The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
Set for Friday to
Allow jamestown
To Be Represented

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vote. Kneeland told the committee
that $4,000 signatures had been OBJ
tanned to these petitions after con-
siderable effort. The number re-
quired to place a constitutional
amendment OF the ballot is 10000.
He asserted that Jamestown resi-
dents wish to examine the bill in the
light Of its possible effect on their
effort to obtain the capital for that
city and wish to present argument
on the measure as it affects the
capital removal plan.
1t is their desire, Kneeland said,
to study the effect of the proposed
law on the initiative and referendum
clauses OF the constitution under
which they are seeking to operate.
P. w. Lanier, the lawyer who will
represent Jamestown at the hearing
is busy in court and will be detained
for some time. he said. and asked
that the matter be held over until
Friday or Saturday.
Twichell Fav0rs P0stpOnement
l.. L. Twichell. favoring the con-
tinuance " in fairness to Jamestown"
said Lanier called him at 1890 o'clock
Saturday night and wanted the hear
ing held up until Feb. 4 but that he
refused on the ground that the COM
mittee. under the house rules, loses
Jurisdiction of the bill after it has
been in its possession for 10 days.
It was announced at the meeting
that a Jamestown committee met late
Saturday night with members of the
legislature from Stutsman county
and a plan Of campaign was outlined
at that time. He admitted that he
had received a tentative copy of the
bill some time ago but pleaded for
additional delay or the ground that
the Stutsman county representatives
wished time to study the details of
the bill itself.
An old age pension bill, introduced
in the house by Albert Van Berkom,
Nonpartisan from Burke county. was
virtually killed when the committee
recommended it for indefinite post
ponement. Van Berkom will make a
minority report on It, however. The
bill was passed on Monday without
any argument, although at a previous
hearing it was the cause of q heated
discussion.
Appropriations Approved
A bill designed to prevent hair
dressers from cutting or smuggling hair
also was indefinitely postponed.
Five appropriation measures were
recommended for passage by the
house committee on appropriations.
Recommendations of the budget
board were needed in all the meas
ures except one, q $1,000 reduction
being made in q senate bill asking
500, 900 for care Of insane patients in
the state at large.
Appropriations q 1880 for preSer-
walton and control of artesian waters
in the state; $4,000 for the care of
feeble minded whose residence can
not be determined; 1000 annually
for promotion Of boys and girls club
work and $4,000 for the miscellaneous
refund account were other measures
recommended.
Could Lease Lands
AUCnOFlLy WOulQ pc EgaI1Ueu Tie
state board Of university and school
lands to lease state or school lands
supposed to contain gas, sodium,
chemical substances or allodial and
other clays under q measure intro
duced in the house Monday by Rep.
H. l., Halvorson, Ward county. The
board now has no authority to lease
such lands.
The bill proposes that the boarI be
authorized to establish rules and
regulations covering the conduct Of
development and drilling operations
by lease holders.
The state geologist or state chem
list, when requested by the board of
university and school lands, yuld
make 4 report on any lands held UNI
der lease issued under the act.
The house had before 1t at Monday
afternoons session z proposal, already
approved by the senate, to repeal the
oct by which the entire state was
placed in the central standard tine
zone. The effect Of the law would bs
to place western North Dakota il the
mountain time rome.