The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-08

When the committee reports. Lieu
tenant Governor Walter Maddox will
present list of committee assign
ments which he also has prepared. 1t
is expected that the division will be
along strict party lines and that the
report Of the committee on commit
tees will be approved. The commit
tee is controlled by the Independents
and numbers in its membership the
lieutenant governor, whose power of
appointing committees it was design
cd to cuntail.
House Bill No. 1
A bill giving the governor power
to appoint United States senators to
fill vacancies. offered by c. F.
Stretch, Bottineau, was the first to
be offered in the house.
The proposed bill provides that the
appointce may hold office until the
next election, either primary or gen.
cral. when the vacancy is to be filled
by election. The bill specifies that
there is not now any law upon the
statute books covering this point.
The legislature passed its first bill
today when the house approved SEN
tion to the supplement to the COM
piled laws Of 1913 published this
year.
The bill enables legislatures to re-
fer to the new volume in bills to be
introduced later in the session.
The measure met no opposition in
either house and its approval by
the governor is considered certain.
The following committees we're SUBJ
mittcd to the senate today by the
committee on committees: =
AEriculture-Petcr McLachlin, Cass
Grand Forks county; John w. Ben
son, Rolcttc county; G. w. Carey,
Richland county; Ncls Magnuson,
Bottineau county; O. T. Tofsrud,
Pierce county; c. j. Olson, Barnes
county; Charles A. Seamands, Het-
finger county; c. L. Bakken, Williams
county: Fred Van Camp, Pembina
county; Ole Ettestad, McHenry
county. -
ApprOpriations-P. r. Kretschmar,
Mcintosh county (chairman); Carey:
A. s. Marshall. Dickey county; Frank
+. Ployhar, Barnes county: Benson;
p. j. Murphy, Walsh county; O. A.
Olson, Burleigh county; H. J. Rusch,
Cass county: d. II. Hamilton. McHen-
ry county; Alfred Steele, Stutsman
county; r. w. Patten, Mountrail
county; Walter Bond, Ward county;
Magnuson; 1. r. Baird, Stark coun-
ty; e. H. Brant, Emmoas. county;
Van Camp; W. S. Whitman, Grand
Forks county.
Apportionment- Van Arnam,
Cass county (chairman); s. J. At
kins, Towner county; Gust WOg, Bill
lings county; Bond; Ettcstad; Carey;
j. +. Ficcktcn, Ward county; Kretsch-
mar; w. Z. Martin, Morton county:
Murphy; O. H. Olson; Ployhar; A.
A. Peck. Mclean county; Baird; Bak-
ken, Eastgate; Patten; Steele; C. C.
Richie, Sheridan county; H. J.
Rusch, Cass county; P. o. Satire,
Steele county; Seamands and Brant.
Banks and Banking-W. D. Lynch
(chairman); LaMoure county; Fred
Pathman. Grant county; o. H. Oh
son; Tofsrud; G. Patterson, Renville
county; McLachlin; Hamilton;
Rusch; Fredericton; Kretschmar;
Sathre; Atkins. Patten; Pedef L.
Hjelmstad, Walsh county; and Bond.
Cities and Municipal Corporations-
Joseph c. Forbes, Richland county
lchairman); Steele; O. a. Olsen.
Ru.es sa.'ish s.eson esonsy SSssS Sse., 1st's
dale. Iraill county; Veg; 7. J. Ste-
vens. Hamsey county; ard J. +. Cen
rath, Mercer county.
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