Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-12
REPORT ON S. B.
FOUR EXPECTED
TINS AFTERNOON

TUUk
TINS AFTERNOON
Continued from page ~
This is to inform you that. the
state auditing board, under whose
on h books and records and accounts
Of the industries Of the state, Is now
constituted Of b. C.. Poindexter. VIII
liam Lenke and Thomas Hall, and
that D.. @. Poindexter has been elect
ed secretary, OF such auditing board,
and by adopting resolutions that the
secretary shall keep and hold all such
books, recordA4 documents, reports
and property belonging to said board.
\ III you have any property Of the
auditing board created Under Section
30s Of the complied laws Of North. DA.
kota, year 1913. as amended, or Il you
auditing board kindly deliver suoh
property and make such report to the
und efAgned at his office.
u. G. Poindexter, state auditor, Sec
rotary Of the Auditing board"
we replied thereto as fol1ows:"
Zion. b. G. Poindexter. state audi
tor, secretary Of the Auditing board,
Bismarck, N. D..
"Your communication Of January 3
received and will meet with our COM
plance. we have. been served with or
ders from the senate and house to de-
liver copies Of our reports to each.
Will your board kindly authorize de-
livery Of m copy Of each report to
the respective bodies as ordered by
Them there will be but three COM
pletely typed copies Of the report
available for delivery. Would be glad
to submit m Copy thereof to . and
to- have our representative meet with
your honorable body or delegated
committee for explanation or discus
! OF bur report at time Of sua5pats-
sion, or any time at you convenience
at the u compensation.
Prohihdve expense .
Respectively suggested that It
would be impractical, unnecessary, IN
volve a prohibitive expense for the
state Of North Dakota to have the
entire number of staff representatives,
engaged upon the audit present
themselves for examination. Respect
lively requested that you authorize
delivery of report to your body auth
orized, respective of your firm.
Signed Bishop Brtsman and Co."
Immediately following the reading
OF the telegram, Senator Liederbach
a resolution for a committee Of three
to confer and act with the state audit
ing board.
The main part of his resolution was
as follows:
Whereas, by initiated measures the
people of this state passed a Law
which cannot be amended, or changed
or repealed, by resolution of eithe,
house, except by a bill properly In
troduced and passed by a W thirds
majority of all members elected tic
! both houses and the approval by the
governor. which makes the state au-
dftors the proper parties to whom
such, audit is to be reported. /.
Committee Of Three.
Therefore, I move hat the presi.
dent of the senate appoint a committee
of three to confer with the auditing
board n make arrangements fol
receiving the report and for the ex.
animation of the members of the
Bishop, Brisman and company, whom
made the audit, SO that the truthful
ness and correctness Of said audit may
be confirmed. and so that the body
and the people of the state may know
whether this was an honest attempt
~ "l 00AAS VI Il pOlklkCdl duuil
for the benefit Of a political faction
Nothing in this resolution shall
change or effect the resolution here.
to-fore adopted on this subject. TIL.
Senator declared, II believe that the
senate and the house and people o,
the state are entitled to an homes
audit Of h North Dakota industries
I have no Interior motive in intro
ducing this resolution but we wan
the audit to be of fiscal and not po'
lit:cal significance. We have heart
many stories concerning this audit O,
the industries, including one thai al
auditor working at the state mill, a
Drake met with an accident when
sack of al rolled down, that he be
came discouraged and guessed at tn.
rest. We want him to come here TO,
examination
The league floor leader of the sen
ate Indicated that still a further audi
would be made at the direction Of thu
new. board, when he said:
I'VE want the assurance of havint
an honest audit by both ,companie.
that have audited the industries ant
whatever new company does. w.
have heard a great deal, but we can
not get at the facts unless the audi
tors are here to ask them questions
!, nave some to ask myself"
Senator Ployhar, Independent, NOV
ed that the resolution be referred t,
the state affairs committee, declaring
II want to say to the senate that
do not like the phraseology of thi
resolution any more than the one tn
other day introduced by Liederbacl
from which a political paragraph wa
stricken. I am going to watch tn,
p~hr1seology Of every resolution in
troduced by the senator from Dun,
from now on. T don't see any reaso,
why the state affairs committee thi
afternoon cannot take up the reso
luton and report back to this bod.
tomorrow"
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