The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-21
SALARY RAISES
ARE ASKED FOR BY
COUNTY OFFICERS
States Attorneys and Regis.
5ers of Deeds Have Bills
Before House
NORMAL SCHOOLS WANT
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

County Commissioners Want an In.
.crase From Four to Five Dollars
a Day and Bill Makes Changes in
Shcriifs' Salaries.
Bismarck, N. d., Jan. 21.-Nearly a
half million dollars has been asked
by the normal schools of the state
for permanent improvements and
maintainance during the coming two
years in bills that have been intro
duch into the house and senate
The Valley City and Alayville bills
fell this week with the Minot bill
coming in last week.
The three schools, as shown Inv the
bills, want the following amounts:
Valley City .......s s2O5, 100000
MdyVille .......... 81 .S9J.3l
MlHOC ............. 252, 100000
The Valley City and the Mayville
bills were introduced in both houses,
the Valley City appropriations meas
ures being fathered by Representa-
tive Ployhar and Senator Whitcher,
while the Mayville bills were father
ed by Senator Dlken and Representa-
tive Sorlie. There are two Valley
City bills, one of them making a re-
quest for $19O,000. and the other ask
ing $4,000.
In the Mayville normal appropria-
tions bill the principal item is one
of $4,000 for the construction of a
students hospital. This heed is one
that has been felt for some time and
the board Of trustees of the institu-
tion are particularly anxious that is
to be allowed. The second item is
one of $9,399.31 to reimburse the To-
cal, interest and income funds for
money spent on grounds and general
library during the past two years.
An improved ventilating system for
F., the main building at cost of $4,000;
green house for $4,000, and with
.$1,500 for the Improvement OF the
campus arc other items on the bill.
II. Valley City not so modest in it's re-
quests, wants $4,000 for building
:. for industrial arts; $4,000 for stu
dents hospital; $4,000 for a mems
dormitory, and $4,000 for furnishing
the dormitory. For maintainance
Valley City asks $45,OOO The $751;
900 item for furnishing of the dormi-
tory is included in an independent
appropriation bill.
Presidents of both institutions have
been in the city during the week and
it was as result of their visits here
that the appropriation bills were in
troduced at this time.
Urged Single Board.
At joint meeting Of the education
al committees of the house and SEN
ate. President Thomas Hillyer Of the
Mayvlle normal school delivered an
address on the question of the single
board of control for the normal
schools of the state. Mr.. Hillyer is
heartily in favor of the plan that has
been proposed for the government of
the normal schools OF the state and
contends that the creations of the
board in question would tend toward
economy in administration with bet
ter results being achieved.
States Attorneys Ask Raise.
Salaries of states attorneys are
inadequate according to a bill intro
duced in the house by Mr.. Thompson
OF Ward, and under which blanket
raise of $500 per annum is proposed
for the states attorneys of all coun-
ties in the state. 1t is pointed out. in
the emergency clause attached TO the
bill, that the additional duties given
the states attorney through enact
ment of new laws renders the pres
ent salary inadequate. The salary
law sought to be amended was only
passed two years ago.
Under the terms of the bill now
proposed in counties having an as
sessed valuation Of $500OOO, the
salaries are raised from $500 to $500
year; in counties having an assess
ed valuation of from 100000 to ST.
100000, the salary is raised from
$500 to $1,000: counties of from ST.
100000 to $1,5O0.OO0. raised from $500
to $1.100; $1,500.O0O to $2.0O0.0O0.
raised from $500 to 81 200; $4,000 900
to $2,50O,000, raised from $500 to
$1,000; having valuation of from
$2,50O,000 to $3.O0O,OO0, raised from
$1,000 to $1,500: having valuation
from $3,000.O00 to $5,000,000. raised
from $1,000 to $1,7OO; having val
udlloH Ol IfOill 30,UOU,OOU tO ~ ,UUO,-
COO, raised from $l5O0 to $4,000:
having valuation of from $7,0O0,O00
to $S.0O0,000, raised from s1,75O to
$2,250; having a valuation of over
$S,0OO.OO0. raised from $4,000 to
$2,5OO.
Register Of Deeds Also.
Registers of deeds also ask for an
increase in their salaries and their
bill was introduced by Mr.. Williams
of Burleigh county. Several import
ant changes are made in this meas
ure from the present law which is
contained in the revised codes of
1905. Under the old law the salaries
went as low as $500 year in coun-
ties having an assessed valuation of
under $500.O00. with registers of
deeds in counties of from $5O0.O0O to