Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-03-13
; State Capital News

Bismarck, N. D.. March 3.-The
4 regular session Of the Sixteenth leg
tslative assembly has passed into his
tory, the first biennial session In the
state to have been completed In less
than the constituti0nally provided
limit Of sixty days. This record may
not be particularly significant, 20 far
as the actual expenditure Of time Is
concerned, as but five working days
of the allowed period remained: and
1t Is generally conceded that an ex.
ira session may yet have to be called,
which would In all probability con-
sumo more than that amount. How
ever, an unusual volume Of work has
been accomplished, showing the kind
OF results that may be attained when
individualism Of action by the men,
beers is made entirely secondary to
the rulings Of the majority caucus.
| Session Closed Sunday Morning
4 In keeping with the general prac-
tice Of legislatures, the assembly wad-
ed through Its work on the final ..day"
BY projecting 1t well into the "wee
sma' hours" Of the following morn
ing. Officially, In the present in
stance, the closing day was Saturday,
March i, but Sunday morning lent a
few hours toward closing up the SEES
sion, while bills were being hurrielly
engrossed and enrolled SO as to have
the requisite signatures of. the. presid-
ing officer Of each house before the
adjournment. Intervals of other bust
ness were frequently interrupted by
the announcement from clerks desks
that 1.-THE speaker Is about to sign"
the president is about to sign such
ana such house and senate bills. This
Is the final act necessary before they
receive the attention of the governor.
VINO. has a. period Of about fifteen
days In which to approve or disap-
prove them after the close Of the
session.
Governor Signed Program Bills
The governor has already signed
most OF the more significant measures
which had been enacted prior to the
beginning of the final week. which
i included good share Of the bills
which the administration had definite
~ agreed upon. These were brought
before him on Tuesday, February %,
which was med gala day among
Nonpartisan folk. who claim to have
achieved the favorable elimination of
a tight Of 26 years duration in North
Dakota for state-owned terminul> ele-
vatOr facilities and similar inpoya-
tons. The bills We're signed by the
governor in the presence Of the Joint
assembly. convened in the house cham-
Der for the purpose Of witnessing the
event and paying due tribute to its
Importance. Both floor and galleries
We're we'll packed with members and
onlookers, and as each measure was
announced to have been signed an
outburst of applause greeted the an
nouncement. TO make the occasion
more memorable, the chamber and
galleries were bedecked with flags.
and moving picture cameras were set
into motion tn secure record of the
demonstration for exhibition wherever
1t Is desired to show how North Da-
kOta does things.
Bills That Are Sioned
The measures signed ut tlint time
include those creating the state indus
trial commission. the Bunk of North
Dakota. the terminal elevator and
Hour mill association. the home build
Ing association, the hail insurance de-
pnrtment and the wOrkmen's cOinpen-
satiOn law. To finance and Oper,te
the stnte-Owned Industries. bills were
also signed providing for the bonding
of the state in the sum Of $1,000, 900.
In the words of one of the Nonpnrti-
sun state dailies. "A definite turning
point In the history of North Dnkotn-
perhaps In the history of the United
Stntes," was reached when Governor
Frazier signed these hills: which are
now irrevOcably enacted into law. 50
far as their being Immediately placed
In operation is concerned. and can
only be revoked prior to another leg
islntive session in the event thut H.
OOO voters or more petition for a
referendum upon them. and the state
then give II full minority vote against
any OF the measures which may have
the voters disapproval To offset the
possibility Of this, II great series of
ratification meetings has already been
announced by league managers, in
which it will be planned to evoke suf-
ficient enthusiasm to carry the pro-
gram safely past any doubts which
may exist ns to the wisdom of its
adoption.
Putting Final touches on Program
| Some of the other final touches on
the league program which were en-
acted during the past week and still
await the signature Of the governor,
are as follows:
Senate Bill 67--One. man tax COM
mission.
House Bill 163-ReGuiring the label
of the International Typographical
Union to be placed upon all public
printing of the state Of North Dakota
and providing penalties for me Viola
| ton thereof.