Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-07
EMERCEN NCY
COMMISSION
IS PRObED
BOARD OF CONTROL AUTH.
ORIZED TO TRANSFER THE
JAMESTOWN FUNDS.
governor HANNA 1Es1IflES
Commission Studied Matter Care
fully and Then Acted On
IT.

The special joint committee when
is investigating the board of control
met yesterday to take the testimony
of tha emergency commission, con-
sisting of Governor l.. B. Hanna. Sec
retary Of State Thomas Hall and State
Auditor Carl jorgenson.
Governor Hanna testified for abou,
three-Quarters of a., hour. and among
ether things stated that shortly after
the announcement OF the thirteenth
legislative assembly the needs OF tha
hospital for the insane We're brought
to his attention and that from that
time on until September "a following,
number of interviews and meetings
Of the commission and the board o.
control were held, at which times
plans for meeting the most urgent
needs of that institution and at the
same time carry out the intent of the
legislature were gone into in fun.
An Emergency Existed.
Governor Hanna further stated that
after a full investigation the members
of the emergency commission. after
sending one of the members to James
town to look over the ground person
ally, were of the unanimous opinion
that an emergency existed and that
the needs of ths state would best be
served by carrying out the plans. OF
the board Of control.
Thereupon, he continued. the emer-
gency commission authorized tho
beard of control to carry out such a
plan as had been worked out, ana
transfer the necessary funds for thai
purpose. -f -..
The governor stated that the James
town case was but One of severai
cases where the emergency commits
sion had authorized similar actio::
and he cited among the other cases
thosa OF the Minot and Valley City
Normal schools and the Agricultural
college. II, r,,.
Board Was Authorized.
The governor stated that every ac;
of the board of control in connection
with the remodeling of the old ad-
mnistration hall into a tuberculosis
hospital, the increasing and enlarg-
ing Of the receiving warc building
and the erection of the farm colony
ward building was duly authoriZ ed by
the emergency commission.
The rest Of the day was spent in
going over the testimony of Secretary
of State Thomas Hall and State Aud
itor Carl Jorgenson, who both corroo-
GRATED the testimony Of the governor
as to the above mentioned acts of the
board Of control aid emergency com.
mission. and said that the board of
control had been fully authorized in
so doing by the emergency commits
sion.
John Knauf and Oscar Seller ap-
peared and cross examined the mem
bers of the emergency commission.
but the cross-eXamination failed to ar
feet the testimony of the members o:
the Cmmission in the least insofar
as their granting authority to tho
board was concerned.
All members of tha emergency COM
mission stated that no hast action
had been taken in this matter. but
that for a period of four or five
months the matter had been under
consideration 10y them before final ac-
tiOn was taken.
Mesrs. Knauf and Seller spent .
good d val of the time in putting n.y.
pothetical questions to members or
the emergency commission. but this
line of questioning brought no notice
able results.