The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-10-30

cOnSClCuClOn ana laws OF ING sta
suance thereof, I herewith call tn
ordinary session at the capitol |
November 25, 1919, to consider an
of legislative business:
First: The ratification of
to the federal constitution.
Second: To provide aid fol
districts.
Third: To enact such furth
sary to facilitate the carrying o
gram"
Details which the governor
does not mention probably will
: be:
The reorganization of the
banking board, dropping Secre-
tary of State Hall and Attorney
General LANCER from member
ship.
Reorganization of the indus
trial commission, dropping Ian
ger from membership. ..s
An amendment of the banking
laws comforting greater powers
on the state examiner, who is
appointed by the governor, and
transferring them from elected
officials who are members of the
banking board.
An act removing LANCER, Ko-
sticky and Hall from the state
board of university and school
lands, which controls North Da-
! kota's $75,000,000 permanent
school endowment fund.
Acts curbing the powers of the
attorney general, the state audi
tor and the secretary Of state.
A reorganization of the state.
auditing board which win omit.
the secretary Of state and state.
auditor from membership there
on.
The purpose Of these measures
is said to be to concentrate more
authority in the hands of the
governor and to make the pres
ent administration more respon-
sive to his demands.
Impeachment Possible
In addition it is commonly re-
ported that Hall, LANCER and
Kositzky, and possibly State
Treasurer Olson, will be removed
in one clean sweep if league lead
ers, after the legislature gets
into action, are satisfied that
they have sufficient strength to
impeach.
WILL BE THIRD SESSION
The special session which Governor
Frazier has called for November 25
will be the second in the three years
Of his administration, and the third in
North Dakota's thirty years Of state
hood. The first extra session was held
June 1 to 3, 1891, when the second
assembly was convened to pass some
laws relating to the election of presi-
Dental electors. From that date until
1913 North Dakota had no extraordi-
nary assemblies. In 1913 Governor
. Frazier convened the fifteenth assem-
bly, in special session to amend the
state seed and feed act and to pass
certain war measures including an act
creating the state council Of defense.
That session was comparatively brief
and uneventful.
Under the North Dakota constitution
the legislature is its own master after
the governor has convened it. The
lawmakers need not confine themselves
to matters specified in the governors
proclamation calling upon them to as
scmble, nor need they limit the length
of the session to any term which he
may designate.
MANY INVESTIGATIONS
In the present instance independent
members of the assembly already have
declared their intention of demanding
$ the appointment of committees to in
vestigate the Bank Of North Dakota
the operations of the mill and elevator
act, the actions of the state banking
board in connection with the Secent
I closing of the Scandinavian-Americ
hank, the activities of State Examiner
O. E. Lofthus, in connection, with this
matter, and the stewardship Of the
state industrial commission which is
in charge Of all public enterprises, in
cluding the industrial program Of the
league.
There seems to.be considerable doubt
as to whether the league will attempt
to carry out Its threats of impeachment.
Section 1876 Of the constitution provides
that 'sThe governor and other state
\ and judicial officers !. shall be
t-liable to impeachment for habitual
drunkenness, crimes, corrupt conduct,
or malfeasance or misdemeanor in Of
flee, but judgment in such cases shall
not extend further than removal from
office and disqualification to hold any
off1ce Of trust or profit under the state. =
The league has made no charge Of
"habitual drunkenness, crimes, or cor
rupt conduct" against Hall, LANCER,
Olson and Kositzky. The only charge
which could be brought with any show
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