The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-03-08

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Bismarck.-With 9 tremendous
amount of unfinished business upon
its calendar ten days before It's close.
the fifteenth legislative assembly
Of North Dakota completed ats ses-
sion In an orderly manner Friday
night, with all business we'll cleaned
up. -Four hundred and forty-four
bills had been introduced in the
in the senate, a large proportion OF
which received the final attention Of
one house or the other within the
last few days. The promptness with
which the work was handled may
be attributed chiefly to the general
absence Of debate, a smoothly work.
ing organization in each house as
suring the quick decisions aud we'll
defined action which las hitherto
been noticeable only in the senate.
A large number of bills wero dispos-
ed Of quickly by the indefinite post
ponement route, thirty-nine house
measures and f%orty-one from the
senate having been returned with
out approval to the branch in which
they respectively originated. in a
single afternoons session during tae
final week.
Following are some of the i'm
portant appropriations passed:
University. s247.4O0.
Agricultural college. ~$110,133.85.
Experimental Station at Agricul-
tural College. $4,000.
Valley City Normal. $137,868.2S.
Minot Normal. s125.14O.
Mayville Normal. 100000.
Dickinson Normal. s1S1,000.
Glendale Normal-Industrial, $780,
$50. -
Wahpeton Science School, $2S, 500.
Bottineau School of Forestry, $4O,.
$40.
Supreme Court. $74,500.
Secretary Of State. s50,040.
Attorney General, $4,000.
Commissioner of Insurance, $751;
500.
State Examiner, ss5.500.
Superintendent Public Instruc-
ton, s38.7O0.
Dairy Commissioner, $23,800.
Land Department, $44.71O.
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Library Commission. s39,775.
State Historical Society. $13,317.
Board of Regents. $33.300.
Oil Inspection. $39.260.
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly,
$4,000.
State fairs at Fargo and Grand
Forks, each $4,000.
For National Guard, $4,000.
Appropriations were chiefly based
upon the report of the senate appro-
priations committee which made ex-
tensive cuts from the recommends
tions Of the state budget board.
The budget report called for SABLE
404.60 out of a total Of $10.025,000
Of appropriations which had been
asked in behalf of various interests
during the present session. AS the
senate reported the budget bill, it
was cut to s3,372.534.13. This, how
ever, has been subjected to some
changes as the result of conference
work between the senate and house,
and it does not include outside ap-
preparation measures which have
not included in the budget report.
Cuts made from the budget com
missions report included a total Of
approximately 100000 made in the
estimates for expenses OF the execu-
tive, legislative and judicial depart
ments and for public schools and
educational institutions. A single
item Of %s125.O00 was cut from the
amount requested by the agricultural
college, this sum having been in
tended for use in the erection Of an
agricultural building for which it
was expected that the federal gov
eminent would contribute a like sum.
A prominent feature Of the appro-
p%riations is the generous amount
provided for the proposed new state
normal school at Dickinson.
Trading Stamp Act
The a%nti-trading stamp act, H. B.
AT, has been passed by the senate
with amendments limiting its appli-
cation to the output Of the so-called
professional trading stamp corpora
lions. An opinion was first received
from the attorney general approving
its constitutionality. -.
Semi-Monthly Pay Rjll
All public service corporations will
be required to pay employees semi
monthly under the terms Of S. B. 70
as amended ty the house. The
original proposal that the measure
Should apply only to employees Of
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