The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-18
Several Changes are Proposed
-Pleyhar Would Reduce
Appropriation and Let Of
ficers Prove That the Office
Will Be Self Supporting.
five HOUSE BILLS
PASSED YESTERDAY

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 11.-From all
present indications House Bill No. II
which provides for the appointment
of an enforcement commissioner and
defines his powers and duties and pro-
vides an appropriation will pass the
house when it comes up for final pass.
age this afternoon.
The bill was up before the commit
tee of the whole in the house yester-
day afternoon and after some amend
ments were made to it the recon-
mendation of the committee that it
edo pass" was adopted.
There was considerable opposition
developed to the bill and number Of
efforts made to amend it in such a
manner that it would be imperative.
Moses, the author of the bill arose
first and explained that the committee
amendment reduced the appropriation
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year and
asked for it's passage in that shape.
Blanchard of Stark then moved to
amend by striking out that part of the
bill which provides salary for the
commissioner and his clerk but this
amendment failed of adoption.
Carney made short address on the
merits Of the measure and called at
tention to the fact that number Of
the members opposing the bill were
making their fight on the proposition
that certain man was to be named
as the commissioner. He stated that
that part Of the matter was not of i'm
portance to the legislature but that
it might be we'll left to the good
judgment of the governor to make q
proper appointment. He was for the
bill without regard to who was ap-
pointed under it's provisions.
Converse was opposed to that part
of the bill which gives the commits
sioner and his deputies extraordinary
power of search without warrant.
When a motion was made to strike
out that part of the bill there was no
opposition from the friends Of thee
proposed law and the amendment
carried Torson made the motion
after speaking for the bill as it
would be after the amendment.
Hendrickson of Divide was opposed
to the bill and stated as his reason
that he believed that H. B. So which
provides that all officers, township,
village, city and county and state,
shall be more alert in the enforcement
of the laws and provides for their re-
moval if they do not do so. He made
no argument against the bill but call
ed attention to the one mentioned
here.
Quanbeck told of the work of the
enforcement league in the state and
stated that the work had been taken
care of by private subscriptions and
voiced his belief that it was time
the state was doing it's share along
that line. He stated that the bill as
it now stands will be self supporting
and would be of great assistance to
the county and state officer in en-
forcing the law.
Boyce of Cass was for the bill and
in calling attention to the fact that
some arguments were being made
that there were plenty of officers now
to enforce the law called attention to
the fact that the same course is be-
ing taken in regard to the game law.
He said that the same conditions ex-
lists in this matter of law Enforcement
as exists in regard to the game laws.
The local officers are Influenced by
community opinion and will not as a
matter of course be as diligent as
would some one from out side who
has no political or personal relations
with persons in any particular county.
At this point Turner of Stark NOV
ed for indefinite postponement but the
motion lost, then Ryan of Morton
moved for preference to judiciary
committee and that motion also losr.
Ryan then asked T. Twichell, chair.
man of the appropriation committee
why that committee had not made a
report on the bill when it came out
of that committee. Mr.. Twichell an
swered by stating that the matter of
appropriation was of such minor i'm
portance in comparison with other fee.
lures of the bill that the committee
did not think they should be required
to pass on it. He stated that he was
against the bill before the amendment