The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-07
100 MUCH NILSSON CURE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WANTS
BANKRUPTCY LAW RE-
PEALED
INCREASING THE TAX LEVY
Medical Men Stirred Up - Object to
Having OsteOpathy, Christian Sci
ence and Magnetic Healing
Legally Recognized.

BISMARCK, March 6.-(Special 1.-The
legislative assembly Of the state wants
the Nelson bankruptcy law repealed, and
memorial to the states representatives
in congress asking them to work and
vote for it's repeal has been favorably
reported from the senate judiciary COM
mittee, and will probably pass. The bill
for the taxation of express companies,
telegraph companies and other corpora
lions of the kind, under the provisions
of the constitutional amendment adopted
at the last election, has been favorably
reported, and will probably pass both
houses, and something will be added
to the tax rolls of the state under it's
provisions. The county auditors salary
bill, which was passed in the house In
such a way that the increases might not
apply to present auditors. was amended
by the senate striking out this provision
of the bill and providing that 1t apply
to the present auditors. AS the present
auditors are the ones who have done the
work toward getting this bill introduced
and passed, they ought certainly to profit
by it's provisions, and the senate amend
ment bids fair to be copcurred in.
The tax levy the coming year will be
a little heavier than in the past. Both
houses have passed the bill for the levy
of a special tax to take up the S153 GOO of
bonds for the state asylum, and the state
board of equalization next summer will
provide for this aside from the other
taxes of the state. These bonds are due
in May, 1902 The special tax will pro-
vide for their payment and when they
are taken up the debt of the state will
be reduced inside the limit by that
amount, and it will be possible to issue
new bonds, the proceeds of which can
go into the state general fund. This will
provide for the $4,000 of funding war
rants that were issued at the opening
Of the year to pay the state deficit and
provide for the expenses of the legislative
expenses. According to the figures of the
leaders of the house and senate, the
appropriations made by the legislative as
sembly, including the standing appropria-
tions, are comfortably inside the rev.
enues. The 1000 of outstanding Irvine
plant certificates are provided for in the
penitentiary bonding bill, so that their
payment will not embarrass the general
fund when they fall due in November of
next year Indications are that the open
ing of the next legislative session will
see the finances Of the state in better
condition
The medical men Of the state, who had
the bill introduced that regulates medica!
practice and worked hard for it's passage
through the senate, are now working as
hard to kill it in it's amended form. They
say that professional pride alone would
induce them to work te1 kill a bill which
Officially and legally recognized osteopa-
thy, Christian science and magnetic heal
ing as legitimate branches of the profess
sion Of treating disease Another matter
that the physicians argue is that in case
any quack treated disease and was ar
tested for violating the law, he might
plead that he was "a Christian Scientist
or magnetic healer, and go free under
the terms of the law.
The indications are that the number of
new laws will be much larger than was
expected when the session opened. The
new codes have been>ridaled with amend
ments aside from large amount of new
legislation minor fiji its character in
most instances, but sufficient in quantity
to keep the law-abiding citizen studying
to see what new provisions the legisla-
tors have added fer his guidance and
government. There are about 125 bills on
third reading in the two houses for the
last week of the session-bills that have
passed one house and need only the
passage in the other to send them to the
governor. The executive will. have his
hands full to examine all bills that pass
irf the last week and approve or disap-
prove in the prescribed time after tho
legislature adjourns.