Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-20
! State Capital News !

| Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 17.-Consid
cradle progress was made In the de
velopment Of the Nonpartisen leaght
program during the past week. SO fal
az legislative action Is concerned
though it appears to be conceded now
that the session will probably beck
tended through the full constitutions
period Of sixty days before the work
Is In shape to permit it to adjourn
Among the more significant meas.
ures on which progress has been made
are the following:
House Passes important Bills
The public utilities : measure, or.
iginating in the house and placing all
1 public utilities and service corpora.
tons directly under the control Of the
state railroad commission, passed the
house Tuesday by vote of IS to q
and the emergency clause was attach.
ed, on roll call which netted the
bill 81 to %.
/ Industrial Commission Act s.,
The Industrial commission bill,
known as the parent measure In the
league program, was up for the ut
tenti0n Of the house Thursday and
passed that body by exactly two
thirds majority, the vote standing "a
to 81, which makes the emergency
clause operative. This is the bill
which provides for the establishment
Of state owned flour mills, terminal
elevators and such other Industrial
projects as the state may elect to
undertake. It is u house measure
and will require the favorable action
of the senate before it goes to the
governor for his approval and is ready
to become law.
Creating Bank Of North Dakota
/ BY exactly the same vote as that
given the industrial commission bill.
the house on the Same day gave final
passage to its measure designed to
create the Bank Of North Dakota, the
necessary financial cornerstone to the
leagues economic program. Thus two
of the most important measures which
the league has presented are well on
their way to q complete enactment,
and each has so fur maintained it's
emergency clause intact.
Sick Men Take Pains to Vote
Representative T.. N. Bonner, mi
nority member of the house, who was
Ill in n local hospital, was brought
to the chamber long enough to permit
him to cast his vote on these bills, and
1t is said that Representative O'Connor
of Grand Forks, who had been called
home On account of the death Of his
brother-in-law, c. p. Trepanier, was
also called back to vote. On the fol-
lowing day, Representative Frederick
son of the majority party was accord
ed considerable credit for the forth
tude which prompted him to leave q
sick bed to register his ballot in favor
Of House Bill 40.
House Bill ~ Goes Through
This bill, which is another of the
leagues most important measures, had
the attention of the house on Friday,
and made the grade with the emer-
gency clause, the vote on the bill be-
ing "a to SO. 1t is the measure au-
thorizing the issuance Of 100000 In
bonds to finance the proposed Bank
Of North Dakota, thus giving 1t the
necessary sinews of war for the gi-
gantic financial operations which it
will be required to conduct.
Senate Also Tackles Big Ones
While this series of significant ac-
tions was having the attention of the
house, the senate also had number
of important bills up for consideration
and gave its final approval to num-
Der that are regarded as vital to the
program of the league. These in
clude:
100000 Real Estate Bonds
Senate Bill 100, providing for the
issuance of bonds in the sum of $1O,-
OOO,0OO to be known as the bonds Of
North Dakota, which passed the upper
house on Thursday by a vote Of 50
to 8, with the emergency clause added
on a roll call which resulted "a to IL.
An amendment to this measure was
provided, making the maximum inter-
est rate to be allowed ON these bonds
seven per cent instead of six per cent,
/ aSo HSAi LAO lNk NuS VI luG OlAkllluls UlAls
This bill provides that the state may
issue bonds not exceeding $4,000, 900
to be known as "real estate SERIES -
prescribes the terms thereof. and pro
vides that the money derived from the
sale Of the bonds be loaned to farm.
ers on first mortgage loans at rate
Of interest to enable the state to op.
crate the system at cost.
Home Building Bill Passed
The senate also. placed its approval
upon another important measure, Of
its own production, when it gave final
passage on Friday to 8. B. 10, known
as the home building law. This bill
was passed without the addition Of
the emergency clause, upon the motion
of its introducer, because the clause
was held unnecessary. The provision.
of the proposed law, he said coult
hardly be made operative until som.
further subsidiary legislation would b,
provided, which would require som,