The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-01-26
APPROPRIATION =.
BILLS ALL IN
Wholesale Pruning Necessary to
Get Within Sum 'll1 AII Available.
new RULE DELAYED PROGRESS
Many Measures Awaiting Action q
Icom.,l 49, s.. ,., 0s.,n,o p,,,cted
ter ~ q Msmbers.


Bismarck. Jan. 23-The end Of the
eAtrd week Of the legislative sessions
finds the assembly with many bills in
troduced and waiting consideration,
but the usual proceedings OF the two
houses are delayed by the adoption OF
the rules by the house at the opening
Of the session providing that no bills
be printed except when reported by
committees. This rule was found to
work not at all we'll when the mem
bers got down to committee work. No
member was able to say what was the
nature Of the bill under consideration,
and 80 the rule wass finally abrogated
and the old rules for the printing OF
oil bills adopted. But when this rule
was adopted more than a hundred bills
had accumulated for the printer and
the work of the Legislative assembly
was accordingly delayed until the bills
could be printed. With the present
week the printed bills will begin to
make an appearance and The commit
~ viii ct busy.
+ + +
Practically all the appropriation
have been introduced and referred and
- total Of them makes tidy sum, in
dioaAing that there viii BE- necessity
for = wholesale pruning Of institution
and other requests. The various state
Institutions find themselves in the
Usual condition with institutions in
rapidly growing state-with demands
far exceeding their building accommo-
dations, and with many needs for tho
immediate future. Many new build
ings are being requested by the larger
institutions of the state. Some OF
these will doubtless have to be cut out
Of the appropriation bills when tho ap-
preparations are finally made up. The
legislative members who are interest
Cd in the establishment OF the MinOt
normal school are wondering where
their institution will come out in tho
final apportionment of the funds of the
state and fear that substantial reduc.
lions will be made in the original -
quest for a quarter Of million dol
lars. The appropriations committees
have not met yet for general consid'
Grafton of all the appropriation bills.
preferring to await the introduction OF
ell the bills so that general view
may be taken of the probable revenues
and the total of requests for appr0-
priattons.
The arrest of the retiring state treas
urer, G. l.. Bickford, was the sensation
Of the legislative week. The arrest
was made following two weeks Of M
mors of 4 misappropriation and short
- Of some 100000 Of the funds OF the
0ate. States Attorney Smith OF Bur-
leigh county moved first In the mat
tsr and the retiring treasurer was az
rested upon a warrant sworn out by
Smith. Subsequently Attorney Cen
eral Miller swore out another warrant,
but that was subsequently dismissed
upon motion Of the states attorney
and the retiring treasurer 10 hold in
vxV,VUU OOuuS Ou Lie WoI10AS OWVAA
out by the states attorney Of Bur-
leigh county. On the day following
tho arrest the cash which the treasury
Was short, something over $4,000, WAS
paid into the state treasury, 90 that
the treasury is now whole. This pay.
mont, however, does not affect the
criminal charge against the treasurer.
In the meantime there has been 10
organization of the banking institution
q which Bickford was president,
which passes into other hands. It 10
understood the funds which were 10
! paid into the state treasury were
raised through the surrender by the
treasurer Of his interest In the bank
and various equities. The whole mat
~ has been the one sensation Of tho
oeseion..
,rr. r + +
Investigation has in consequence o(
THE arrest been ordered into the CON
duct Of the treasurer's Office for tha
past eight years. The first resolution
for an investigation called for an In.