The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-04
Minnesota Legislature
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not get sufficient credit for the "fat"
in the jobs. which, in effect, are a
printers rake-off If new set of
specifications were prepared the COM
mittee concludes greater economy
would result.
Would Protect laborers.
After prolonged debate the commit.
tee OF the whole house recommended q
bill oy the committee of labor and
labor legislation designed to protect
laboring men from employment agency
sharks to pass. The bill provides that
hereafter it will be unlawful for an
employment agency to exact a fee
from an applicant for work. If any
fee is to be paid it must be collected
from employers of labor
Representative Greene's bill making
it unlawful for any public officer to
ask for. receive or use any free ticket
or pass TO any theater or place of
amusement, was indefinitely post
poned. 1t developed during the de-
bate that theater tickets and season
passes to the league baseball games
have been generally distributed among
members of the house. These passes
did not influence their votes they
said
Senator Haycraft's bill requiring
railroad companies to install track
scales in railroad stock yards for free
public use. and prohibiting the in
stallation of private scales, was rec
commended for passage.
An Educational Bill.
A bill introduced by the commit
tee on education provides for abolish.
ing the Office of superintendent of
public instruction and for vesting the
general supervision of the public
schools in state superintendent to
be known as the superintendent Of
education.
The superintendent of education is
to be appointed by the governor, the
first on Jan. 20, 1917, and serve for
four years. He is authorized to ap.
point deputy, three assistants,
rural school commissioner and a SUI.
pervisor of school libraries
The Authority Given.
Speaking generally the superintend.
ent Of education is given the same au.
thority as the present superintendent
of public instruction In addition he
is authorized to prepare a uniform
system of records for public schools
and establish and carry into effect a
uniform system of accounting by pub.
lie school officers. 1t is made his
duty to supervise and examine the &C.
counts and other records OF all pub
lie schools.
The superintendent is also required
ito prescribe rules and examine all
plans for the erection, enlargement
and change of school buildings, which
plans and specifications shall first be
submitted to him and approved by
him before the contract is let
ST. Paul, March 29.-The entire
morning session of the house was
spent in an effort to force reconsid-
Grafton of the primary elections bill
which had been previously passed by
vote of SO to IL The motion to
reconsider was defeated by vote of
63 to A
The Bill is Passed.
AS passed by the house the bill
provides for the nomination of county
officers, and members of the state
Legislature on non-partisan ballot.
The date of the primaries was changed
he
October.
Eleven bills have been advanced in
the house. The most important of
these are Representative. Orr's bill
for state historical library building;
Representative Browns bill to auth
orize the sterilization of detectives
and certain criminals. and r. c.
Dunn's bill for constitutional amend
ment allowing the state to guarantee
county bonds to build highways. The
purpose of the latter measure is to in
sure the counties lower rate OF In
terest on money borrowed. "
To Reimburse Judges.
The senate has passed bill to re-
imburse district court judges for rail-
road fare, and hotel bills while trav-
cling on circuit 1t also passed under
suspension of the rules a bill pre-
scented by Senator Clague, leaving 1t
to the discretion of the board of con-
troll to insure fire proof buildings of
recent construction The idea is TO
have the state carry its own risk on
buildings of this character.
The Mothers Pension bill, which
has been signed by the governor, pro-
yides that whenever child is depend
ent or neglected. and the mother is
widow, or that her husband is an
inmate of a penal institution or an in
sane asylum, or for physical reasons
unable to support his family, and that
the dependent or neglected condition
OF the child is due to the inability OF
the mother to properly care for it, the
court may. in its discretion, allow her
pension not exceeding $40 month.
This pension is to be paid by the
county in which the mother resides.