Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
COMMITTEES
IN SENATE
RUSH WORK
Final Hearings Being Held on
Important Bills-To Hear
Ladd Tonight.
WILL DISCUSS BILL
FOR REGISTRATION
Child Labor Measure to be Rec
commended for Indefinite
Postponement.

commltteeS are rapidly cleaning up
their states and having final hearings
have caused the most discussion.
DR.. Ladd's bill for tho registration
of formulas of proprietary medicines
Is still in the senate public health
committee and a hearing will be Civ
en- DR.. Ladd this evening at his re-
quest. The committee is about evenly
divided, and the bill may be report
ed without recommendation.
The state affairs committee will
recommend indefinite postponement
of the child labor bill. House Bill
1l8, as the committee felt the regula-
tions provided were too stringent. and
the present law covers the situation
in most particulars. This committee
amends II. b. 1O1, creating a park
in the killdeer mountains, so as to
ask Uncle Sam to make it national
park. An appropriation is asked for
motion pictures and publicity re-
garding the mountains. The only bill
still to dispose of is II. B. 50, provid-
ing minimum hours and maximum
wages for women.
The judiciary committee reports
for indefinite postponement Of H. B.
81, for an act to prevent foreclosure
OF mortgages without giving notice to
the mortgagor: Representative
J. F. T. O'Connor's uniform sales bill
Is recommended for passage; H. 3.
26S, relating to the Tenth judicial cir
cult and the terms of court is amend
ed, and recommended to pass; Repre-
sentative Hendrickson's bill, No. 1923,
to correct certain defective proceed
ings In interpretations Of cities, and
the extension of limits thereof is rec
commended to pass.
H. r. 41S, to provide for an implied
warranty in selling Of farm machin-
cry. split the committee and the ma
jority recommends 1t to be Indefinite
ly postponed.
Three bills remain with the judic-
iary committee: They are: H. B.
373, providing for the construction of
the constitution so as to make opera
tive and self-executing the initiative
section, in section 2O2; II. r. 376, re-
lating to publishing amendments to
the constitution and 427. relating to
the use of trading stamps.
The ways and means committee Is
struggling with H B. 7S, creating an
| Industrial insurance department and
for the compensation and care Of
workmen injured in their employ
ment. There are only two other bills
yet to be acted on. They are: H. B.
1877. relating to the allowance and
payment Of estimates on contracts for
the construction of public buildings:
H. B. 325. abolishing the present fire
marshal department and creating the
! commissioner of insurance.
The ways and means committee
recommends today the passage of H.
B. 24S, relating to fees from transient
merchants and peddlers: S62. defining
the powers and duties of the state
board of regents SO far as they per-
tain to the disbursements Of appro-
| Inv los bot 4S,
tutions; 3S4. requiring motor vehicles
to use DINNERS on their lights on
highways
For indefinite postponement, the
committee reports H. B. 116, provid-
ing for state board of anthropology
for the classification of persons con-
fined in the penitentiary.
The committee on railroads cleans
up its work with a divided report on
majority recommending indefinite
postponement. Representative Mack
offs much fought cattleways bill is
amended and recommended to pass.
Representative Peterson's bill for sep
arate waiting rooms for women and
men in railroad stations in towns Of
more than 200 population is in
definitely postponed. Blanchard's
bill, providing for side tracks to coal
tons is recommended to pass. II. B.
1S4 relating to consignments Of empty
bottles is recommended to pass
The committee on public health re-
ports out two bills recalled yesterday
from the house. They are: H. B. 81,
requiring posting advertising matter
of the anti-tuberculosis society in GER
tain public places, for indefinite post
ponement, and H. b. 81, requiring
meat dealers to have a certificate Of
good health amended make the GER
t.fcates for one year, to pass.
The insurance committee asks in
definite postponement of the two last
bills-H. B. 1873, relating to consolida-
ton of domestic insurance companies
and 1876 requiring insurance COM
panies to settle hail insurance losses
within IL days after damage.
Banks and banking committee also
recommends indefinite postponement
Of its last bill. 1862. relating to the
depositaries Of county funds; 18s,
amending the act relating to capital
stock Of banks, reducing the limit,
and 145, relating to the investment
capital stock and surplus of savings
| banks.
The committee on corporations 9TH
er than municipal. reports for passage
Fl. B. 113. relating to the re-instate-
ment OF corporations failing to report
to the secretary Of state.
The committee on live stock reports
for indefinite postponement, H. B. 151,
relating to the endorsement and in
demnlhcation Of owners Of tubercular