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present board of regents. He stated
that he had appointed a new board
and they would soon take the mall
agement of the institutions. The
governor claims the present board
Is illegal, having been advised to
this effect by the attorney general.
He claims any act of the present
board since the 18th Of January is
illegal Under the law all boards
hold till their successors qualify
The new appointees of the governor
have not been confirmed by the
senate and it is not known whether
they will be or not, owing to the at
titude of the majority of the senate.
New Board Of Control Bill
House bill 90 by joan Weber OF
the 36th district calls for the crea-
ton of a new board of control, to
be composed of a chairman to hold
office for six years beginning the first
Monday in July, 1917, the attorney
general and the secretary of state.
1t also provides that the governor
appoint a chairman before this ses
sion of the legislature adjourns, and
he must be approved by the senate.
His salary will be $4,000 per year.
Temperance Bill
The temperance bill, which IL
House Bill No. 81, is attracting the
attention of many nowadays. 1t
provides for a temperance commits
sioner, or possibly three, to be ap-
pointed by the attorney general, and
allows him to 60 out of the state to
get the men. There was quite a
fglt on it on the floor, but it has
been endorsed by the house, which
sitting as a committee of the whole,
recommended it by a vote Of SO or
80.
Open Sabbath Law
Senator Lin6strom's bill 80 pro-
vides for the operating of telephone
and telegraph, electric light, heat
and power plants, railways, street
cars, hacks, taxicabs, garages, boot
black stands, and for the sale of
cigars, candy, drugs, magazines,
papers, milk, foods, etc, but zone of
these can be dispensed in a pool
room, billiard hall, bowling alley,
or such place with a pool or billiard
] table in it.
Damages for Unlawful Death
Senator McGray's bill No. 80 pro-
vides that action may be brought to
recover damages for unlawful death
by the surviving husband or wife,
children, personal representatives,
mother or father, and if the first
party entitled to bring action shall
refuse or fail to do so within 80
days. then the person next in nrdar
may bring the action.
New Members for prawd
There is a bill in the house pro-
viding for the reconstruction of the
board of equalization. It was ,in-
troduced by weld and provides that
the members Of The tax commission
shall be the governor. the auditor
md the members Of the tax commits
sion, and that it shall not reduce the
aggregate valuation Of all the prorer-
~ % returned nv the several county
auditors more than one per cent of
the whole valuation. ..
Compensation Low introduced
Representative Te0neson hos in
troduced a co~nenNation bill which
IS almost ex"ctlv the same as that
in force in Michigan, Wisconsin and
other states. The COMPENSATION shall
begin fifteen days after the injury,
"rd shall be so per cent of the wages
of the injured md shall continue
during his disability. The bill ex-
empts farm emploves.
FREIGHT Rate Bill
Senator E. M. Nelson is the author
of a freight rate bill which Is an
exact copy of the Eastman bill
which has been in force in Mime
sofa since 1918. This bill calls for
a freight rate on a fiat milea &c basis.
1t has proven a great success and no
court decision has been ae-inst It.
Considerable favorable comment was
evident at the time of its introduce
ton.
For New Kind of Court
House bill 80, introduced by Divet,
prescribes a method of submitting
to the judicial department of the
government the question of the con-
st~itutionality of tae proposed leg
tslative act embodied in house bill
"A and providing for the organ'za-
ton of the justices of the supreme
court together with the judges of
the several district courts into a
snecial court for the PRONUNCIATION
of an opinion as to such question.
Industrial Insurance ,
Representative Havens has intro
duced a bill creating an Industrial
Insurance department., defining it's
powers and duties and making an
appropriation for it's administration
and providing for the disbursement
of it's funds for the compensation of
workmen injured in hazardous c
pations. .
Bills Lost and Passed
The following Senate bills have
been lost or passed:
These have passed.:
S. B. 32-Amendment to the con-
stitution providing for four years.
term for county officers. +
S. B. 26-Amendment providing
for n~inety-day sessions of the legis-
lature.
S. B. 27-Constitutional amend
ment providing for ~quadrennial ses-
sions.
S. B. 6-Providing compensation