The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-10
LANCER APPROVES
MANY new LAWS
etatutss Dealing With Farms,
Taxes and Poor Relief
Signed BY Governor

Consolidation and shift Of power In
certain state offices and new laws
dealing With farming, taxes, poor re-
lief and county officials are provided
for IN bills signed By Governor VII
liam hanger.
with these new bills the chief ex-
ecuuve Friday had approved III Of
the measures passed BY the lawmakers
at the recent legislative session.
He affixed his signature to mea-
eures transferring the special bridge
fund to the general fund: providing
for establishment Of . tannery ct the
state prison: creating . state central
iSed regulatory department under .
regulatory chief to b named BY the
governor: making the warden Of the
state prison the superintendent Of the
crime bureau. and creating q state
board Of health consisting Of the A.
torney general and two members up.
pointed by the governor.
The governor also signed the bin
clarifying the 1857 initiated law pro-
hibiting corporation farming. Another
permits purchasers or mortgagors on
. conditional sales contract or pur-
chase mortgage to make good default
within reasonable time.
Provision that mortgages held by
the Bank Of North Dakota and the
university and school lands board be
foreclosed BY action received guber-
material approval.
May Consolidate Counties
Consolidation Of counties Is made
possible under . new law and others
set up machinery for administering
poor relief through county commits
sionerS, make optional examination Of
records Of county officers at the end
Of tho term, and limit area Of juris-
diction for county constables.
LANCER approved . five-per-cent
preferences to North Dakota road con-
tractors.
Among other bills signed:
Defining Ignite coal for freight rate
making purposes and to permit order
ing Of lower rates.
Prohibiting public schools and edu-
cationAl institutions Of the state from
changing text books oftener than once
In three years.
Making It q misdemeanor for other
than legally elected members Of the
state central committee to represent
self - member.
Permitting use Of only one voting
precinct In elections In irrigation dis
tricts and clarifying present law.
Fixing salaries for treasurer In COM
mon or consolidated school district
and reducing limit for years pay.
Appropriating 81 500 for refunding
money erroueously paid into general
fund.
Providing that In cities having no
street commissioners city engineer act
in that capacity; In cities having no
engineer or street commissioner. chief
Of police to perform duties Of street
commissioner.
OK's Certified Cheeks
Permitting city councils or COM
1nissioners to take certified check only
In lieu Of bidders bonds In letting
contracts for sidewalks, curbing and
cutters In cities.
Requiring county acquiring tax title
to tract Of land subject to drain taxes
to charge against tract amount need
ed to redeem when tax title was &C.
Quired, and amount for which gener-
q taxes would have been levied Il
tract had been subject to taxation.
Requiring county commissioners to
retire outstanding drain warrants to
pay . just amount Of drain assess
ments against tracts acquired by
county by tax title.
Reducing reinstatement fees Of cor
porations.
fixing time at which payment shall |
be deemed to be complete when made |
BY check, draft or other negotiable In |
Strument.
Permitting municipalities to issue |
bonds for funding Indebtedness In
CURED prior to 1883.
Providing for monthly meetings Of
school boards Of common school dis |
tricts.
Reducing fees for beaver tags and
eliminating snowy owls from list Of |
protected birds.
Making minors capable Of binding