The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-04-14
CARLSON STOCK
BILL is KILLED.
House Indefinitely Postpones
the Measure.
HELD TO Be TOO STRINGENT

HELD TO BE TOO STRINGENT
Opponents of the Bill Feared 1t
Would Hamper Legitimate Business
.: Ware IT Enacted Into Law-Nolan's
Telephone Tax Bill Passed by the
House-Indian Fighters to Be Pen
stoned.
st. Paul, April 13.-Speeches by the
in the killing in the house of Repre-.
sentative G. J. Carlson's bill regulat-
ing the sale Of mining and oil stocks.
His bill was intended to prevent the
sale of worthless stocks and required
all mining companies which sold stocks
to file with the state officers state
ments showing the value of their hold
ings. z....-
Representative r. F. Grant of Du-
luth said that while the object aimed
at was a worthy one the bill would
prevent the selling and buying of le-
Ultimate stocks in the state. For in
stance, he said, where corporation is
not selling it's stock, persons holding
the stock could not sell it to another
party or through broker unless they
could make the corporation file re-
port showing every piece Of land it
owned, which they would most likely
not do. He moved the indefinite
postponement Of the bill.
G. A. Congdon joined his colleague
in saying that the bill would stop all
and D. A. Stuart said it would not
even permit the administrator of an es-
tate to sell stock which the deceased
might have had.
j. F. Rosenwald claimed that the
bill would not affect honest trans
atoms, and said that it provided pub
licity, which was much desired.
Grants motion carried, As to s..
Telephone Tax Bill Passed.
w. A. Nolan's bill providing that
telephone companies shall pay per
cent gross earnings tax on the states
proportion of interstate business, in
addition to the present 3 per cent on
intrastate business, passed the house.
The house also passed J. F. Rosen-
wald's bill providing an 8 per cent
tax on the earnings of freight line
companies.
Senator Wright's bill to pension
citizen soldiers who participated in
the defense against the Indian out
break in 1862 passed the house. Those
injured in the defense were taken
care of in a bill passed in 1905 and a
bill to take care of the others passed
in 1907 and was vetoed by the gov
ernor. 1t is stated that this bill is
more carefully drawn so that it will
only take care of limited number
who did worthy service and are needy.
It will also take care of a few of the
widows of these citizen soldiers who
are in need.
The house killed A. K. Wares bill
prohibiting brewers from owning or
being interested in saloons. The bill
had been sent to the judiciary CON-
mittee for an opinion on its constu-
tionality, and it reported the bill un-
constitutional.
J.. A. Graham's bill to establish dis
trict or county asylums for the care Of
the chronic insane passed the house
by a vote of GO to "a. Under the
terms of the bill any county may es
tablish such an asylum or two or more
counties may unite in establishing the
institution and when it is established
the state is to allow them So a week
for the patients cared for.
Compromise Hotel Bill Passed..
The compromise hotel bill drawn by
the public health committee of the
house passed the house after Elmer
Adams had amended it, so as to in
clude restaurants among those to be
regulated by the state board of health.
L. H. Johnson, who introduced bill
satisfactory to the travelling men,
which made minute regulations for
the hotels, said the bill was satisfac-
tory to them, and J. A. Gates said it
was satisfactory to the hotel men also.
The bill leaves it to the state board
of health to prescribe rules governing
the sanitary conditions of hotels and
the safety of guests and delegates the
enforcement of the rules to the state
dairy and food commission.
The senate in committee of the
whole recommended for passage the
house bill providing for the submits
sion of constitutional amendment
permitting the levying of tenth of
mill tax for buying land for reforstra-
ton purposes.
The senate in committee of the
whole recommended that the open sea.
son for chickens be. from Sept Z to
Nov. instead of Sept. 1 to Nov. 1,
and for ducks from Sept. 7 to Dec. 1,
instead Of Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. This
will make the seasons the same in
Minnesota and North Dakota. The
season in South Dakota opens three
days later.
Senator Dale's bill extending to pri-
vate schools the privilege of the state
high school board examinations passed
the house. At present pupils of such
schools may take these examinations,
when they are held at the state
schools, but under this bill the ques-
ton papers may be sent to the private
schools and examinations written