The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-03
LIMITS NUMBER
!. OF SALOONS
Senate Passes the Alderman
Measure.
AMENDMENTS MEET DEFEAT

Every Five hundred OF tfe FoPuia-
tion-Efforts to Have 1t Reduce
Number Now in Operation Ends in
FaiIure-Repeai Of Corrupt Prac-
ticcs Act Recommended. ..-...
st. Paul, March 1.-The senate In
committee of the whole passed Sena-
tor Alderman's bill limiting the num-
Der of saloons to one for every 800
of the population.
Senator Thorpe tried to have the
proposed law amended so that 1t Will
apply to present conditions in that
places which now have more than the
limit will be able to reduce their num-
Der. Senator Putnam also attempted
to have an amendment so that 300
people would not warrant two saloons,
but that the major fraction of 500
would be required before another sa-
loon be permitted. Both were defeat
ed and the. original bill was recon-
mended to pass.
The bill provides that no more than
the present number shall be permit
ted until the population of city or
town shall be more than 500 for each
saloon. Many towns in the northern
part of the state will thus be prohibit
ed from having more saloons for many
years, while those in the southern
part may have more, as. saloons are
less numerous there.
mended for passage Senator Sund-
berg's bill restricting the sale of
mallein and tuberculin. Druggists are
to report the sale of this test for
FLANDERS and tuberculosis to the state
live stock board.
Depositors' Protection Fund Plan.
Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada has a
depositors' protection fund scheme
which he has introduced. It limits
the amount of deposits of banks to ten
times or eight times the capital and
surplus according to location in the
country; or in towns of over $4,000.
County banks pay one-tenth of 1
per cent tax and city banks one-fitth
Of 1 per cent to the fund from which
depositors of failed banks are TO he
paid. The fund for country banks is
2 per cent Of the total deposits, that
for city banks half the amount.
A bill to repeal the section of the
code which provides 5000 bounty for
any one who catches horse thief and
a bounty of $3.50 per acre for any per-
son who plants trees on prairie land,
are repealed in bill introduced in
the house by w. H. Putnam of Red
Wing. ~..
A bill to stir up negligent county at
torneys was introduced in the house
by John Saugstad Of Climax. It per-
nits any citizen or association to en-
ploy an attorney to take charge of the
prosecution of violators of the liquor
laws and provides that the attorney
general may prosecute such cases
when the county attorney fails, or
name an assistant to do it who shall
be paid $40 day by the county. 1t
also provides that county attorneys
who fail to enforce the liquor laws
may be fined 500 to $500 and impris-
oned thirty to ninety days In the coun-
ty jail. -.. ....
The senate In committee of the
whole recommended the repeal of the
entire corrupt practices act. Senator
D. s. Hall of Buffalo Lake, the author
of the bill repeating the act, said that
he is In favor of pure politics, but that
he is anxious to do away with the
perjury at present involved in making
election expense statements. ~.
Used for Trading Purposes.
Stating that the Cass Lake and Be-
midi normal school bills had been
used for trading purposes for month
and that they might still be used to
advantage in that way, Senator Ray
G. harrington of Ortonville opposed
the motion of Senator D. M. Gum of
Grand Rapids for favorable report
on the Cass Lake bill. -~-.>
Senator Frank Clague of Lamberton
and Senator s. D. Works of Mankato
urged delay, as some of the senators
interested were not present. D.
The Nimocks bill re-enacting the
anti-pass law in such form that police.
men, firemen and letter carriers, city
health officials and members of the
salvage corps may accept passes
passed the house by vote Of 13 to
SO. The bill also permits railway en-
p1oyes to hold non-salaried offices and
still retain their passes.
Representative G. A. Mackenzie is
the author of bill which prohibits
the use of dogs in taking mink or the
use Of shotgun to kill muskrats.
] Bankers Of the Twin Cities were
heard at joint meeting of the house
and senate committees on banks and
banking in the senate chambers en- a
number of banking bills.
Senator L. Thorpe's bill for the crea.
ton Of separate banking depart
ment and divorcing that function from
the public examiners Office has the
warm support of the bankers of the
whole state.
Senator V. =. j ohnson's bill making
It criminal offense to obtain credit
by making false statements received
the hearty support Of the bankers.
The creation of savings depart
ment in state banks was also dis.
cussed, as was the gross earnings tax
on banks.