The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-04
FOUR BRIDGES
NOW COMPRISE
N. D. PROGRAM
Measures, Disposed of BY
House, Are Pending in Sen
ate Committee Today
MANY BILLS KILLED
House of Representatives
Indefinitely Postpones
Many Measures

The House of Representatives en-
acted two more bridge bills yester-
day afternoon, passing House bills
Nos. So, appropriating $4,000 to aid
in building bridge across Des Lacs
Lake and H. B. AZ. $4,000 to aid
in building a bridge over the Red
River at Fargo. The "clincher" mo-
tion was added for both of the bills
SO that they could be messaged i'm
mediately to the Senate, where the
State Affairs Committee will consid-
er them together with appropriations
voted for aid in building bridges at
Williston and Sanish, over the Mis-
souri, river. Little opposition was
registered to the measures.
The House, however, killed more
bills than it passed during its ses-
sion, seven measures being indef-
initely postponed during the after
noon.
Brief debate came out on Senate
Bill No. II, appropriating 100000 for
the wolf bounty fund for the next
two years, from July l, 1925. An
other bill carries 100000 to meet
a deficit for the present biennium.
Rep. Ferris of Nelson county, de-
claring the 100000 was not adequate
to meet the bounty payments, de-
clared the total amount should be
increased by 100000 or $4,000. The
measure, however, went through at
the figure fixed by the appropria-
ton committee.
The House also passed measures
appropriating $4,000 to meet def
icit in the funds for the state train
ing school at Mandan and $1,615 to
meet deficit in the funds for the
employment of stenographers in the
supreme court.
Among Bills Killed
Among the bills killed by the
House was H. B. 70, levying tax
of 81 ton on each ton of coal con-
tanning above $500 British Thermal
Units, which would affect coal other
! than Ignite. Another measure af-
fecting Ignite, the Senate measure
making the present Ignite freight
rates statutory, was reported favor
ably by the railroads committee of
the House and will be up for pass
age Wednesday.
An effort to abolish the states
immigration department was defeat
ed, the bill to this end, offered by
Rep. Thompson Of Burleigh county
being indefinitely postponed. The
,, House Saturday passed a measure
appropriating money for this depart
ment for two years. Considerable
discussion ensued on a bill appro-
priating 5000 to pay Miss Leila Die
sem for services in compiling the
Blue Book in 1919. The money was
claimed due for overtime work, while
she was employed in the Secretary
oil States office. 1t had passed the
Senate. by Vote of 40 to.
The measure was killed, in COM
rlittee of the whole, on vote of SO
to As.
Debate On 1t ~
Rep. Vogel, chairman of the APP
preparations committee asserted that
Secretary of State Thomas Hall had
made an agreement that if Miss
Diesem compiled the Blue Book she
would be given credit, and credit
was not given in the book. He de-
clared he was informed that Mr.. Hall
had promised her action regarding
extra pay for work done on the
book but had not done anything.
Rep. Starke of Starke county, OPP
posing the bill, declared Miss Dicsem
was regularly employed at the time,
that he understood she did extra
work, that she had indicated to the
committee that she was not promised
extra pay but was promised that she
would be given credit for compila-
ton and her picture carried in the
book as part Of the credit.
Rep. McCay of Sioux county said
that. Miss Diesem had worked eve
hings on the book and declared that
Miss Diesem had said she was "dou-
BILE crossed" by Hall.
The name of the former Secretary
Of State was freely discussed during
the debate, and charges of broken
promises we're made by Rep. Vogel
and others.
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