The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08

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@ auto vehicle registration, have o
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. land title system, has passed the o
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Bismarck.-Tle fifteenth legisla-
tive assembly is fast drawing to a
close, and every available minute is
being utilized by the members.
There is still a tremendous amount
| of work to be done, and volumes are
being accomplished each day. For
several days past, night sessions
have been necessary and both hous-
es work till late at night. Then
after the long day and hard evening
has been spent laboring over the
many bills, the various committees
have to go to work, and it is not
an unusual occurrence that a COM
mittee works through till breakfast
time with no rest whatever, only to
take up the next days grind.
There has been little if any fric-
ton in the senate, and the majority
of that body have stood together to
a man. In the house there 'las been
less unity and some i'll feelings have
crept in between the members. The
majority has been large and there
has been no danger apparent TO hold
them in as close bounds as has been
the case in the senate.
For T. E. at Paramount
The senate passed two of it's i'm
portant bills in one day, two bills
which were of mutual interest. They
were bill No. 1922, providing for the
erection of a state terminal elevator
at Paramount, and bill No. 314
establishing a state grain grading
and warehouse commission. The
vote on the terminal elevator propo-
sition was ~ to II. This bill car
ries an appropriation of ~$125,O00
and the elevator is to be operated in
conjunction with the Equity flour
| mill at Paramount. The fact that
most of the votes against it were
league members leads to the suspi-
cion that the bill will be killed in the
house where that faction has a large
majority.
$4,000 O for Terminal Elevator
The bill appropriating 100000
for a terminal elevator, either within
or without the state, passed the
senate and has been sent to Gov.
FRAZIER for signature. 1t places full
power in a committee of fifteen, n
from eac, Of the judicial districts
and the governor, attorney general,
and treasurer. This bill is opposed
by members Of the Nonpartisan
League, and may fail of passage in
the house of representatives.
Sweeping Amendment
A concurrent resolution has been
introduced in the house by Repre-
sentative Stair which has proved o~e
Of the most interesting issues c. *he
session. 1t calls for an amendment
to the constitution which will make
the will of the people of North Da-
kota supreme over the governor, the
legislature, the courts and even the
constitution. It is 81 broad and so
sweeping that it Is looked upon very
seriously by the conservative men,
bers Of both houses, and there are
most serious doubts If it gets by,
even in the house, WITH less chance
In the senate.
The proposal is that Section rs
Of the Constitution be amended to
read as follows:
"The legislative authority of the
state shall be vestcN in a senate and
a house of representatives, but sub
Jet always to the direct powers
which the people hereby e to
themselves; measures, acts, resolves
and amendments to the constitution,
and to enact, approve or reject the
same by a majority of these voting
thereon, independent, regardless and
Notwithstanding the legislative as
sembly, the veto or annulment DOW
er of any state official or court. and
secondly, at their own option and
In the same or like manner to order
or petition the submission to them
and to enact, re-enact or approve and
confirm, or reject, annual or repeal,
at the polls, any act, resolve or other
legislative measure, item, section,
part or parts of any such as are re-
ferred, submitted to, proposed, enact
ed or rejected by the legislative as
sembly, vetoed or annulled by any
state official or court"
1t is claimed by some that the bill
would SO completely let down the
bars as to be unsafe and there is
considerable discussion regarding 1t.
Other Senate Bills Passed
The house has passed senate bills
NO. III relating to compulsory edu-
cation; No. 48 relating to assessment
OF bank stock. No. 81 relating to
powers of state tax commission. ond