The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-06
A. c. Budget Bills

A. c. Budget Bills
The House concurred in Senate
amendments to House Bill No. ;,
after brief debate, this morning.
1t was originally proposed by the
North Dakota Good Roads Associ-
alton that provision be made for ST.
100000 annually for building high
ways, through a gasoline tax and in
creased license fees.
Under House Bill No. 8, it is esti-
mated the Highway Commission will
get 100000 from motor vehicle Ii
cense fees to maintain roads already
built, and $250,O0O to 100000 more
from the gasoline tax to build new
roads. after November 9, 1926, when
counties are prohibited from match
ing federal aid. This would make
possible $5O0,OOO to 100000 a year
for new federal aid roads, compared
to 81 100000 year spent now.
The three budget bills for the Ag-
ricultural College were disposed in
the House rapidly. Senate bill No.
so, providing for the maintenance
of the experiment station. was ap-
proved by the House at $255,400 as
compared to $278,2OO recommended
by the Budget Board.
The Agricultural College general
bill, for the institution
proper went through at S53s.500 as
compared to $565,60O recommended
by the Budget Board.
Senate Bill No. 81, for the extern
sion division of the Agricultural
College, went through at $65.OOO,
compared to $129.061.9s as recon-
mended by the Budget Board and
$4,000 as it passed the Senate.
The House approved in committee
of the whole an appropriation Of
$25,000 to make Typographical sur
vey of the state, to aid reclamation
work and flood control.
Kill Fair Bills
In night session last night, the
House indefinitely postponed for the
second time four fair appropriation
bills-Minot, Mandan, Fargo and
Grand Forks fairs. The appropria-
tion bills had been passed by the
Senate, after similar bills had once
been killed in the House. The Fargo
fair bill was first defeated. A call
of the house was moved on this, and
word sent out for two Independent
members. The vote FOR indefinite
postponement was SO to So. Z
The Grand Forks fair appropria-
tion bill was killed, SO to 81; the
Minot fair bill So to So, and the
Mandan fair appropriation died, 81
to 81.
The action leaves but one fair ap-
preparation. A standing appropria-
tion for the Minot fair, at $4,000
year, stands on the statute books.
Several of the members from the
northwestern part Of the state, afraid
of the fate Of their bridge bills, vo-
ted at various times for the fair
bills.
The House also killed the Senate
bill appropriating $4,000 from the
bridge fund to pay the amount due
the Northern Construction Company
for building concrete road from
the Missouri river bridge west. The
vote to kill it was 81 to S..
There was some argument on this
appropriation, r. A. vogel, chairman
of the appropriations committee, de-
clared the work was done by the
Highway Commission in face Of an
Attorney Generals opinion that mon
ey cotlld not be legally taken from
the bridge fund. Rep. Halcrow, arr
guing for it, declared both the pres
ent and former Highway Commission
had declared the road part Of the
bridge project. and that the road
had been built to keep IN agree-
mcnt with the federal government to
pave it within three years from the
time the bridge was finished.
Resolution Dies
The .Imperialism and War" res-
oiution, Nkieh Representative NilE-
or, Cemsnnniat. inffednead anA
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