The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-05
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BILL FILE! D By
REP. WALTON
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Emergency, Appropriation Meas
ure Calls for s $3.50 20! for '''' Use
in Attorney General Office
RULES COMMITTEE
-. ...., MAKES IT'S REPORT
Fourth Day Of Fifteenth Legls-
=. ,lativs Assembly Began its
Work This Afternoon

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Work This Afternoon
With the report of the committee or
rules and the filing of the first house
bill by Anthony Walton of Minot, the
lower house of the fifteenth Legislative
assembly began its fourth day session
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon. Speaker
Wood announced that the committee
appointments would not be named this
afternoon as had been expected.
s.. - Committee on Rules. "a,
The committee on rules of which
Attorney H. A. Mackoff of Belield,
was chairman, reported shortly after
the opening of the afternoon session
yesterday, that the y. appropria-
tons committee had been left to II,
but. that the judiciary of which Hon.
A. G. Divet of Wahpeton, is chairman,
had been reduced in membership from
10 to Is. The committee created a
new standing committee to be known
as that of public utilities. The time
limit of the twenty-fifth day as the
last for all appropriation bills and
the 35th day as the time limit for any
other bills or amendments to the con-
stitution were left unchanged. The
changes made were Of slight variation
and were drawn to expedite matters.
As in the rules of the last assembly a
committee was provided for late bills.
The report of the rules committee
was ordered referred back with the
instruction to cut down the commit.
tees, that the minimum should be COM
posed of three members and the max
imum to consist of nine.
House Bill No. 1.
To Representative Anthony Walton
of Min0t, goes the distinction of intro
ducing the first house bill of the fif-
teenth legislative assembly. 1t was
filed with Bill Clerk Paul Nelson late
afternoon but not introduced
until this afternoon. The act calls for
an emergency appropriation for the
office of attorney general to the
of $3.50 and to become effec-
tive at once with the approval of the
governor. The appropriation is asked
on the ground that there is no money
now available for the purposes speci-
fed, and that it is deemed necessary
that additional help be granted to the
Office Of the attorney gerenal for the
purpose Qf the efficient and due ad-
ministf atidn Sf TIE duties imposed up
on him: Among the items specified
are for the salary of additional assist
ant attorney general ct 81 $50; clerk
hire at $1,000 chiefyclerk at $3.50; ad-
sten6grapher4at 5000; furni-
ture md fixturessatE 81, 500 and travel
ing feoi "a III B,,L
That a bill providing for a consti-
tutional convention $the personnel of
which would be selected by the legis-
lature aided by the governor, will be
demanded by the House at the close of
this or the first Of next week now
seems certain as the result of the
secret caucus held the first of this
week by the league members when 81
signed up to support the constitution
al convention measure. 1t is under
stood that practically all the league
senator's have pledged themselves to
the measure. 'S
To Consider Governors Message.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier's message
delivered to the joint session of the
senate and the house "Wednesday af.
ternoon, has been made special or
der for business, commencing at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, reso-
luton to this effect having been in.
tr0duced in the lower house by Rep
resentative n. l.. Fraser OF the Forty
sixth district, the motion prevailing.
Under the caption of unfinished
business" Representative !. Anthony
chairman of the house EN-.
ployment committee, introduced a
resolution for the employment of the
following house employees:
Pages-Harris. Finwall and Alfred
Carlson; watchmen for the commit
tee ro0ms-Martin Stansey and N. A.
Lee;.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Douglas
and Miss Tenneson, and house mes.
senger for the governor, Mr.. Thomp-
son. "r':1'' 'F''
~ House Bill No. B. '-a
House Bill No. ., az Introduced by
Smith of Kidder county, fixes the
time when real estate taxes become
due aud delinquent and pfescribes
on dslinqueft taxes.
Representative Smith recommends
that section 2iS5 he amended and re-
enacted to read as follows: s sif
THAT ali real estate taxessshall be-
come due on the first day Of Decem-
Der in each year for which the tax is
'evied and to become delinquent on
The first day Of March, following, and
il unpaid then shall be attached
thereto penalty of per cent as
soon as the same become delinquent;
also, on the first day of June, follow
ing, an additional penalty Of 2 per
cent, and on the first day ofENovem-
Der, following, a further penalty of
3 per cent on the original tax, and
the same shall be charged and col
ected accordingly, without being sep
arately entered or noted on the tax
list; provided that when the taxes
charged against any tract or lot ex-
iced one dollar, one-half thereof may
be paid on or before March | and the
one-half may be paid at
my time on or before November I,
following, without a penalty :
Of the instalment that becomes
iue November 1, as herein provided,
shall not be paid on or before Novem-
Der !, the said taxes shall become de-
inquent and the same penalties shall
,e attached" isi:si@