Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-06
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X0ITE III TzlE.

Five propossd iawG initiated by pe-
ution, are 20 ~ voted on Ct the fall
eisctton. AL the petitions for these
measures have received more than ths
required number OF signatures. ana
provision willsbs made for voting for
Or against them. The interests OF the
stats demand that these Bills become,
hws. ana the voter who dssires to
correct some Of the undesirable fea-
lures Of present legtslation viii make
It a@point to vote yes" on each Of
these bills.
These measures provide, briefly:
That the. Bank OF North Dakota
may make real estate ~loa6sfonly to ac-
tuai farmers who are residents Of the
state.
That while tho funds Of the state
are to be deposited Id the Bank Of
North Dakota. local communities,
counties, cities, townships and school
districts may designate for themselves
the places where they wish their
funds deposited.
That there shall be restored TO the
office Of state superintendent Of pub
lie instruction the duties and respon-
Fsibiiities which were recently taken
from that office and vested in the
Board OF Administration.
That legal notices relating 10 pri-
waite business, such as foreclosures,
settlement of estates ETC., ma be pub
iished In any legal newspaper, and
need not~be published in the paper
desiEnated the official paper for the
publication Of notices Of public bodies.
That the Bank Of North Dakota and
other business institutions OF the state
s14ll be examined seni-annually by =
state auditing board.
The present legislation which these
bills are intended to correct was en-
acted for several purposes. The pro-
visions governing the Bank Of North
Dakota and other business Institutions
of the state were framed for the bur-
pose Of concentrating public money In
the hands Of a small circle Of politici-
ans in order that they might use It
as they saw tit without proper check
or examination and. without the
knowledge of the public. The present
official newspaper law, requiring al.
official notices of every kind to be
published in the one official paper OF
the county, was intended to dfaye
small independent papers out Of ex-
istence. and to compel the public to
contribute to the support Of the Town
ley publications. which were started
up all over the state. In a measure
the law has already accomplished
what was intended, a many indepen-
dent papers have gone out Of business,
leaving the field free to h e-socialist
press. The new measure Is intended
to give the little independent~paper at
least q chance for its life.
The ahffting Of the duties and re-
sponsibility of the state superintend-
ent was a piece Of spite, coupled with
an effort to facilitate the socialisatton
of the schools Of the state. Socialist
speakers lied to the voters before last
years referendum when they declared
that the new law was not intended to
DERIVE the state superintendent OF
any of her powers, and would not OPP
crate that way. A good many Of the
voters believed what was told them,
and voted accordingly. but no sooner
was the law ratified than It wasSgiven
the effect always intended, with the
result that 70 all fntepts the office Of
state superintendent has been abolish.
Cd. The purpose Of the Initiated bill.
10 to place It on something approach
ing Its former footing.