The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-22
LATHR0P bill
Is ACCEPTED

age butt it, is now known as Ii b
| No. L., and it bears the names OF
LathrDn, QnaKns Mnenl and Stnnrn. de-
spite the fact that one: member of the
Trail county delegation insisted upon
the floor Of the house Saturday that
he didn't want his name on the bill
as, 1t wasn't hiss measure. and he de-
sired no credit for the same.
The experience of H b.. No. Z and
of H. B. No.. L. form an intertss tina
feature. of the present. legislaSt ure
They deal with. the reduction. of the
rate of interest during the period OF
redemption cutting; the rate from mime
to- six per cent. AS originally intno-
duced, the Latffrop bill called for a
reduction from 81 tor r per cent: but
the Judiciary committee reported .tfEe
bill back for passage. with an amend
meHt' reducing the interest rate to- 6
per cent.
A day following the introduction of
the Lathrop bill, a blanket measure
was introduced by the Traill4 county
members, the second bill having the
approval of the Nonpartisan1 league
caucus. 1t provided for reduction Of
| the interest ratee
Subsequent to- tffes introduction of
the Guam Strom- Moen bill, the Lath-
Rop bill was re-referred to thee agri-
| cultural committee 4off the. house, to
which the leaguesss bill had alsn been
referred.
J. When the bills next came out on the
floor of the house, there was a. re-
port. for theP PASSAGE of the leagale
BILL, with a. divided report, on the
Lathrop bill. That threw both meas
| lures into, tlIes committee of the whole
house.
l. When the Ieague plan for the killing
of the Lattrop. bill. wass about to be-
| come effective on. the floor Of the
house., Representative Lat1rop made
| the startling declaratfon,. speaking in
ldefense Of his measure. that. he had
been informed; by very reliable au~
tt1ority that no bill introduced by any
mon League member of the house was
| to- receive support. He wanted the
house to know that he was opposed to
! this method OF dining business, and
declared that, il persisted I'M. it would
simply divide tiIea hBuse if1tp two rival
factions that would not be- for the
states best interests. Nh Lathrop
said the committee had refused to
give him a. hearing on the bills.
| The next day., Representative Peter
| son, speaking as the leagu@ leader on
the floor of the house, cleared the
record by declaring it tu be the sense
| of the league members that ANY and
all legislation would receive fair and
|
| troIiuced it.
i AS a result OF Mr.. Lathrop's state
mentt to- the house and Mr.. Peterson's
explanatiun both bills were returned
| by the house to the judiciary commit
| tee with instructions that they be
merged.
| Consequently, the judiciary commit
| tee reportedl back to. the house the
lLathrop. bill, ass he introduced it or
Iiginally, with the exception of the
amendment ass uelAteH tn tina rate of
| interest, but it came back as II. b.
| No. IL, and carried the name of the
/ four members $685..
| Today He b. IL, after its stormy e.
perienea,, is befors. the house for final
PASSAGE
The nate of interest duuing the per-
iod of redemption was cut by the
\ Iegislaturs last year from L to. per
cent, Mr.. LHthrup leading the fight
lat that time also.
He Didn't Apologies.
/ Representative Rice Of Mclean
county assaulted in a resolution intro
duGed Saturday afternoon by Repre-
| sentative Stair didn't apologize to the
house. for a statement made the day
previous, when he declared that a
member Of the house had padded his
mileage account $50 miles.
/ Representative Rice Said he would
apologize IL the house would go on
necord as favoring mileage allowance
based on the long routes from the
home Of members to the capitol, rdtfa-
i er than upon the most direct route.
The house didn't so on Tecord-and
| the resolution was, upon the motion
of Representative HOghauG, expunged
from the record
Repeal Lien Act.
II Repeal of the mechanics lien act
as it relates to liens for supplies. ETC.,
passed by the 1918 legislature. is
asked i'm HI b. No. sc introduced by
Representative Wilson Of Cass coun-
/ ty.
The present lien law, it is main
tanned, is virtually Imperative. so far
as, the. filing OF Liens is. concerned. 1t
provides that no Lien may be filed ex-
eept by the consent of the purchaser,
and that clause practically bars the
law from becoming operative.
In the 1913 Legislature the lien act
was the center of an intensely hot
contest.
Change ApnointfHg Power.
Several changes have been made in
II. b Mo- az introduced by Repre-
sentative EveFson, providing for the
appointment of special officers to aid
I'M the enforcement of Laws
AS originally introduced, the ap-
pGintment department rested with
the governor. but in it's amended form
that power is given to the attorney
general The objection raised ON the
door Of tbs house that the measure
created an independents law enforcing
department, was met by the North
Dakota Enforcement league leaders
with an amendment that places the