The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-02-19
PUBLICITY FOR
INDUSTRY PROBE
IS DISCUSSED
House Resolution Calls For Pub
lication of the Trans
s script
EXPENSE PAYMENT UP
Attorney-General's Office Bears
Expense of Counsel for
Senate Committee
E EXPENSE PAYMENT UP

The question OF giving. the widest
publicity to the house investigation
OF state industries was before that
body this afternoon.
A resolution before the body wants
the transcript of the house investi-
CATION and the conclusions of the
committee printed as q public docu-
ment anH placed in the hands of Of
ficialss OF the state and political sub
divisions.
During a brief discussion of the
resolution yesterday afternoon, after
1t was offered by Representative Carl.
son, Speaker Twitchell remarked tina,
he understood the Industrial Commas
sion was paying for the senate in
yestigation.
Senator Liederbach said the attor-
ney generals office was bearing the
expense of the special counsel for the
committee. The house committee en-
ployes have not been paid, and It is
the intention, it is understood, to pay
them as a part Of legislative expense,
Attorney-General Lemke's opinion
that 1t would not be legal. Lemke
mas held this cannot be done. @.' @
Resolution Offered.
The resolution offered by Represen.
tatlve Carlson states that f. W. Cathro
said in his testimony before the house
committee that the report of Bishop,
Hrissman and Company was substan-
TALLY correct and says the minutes OF
~ e11@, lrk
Lemke agreed in the presence of the
committee thatr.the I,tigures-every.
thing in the ,RishOp, Rrissman report.
except the concentrations and conclu-
slons, are substantially correct"
The resolutions would authorize the
printing as public documents the
transcript Of the evidence given be.
fore the house committee and the find
ings of the committee based on the
evidence.
1t says that "the people of the state
are demanding to know and by right
OF law, are entitled to know the re-
suits OF the, examination made by said
state auditing board, as we'll as the
findings of the house audit commit.
tee and the authentic evidence sus-
tanning such findings and that "the
officers of the several political sub
divisions of the state, including cities,
villages, counties, townships and
school districts, have peculiar ins
terest in the administration and man
agement Of the Bank of North Dakota.
in that they are the custodians and
trustees of the public funds belonging
to such political subdivisions, which
funds have heretofore been required
to be deposited in the Bank of North
Dakota, and that the officers of such
political subdivisions should have, and
Of right are entitled to have for their
information, and for the Information
of the taxpayers and electors of such
political subdivisions, an authentic re-
port of the results of such examina.
tion of said state industries, and par
ticularly as it relates to the Bank of
North Dakota"
Give Members Copies.
The resolution would have the doc
uments placed on file with the clerks
of all townships, villages, school dis
tricts, auditors of all counties and Gil
les, in all public libraries and each
house member given five copies.
Representative Girdell Patterst n,
Nonpartsan, Immediately moved that
the resolution be referred to the state
affairs committee. Representative
Walter Maddox, Nonpartisan, speak
ing in support of the motion, said that
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