The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-06
CONTROL, BOARD
APPOINTMENTS
NAY Be MADE
Practically Assured That
They Will go to Senate
Late this Afternoon.
DELEGATES CONFER
WITH THE GOVERNOR
Assure Him Of their Support I'm Guoa
Roads Observation-Disclosures and
Referendum Rtl Passed in Housc
After Lengthy Debate.
Crimes Special Service. J

assured that Governor Hanna vii
send IN the nameS of his appointee,
Tor the board OF control Of penaI anG
charitable institutions to the senats
late today. 1t ID Admitted that r. s
Lewis of Fargo will be one of the ner
named. but who the others are ha.
not been made public yet.
Governor Hanna had for his guest,
IN the executive office this Afternoon
tne delegates who are here from the
commercial clubs over the state IL
the interests Of good roads, and alsc
delegates from the Missouri Sion.
Bankers association. The Mechanics
Mutual Benefit association, which i.
holding meeting in Bismarck, also
mad delegates present. An effort /,
being made to have enacted a consti.
tutional amendment. providing 70,
state aid for good roads The COVER.
nor recommended such provision ir
his message to the legislature, and the
delegates. who visited him this after.
noon. assured him of their hearty sup.
port.
There is a determination on th<
part of the assembly to place the an.
preparation matters in the form Of q
budget system. and bills to that effecl
have been int1lduced in both
branches. It is pGoposed to set aside
one sum for all Institutions and de.
partments and have the state auditor
deduct the amount as needed. The
bill before the. assembly would repea
all other acts pertaining to appropria.
tions.
A resolution. was offered in the
h htu I@I-
ed, will result in an Investigation into
the affairs Of the state board of con.
troll. the penitentiary. the tax commits.
sion and attorney generals office.
When. the house took q standing
vote to adopt the report of the com
mittee Of the whole ON the adoption
Of the report. Recommending that tn
Blakemore-Ployhar initiative, referen
dunn and recall bill be passed. ther,
were only fifteen opposing votes ant
the much talked Of bill was recon
mended to pass With Dean of Crane
Forks In the chair. the committee o,
the whole tackled 1t yesterday after.
noon and Lambert Of Ward was the
first recognized by the chair. He talk.
ed for more than half an hour against
the bill. In opening his remarks he
said: AS to which side I am on,
will say at the start am opposed tc
the bill. 1t Is a bad and mischieviout
bill and 1t should be voted down unan.
imously by the house." He also re-
ferred to the bill as "a yelled attempt
to bring resubmission Of the liquor
question and declared that as to its
application to the constitution, 1t is
ridiculous. while it might be more an.
plicable to the statute provided the
people were capable Of intelligent ac-
Senate Passes Few Bills.
The senate started vigorously at
what promised to be the busiest at
ternoon Of the session until a special
committee was appointed to amend
the gopher determination bill, when a
recess was taken to hear the debate
In the house on the initiative and ref
erendum. and II was an hour and
twenty-three minutes before the up
per branch resumed its routine.
Among other bills passed in the
senate today was Senator Talcott's 8
bill that exempts all property as
sessed for $50 or less and also private
buildings used at colleges for domi-
Cling students. Another bill which
passed the senate was one which re-
qutres telegraph companies to transfer
messages from one company to an
other at points where their lines
cross.
An attempt was made to pass Sena-
tor Davis bill which would permit the
governor to remove certain county,
township and municipal officers. The
bill was sweeping in its character It
was blocked in passing today by
amendments offered by Senator Jac-
OLSON.