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NORTH DAKOTA. 



/>97 



8. Alleiflnmy. .\-lii-, llurke, <'aldwi-ll. 

 (JuMoii, Mitchell, Wataugo, Wilkes, Alc.\au.i. 

 ml Surry. 



i'.iiiicomin-, Cherokee, Clay. Graham, llii\w<nMi 

 llriiili r>oii, .laekxni, Mi-|)ii\\fll, Mii'-oii, Madih'ii 

 polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, mul 



An agricultural and mechanical college for 



tin- colored race \\as established, and ^..IdO per 

 aiinuiii appropriated for its sii|)|M>rt. ll is to IK- 

 at .-omc plan- when- the local authorities will 

 give tin- nee.- .-try laud and buildings. A normal 

 and industrial sc'hool for white girls was estab- 

 lished, its location to be determined l>y the same 

 considerations. A school for white deaf and 

 dumb children was located near Morganton, 

 on land given to the institution, and $20,01)0 

 appropriated for the erection of buildings. 



The sum of $10,000 per annum was appro- 

 priated to inaugurate and maintain a ideological 

 survey of the State, under the direction of a 

 State geologist to lie appointed by the Governor. 



To insure a State exhibit at the World's 

 Columbian Imposition the sum of $25,000 was 

 appropriated out of the moneys received from 

 the Tnited States as a refund of the direct tax 

 of 1801. The earnings of the State Penitentiary 

 and the unexpended balances of 1889 and 1890 

 wen- appropriated for its support. 



An amendment to the Constitution providing 

 that solicitors shall be elected in the same man- 

 ner as judges of the Superior Court, was pro- 

 posed for submission to a vote of the people in 

 November, 1892. Other acts of the session were : 



Changing the name of the Western North Carolina 

 Insane Asylum to the State Hospital, ami providing 

 lor the admission of a limited number of inebriates. 



Making it unlawful for any person to play at any 

 pame of chance, at which money, property, or other 

 thing of value is bet, whether the same be in stake or 

 not, and declaring those who play and those who bet 

 to be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Making it a misdemeanor to employ and carry be- 

 yond the limits of the State, or to entice out of the 

 State, any minor without consent in writing of the 

 parent or guardian. 



Declaring the birthday of Robert E. Lee, Jan. 19, 

 to be a public holiday. 



To punish persons making false representations in 

 obtaining certificates of registration of cattle and 

 other animals, or misrepresenting in any way the 

 lineage of animals used for breeding purposes. 



Providing when lenses of turpentine orchards shall 

 expire, in the absence of a special contract. 



To provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic 

 drinks and narcotics, and of their c fleet upon the 

 human system, in the public schools. 



To prevent gambling at agricultural fairs. 



Allowing maimed Confederate soldiers to peddle 

 t""'Is. wares, and merchandise without paying for a 

 license therefor. 



To prohibit the sale or gift of cigarettes to minors. 



Authorizing the establishment of children's homes 

 in the scveralcountics. and providing for the main- 

 tenance thereof. 



To encourage residents of the State t<> prosixjct for, 

 discover, and utilize phosphate deposits in the navi- 

 gable streams. 



To protect private oyster grounds. 



Hi 'moving the colored normal school from Frank- 

 linton to Warrcntoii. \\anvn County. 



Providing that the duties of the < '"inmissioncr of 

 Iminiirratioii shall lien-utter be performed by the 

 Commissioner <>f Agriculture, who shall be known as 



the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration. 



Establishing a normal school for the colored nice 

 in the town of Elisabeth City. 



Education. At the Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical College for white pupil* there were 104 

 pupils iii attendance for the term Ix-ginning in 

 the autumn of tin* \ear. Application* were on 

 file from ?*i others, who can IH-I ! H> 

 dated till t he completion of dormitorfo DOW hi 

 process ,,f erection. The site for the new Normal 

 and Industrial School for (iirls, cMal>liln d l 

 the ( ieneral Assembly this year, wa* fixed in .lut.c 

 at (iivciisborongh, that place having offered it 

 site and $:).<)<)<) for a building. 



Soldiers' Honii'. I'-y an net of the General 

 Assembly this year a Soldiers' Hon 

 tion was incorporated for the purj>ose of pro- 

 viding and managing a home lor needy Con- 

 federate soldiers. A tract of land near Ra- 

 leigh, known as Camp Russell, owned by the 

 State, was given to the asso-iation by the 

 same act. and the sum of $3.0(10 per annum 

 was appropriated for the support of the institu- 

 tion. 



Railroads. The railroad commission estal>- 

 lished by the General Assembly this year, or- 

 ganized soon after the close of the session and 

 began the work of establishing standard ralen of 

 railroad tariff for the State. A standard pas- 

 senger rate of 8 cents a mile for first-class 

 I :i>-age and 2} cents for second-class passage 

 was adopted, while certain branch liih-s which 

 are not yet on a good- pay ing basis were allowed 

 to charge 8A cents for first-class and :] cents for 

 second-class passage. No radical reduction* 

 were undertaken, and the railroads generally 

 were not disposed to attack the work of the 

 commission. An assessment of railroad property 

 for taxation was made by the commission, the 

 total assessed valuation of such property being 

 fixed at $19.800,185.47. In 1800 the total as- 

 sessed value was about $12,000.000. 



NORTH DAKOTA, a North western State, 

 admitted to the Union Nov. ;{. isi-it; area. Id. 

 795 square miles; population, according to the 

 census of 1890, 182.719. Capital. Bismarck. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Andrew H. 

 Burke ; Lieutenant-Governor, Roger Allin : Scc- 

 rdary of State, John Flittie: Treasurer. I.. K. 

 Booker; Auditor, John P. Bray ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral. C. A. M. Spencer: Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture and Labor, H. T. Helgesen : Commis- 

 sioner of Insurance, A. L. Carey ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, John Ogden ; Railroad 

 Commissioners. George W. Harmon, Ge< 

 Walsh, Andrew Slotten : Justices of the Su- 

 preme Court, Guy C. H. Corliss. Alfred Wallin. 

 .1. M. Bartholomew: Clerk. R. D. Hoskins. All 

 these officers are Republicans. 



The Senate consists of '.M Republicans. 5 Demo- 

 crats, and 5 Farmers' Alliance men. The House 

 has 40 Republicans. 1C. Democrats, and Far- 

 mers' Alliance men. 



Finances. The first annual report of the 

 State Treasurer gives the following figures : Total 

 receipts, including a balance of ^tll.ii'.'l.!'',' from 

 the Territorial Treasurer. $<>09.51 l.s:l : total dis- 

 bursements. $:>04.7-J(t.:!'J: balance, $104,791.51. 

 Of this, $>'!'. i:'::.."i(i wa- credited to the general 

 fund, $1.705.99 to the university-bond fund, 

 $2.r>S!. > J! to the stock indemnity fund. f'>"V 

 11.-5.W to the [MTmancnt school fund, amj $-V 

 to the iKiiul interest fund. 



