CHAPTER 22 (H. B. No. 63-Iverson and Johnson) LITTLE MISSOURI NEAR CHALONER'S FERRY An Act to Appropriate the Sum of $35,000.00 from the State Highway Bridge Fund for the Purpose of Aiding in the Construction of a Bridge Across the Little Missouri at a Point at, or Near the Present Location of Chaloner's Ferry on Federal Highway No. 85, in McKenzie County, North Dakota, Under the Provisions of Chapter 73, of the Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1919 and Acts Amendatory Thereof. Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Highway Bridge Fund provided under paragraph 2a of Section II, of Chapter 44, of the Laws of the Special Session of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota for the year 1919, the sum of $35,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary between the date of the passage and approval of this Act and June 30th, 1929, inclusive, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the substructure, superstructure and structural approach of a bridge across the Little Missouri River at or near the present location of Chaloner's Ferry on Federal Highway No. 85, in McKenzie County, North Dakota, under the provisions of Chapter 73, of the laws of North Dakota for the year 1919, and Acts amendatory thereof. § 2. This Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 1, 1927. CHAPTER 23 (H. B. No. 220-Lynch, Polfuss, Holthusen and Worner) WAHPETON BRIDGE An Act to Appropriate the Sum of Thirty Thousand ($30,000) Dollars, From Any Moneys in the State Highway Fund, for the Purpose of Aiding in the Construction of a Bridge Across the Bois De Sioux River, Between the City of Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, and the City of Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, Under the Provisions of Chapter 73 of the Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Highway Fund under Paragraph 2a of Section 11 of Chapter 44 of the Laws of the Special Session of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota for the year 1919, the sum of Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary between the date of the passage and approval of this Act and June 30, A. D. 1929, inclusive, for the purpose of aid in the construction of the sub-structure, super-structure and structural approaches to a bridge across the Bois De Sioux River between the city of Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, and the city of Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, under the provisions of Chapter 73 of the Laws of North Dakota for the year 1919. § 2. This Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 28, 1927. CHAPTER 24 (S. B. No. 19-Committee on Appropriations) BUDGET-PARTIAL VETO An Act to Appropriate Money for the Expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government, and for Public Schools, Specifying the Amount and Time for Which Such Appropriations Shall Be Available, and Repealing All Acts, or Parts of Acts, Insofar as the Same Shall Relate to Appropriations Conflicting Herewith or to Appropriations for the Same Matters or Purposes Provided for Herein. To the Honorable Secretary of State: March 10, 1927. I file herewith Senate Bill No. 19, an act to appropriate money for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government, or the General Budget. I have approved this bill with the exception of the following items: STATE AUDITOR Certain items in the General Budget have been raised without any apparent justification. The Budget Board allowed the State Auditor the sum of $59,300.00. The State Auditor is a member of the Budget Board, and this amount was allowed with his consent and approval. Senate Bill No. 19 appropriates the sum of $67,500.00 for the State Auditor, and provides for the following items. over the allowance made by the Budget Board: Gasoline Tax Auditor Travel Expense Total $4,800.00 4,300.00 $9,100.00 The investigation and inspection of companies dealing in gasoline in the state has heretofore been taken care of by the Oil Inspector of the State Regulatory Department. That department is equipped to do the work and can well continue to handle it. The allowance for travel expense for the State Auditor should be no more than that allowed other departments engaged in similar work. Since the Governor does not have the power to veto part of any item, I am obliged to veto the entire allowance for travel expense, and I recommend that the state auditor apply to the Emergency Commission for an allowance for travel expense for his department. The work of the State Auditor's department is almost identical with that of the State Treasurer's department. Senate Bill No. 19 appropriates the sum of $48,840.00 for the State Treasurer. The allowance to the State Treasurer for travel expense is but $500.00. The State Auditor's budget for the last biennium, 1925-27, was $41,700.00, or $25,800.00 less than the budget provided in Senate Bill No. 19. I have, therefore, vetoed the item of $4,800.00 for gasoline tax auditor, and the item of $4,300.00 for travel expense included in the budget for the State Auditor. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION I asked in my legislative message to have the office of secretary of the Industrial Commission discontinued, upon the ground and for the reason that there was no necessity for such secretary. Some other department of the state can handle the work of the Industrial Commission without any additional expense. Therefore, I veto the following items in the budget of the Industrial Commission: The secretarial work of the Industrial Commission can be turned over to the department of the State Examiner, where it will be much more efficiently handled. Departments of the state are like private organizations; if some member of the organization is not kept fully occupied the effect is bad and he soon demoralizes the whole organization. We should see to it that all departments are busy with constructive work. Very truly yours, A. G. SORLIE, Governor. Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § I. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.] The sums hereinafter named only, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes specified in the following sections of this Act. § 2. THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE APPROPRIATIONS MADE HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE.] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the appropriations herein made shall be available for the expenses to be incurred in and about the several purposes herein set out, during the fiscal period of two years, beginning July 1st, 1927, and ending June 30th, 1929. For the State's proportion of expense in co-operating with other states in furtherance of the Great LakesSt. Lawrence Deep Waterway Project 2,000.00 Postage Office Supplies 500.00 200.00 Postage Stenographer and Deputy Clerk at $125.00 per month Five Stenographers to Justices at $110.00 per month.... Office Supplies Furniture and Fixtures Printing Miscellaneous 3,000.00 13,200.00 550.00 400.00 1,500.00 500.00 600.00 Publishing five volumes of North Dakota Reports Total $ 5,600.00 200.00 100.00 1,000.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 7,500.00 5,000.00 $ 19,800.00 |