The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-17

endeavored to club enough mem]
the bill immediate effect. In S
to carry the emergency, the small
honest enough and courageous {
against this graft stood fast.
Therefore 1000 signatures will be
sufficient to refer Senate Bill 1871 to
vote of the people. This measure,
under the guise Of saving the tax
payers money by reducing the mum.
Der of county newspapers from three
to one, as matter of fat more than
doubles the amount which the state
will pay for public printing; creates
u mammoth slush fund for the bene.
fit OF JOB Brinton and his string of
newspapers, and essays to throttle the
independent press >of the state. Gov.
ernor Frazier was fully cognizant of
the facts when he signed this bill Sa.
urday evening with the man who will
profit most from it probably standing
at his elbow. ... IS
Attorney General LANCER, Secretary
of State Hall, State, Auditor Kositzky
State Treasurer Olson and Commls,
sioner of Insurance Olsness have had
openly against this vicious grab, and
Commissioner OF Agriculture and La
Dor Hagan has privately expressed his
disapproval. Taking his advice from
members outside OF his administra
tion, Frazier ignores all Of those whom
the people Of the state elected as his
lieutenants and counsellors, and SUI
pinely submits to malign lictation.
Here is the measure he signed; Sen
ate Bill 1877: "
A Bill for an Act creating a State
Publication anu Printing commission;
prescribing its duties and powers; aad
conflict herewith: .
4.H.1N. The Law.
Section /. In lieu OF the commits
sioners of public printing, there is
hereby created a commission to be
known as the State publication anp
Printing commission.
Section 2. the said commission
shall be composed of the secretary OF
state, the commissioner OF agriculture
anu labor and the commissioner OF
university and school lands. 1t shall
hold its first meeting IN the Ot1ice OF
the secretary OF state within twenty
days ,after the passage and approval
, Of this act.
Section 3. Tie s,ll commission is
authorized to- Z ~ oiut Il state printer
who. shall also be secretary to the
commission, and such appOlntee, may
by the commission, be removed with
Or without cause. The person so ap
pointed muse at the time OF his ap
polntment nave been d resident Of the
state OF North Dakota for at least one
year last past, ana must DC a prac.
,icsAl. expert printer. He SHALL receive
: an annual salary of twenty -four hun
ared w, 100000 dollars; ne snail per
form all lie duties now required OF the
expert printer, and sucn other uut1es
as may be assigned TO INN by tine
commission nereDy\ established, and
snail maintain his Office in the state
capitol i.
section 4. In addition to the duties
and powers now vested by law Ill the
DOaru heretofore known as the com
missiOners of public printing, the com
mission snail have the power to make
all pruning contracts III all matters
OF state printing, and the power to
ueslgpale' a newspaper in every cOun,
ty in the state, and a newspaper IN
the state, in which publications re
4ulreu W law to BE- puDlsnei by
ILate officials must G made
It shall be the duty OF
said commission to designate in
every county OF this state a news
paper, which shall be the official
newspaper, which snail be the Of
t,ciai newspaper in each county IN
which Il IS designated, untn lis
successor shall be CHOSEN as p:o-
vided by law; and in said news.
papers in each county so designat-
ed, shall be published otr,c,al
proceedings Of the board OF coun-
~ commissioners in each county
respectively, and all other notices
ana publications that are now re-
quired by law to, be published
I w county officers in the several
counties; all summons, citations,
notices, orders and other process
es in al, actions or proceedings
in the supreme court, district Of :
county or justice courts, which
are Or may be hereafter requiredl
BY law to be published in the re-
spective counties of the state; all
publications Of every nature that
are now or may hereafter be re-
quired to be published by state Of
ficers; all notices Of foreclosure
BY advertisement or real estate or.
chattel mortgages or Of other
liens on real or personal property;
all notices Of whatsoever kind :
and character now or hereafter
required by law to be published, :,
in said county; provided, how
over, that in organized cities,
towns or villages, where no Off
ciai newspaper is published, said,
city, town or village, council,
B commission or board, may des,q-
nate an official newspaper for the
publication Of such notices and
legal publications, as are now or
may hereafter be required by law
for said cities, towns or villages,
including legal notices and Off
cial statements OF the schools
within such cities, towns and vii
lagos, and the statements of banks