The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-09
BILL
AND20THERS
ARE VETOED
Bakken Bill, Reducing Com.
pensatiOn Benefit Scale,
Signed This Morning

One bin was signed and three ve-
toed by Governor A. G. Sorlie this
morning.
The measure which became a law
was the Bakken bill reducing the ben
eft scale paid by the state work
mems compensation bureau. No
statement regarding it was made by
the executive other than to say he
had signed it.
The bills vetoed were House bills
274, PAL and 1911. The first would
have changed the law relating to the
asking by county or city boards for
bids on paving projects; the second
would have placed the state hail in
surance department on a budget and
the third would have limited the right
to vote at bond elections to free
holders or persons paying personal
property taxes.
The Paving Bill
In vetoing the paving bill the
executive said: "This bill seems to
have been intended to aid someone in
the sale Of patent process paving.
North Dakota has had enough paving
scandals without having such law
as this bill proposes on its statute
OVVno w SuSVuAokS uIVAC SUCH Unusual. y.
ing affairs as most citizens can recall
having happened during the last few
years.
1T is possible that the bill is an
attempt to overcome, by legal means.
the resentment which these paving
scandals have caused.
1T is splendid idea for all of
US to help one another. On the other
honA - 60 ,sM$n{p a. AAk
a law to thrust something down the
throats Of city or county boards Of
commissioners which their sound
judgment. would cause them to re-
ject.
"Thc state highway commission has
already gone on record as rejecting
the use of patent types Of paving.
] see no reason for forcing city
boards to ask for bids on such patent
paving if they have no wish to use
1t.
II have vetoed this bill because I
believe it to be contrary to sound
public policy and against the inter-
ests Of honest government"
The Hail Bureau Budget Bill
Reasons for vetoing the measure
budgeting the hail insurance depart
ment. as given in the message were:
"The hail insurance department is
a business institution with expendi-
lures varying greatly from year to
year, depending upon the number Of
hail loss claims filed with the de-
partment. It is impossible to esti-
mate the cost Of operating this de-
partment because no one is able to
h. ins,nts,nA sSn ~
adjustment Of losses, which vary
from year to year.
"A bill similar to this was passed
by the 1925 legislative session and
was vetoed for the same reasons as
stated. herein" i.
The Bond Voting Measure
In vetoing the bill limiting voters
at bond elections the executive said: !:
"This bill provides that no person
shall be eligible to vote at bond elec-
tions who is not freeholder or who
does not pay a personal property tax.
''If this bill were to become law
am Of the opinion that it would SER
iously interfere with the legality and
the sale Of bonds. After any such
election the question might be raised
whether or not the bond issue was
legal. depending upon whether or not
all the citizens who voted had dol
lars enough to their credit either in
real or personal property.
ut is questionable also whether
such law would be constitutional.
since it seems to be In conflict with
section 122 Of the constitution Of
North Dakota.
Would Bar Most Women
IT hope the citizens Of North Dako-
ta are not retrograding. hope we
are not putting the dollar mark ahead
Of the right Of citizens to exercise
the franchise. Surely the people of
North Dakota do not want the dollar
mark to be the indication Of citi-
zen's qualification to vote. We pro-
gressed beyond that stage long ago.
Furthermore. by Che adoption Of
the 10th amendment to the constitu-
tion Of the United States, women
were granted equal franchise with
men. The provisions Of this Law
would almost repeal the woman suf-
frage law. for proportionately few
women hold either real or personal
property in their own names. For the
reasons above stated, have vetoed
this bill"