The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-25
Senate KILLS
TRADING STAMP
Passes Bill Prepared by JUDI
Ciary Committee.
NO STATEWIDE PROHIBITION

Measure Offered by Representative
Lobeck of Alexandria Killed in the
House-Anti-Treatin Bill Meets the
Same Fate-House in Committee OF
the Whole Recommends Passage OF
Sill to Reduce Mortgage Registry
Tax.
st. Paul, March 24.-After a speech
nv Senator G.. P. Wilson the senate
nassed the bill killing the trading
stamp. The bill was one prepared by
the judiciary committee after argu-
ment in which the best lawyers OF the
state talked on the constitutionallty
of the proposed act. The bill pro-
hibits the usual trading stamp, put
permits them when the article IS
stated for which the stamp is good
and provided that no definite number
of stamps be required before some
thing is obtainable.
Two state senators INDUCED in per-
sona]ities at the meeting of the sub
committee of the senate roads ana
bridges committee appointed to appor-
ton the 100000 road and bridge ap-
propriation, generally known as the
pork barrel" The approtionment OF
two years ago. with SO per cent IN
crease to use up the additional SlOO,-
600. was made in all except two coun-
ties. It was over these two counties
that the miniature storm occurred,
and it ended by the subcommittee
passing a motion to reduce the amount
for Meeker county by SIS, and apply
it to Todd county.
The measure offered by E. d. To-
beck of Alexandria providing tor a
statewide prohibition and Represen-
tative Lees anti-treating bill were
both killed in the house. There were
sixty-one votes against the former and
thirty-eight for it, while Lees motion
for rejecting an adverse report on his
measure was lost by a vote OF ~
to So.
Trayer Bill Recommended to Pass.
The Thayer bill providing a stamp
tax on board of trade sales Of l cent
rer 500 was recommended for pass
age by the house after a lively de-
bate. l.. H. Johnson of Minneapolis
tried to amend the bill so that any
broker who paid $50 license fee
would escape the stamp tax, but this
did not carry.
The house committee Of the whole
recommended for passage f. L.
Whites bill placing sheriffs on sal
airy basis all over the state. Henry
Rines of Mora opposed the bill be-
cause it increased the cost to the
counties in most cases, but the motion
was adopted by vote of AZ to 49,
The house in committee of the whole
recommended for passage Representa-
tive Stuart's bill reducing the mort
gage registry tax from 50 cents to 10
cents on 500. The vote was thirty
four to fifty.four. This is a substl-
tute for Mr.. Stuart's former bill, which
exempted them entirely from taxation.
There was a question as to the con-
stitutionality of eXempting them en-
tirely, so he proposed this nominal
tax.
The Stuart bill applies only to
nominal tax of three mills on other
credits, such as state, county and mu-
nicipal bonds, notes, accounts, tax
certificates and the like was intro
duced by c.. NJ. BendiXen of Morgan
and r, J. Kneeland Of Minneapolis.
Kerry Conley of Rochester intro
duced a bill in the house designed to
permit a packing plant to locate at
the proposed Armour site provided it
is true, as Minneapolis contends that
modern packing plants are odorless
and inOffensive. His bill requires any
person, firm or corporation establish.
ing a soap factory, tannery, stock
yard, rendering plant, packing plant
or any other business of a nature that
may be offensive within four miles
of any state institution of learning,
to give bond to the state in a sum
equal to rs per cent of the cost of
the plant, which bond shall be for
feited to the state whenever their
plant becomes offensive or obnoxious
to the state institutions and they do
not remove the offense.
Some of the house members are sor-
ry now that they passed the new
prison bill, and resolution for a
committee of five to investigate the
matter was presented to the house.