The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-04
STATE SENATE
CLEARS DECKS
FOR LAST DAY
Fair Appropriation Bills and
Highway Reorganization
Bill Are Passed


Disposing Of its last house bills
with scant argument, and concur
ring in house amendments to ~
senate bills, the state senate yester-
day cleared its decks for ironing out
disputes with the house over various
amendments today with the ex-
pcctation of adjourning sine die by
6 o'clock.
Several major bills were passed,
with little debate on any of them.
They included bill requiring the
state treasurer to keep separate the
funds for payment Of interest on
and the retirement of North Dakota
ing the statute governing the organ
ization of the state highway depart
mcnt.
An appropriation Of 100000 for
construction of new ward build
ing at the state hospital for the
insane at jamestown was passed, as
was measure appropriating funds
for the state fairs ut Fargo, Grand
Forks, Mnot and Mandan.
A Bill providing for appeals from
the decisions Of the depositors
guaranty fund was swamped under q
80 to q vote and the clincher mo-.
ton was applied.
A resolution authorizing the state
board of administration to raise tut
ton rates at various state schools
was adopted, and u measure provid-
ing for a referendum to the voters
of the state whether or not power
high lines shall be taxed was passed
Although the measure requiring
the state treasurer to separate funds
used for payment of interest and re-
tircment of state real estate bonds
was passed by a straight party vote
of 20 to "a, there was little debate
Fairs to Get Money
The fair appropriation bill, storm
center in the house and in the house
appropriations committee, was pass
ed, 20 to 20, with little comment. 1t
appropriates $4,000 each for the
state fairs ut Fargo, Grand Forks
and Mandan, and $1,000 for the Minot
fair, which also has Il standing APP
preparation of $4,000.
The highway bill would eliminate
the present fiveman commission
making the commission consist OF
the governor and two members to bt
appointed by him. Their terms would
last four years and would be ar
ranged so that one members term
expires every two years. 1t would
also do away with the present four
year term for the chief engineer
giving the commission power to APP
point its own chief engineer or to
remove him at will. The commission
would also appoint it's secretary in
stead of having the chief engineer
serve as secretary.
Before the bill was passed it was
amended to limit the secretary
salary to $4,000 year. An attemp,
to amend the bill to require tina,
one of the members be qualified
engineer failed before the bill was
passed, AZ to l.
Having cleared it's calendar of al
house bills, several members Of tn,
senate began planning on their re-
turn home today with a half hours
general discussion Of railroad con
nections and the mailing home OF
bill files and other legislative ma
terial before taking up bills which
had been amended by the house.
During the day total Of 10 sen
ate bills were again passed as amend
ed by the house, while amendment:
to six others were rejected and thu
bills sent to conference committees
Conference Committees Report
Conference committee reports were
made on the house measures estab
fishing a uniform rate of transport
alton Of children to schools. A rec
ommendation that the senate reccd,
from amendments to the transporta
ton bill pertaining to common
schools was adopted and the bill wa.
again passed. No action was taker
on another transportation bin ap
plying to consolidated schools, which
the senate had amended by rasin,
the amount to be paid by school dis
tricts to parents of students fol
transportation, but the committee re
ported that the senate amendment.
had been accepted.
Conference committee recommend
atoms Of various cuts in the apprO
priation for the commissioner o
immigration's department were ac
cepted and the bill was passed.
When the senate convened at l0:3(
today it had a total of six hous,
bills and six senate bills, excluding
few senate measures passed ant
amended by the house late yester
day to make final decisions on.
Among the senate bills to which
/ house amendments were accepted
were those making an appropriation
for the state normal school at Val
ley City and providing for with
drawals Of entire counties from thu
hail insurance fund on certain con
ditions. The Valley City normal APP
propriation was amended in the hous'
to eliminate 100000 for IA new build