The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
THE KEPT PRESS"
CIVESPUBLICITY

When the legislature or rather the
rubber stamps passed the law saying
that only league papers could publish
legals it did not take into considera-
tion the fact that the state had to
have publicity for many of the really
necessary departments of the state
and that this publicity could only be
secured by the cooperation of this
socalled "kept press" The officials
at Bismarck while willing to shut off
our WIND so far as any revenue is
concerned are willing for US to open
up the steam guage wide when it
comes down to giving them free pub
licity to carry on their scheme and
program. So it is every day with this
paper at least. We get columns and
columns of advertising matter from
the capital officials asking us to pub
llsh free, of course, while most of
these same men are supporting
crowd that IS saying we cannot do any
legal publication. Mighty consistent
OF them, isn't it. We are giving some
information below, however, sent by
Secretary of State Tom Hall, which
should be regular advertising matter,
but Tom happens to be right and we
are willing to do most anything for
those who are right so we publish this
information for the benefit Of the pub
lie:
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 22, 1920.
Section 25 of the constitution, as
amended, provides that, "The Secre-
tary of States shall cause to be print
ed and mailed to each elector pub
llclty pamphlet, containing copy of
each measure, together with its bal
lot title, to be submitted at any cleo
ton.
IN submitting measures to the cleo
tors the Secretary of State and all
other officials shall be guided by the
election laws until additional legisla-
ton shall be provided"
At the Presidential Primary Elec-
tion to be held on Tuesday, March
18th, 1920, there will be submitted to
the electors four measures initiated
| by petition, namely:
| l. Creating State Athletic Com
mission
2. Regulating the Sale of Cigaret-
tes.
8. Providing for Sunday baseball
4. Providing for Sunday theaters.
! Also four amendment to the Con-
stitution, proposed by the Sixteenth
Legislative Assembly, as follows;
| /. Recall Of public officials,
! 2. Leasing of state lands.
g. Debt limit Of Political Subdi-
visions.
a. Residence Requirements Of Elec=
tors.
Section 25 Of the Constitution, as
amended, also provides that any act
Of the Legislature may be referred to
( the people by petition filed not later
than 80 days after adjournment OF
the session, which in this case would
be March 10th. any citizen or the
officers Of any organization may sub
NIT to the Secretary Of State for pub
lication in such pamphlet, arguments
concerning any measure therein upon
first subscribing their names and ad-
dresses thereto and paying the fee
therefor, which until otherwise fixed
by the legislature, shall be the sum of
| 5000 per page"
| In order that this Office may issue
certificates to the county auditors
as required by Section 979, Compiled
Laws, 1913, and in order to allow
sufficient time for the printing and
distribution Of the publicity pamphlet
and the ballots, All referendum petit
tions and all arguments for or against
any measure must be filed in this Of
fee not later than Saturday, Febru-
ary l4th, 1920.