Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-26
BONDING STATE
fR0WNED: upon
Treadwtell IEi-aell's Proposed
n Constitutional Amendment
Killed. 49,

ITeadWell lWlclell $ III. 10. ASo. Low
providing for the bonding Of the state
for the construction, Improvement
and maintenance of public highways
was turned down by 3 to l vote in the
committee OF, the whole house yester-
;day afternoon. The author of the
bill fought for it to the last ditch.
but the. opposition was too much tor
hin. He was more fortunate il fight.
ing for the passage of his H. B. No.
143. which provides for increasing
the county DEBT limit by a two-thirds
vote to ., per cent, for the improve.
ment of highways This latter bill
was recommended for passage.
Representative Burnett was a bit
ter opponent of the first bill, provid.
Ing for the amendment of the ,consti-
tuition SO as to allow the state to
bend itself for road purposes. He
pointed out that the state was not
new in a good financial condition and
that the provisions of this bill would
not help that condition a bit. "This
is the opening wedge in an effort to
bond our state and destroy her CRED
it,, he said. What reads We have
built" he continued, we've built
without impoverishing our state and
we have the best dirt roads in the
Union in North Dakota" "a.
~. Roads From Bottom Up.
Representative Ness cOntended that
under the present laws Of the state
there was ample provision for, raising
all necessary funds. Representative
Dixon Of Rolette stated. that he was
for good roads. but that he was
against this bill, that We, must get
good roads from the bottom up--noi
from the state down. tMr. Carney
stated that he stood for the principle
found in this bill and that by adopt.
ing the bonding system ,pnlN will
North Dakota be- able to get good
roads. Mr.. Hickle argued agains,
the bill. &>,tx .y,,4 IL 7sst 5-a
MT. Twichell. the author Of the bill,
argued that it was no more than RICH:
that the state Should bond herself,
derive some, Of the benefits from the
good roads, now and distribute the
burden Of paying for them over, a
number of years and not pay for them
now by direct taxation, when the tax
burden is already so heavy. The. Ness
motion to recommend the bill for in
definite postponement carried by a
vote, of G2 to 81 at this time. g,
z The second bill, H. 5. No., 143, also
fathered by Treadwell Twichell, is a
constitutional amendment giving the
counties the right to bond, thems elves
for road purposes. Mr., Burnett NOV
ed that the committee also report
this bill for indefinite postponement,
saying that it was Just about the
same Us 1856; only a little worse" Al.
ter some argument a motion to. re-
port this bill for passage was car.
ried. 8 tss.q, s"s
5G.+ Tax Commission Bill.
II. B. No. g., Baldwin, being an in.
heritance tax bill modelled after the
Minnesota law, was also reported for
passage. The author stated that he
had worked this out with. a member
OF the tax commission and that the
bill did not change III any material
respects the law o fthe last legisla-
tive assembly, but that it made tina:
law more workable. A.. M. !Thomp-
son of Ward opposed the. bill .andi
moved that it be reported for indef.
mite postponement, but his motion
lost. .. a. -".-
Senate Bills, Nos. IA and 62 were
also reported for passage as amend
ed.