Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-20
POOL HALLS
BILL fought
Fight Put Up on Closing Pool
t. Halls at II p. M; Bill
Amended.

Hon. Staale Hendricks0n was call
ed to the chair yesterday afternoon,
when the house resolved itself into a
committee of the whole house. Elev-
e1 bills were up for consideration.
H. B.. No. s, Torfin, giving special
school districts power to lease rooms
or buildings instead of buying proper
ty, plans and specifications of such
building subject to approval of board
Of health, one-fourth of legal voters
may protest action, al the first to
be considered. This bill was intro
duced, it developed, to relieve the
condition at Enderlin, which district
was in need of more school room, but
was bonded to the limit. Some pub
lie spirited citizen offered to build a
| school house to rent to the district.
It is said that many other districts
| are in a similar ~predicament. The
bill was recommended to pass as
amended.
'' II. q. No. ~ Killed.
H. B. No. q, Sinclair, providing for
the reduction of the rate of interest
on school lands sold, was unpopular
with many members of the house. It
seems that this bill would reduce the
interest rate on existing contracts
and on new contracts on and after
January l, 1916. Those il arrears, it
was argued, could take advantage OF
the proposed new rate, 5 per cent,
whereas their contracts call for 6 per
cent interest. Mr.. Divet objected to
this bill and Mr.. Torso1 also objected,
pointing out that it would affect the
income on these lands from between
$24O,N0O and 100000 annually and
would reduce the income of the state
institutions that much. Treadwell
Twichell also objected to the bill. A.
M. Thompson of Minot moved that &C
ton on this bill be Indefinitely post
poned, which motion carried.
H. E. No. 66, Everson, providing for
the inspection of all hospitals, re-
formatories, converts, asylums, etc.,
was referred back to the committee
on charitable institutions for further
consideration.
H. b. No. 81, L. l.. Twichell, relat.
ing to, words occurring in instruments
placed on file, was recommended for
passage as amended, as was II. B. No.
49,, Hjort, relating to salaries of off.
GERS of life insurance companies. H..
B. No. IS, Ness, relating to auction
GERS and calculated to protect the
public against loss of taxes assessed
or due on property sold, was referred
back to the committee on ways ad
means.
Sheriff's Mileage.
II d No ~ Eriotop relating tn
charges and fees collected by state
and county officers, was referred back
to the committee on state affairs. AS
amended this bill would make the
shariffs of the various counties &C.
count for their mileage fees.
Pool Hall Closing.
H. @B. No. "a was the cause of a hot
fight on the floor of the house. 1t is
Mr.. Dean'syb bill, TO- prohibit pool halls
from keeping open between the hours
Of 11:OO p. m. and 700 a. m. The
first amendment offered was from MIR.
lBratton, making it unlawful to keep
pool halls open on Sunday. Mr.. Erie.
tag opposed this amendment and
some other member of the house sug'
gested that it was already against
the laws of the state for pool halls
to keep open on Sunday. 81 though:
that was the case," said Mr.. Bratton
il reply to this information, "but
since coming to Bismarck I have had
my, DOUBTS On this point" Mr.. Wiley
moved that the hour of 200 a. nj. be
changed to 500 a. m. in the bill and
this motion carried. Mr.. Treadwell
Twichell moved that the hour Of
HOO p. m. be changed to 1900, mid
night, which motion also carried.
A. NJ. Thompson of Minot said that
is was al infringement on the per.
sonal liberty of the people Of the
state to say that they could not play
pool after a certain hour and Burnett
said that it was no infringement on