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idence, providing they were temper
arily so residing for the purpose of at.
tending college.
As companion t. the student voting
law was another election meas.
ure, known as the Hulswitt bill. This
bill is to restore the old plan of com.
bining presidential and state elections
on one ballot, and was strenuously op.
POSED by those who deem that
greater freedom of independent vot-
Ing is allowed where the ballots are
kept separate.
The greatest pressure on the mem.
bers of the general assembly came
perhaps from food protectionists and
secured their refusal to amend the
Vonderhede food protection law
passed in 1913, to enable flooded dis.
tricts of the state to provide against
future disaster.
Railroad Appeal Turned Down.
The appeal of the railroads for an
Increase in passenger fare rates went
unheeded, though at the close of the
bcSoIOh hou b''h " t'o"''S 'N'
timent toward the railroads.
1t looked for a time like defeat was
certain for the hackers of the Gala
gHer bill to amend the Green run OF
mine law. and restore the right OF
contract between miner and operator.
The bill easily passed the senate, but
was held up in the house, and there,
because of the activity of the lobby
and the scandal following it, was voted
down directly on orders from the eX-
ecutive Offices. Later it was recon-
sidered and passed, and after its pas
sage IL was stated that the operators
would concede the demands Of strik'
ing miners.
On measures affecting the conduct
of schools there was much activity.
The bill of Representative Van
Deaton, providing for uniform text
book system, was defeated and this
seemed to forecast the passage Of the
Plumb-Stone bill, providing for the
destruction of the existing school
code. When the bill came up for con.
sideration, however, it was decisively
defeated, the house going on record
for the centralized school system.
Similar action was taken in the sen
ate, where the Winans bill was intro
duced and passed correcting defects
in the present code ard reducing the
number OF supervisors, but resisting
every amendment TO make of the OF.
any semblance 81 ripper.
After much consideration and de-
liberation the Cass highway codifying
bill was introduced, embodying the
report of the codifying commission
appointed during the previous admin
istration. No attempt was made to
work out a decentralization of the
state highway department.
Only a few bills asked by labor or
ganlzations we're considered, while
several inimical to municipal owner
ship OF public utilities were voted
down The bill for one days rest in
seven was passed, but so amended
with exemptions as to be meaningless.
The greatest labor in the assembly
was the preparation of the budget for
the two year period. The amount
necessary as found by the house
finance committee was in excess OF
$39,000,0O0, including the short
term appropriation. This follows
the budget system of appropriating by
which the entire account OF expendi-
ture is itemized before cent is drawn
from the treasury With the consid-
Grafton of the biennial appropriations
bill, yet to come, there will probably
be sundry appropriations bill, which
will include items which we're disap-
proved by the finance committee, but
which for reasons appealing to the
assembly are deemed worthy.
To House Outside Offices.
Numerous joint resolutions were
adopted during the twenty-five weeks
of session, but these are not included
in the tabulated report Among the
more important ones were: Provid
ing for commission to devise a plan
for better housing of state depart
ments supplemented by an act to
create permanent building fund 10
SVHNe lot Tue HtCtSSuly OlliNts
outside the statehouse); planning for
military instruction Of the school
youth Of the state; a commission OH
rural credits; and submitting con
stitutional amendment exempting pub
lie bonds from taxation.
Here Is summary Of the work
done, with the meaning of bills that
were passed as well as those vetoed
A number are still in the hands oI
the governor and may become laws bS
lapse of the ten day period. A few
are yet to be sent to him after enroll
ment:
HOUSE BILLS APPROVED By