Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-12-11

Of year ago, whose first milling
over resulted in all of the ballots in
Forman election being thrown out,
the unseating of Peter Weber, inde-
pendent and the seating Of Frank
Riba, Lacquer; the adoption of new
budget bill which reduced appropria-
tions made at the last regular session
1851, 900; the passage of bill which
reduces all state taxes, except the
hail insurance and. soldiers bounty
levies, 25 per cent, and the adoption
of a report from Attorney General
LANCER, declaring he had investigated
alleged frauds in Sargent county as
directed by the last assembly and
had found no grounds for criminal
prosecution, were high lights of
busy but not over-exciting day in the
house.
The emergency legislation" bill
was passed by vote Of 81 to Al,
Reishus, one Of the minority men, be-
ing absent. The ayes were not two
thirds required to pass an emergency
clause which would give this bill i'm
mediate effect, but the passage of the
bill is held to give this measure i'm
mediate effect upon other measures
which it gives immediate effect.
Burtness suggested that it would be
simpler for the legislature to repeal
the constitutional amendment ap-
proved by people one year ago requir-
ing a two-thirds vote to give legisla-
tion immediate effect, but the ma
jority did not agree with him
The New Budget Bill.
Twitchell of Cass led vigorous
attack upon the new budget bills,
which bite deep into the appropria-
tions of state officials opposing Town
lev. The state auditor loses $4S, 500
of his s71, 900 appropriation for the
biennum; the attorney general is
shorn of s69,700 of his $4,000 aI'-
preparation, and is left with only
$4,000 for the next eighteen
months, or, as Twitchell said. pre-
suming that he has already spent one
fourth of his original appropriation,
with only $4,000 for the neg: year
and a half. There is deep bite into
the secretary of states funds, and
the state superintendent of public
instruction suffers several s,vcre
cuts.
"This $5S1,297 is being taken out
Of the budget merely to pu; out OF
business state departments establish
ed by the constitution" Twitchell as
serted.
AS the direct reverse of its action
on the budget, the house few min
utes later concurred in an amend
men to Senate Bill AZ, which would
increase the emergency commissions
fund from $4,000 to $4,000.
House Bill SO, remitting and re-
funding Is per cent of the state taxes
for 1919. was amended before final
passage so as to throw bouquet at
the leagues state-owned industries
which were referred to as "self-srr'
porting" These industries to date
consist Of a $4,000 -four mill at
Drake and the Bank Of North Da-
kota.
An effort upon the part of Paul
johnson to further amend the bill to
provide for the remission Of SO per
cent of the 1919 taxes failed.
House Bill 4s, which provides for
the governors inquisatorial commits
sion, was amended by the house to
place the $4,000 appropriated for
the use of this commission at the dis
posal of the chairman, to be deposit
ed by him in the Bank of North Da-
kota, and to be checked out by him
as he sees fit j. F. T. O'Connor Wig
orously opposed this amendment, de-
claring that in handling $4,000 OF
the publics funds over to one man
to do with as he pleased the state
was establishing dangerous prece-
dent for which no justification could
be found.
LANCER Report Adopted.
Attorney General Langer's report
on the Sargent county election
frauds was adopted over the pro-
test Of the majority, headed by Wal
ker, whose motion that the report be
rejected was voted down 48 to "a.
The attorney general investigated
the Sargent county election in re-
spouse to resolution adopted at the
last session. In. his report yesterday
he advised that 800 people attended
the hearing at the Sargent county
court house and several Of them vol
unteered their testimony.
''The testimony clearly showed
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