The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
HOUSE AFTER
JACK NJ ANDREWS
EXPENSE ACCOUNT or PAROLE
OFFICER cRITIcIzED-PAY OF
COUNTY AUDITORS CUT.

Bismarck N. D., Feb. 2O.-The
house convened at 10 o'clock this
morning and Immediately resolved it.
self into a committee of the whole to
consider general orders. Kuhl of Nc
Henry was in the chair. A number of
important bills were aes.od on, among
which was S. B. SO, = Ilating the
salaries and fees of : ty auditors,
over which there was a scrap.
The county auditors'S ~, by Sena-
tor Martin of Billings :. >vides that
the salaries of county = lditors in
counties where the asses z, valuation
is over $15,000,O00 shall 6. increased
to $4,000 with all fees ct TOUT. 1t
lassed the senate in tina prn, but
was amended uron reachinl e house.
This amendment reduced tn alary to
$4,000 in counties over 3d. 300 as
sessed valuation. 1t entirel ut out
the fees. Later. in the house commit
tee on ways and means, the bill was
reamended and the $4,000 was replac-
ed but in the committee of the whole
this morning the salary was made ST.
500 without fees in all counties of as
sessed valuation of SO, 600, 900 or over,
which applies to Cass county.
Representative Price made big
fight to keep the bill from going into
effect until 1913. but through the eff
forts Of Colonel Frame it was made eff
feetive on its passage.
Other bills acted on in the Commit
tee were H. B. 81, defining public
warehouses, which was recommended
TO pass.
H. B. 75 was recommended to pass.
III. b. 295, regulating the admission
Of livestock into the state. to pass.
H. B. 100, defining intoxicating IL
quors, to pass
H B. 204, requiring railway com
panies to furnish sites for -four and
feed mills on their right of way and
fixing the manner in which site may
be obtained, to pass.
H. u. 291, relatinng to the compen-
sation of election officers and the
rental Of polling places, to pass.
H B. 1873, relating to the order of
succession, to pass.
III. b. 100, relating to annual state
-nents of insurance companies, to pass.
III. B. S07, to pass.
II. b. SO, providing for constitution
al amendment for the appropriation
Of fines and forfeitures, for violation
of state laws, to pass.
H. B. 345, providing for settlement
OF estate of decedents, to pass.
H. B. 4, relating to Naturalization
Of glandered horses, was again placed
at the foot of the calendar.
Over S. B. II there was considerable
discussion, resulting in the recon-
bnendation Of the bill for passage. The
hill provides fol indeterminate sem
fences OF persons convicted of certain
crimes and further providing that a
hoard Of experts is empowered TO
Nrescribe suitable rules of conduct and
treatment and determine how and
what person sentenced under the act
shall be pardoned or released Crlti-
cism was made of ex-Field Officer Nc
Andrews and his expense account in
connection with this bill. 1t was
stated that McAndrews gave much of
his time to managing The Fargo Daily
News, now The Courier-News, which
should have been devoted to official
duties, and that much money was I'M
necessarily expended in making trips
between Fargo and Bismarck which
were for business reasons purely,
causing expenditure If $4,000. which
might have been averted.
Special Orders.
The special order bills for this aft
ernoon are the excess expense account
of Humane Oncer Blake and the bill
for the board of control for the penal
and charitable institutions.
New Bills.
Representatives OF Richland County
Fixing terms of court in Fourth ju-
dicial district.
Knox-Prohibitin the drawing of
checks and drafts when the drawer
lad no funds. in the bank.