The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-28
COUNTY BOARD
OF HEALTH Law
MAY Be CHANGED

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 23.-According
to DR.. Rowe of Cass County, H. B. No.
SO, relating to the power OF county
boards of health is aimed to make i'm
possible deadlock in county boards OF
health. The bill provided however
that the county commissioner shall"
remove the county health officer when
the state board of health files report
to the effect that he Is not doing his
duty. The word "shall' was changed
to read may after proper hearing"
and the measure was passed in that
manner. The bill was up for third
reading in the senate when it was dis
covered that the way it was worded it
placed considerable arbitrary power
in the hands of the state board.
The Everson interest bill passed the
senate with only one vote, that OF Sen
ator Hughes of Burleigh county
against it. The bill cuts the rate OF
interest from seven to six per cent
and from twelve to ten per cent. There
were no votes against it in the house,
so out of 161 votes in the legislature
there was only one against the meas
ure
S. B. No. 10 which relates to the
purchase sale and management OF
county poor asylums was passed by
the senate on it's third reading there
being no votes against it.
When the oil inspection bill came
up in the senate it developed that
there were very few members VINO
had clear CONGESTION of what it con-
tanned or just what the provisions
were, It is bill that was introduced
after a conference between Pro1.
Ladd of the A. c., Prof. Abbott of the
University, Oil Inspector Jackmand'
Governor Hanna and number of rep
resentatives of the oil companies
transacting business in the state II
reduces the inspection fee from rs to
~ cents per barrel. The old law
was declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court recently on account OF
the excessive inspection fees. The
matter was put over one day to allow
the members to acquaint themselves
with the provisions of the new bill.
Senator Elilngsons senate bill pro-
,yiding for the Inauguration of a state
bonding department has been reported
out favorably by the committee which
had it in charge and will come up for
a. vote in few days. The bonding
hill which passed at the last session
was declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court and it is the contention
of the author that the present bill gets
around the objections that were rails
ed by the supreme court against the
original bill.
Senate Bills Withdrawn.
Senate Bill No. 6, for physical con-
nections of telephone companies. This
bill was withdrawn for the reason that
there will be another bill covering all
the points incorporated in this one
and a good many more. The new Dill
is one that has been prepared after
conference of the committee with
l,Lo oorororv reminiscent ativeS
who have been here for some time
trying to get a measure prepared that
will be mutually satisfactory.
Senator Murphy's uniform account
ing bill applying to counties and pro-
viding for a commission form OF gov
eminent for counties was withdrawn
and will be replaced by a bill that IS
expected to be more satisfactory to
all concerned than is the Murphy bill.
The senate adopted the house reso-
luton calling on the members OF
congress and the United States Sena-
tors to work against the national lease
holders bill. This is a resolution that
was introduced at the instance or
members from the western part OF the
state where it is desired to pass the
$40 acre homestead act in the interest
of the stock raisers Of that section OF
the country.
Representative Watt of Cass Coun-
ty secured favorable action in the
house on his bill providing that the
second Sunday in May shall be desig-
mated as Mothers Day." In the past
the day observed in North Dakota has
not been the same as was observed
nationally and this bill was to cor
root that error