Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-26
CONSIDERABLE DEBATE IN
HOUSE ON SHERIFF BILL
ONLY SEVEN BILLS OFFERED FOR FIRST READING SCHOOL
LANDS BOARD INVESTIGATION REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
AFFAiRs-NEw KIND OF CONCURRENT OFFERED
HET1INGER-N lNE BILLS PAS.
sAGE-sHERlFF OPTED

When house bill No. 1917, introduced
by Mr.. Price of Cass county, came be
fore the committee of the whole hous>
for consideration yesterday aftern con
the only rupture i'll the days proceed
:ngs of the low house resulted. The
measure provides that sheriffs, after
finding that delinquent personal pr op-
crty tax is unbelievable, shall make
report of such fact to the county. max
ing an affidavit to the effect that an
effort had been made to collect the tax
in question. For making such effort to
collect and for the filing of the afidav-
its in question, fee of $l.OO is allowed
Colonel Frame. arguing in opposition,
to the measure, declared that the only
thing sheriff would have to do to col
lect the dollar would be to write on the
claims handed to him, the words mot
collected" and return the same to the
county. He believed that the sheriff
should be paid for the mony collected
and not for the money that he does
not collect. and in his opinion the pas
sage of the bill meant that the sheriff
would receive something for nothing.
Mr.. Sorlie of Trail county also spoke
in opposition to the measure, declaring
that he was unwilling to pay an officer
cash for something that he does not
do.
Mr.. Streeter of Emmons county was
III favor of the bill. and felt that the
sheriff in being paid fee, was being
Maid for his effort to make sucl, a COL
lection.
Mr.. Lee Of Ward county, sheriff OF
that county four years, was III favor
of the adoption of the measure. He
said that an attorney was willing to
pay the sheriff for failing to find de-
PENDANT in civil action. and he felt
that the sheriff was just as much cnti-
tied to payment when he had failed i'll
finding a delinquent personal property
tax payer.
Colonel Frame, speaking again
against the measure, contended that the
bill was bad.
Mr.. 1omnes cf Divide felt that il
the hill rroyi!ed for payment to the
sheriff for making al attempt to col
'"rt, that tn" right statute was not
being amended.
Mr.. Prize of Cass. father of the bill .
declared tina, s1crilfs were not dishon-
est, and that they were being paid for
work done when they were to be Civ,
90 for determining that delinquent
personal property tax is not collectable
On a division Of the house, the mo-
'icn that the bill be recommended fu:
indefinite postporemcnt was defeated
and on the second vote a motion for i
favorable report was carried.
The resolution providing for an in
vestigation into the methods of the state
board Of school and university lands
was received from the senate, and on
the motion of Mr.. Sorle of Trail, was
referred to the committee on state at.
fairs. The resolution is one that Mr..
Sorlic said the house was not acquai''t
ed with. and for that reason he TT
that it should be referred.
In the report Of the committee witt,
reference to the journal, it appeared;
that the name of Mr.. Akesson of Cas-.
"o''ntv as voting against the income tux
bill had been omitted. Mr.. Akesscn ex-
nlaircd that he was not in realit, op.
noced to TIE bill. but that it had been
SLIGHTLY misunderstood by him. Tie
journal however. was corrected.
On the final passage of bills some
n"rStion arose over II. 3. No. 2. pro-
viding that no Intoxicating liquors
>!!c''1d be Introduced on the grounds of
coral or charitable institutions of the
s+;te. The bill also excludes narcotics
ard sore members felt that this would
har tn" usc of tobacco, but the super
;rtcndent is given the power to use his
discretion III strict enforcement of the
rc'e. The bill was passed
\ "orc""rcnt resolution slightly ont
If the ordinary was passed by the
house. beirg introduced bv Mr. johns
of }|cttinecr county. 1t extended COR
~ratrlnticns to Representative O. P.
Iordal Ct Sheridan county over the ar
rival of t!1r first borr--a baby girl.
who arrived Tuesday morning.
Hills rcnortcd bv committees. the
bills on third reading and final pas
sage. senate bills on first and second
reading. and rev bills introduced. fc!
low:
Bills indefinitely Postponed.
u. r. No. 121-Williams. Providing
hit railroad companies construct
hresh;rg machine 'rading platform
,t-.rc annual brs;rcss IS over SIS 600.
II. B. NJ. 57.--Defning usury.
Fl. =. No. 5S-Tuttle Relating to
oans and usury.