Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-15
Senate Got. Busv.

electors the { 1estion Of purchasing
road machinery; senate bill 1873, re-
lating to the relief of poor persons;
senate bill 100. relating to the joint
annual statement from county audit
ors and treasurers; house bill n.
relating to the boundaries and terms
of court in the sixth Judicial dis
trict, and house bill Is. providing
that personal property shall he list
ed and assessAd in the county. town
or district where the owner or agent
resides, the capital stock and fran
chises of corporations where the
principal office or place of business
Is located in this state. or II no such
principal office exists. then at the
place where that corporation or per-
son transacts business. The bill was
amended in the senate to exclude
from it's provisions insurance COM
panies paying the state percentage
OF their gross premiums received in
the state. which Senator Allen adj
vises at the present tax rate of 2la
per cent, brought in $4,000 in
1916.
Patriotic Women Lobbying.
For several days there was a
strong lobby OF patriotic women at
the capitol IN the interests of toe bill
which proposes tn give $40 per
month to each soldier during his
time in the service. This would give
each man about SIS and would call
for an appropriation of about $780,
900 to carry out. The legislators
are also in favor of some kind of as
sistance for the boys, and there was
considerable telegraphing communi-
!! cation net ween the heads Of the reg
iment and the legislators before an
idea could be formulated as to how
to proceed. The bill was proposed
by Representative Cole Of Fargo.
Now that the soldiers are ~ lie
held In service Indefinitely. new
phase Is added to the situation. and
which cannot be- determined for .
few days.
Appropriations Provided.
Forty. five bills were introduced in
the house tn one day, thirty of whirl,
were appropriation bills by the com
mittee On appropriations. Promi-
| nent among them we're the follow
ing:
For securing federal aid for
roads, $75.l65.04 for 1917 and
$l52,256.l2 for 1918.
Florence Crittenden Home at Far
60. $1,000.
nualIy.
Rural schools. $4,000 annually.
Graded and consolidated schools.
$4,000 annually.
Tuberculosis sanitarium. at Dun
seth, $9O,940.
Institution for the feeble. minded.
at Grafton. $l99.35o.
Aid for high schools. $4,000.
State Penitentiary at Bismarck.
$425.386.
Hospital for Insane at jamestown,
$l25,45O.
Kraabel for Full Crew Bill.
So solid has been the vote If the
majority of the senate that Lieutcn-
ant Governor Kraabel has had no
chance to vote during this session.
But he got hts chance the other day
when there was a tie on the ques-
tion of re-referring senate bill 70
to the committee ON railways. The
bill is known as the full crew act.
When 1t came to voting on the ques-
ton ut re-referring 1t, the vote
stood "a to "a. and kraabel voted
in the negative.
Two Brotherhood Bills Passed
Two bills which were asked for by
the Brotherhoods of Railway Train
men passed the senate during the
past week. and there is speculation
as to their fate in the house. The
first was Senate Bill IS, requiring
all public service corporations to pay
their employees at least once in Is
days. The other was a provision
which compelled the railroads to run
full crews.
Bills Held in Committee.
The senate referred to the COM
mtttee on state affairs house hill "a,
abolishing the office of hotel in
spectur and imposing it's duties on
the food commissioner. and house
bill AZ. making the food commits
si0ner ex-ofticio state inspector of
oils. both of which bills were passed
by the house. They have not been
reported out. and may not be for
some time.
sunday Dill Passes Senate.
l Senate bill 81 which is intended
! " Ioh0 oOuc VI luS Ulu0S Out OIL Lu0
blue Sunday law. passed that body
without debate. It lists the Sunday
necessities as newspaper plants.
boot shining stands, confectioneries.
cigar and tobacco stores, and per-
mits the selling of such commodi-
ties in pool and billiard halls. pro-
vtdtng that no games shall be played
therein on the Sabbath.
After School of Science.
| OF the forty-four bills introduced
in one day in the house. the one
which probably attracted the most
attention was that which provides
for converting the school OF science
at Wahpeton into an industrial
school aud home for neglected. de-
| Non.l'artisan BALLOT.
House Btn II establishing a non
partisan election ballot for all state,
county ana legislative officers wac
passed BY the house by almost a
unanimous vote. Friends OF the bill