Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-07
A great deal Of wise and beneficial

A great deal of wise and beneficial
legislation can be crediteda TO the
Fourteenth legislative assembly OF
the state of North Dakota and that
body will go down in history as
among the best since statehood. The
manner in which both senate and
house disposed of the many tasks Of
the session, too, will be long remem.
bered.
Probably the most important piece
Of legislation Of, the Fourteenth as.
sembly, all in all, is the board of re.
gents bill III. B. 361) introduced. by
the house committee on education.
This bill was certainly a popular one
for it passed both house and senate
twice without a dissenting. vote. The
five regents provided for u hsthe bill
will have complete control over all OF
the higher educational Institutions Of
the state after July 1. BIO
Another important Legislative eli
actment is the bill series introduced
by the Lathrop committee to repeal
all of the mill taxes now existing. In:
stead of the mill taxes fixed appro'
priations are provided for all of the
departments and institutions of the
state government.
The Lathrop Committee.
As the result of a very thorough
study of the states financial condi.
ton on the part of the special joint
committee consisting Of Senators
Kretschmar, Sandstrom and Albrecht
and Representatives Treadwell TWicl.
ell, Dickinson and Knox, a number OF
important bills were introduced in
the house with regard to state finan.
ces. Depleted funds were restored,
all of the departments and institu.
lions were given all of the money
needed to carry on the work for which
they were created during the next BIZ
ennial period, a state contingency
fund was provided for, long standing
deficits in the various state accounts
were cared for and more money was
appropriated for permanent improve
ments than the last preceding legis.
lative assembly had appropriated.
And the total appropriations amount
to about four million dollars.
Other Committees.
Several other special joint investi.
eating committees were at work dur
ing the session-the committee act
ing under the Senator Martin resolu'
ton to investigate the tax commits
sion, the committee working under
the Rott resolution to investigate the
charges made against the board OF
control and the committee which in.
vestigated the charges against the
state bank examiners office under
the provisions of the Haraldson reso
luton.
The tax commission was shown up
in none too favorable a light in the
reports of the house and senate mem
bers of the committee which investi'
gated that body. The board Of con
troll was commended for its business
ability in conducting the affairs of the
various institutions under its charge
and the bank examiner was amply
justified in all of his actions in con
nection with the closing of the You
mans bank at Minot according to the
Haraldson committee report.
Capital Punishment.
Another bill of Importance was the
Torson bill Oh. B. 81 fixing the pun
ishment for murder in the first de
gree. This bill will save Joe Milo, who
is now under tn death watch at the
%penitentiary, from the gallows and
practically does away with capital
punishment in this state.
Moneys and Credits Tax. .
Another important piece OF legisla
ton is the bill providing for a two
mill tax on moneys and credits. This
should put on the tax rolls a largs
item which heretofore has escaped
t"xation. /
Governors Recommendations.
J Many. of the recommendations o.