Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-02

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or tie house with the idea Of raising
the pay of members of the legislature
FROM $500 to $500 for the two year
term, came up and was defeated.
| There vas not much argument over
the merits OF the bill. but there was
an effort to inject a few amendments
and one Of them to the effect that the
raise in salary would not become ef-
fective until 1919 was made to stick.
but the bill was killed on final roll
call by a vote OF % ayes, % nays and
3 absent and not voting.
Auto Tire Bill Revived.
House bill 81 introduced by Thomp-
son and which is for the purpose OF
! protecting purchasers of automobile
, tires was lost when it came to a vote
IN the senate Friday, but on motion
of Senator Linde Saturday it was re.
considered and after a few amend
ments being accepted was passed. The
amendments made some Of the .re-
~quirements a little less severe. There
were a number of the members who
did not believe that there should be
such a law on the statute books OF the
state, but they were in the minority.
The law as it will read now requires
that the name OF the manufacturer
and the date of manufacture be on the
tires that are sold in the state.
States Attorneys Bill.
There was an effort made also to
reconsider the vote by which the Nc
Lean bill increasing the powers Of
states attorneys SO that they may
have police powers in cases of gamb-
ling or i%nfraction of the prohibition
law passed, but it was ineffective as
there were not enough supporting the
motion to reconsider.
Official Estray Paper.
The vote BY which the bill estab.
fishing the stae estray paper at the
seat Of government passed, was re.
considered for the purpose of making
en- amendment so that the governor
might name either a daily paper or a
weekly as his Judgment dictated and
after the amendment had been added
the bill was passed again and will be
sent to the house for final action.
New Class Of Printing.
Senate bill "a, which would create
a new class of printing and placing
in that class simply the legislative
manual, Or the 'Blue Book, as it is
more Familiarity known, was passed.
At the present time there are only
five classes and the Blue Book comes
under the head of legislative printing.
The work of printing the book will be
let to the lowest bidder under the
same conditions as attaches to the
other classes Of printing. This is COM
ing to be one Of the largest jobs of
printing the state has to let. The
law will not effect the present con-
tract, and the printers having the
legislative printing will probably be
given the blue book this year.
Old Soldiers Favored.
The Mudgett bill which will allow
the use of some of the funds accumu
ated by the soldiers home to be used
in paying the expenses of the old sol
diers, both union and confederate, to
visit the grand reunion at Gettysburg
was passed without opposition. 1t is
expected that it will take about S15,-
900 to defray the expenses OF the trip.
This is money that has accumulated
from the income due the home and
| which has been in excess of their
needs for the past several years. The
reunion is to be held in July of the
present year.
Snuff Bill is Passed.
Final action in the now famous Sen
| ate bill SO was taken in the senate
Saturday and the a%nti-snuff bill passed
! with only one opposing vote, that be-
ing cast by Young of Mercer county.
The bill had been amended by a cor
ference committee Of three members
from the house and three from the
senate. This bill has probably caus-
| ed more excitement than any bill that
has been introduced in the legislature
in a number Of years. 1t "a up two
years ago, but was made ineffective
on account of the wording.
Hard Time Getting Started.
There was a time during the after
noon that it looked as tho the senate
would not accomplish much business
as there was a great deal of time
taken up in reconsidering and trying
to reconsider bills that had been pass