The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-01
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House Makes Public Examin-
er's Office Elective.
Term PLACED At four YEARS

Several Democrats Vote for Passage
Of the Measure-TWo Bills Increas.
inc Amount Of State Aid to Schools
!ntroduced-Tuberculin Test for
Cattle Reported on by a Special
Committee.
St. Paul, Jan. 30.-Although looking
like a party measure, w. A. Nolan's
] bill making the public examiner cleo.
| tive passed by what was far from q
strict party vote. The vote on the
final passage of the bill was seventy
eight to twenty-seven, but eight of
the twenty two Democrats in the
house voted for the bill and number
of Republicans against It.
The opponents Of the bill, having
failed in the COMMITTEES of the whole
Thursday, tried new move when G.
L. Sawyer of Minneapolis moved to
send it to the committee on banks
and banking. Nolan at once moved a
call of the house and got roll call
on the motion.
The vote on sawyer's motion was
thirty-four for and seventy-four
against
The bill was amended to make it a
four-year term.
Two bills were presented to the
senate increasing the amount of state
aid to high schools and other schols
of the state. Similar provisions are
contained in the bills by O. G. Dale
of Madison and S. A. Nelson of Lanes
| boro.
Several years ago Senator Nelson
started a movement which increased
the aid to high schools from $1,000 to
$500, and now he would boost it to
$4,000.
REPRESENTATION Amendment.
Senator Nelson also introduced a
bill for a proposal for a constitutional
amendment relating to REPRESENTATION.
He would have the people authorize a
tax Of three-tenths of a mill on the
taxable property ~. sllass state for the
. purchase Of land at a cost not to ex-
coed IS an acre on which trees are to
[ be raised for lumber. The timber
VIXEN sold will help the towns in
which the forests are situated, as one.
fourth of the proceeds will go to the
town.
Pasteurization of the whey Of
cheese before being sold, the exclu-
sive use Of the Babcock test in esti-
mating butter fat in milk, and gen
eral salary boost for all the employees
of the dairy and food commission is
contemplated in a bill by Senator An
derson of Albert Lea.
A. L. Hanson of Ada would have
the legislature change the methods of
moving the county seat of county.
Under the change the petition is re-
quired to be filed with the secretary
of state and the election is called by
proclamation of the governor.
The tuberculin test for cattle got q
Jolt when a report of a special com:
mittee of the legislature, headed by
J.. G. Swanson of Fridley, was read.
The report stated that the sanitary
live stock board refused it's assistance
In the experiment the committee de-
sired to make so they did the best
they could with dairy herd in one
county. The committee put with q
lot of cattle condemned by the tuber-
culin test, some which were said to
be free from tuberculosis, and after
slaughter all the cattle were found to
be affected alike. The committee left
with the legislature further investi-
CATION into what some members char
acterized as graft of the veterinarians.
Will Interest Smaller Cities.
i "A bill that will be of considerable
interest to the smaller cities was that
introduced by e. A. Killing Of Little
Falls. It permits cities of 10000 or
less to acquire existing water, light
and heating plants by condemnation.
The house members from Hennepin,
Ramsey and st. Louis counties wres-
! tied with the problem Of allowing
clubs to sell liquor without a license,
but did not get farther than deciding
to appoint committee of five to draft
q bill
| It was evident from the discussion
4 that the BILL If drawn, will have to
be bill which takes in the whole
state, and not only cities Of $4,000 or
| over, and also that it will have to be