The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-04
the attorney general.
Board of Control.

to the attorney general.
Board of Control.
The resolution charges that certain
members of the board of control have
violated their oath of office in that
they are not deVoting all their time
to the duties of their office, but are
drawing salaries from other sources.
Your committee finds that DR.. w, F,
Robertson is following no other occu-
patton save the services of the state
on the board of control; that Judge
Carmody has a law office at Hillsboro
which is run by a partner; that he
occasionally argues a case in court:
that III has devoted all the time re-
qu1red to attend to his duties as a.
member of said board and that he has
performed his duty in a thorough and
conscientious manner; that r. w. Ev-
ans, who was appointed to the board
in September, 1912, has drawn a sal
airy from the Simmons Hardware
time his contract with said hardware
company expired, and that up to
Jan. 1, 1913, he was occasionally
on h road settling up the old bust
ness and introducing the man who
took his place as salesman for the
aforesaid hardware company.
We find that it takes about fifteen
NoS NoI - GdCll 1IlOuLII lOT Tile MEM
bers OF the board to attend to their
duties. From the facts We have gath
r We believe that it would be a
saving to the state If all state insti-
buttons were placed under the man
age1nent of the board of. control and
further, as a business proposition, we
believe h a the expiration Of the
term OF office of each member should
alternate so that there would be al
WAYS fWn TnnnnhnYsa TuhA hover nIIHy
understand the duties of their Office.
Penitentiary.
AS to the management of the peni-
Tertiary, your committee finds:
That the warden does sell cream.
milk and vegetables In and about the
city of Bismarck; that the same are
sold at the market price, and so far
| as your COMMITTEES can learn from the
evidence submitted, no one has been
injured thereby; that labor has been
performed by the ~convicts, bait this
has been done at the solicitation OF
parties employing them, and all mon
y received from said sources have
been accounted for on the books OF
the institution and covered into the
state treasury. AS to the cost of main
tenance of convfcts per capita, we find
First, that the average number oil
convtcts for the biennial period OF
4 1JUt dilh 15Oo WAS Ao1.1O anu LOT 1Sll
and 1919 it was POI. OF. showing an ay.
erage decrease of 12h per cent, while
the maintenance fund for 1907 and
1908, with amounts added to 1t by the
board from other funds totaled $40,-
S92.01, and the maintenance for 1911
and 1912 with amounts added from
other funds totaled SAT, 884 81, show,
ing an increase Of 17h per cent in
maintenance fund, or a total increase
of 80 per cent per capita in main
tenance. Both. 1907 and 1908 were gooG
crop years while In 1910 and 1911
crops almost a total failure
making 1t necessary to purchase
large amounts of seed and feed al
high prices. This should make a diff,
ference in cost IF maintenance OF ap.
proximateIy $500 according to the
evidenee of the warden and verified
by books and records in the peniten-
tiary.
In 1911 and 1912 there was expend.
ed from the maintenance fund $3,50l
for machinery, more than there was
expended In the years 1907 and 1905
for machinery, and in 1911 and 1912
forty acres of land were purchased
from the maintenance fund at a cos
OF $1,000. Taking all these matters
into consideration, your committee
finds, that the cost per. capita for the
Biennial year Of 1911. and 1912 was
| slightly less than for The Biennial PEE