Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-13
peal are also provided for.

assembly. This fund is created as a
result Of the efforts of the North Da-
kota Educational association. Provi-
sion for the creation of the fund is
made by the retention of 1 per cent
of the salaries of teachers for the first
ten years and 2 per cent. after the
tenth year up to the twenty-fifth year
Of service. From the county tuition
fund the payment of 10 cents for each
school child is provided. The annuity
to teachers is fixed at one-fiftieth Of
the earnings for the last five years Of
service, multiplied by the whole mum
Der of years engaged in service. The
annuity cannot exceed $3.50, or be less
than $3.50 per annum.
Several important pieces of banking
legislation also We're enacted. These
the percentage of capital stock that
can be invested in furnishings and fix
lures. On banks Of $4,000 capitaliza-
ton, so per cent may be invested, or
banks Of $4,000 capitalization 20 per
cent may be used, and on banks Of
$4,000 capitalization 10 per cent may
be used.
Another new law gives banks au-
thority TO invest in real estate mort
cages up to so per cent of their total
deposits and surplus.
The initiative and referendum for
cities also was provided. The recall
as affecting city officials is anothe.
now irct;t,,+;or rrI> ~,oah;ror for
these is provided in a bill introduced
by Representative Twitchell.
Power to the governor of removing
county, city, township and village Off
Gals for failure to do their duty was
provided after a fight that has extend
ed over many years. 1t is provided
that the governor shall, on the filing
of a complaint against an official, ap-
point a referee who will make the ex-
animation of witnesses and report the
same to the governor. Dissatisfaction
with the removal proceedings gives
the aggrieved person the power to ap-
peal to the district court.
Revision Of the code is another i'm
portant result of the assembly. The
new code will be completed in about
a year, being the first since 1905. The
secretary of state is authorized, under
the bill passed, to make a contract for
the revision with an Eastern publish
ing house.
In the Porterfield bill provision is
made for admission of cheaper grades
of gasoline than have been formerly
admitted, such lower grades being
used particularly in gas tractors, etc.
An information bureau will be estab-
lished in C%hristiania, Norway, during
the centennial exposition there in
1914. An appropriation of $4,000 for
that purpose was provided. Also
there will be an exhibit at the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition in San Francis
co, an appropriation of $4,000 being
granted. The proposal to establish
an exhibit at San Diego was turned
| down.
The use of ~penitentiary inmates in
state work for other institutions out
side of the penal institution is pro-
vided for in the Cashel bill. The war
den may use the convicts in industrial.
trades about Bismarck, governing the
proceeds of such work into the state
treasury.
Under a reapportionment of the tax
for educational purposes that tax is
raised to Us per cent, this step being
taken to provide funds for the Minot
normal school.
10 INN n q = 1,r1Hp Tho D1,r1o- hill
hereafter may be registered with coun-
ty registers Of deeds as a method of
doing away with the double use of the
same name.
Citizens of Mandan will be REIN
bursed for funds expended in the pur-
chase Of a site for the federal ex-
detrimental station recently located
there.
The commissioner Of agriculture and
labor is displaced as a member of the
board Of equalization, the chairman Of
the tax commission being placed there
instead.
Liquor will not be permitted to be
introduced upon the premises of any
institution, even including the state
capitol.
A state board of education, taking
over the duties Of several boards now
maintained, was created.
The superintendent of public in
struction is dropped as a member of
the normal board of control and a paid
secretary is provided for.
Meats Of diseased cattle will here
after be labeled before they can be
offered for sale, this measure being
aimed at tubercular cattle.
Complete control of fraternal insur-
ance societies is provided for in the
passage of the so called Mobile bill.
The amendment to the constitution
of the United States providing for the
direct election of United States n
tors was passed.
"~Bootlegging" is made a peniten-
tiary offense under the provisions of
the Everson bill.
The use OF the public drinking cup
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