Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-15
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who was absent when the Legislature
in his family, was sworn in.
A communication was read from
the board Of control of penal and
charitable institutions calling atten
ton to needed improvements and en-
largements of the state hospital Tor
the insane at jamestown and asking
that a joint committee be appointed
to visit the institution and make an
investigation of conditions. The re-
port stated that there were now 1873
inmates in the hospital and that 80
were out on parole, that the institu.
ton had a real capacity Of only 600
and called attention to the fact that
Is per cent of the inmates were af'
flicted with tuberculosis in various
stages. The communication IA re.
ferred to the joint committee on char
liable institutions.
Fred Dyke Of Sargent county was
appointed assistant bill clerk, in place
of H. H. Taylor of the same county,
who could not serve on account Of
sickness.
At this point the chair announced
the committee on rules and asked
that they prepare their report to be
made as soon as possible.
At this point Streeter of Emmons
moved that the rules be suspended
and the business of drawing seats
be made in order. The motion car
ried and the members were allowed
TO draw numbers in sealed envelopes
containing numbers, the numbers in
dicating their choice Of seats. The
first choice of seats went to the dis.
trict composed of Dunn, Mercer and
Oliver counties, Morton county took
second choice and Stutsman county
third. The members from Cass coun.
ty secured 0cist choice and those from
Grand Forks. SOth. The matter OF
seating caused some confusion and
for a time it appeared that there were
not desks enough to go around, but
the speaker stated that the matter
would be Strengthened out by the time
he house convened Wednesday.
Owen. chairman Of the committee
on rules, then made report, stating
that there wer very few changes
from the rules of last session. Rule
81 was changed so that all bills for
appropriations other than general
should be presented before the thir-
tieth day OF the session and that they
must be reported out of the commit
tees before the forty-fifth day, except
by unanimous consent of the house.
lie announced that there would be
seventeen members on the commit
tee on highways and bridges and nine
on the committee on drainage.
The committees of the house were
then announced and following the
reading of the names, Speaker Frame
made a short talk, In which he told
Of the difficulties in naming the com
mittees this year on account of the
large number Of new members, and
stated that there probably a number
that had been disappointed. He also
said that wherever possible he had
named old members as chairmen, as
they. were more familiar with the
work, and that he had made an ef.
fort to make a fair and equal distri-
button by territory. The committees
announced IRE as follows:
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Agriculture.
James Hill of Bottineau, chairman;
Stenehjam, A. A.; Kellogg, Chas. F.;
Baldson, John; Hedalen, N. T.; Kyllo,
J. S.; Watt, VIM; Weis, Albert; Pet
erson, Nels; Gardiner, r. j.; Moen,
Paul j.; Smith, Sid S.; Odland, ]. G;
Carey, G. W.; Doyle, ]. j.; Davis, N.
e; Borusky, fred; Bass, J. E.; Isaak,
August.
Appropriations.
Anderson, Bernt, chairman; Ploy:
har, F. E.; Lewis, D. S.; O'Connor, w.
"; Pendray, Thomas; Miller. H. c.;
Putnam, T. NJ; France, H. H.; Turner,
+. w.; Bratton, L. H.; Fox, Frank;
Gardiner, r.. j.; Knox, c. E.; List,
Robt. L.; Weis, Albert; Harry, H. c.;
Wylie, l.. D. !
Appointments.
Johnson, N. O. chairman: Hart,
Jno.; Calnan, j. w.; Hjelmstad, P. L.;
Kyllo, ]. S.; Coltom, Ed; Lewis, D. S.;
Dynes, Jno.; Hill, James E.; Weis, Al
bert; Warmer, D. L.; Walsh, Jas;
Ployhar, F. E.; Everson, E. w.; Mork-
rid. c. L.; Borusky, Fred; Dixon, Ar.
thur; Aoen, Paul j.; Butler, NJ. D.;
Tucker, Geo. A.; Bjornson, J. A. T.;
Davis, N. E.; cope, Geo. p; Homan,
Jno.; jacobson, C.. c.; Smith, J. w.;
Campbell, J. E.; Klein, Henry; Bart
ley, W. NJ; Roble, T: o.; Fritz F. F.;
Schroeder, : p; Kelley, NJ. w; Ols-
gard, Nels; Hanson, A. p; Curry,
Theo. K; Endreson, H.; Snyder, H.;
Nyhus, Ole; Bass, j. r.; Taylor, B.
W.; Freitag, II. r.; Ryan J. j.; 1saak,
August; stinger, H. j.; Balsdon, Jno.;
O'Connor, W. "; Dean, W. S.; Pitkin,
s. H.
Banking.
Hanson, A. p, chairman; Dosstll,
o. c.; Gundrson, E. T.; Morrison. NJ;
Warmer. D. L.; Raney, A. E.; Jacob
son. G. c.; Bartley, w NJ; List, Robt.
j.; Freitag, HI. R.; Hort, J.. L.
Charitable institutions.
Hoge, chairman; WARDROBE. HELM.
stad, Dean. Lewis, Sandbeck, Divet,
Northrup. Batter.
Counties and County Boundaries.
Geiger, chairman; Dosseth, BARLEY,
Hill. of Bottineau; Batter, Holman,
Snider, anderson, Lindstrom.
Corporations Other Than Municipal.