The Bismarck tribune., 1921-01-12
DEBATE WAKES
WARM0N AUDIT
FIRMS REPORT
Senate on Close Vote Appoints
Committee to Confer With
"- Board .
INDEPENDENTS OBJECT
Action of Senate May Place
. Report First in Audit
Boards Hands
INDEPENDENTS OBJ

nal OF the senate VI Iue COpy VI q
telegram sent by the new auditing
board in which it was stated D. c
Poindexter, secretary of the board
was ordered to keep and hold" all
records of the board, featured an
other day of what Senator William
J. Church of Benson county, Non
partisan, chose to call marking time
until the report is made"
The telegram from the Bishop
Brissman company at st. Paul was
received by Lieut.. Gov. Howard Wood
q short time before the senate con-
vened yesterday afternoon. 1t ad-
vised him of the receipt Of orders
from both the house and the senate
for copies of the reports and then
quoted a telegram received from H.
C. Poindexter, newly elected secre
tary of the reorganized auditing
board.
From Mr.. POlndexter.
The telegram was as follows:
Honorable Senate, the senate OF the
State of North Dakota Seventeenth,
Legislative Assembly, Bismarck
N. D.
We have received orders from both
the house and the senate to submit
copies of our audit report, when COM
pleted, to said bodies, respectively
The house resolution is dated Janu-
ary 6, and the senate resolution jan
uary Z. We also received the follow
ing communication and orders undei
seal, and dated January S:
''This is to inform you that the
state auditing board, under whose
authority you have been working
upon the books and records and
accounts of the industries Of the
state, is now constituted of D. c.
Poindexter, William Lemke and
Thomas Hall, and that D. POin-
dexter has been elected secre-
tary Of such auditing board, and
by adopting resolutions that the
secretary shall keep and hold all
such books, records, documents,
reports and property belonging
to said board.
III you have any property OF
the auditing board created under
Section 369 of the compiled laws
OF North Dakota, year 1919, as
amended, or II you have any re-
ports to make to said auditing
board kindly deliver such prop
erty and make such report to the
undersigned at his office.
d. c. PO1NDEXTER,
.,a State Auditor.
Secretary of the Auditing
Board"
Reply Of Company.
We have replied thereto as follows
"Hon. D. C. Poindexter, State Audit
or, Secretary Of the Auditing
Board, Bismarck, N D.
"Your communication OF jan
uary received and will meet
with our compliance. We have
been served with orders from
the senate and house to deliver
copies of our reports to each.
will your board kindly author
ize delivery of one copy Of each
report to the respective bodies as
ordered by them. There will be
but three completely typed cop
les of the report available for
delivery. Would be glad to sub
nit one copy thereof to you and
to have our representative meet
with your honorable body or del
egated committee for explanation
or discussion of our report at
time of submission, or any time
at YOUR convenience at the usual
compensation:
"Respectively suggested that it
would be impractical, unneces-
sary, involve a prohibitive ex-
pense for the state of North Da-
kota to have the entire number
of staff representatives engaged
upon the audit present themselves
for examination. Respectfully
requested that you authorize de-
livery Of report to your body au-
thorized, respective of your firm.
(Signed)
"Bishop-Brissman & Company"
Liederbach Up.
Immediately following the read
ing of the telegram, Senator Lieder-
bach of Dunn county, Lacquer, intro
duced a resolution for committee
of three to confer with the state aud
iting board. His resolution was as
follows:
Whereas the house of repre-
sentatives passed resolution
asking that the auditing firm of
Bishop, Brissman & Company,
shall submit its report and audit
of the industrial institutions of
the state to. the speakers and
Whereas, the senate passed
similar resolution requesting
Bishop, Brissman & Company to
submit it's audit and report to the
senate and. to submit at the same
time for examination the per-
sons who made such audit, and
Whereas, by initiated measures
the people of this state passed
law which cannot be amended, or
changed, or repealed, by resolu-
tion of either house, except by
bill properly introduced and
passed by two-thirds majority
of all members elected to both
houses and the approval by the
governor, which makes the state
auditors the proper parties to
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