. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. governor is a member of both. The mostimportant commission and boards are the Taxation Commission, Board of Con-trol, and Board of Regents. The members of the commissions and boards areappointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the Senate. Their tenureof office is usually for two, four or six years, and while as a rule they consult thegovernor and enforce his policies in administering the affairs of their office, theyfrequently act on independent lines, to the serious political embarrassment andinjury of the governor,
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. governor is a member of both. The mostimportant commission and boards are the Taxation Commission, Board of Con-trol, and Board of Regents. The members of the commissions and boards areappointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the Senate. Their tenureof office is usually for two, four or six years, and while as a rule they consult thegovernor and enforce his policies in administering the affairs of their office, theyfrequently act on independent lines, to the serious political embarrassment andinjury of the governor, as the people hold the governor responsible and not thecommission and boards, for their mistakes of administration. ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN MILLER John Miller was the first governor of the state. As such governor, on Novem-ber 4, 1889, two days after the admission of the state to the Union, he issued hisproclamation caUing the Legislative Assembly to meet at Bismarck, on Tuesday,November 19, 1889, for the purpose of electing two United States senators, and 414. NORTH DAKOTA STATE FLAGFrom an aiitochrom by F. A. Behounek. HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 415 for the performance of such other legislative duties as might be in accordancewith the constitution. The Legislature assembled, which convened November19th, determined that the Federal law for the election of United States senatorswhich prescribed that the Legislature should on the second Tuesday after itsmeeting and organization proceed to ballot for United States senators, eachbranch thereof to vote separately, was superseded by the Omnibus Bill, whichconferred the power and made it the duty of the Legislative Assembly forthwithat its meeting and organization to ballot for United States senators. Accordingly,on November 20, 1889, the houses balloted separately, casting ballots for GilbertA. Pierce, N. G. Ordway, Lyman R. Casey, republicans, and M. L. McCormick,democrat. The House was composed of sixty-two members, thirty-two being a
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