Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08
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Senate Confirms Appointees

Senate Confirms Appointees
The first recognition which the
senate has granted to any of Gov.
Frazier's appointees was made when
he sent the following for confirma-
ton as members of the state board
Of education: A. G. Crane, presi-
dent of the Minot normal school:
President Fred G. Smith, of the
Bottineau school of forestry; T. C.
Cavett, superintendent of schools of
Ransom county, and DR.. A. A.
Whittemore Of Bowman county.
President McVey of the state univer.
sity, DR.. Ladd Of the agricultural
college, State Superintendent Macdon.
aid, State Inspector of Rural Schools
Ed Erickson, of Grafton, and State
Inspector of High Schools E. r. Ed
wards of jamestown are ex-officio
members. DR.. c.. ]. McGurren of
Devils Lake was also confirmed as
president of the state board of
health.
The senate subsequently confirmed
the appointments of s. j. Nagel of
Morton county and Berndt Anderson
of Nelson county to succeed Messrs.
Olson and Lewis as members of the
state board of control.
Terminal Elevators
North Dakota will have terminal
elevator or elevators, inside or out
side the state, as the administra-
ton and it's friends may decide. This
fact was substantially assured by the
passage, on the final day, of Senate
Bill No. "a, amended sufficiently to
satisfy the Nonpartisan demands.
This bill provides for a commission
to be composed of the governor, at
torney general, state treasurer and
one citizen from each of the three
congressional districts and one at
large, whom the governor shall ap-
point. This commission is provided
with an appropriation of 100000,
including the present terminal ele-
vator fund of $4,000, and has
power to proceed with the develop
ment Of terminal elevators. A ma
jority of the commissions member
| ship will be directly responsible to
the governor, whose appointees they
! will be.
Ladd's Drug Bill Killed
House bill 1913, known as the Ladd
drug bill, was killed at one of the
latest sessions. There was a hot
fight put up on tlis bill, both the
druggists and the patent medicine
houses being against the bill, which
1t is claimed was originated and
pushed by the American Medical AS
ISOLATION. The druggists claimed it
would put a terrible crimp in their
fsbnsiness, and they were much in
evidence in the capital city while the
issue was alive. The bill also re-
quired that every patent medicine
formula filed with DR.. Ladd.
Four-Fifths Decision Bill
Representative Hendrickson's bill
requiring a four-fifths majority of
the supreme court to declare a law
unconstitutional has been passed by
both houses. This is the second
legislature to pass the bill; last ses-
sion it scraped in at the eleventh
hour. The bill will now be up to the
people at the next general election.
Two years ago when Hendrickson
introduced the bill it called for q
unanimous decision of the court, but
at the last moment he changed it
to four-fifths and that was passed.
$4,000 for Soldiers
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
the soldiers who have just returned
from the border, and who are, in
many cases. out of employment has
passed both houses and is now up
to Gov. Frazier for signature. This
will give each enlisted man SO per
month while he served in tho army
this past summer, fall and winter.
II signed by Frazier it will help a
great many who are sorely in need,
| and it is understood that the Cover
nor will sign.
Assessment Insurance Companies
The senate has passed house bill
275 requiring assessment accident
and health insurance companies or
associations to make deposit with
commissioner of insurance and pro-
viding that no such company shall
be licensed by the commissioner of
insurance until it deposits at least
$4,000 in bonds or mortgages for
protection of policy holders. The
original bill called for but $4,000,
the amendment being made in the
senate.
Educational Bills Killed
| A number of bills submitted by
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Macdonald, were killed by senate
education committee Recommended
ton. They proposed increased pow
ers Of the state superintendent, as
we'll as new restrictions about the
holding Of educational certificates Of
various classes. The committee re-
ported that the bills were in poor
condition and the time was too short
to repair them.
\ Bottle Counters
II the governor signs the bottle
counters bill there will be more
swearing than usual by depot agents.
This bill requires that railroad agents
In accepting "empties" for return
shipment must count the bottles. In
some localities this would take most
Of an agents time. However, II
the bone dry law comes to his res
cue, these shipments will be few and
tar between.