The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-06
HOUSE And SENATE
MEMBERS Returning
H0|MEWARD monday.
Clerical Work Still to Be Com.
pIeted May Require Still
Another Day
SETS RECORD FOR LENGTH
labors Saturday, Sunday and
Monday Done on Theory II
Still Was Friday
SETS RECORD FOR LENGTH

The 23rd North Dakota legislative
assembly ended its 00-day job near
noon Monday after shattering pre-.
cedent by extending the final legis-
lative day nearly 60 hours past the
constitutional time for adjournment.
Technically the assemblies will re-
main in session until sometime Tues
day. but at 20 q. M, Monday house
members left, and senator's followed
at 1915 p. m.
Final agreement on the amounts to
be allowed for the university and
Agricultural college budgets ended
one on the most unusual deadlocks
in state history.
A few members and the presiding
officers remained In each house to
vote on motions incident to complet-
ing the records. Sine die adjourn
r1ent will not come until this Is done,
with all matters dated March 3, the
final day for adjournment.
Longest Legislative Day
The closing marked the end of both
the longest session and the longest
Legislative day in the history Of the
state assembly.
Obuvious to the flight Of the hours
members worked Saturday, Sunday
and Monday on the theory thai
midnight Of last Friday-the time
fixed by the state constitution IA
sdjourning the 00-day session-hak
not yet arrived. The clocks In the
assemblies pointed to around II p. m
and the records showed 1t was still
March 3, as members worked all day
and long into the night Saturday
and Sunday.
When the house convened at 3 q
m. Monday, 1t was 81 hours past TIKI
time set for adjournment. making Fri
day the longest legislative day In
state history.
The Goth and final legislative day
started at 2 p. m. Friday, making the
length Of the day" 81 hours when
presiding officers raped their gavela
Monday morning, with indications
that before adjournment the day.
will exceed 70 hours. There were In
6ications that adjournment might
come Monday afternoon.
| Repeated attempts Of Sen. Thomas
Whelan Of Pembina to force sine die
adjournment were defeated. and his
motions containing reference to the
time were being expunged from the
records. On several occasions men,
bers made remarks on the floor that
1t was past March 3, but none OF
these comments went into the record.
| Says Constitution Violated
Sen. J. p. Cain, Stark county.
charged during debate on the floor
I'VE have been violating the constitu-
ton the last few days." and Sen. A.
w. Fowler, Cass, Sunday sought to
incorporate in q motion that "this
Is the fifth Of March," The assem-
bly,. however, adopted . motion to
expunge all reference from the record
that the assembly Is operating on
any other than the third Of March.
Facetiously, some members moved
for recesses until July 1 and until
Christmas Day.
Chief among the bills delaying ad.
journment are the appropriation bills
for the state university and asricul-
tural college. The senate Is attempt
ing to give these institutions more
money than was approved BY the
house and the argument has grown
bitter.
Developments Of the Sunday ses-
sion, which lasted until midnight and
followed . Saturday night meeting
that ran into the small hours In the
house and to nearly midnight In the
senate, include:
The sales tax bill received final leg
islative approval for the second time.
setting ct rest the question OF . par
Elementary tangle that prevailed on
is first passage.
The emergency clause was defeated.
The bill to tax gross earnings Of
public utilities passed. with the rate
set ct II per cent by both houses.
The bill providing for . statewide
scrip plan received final approval, .
the assemblies concurred IN amend
ments.
FINAL legislative action was taken
on the bill authorising enlargement
Of the prison power plant to permit
its use In serving the new state capi-
tol and other state buildings. It car
rjes IN appropriation OF 10000 and
"any part'' OF the 4275, 900 Of the pGi-
son Irvine plant operating fund.
10 Dills IN Controversy
About 10 measures remained IA
controversy. These included the bill
revising hail insurance laws, the bud
get measures, and the proposal Set
ting up state equalization fund for
schools. q the assemblies met for
what unotficially was the "6srd leg.
islative day." but what u going into
the record e the Goth and final
legislative day, scheduled to end ct
midnight last Friday.
some members freely discussed the
question Of the legality Of the ~