments and the
Bessessen bill for statutory amend
sments. were the bills passed by the
house. The Bessessen and Gibbens
bills were passed by the senate, and
with the favorable action of the
house, got the next legislative assem-
bly,.
Board of Control
With a good majority the Hoge
bill providing for board of control
for penal and charitable institutions
was passed by the house yesterday
afternoon after it had failed of pas
sage at the morning session because
of shortage of votes, although it
had a majority of those present. At
the morning session the bill lacked
only one vote of being passed.
During the morning session about
an hour and half was given over
to the bill and further amendments
were made. AS it now stands it be-
comes effective July l, controls penal
and charitable institutions, with
board of three members An annual
appropriation of $4,000 for the
board is provided.
Thirteenth District Bill Passes
H. B. PIG, creating the Thirteenth
judicial district, was passed after
bitter fight. H. B. 215, defining the
boundaries of the Fifth judicial dis
trict was also passed. Speaker Han
ley ruled that while it changes the
boundaries it did not increase the
number and therefore did not re-
quire two-thirds vote.
Institution Appropriations
Bismarck, N. D. Feb. 21.-The
senate appropriations committee this
afternoon made a report on part of
the bills before it. The following
are the institutions and amount rec
commended to be allowed them by the
committee:
University and school Of mines,
Grand Forks, $147,2OO.
+ Farmers institutes $4,000 an
nually.
State humane society $4,000 annu-
ally.
Chemistry building agricultural
college Fargo, $65,0OO.
Penitentiary, $127,0O0.
Additional maintenance agricul-
al college, $25,00O annually.
Girls dormitory department of do
: nestle science agricultural college,
$40, 900.
State hospital for the insane.
Jamestown, $10l,600.
Reform school, Mandan, $3.50.
Science school, Wahpeton, $14,350
Institution for feeble minded, Graf
ton, $104,750.
Mining substation, Hebron, $685.
900.
New House Bills
NIX 424, Burns, requiring railroad
companies to carry brakemen on pas
senger trains.
&. 425, Dosseth, insurance bill similar
TO Trimble measure.
426, Martin, licenses for county
and state auctioneers.
427, Sgutt, relating to, hunting
42s, Default, payment Of costs in
extradition cases.
licenses.
42s, Burns, prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of firecrackers.
Cowan Investigation
The Cowan investigating commit
tee in the house expects to report III
findings Thursday. An effort has
been. made by out side parties te
make AZ appear this is an outside
sfactional political hght, favored b,
insurgents and opposed by regular:
not members Of the COMMITTEES and
much testimony that was supposed t
have been made solely to the com
u,ittee has been published by demo
cratic papers that are endeavoring t
keep alive the factionh differences
In ths republican organization. DIS
patches from Devils Lake, the ne nom 20
of the judge, say there is nothing