The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-18

to take care of it it would be done.
Thompson of Ward was opposed to
reviving the bill. He stated that there
was a desire to kill off this office in
the interests of economy and that on
the other hand the house was at this
time considering bills calling for the
creation of new commissions, and
called attention to the amount OF
money that would be required to oper'
ate the office of enforcement commits
sioner and other offices sought to be
created. The bill was finally recon-
sidered and referred to the committee
on appropriations and then motion
was carried to the effect that all bills
carrying appropriations should be re-
ferred to that committee in the future.
No Picture Censor.
Trouble came thick and fast during
the afternoon in the house. Helm
stad's bill providing for state board Of
censors for motion pictures came to
the front for it's share of publicity.
The bill provides that board of cen
sors be established at Fargo and all
pictures or slides shown in the state
must receive the high sign of appro-
baton from that committee before
they can be shown in any North Da.
kota theatre. The author made talk
on the bill in which he charged that
obscene and immoral pictures were be-
ing shown in the state, that the Ma
tional Board of Censors was a huge
joke" and that the children of tho
state needed protection along this line.
There were a number of other speak
ers on the bill; all against it; and it
developed during the time Of the argyll
ment that the author had only been in
a picture show once in his life and his
opinions were all based on what he
had heard. L. L. Twichell stated tina:
he very seldom attended picture shows
but that during all the time he had
lived in Fargo he had not heard the
voice of one person raised in protest
against the class of pictures being
shown there. The bill was voted for
indefinite postponement with only a
few dissenting voices.
1t did not even require roll call to
decide the fate of Representative Tor
sons bill abolishing capital punish
ment in the senate yesterday. A ris-
ing vote was called for and the result
was rs for indefinite postponement
wit honly Is voting against it. There
is only one prisoner in the peniten-
tiory now who is sentenced to death,
Joe Milo being sentenced to die on
August 13 for the murder committed
in Bottineau county last fall.
Two New Bills.
Two new bills were introduced to-
day through the committee on delayed
bills. One was to provide way to
pay glander and dourine claims
against the state and was introduced
by Messrs. Turner and Westdal and
were designed to take the place of
House Bills 70, 80 and 23S which cov-
cred the same matters only in a diff
ferent manner.
H. B. No. 464 by Bass, relates to the
election of school officers. Both were
referred to their proper committees.
They are the first bills ito be introduce
ed since the rule went into effect
against introduction of general bills
after the thirty-fifth day of the SEES
sion.
General Orders.
H. B. No. 189, Steenson, relating to
highway labor and road taxes. Action
was deferred on account of the alb.
sence of the author who is confined to
the hospital temporarily.
H. B. No. 1874, Hjelmstad, providing
for board of censors for motion pic
ture films to be shown in the state
Indefinitely postponed.
H. B. No. 243, Manner and Moeckel
providing that any school district may
provide for the teaching of modern
language in any common school, DE-
pass.
H. B. No. 285, McQuillan, regulating
and licensing the sale of cigarettes
Indefinite postponement.
H. B. No. 213, Purcell, establishin!
kindergarten in certain schools. D.
pass. '
H. B. No. 263, Hjort. placing certain
restrictions around the granting o
teachers certificates. Indetinitel.
postponed.
H. B. No. ITO, Wanner, licensin.
steam and gas engineers, indefinitel.
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