The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-02-06

Bismarck. n. D., Feb. 3.-New out.
steps taken here by the Sc.
sret caucus and the legislature in re-
yising the laws of the state of North
Dakota are:
Presentation of bill providing a
$5.O0O,0O0 bond issue for financ-
ing state owned and operated ter
minal elevators and flour mills
as proposed by the Townley
league.
Presentation of bill for a new
series of state bonds aggregating
$1O,OOOO00. to be secured ty first
mortgage on real estate.
Passage of bill limiting the
power of courts to issue injunc-
tions restraining striking and
picketing.
Defeat of bill making it an Of
fense to hoist the red. flag in
North Dakota.
Passage of bill establishing
new schedule of freight rates for
transportation within the state.
Presentation of bill abolishing
the state tax commission of three
and substituting for it a one man
board
Presentation of proposed con-
stitutional amendment opening
the public school funds of the
state for investment in any of
the state owned enterprises pro-
jected.
Presentation of bill abolishing
the sale Of property for taxes and
forfeiting to the state all proper
ty upon which taxes are delin-
quent.
Presentation of bill by which
only one newspaper will be des-
- igpated, in each county for the
publication of all legal notices. +
Passage of bill compelling
every practicing attorney in state
to pay license fee of SIS.
Passage of bill giving the gov
'ernor power to remove city COM
mssioners.
Presentation of bill giving the
commissioner of agriculture pow
er to operate a creamery on an
experimental basis.
Presentation of bill compelling
custodians of public buildings to
open them for public meetings
when petitioned to do SO by Is
taxpayers.
~ Tax Bills Pile Up
Managers of the league are en-
deavoring to discredit the assertion
that it is a champion of a single tax
Instead of reducing existing taxes to
one, they are multiplying them and
it is dull day which does not bring
cut a new revenue bill. League
leaders apparently realize that their
program calls for much greater finan
cial resources than the present
scheme of taxation will provide. A
majority of these bills hit "big bust
ness," the Townley bugaboo. The
railways and large corporations. from
other states, which transact business
in North Dakota, are to be hit the
hardest.
The revenue bills were drafted for
the league by Professor w. G. Royal
ance, formerly of the University Of
Utah, but now announced as the
head of research department Of the
Townley league. Professor Royal.
ance has been working on the tax
alton bills, under the pay of the
league, for more than year, and he
predicts that the total revenue from
all the measures will approximate
81 100000 annually. In time. he
says, his system will make it DOS
sible to abolish personal property
taxes entirely, all the state revenue
being derived from taxes on land, In
comes and gross earnings.
The $5,0O0,O00 bonding bill is pat
terned after the 81 1000 600 Bonding
bill for the Bank of North Dakota.
which institution, according to a
league apostle here, is the Corner
stone of the splendid new industrial
sdifice which the league members in
tend to rear In this state" The new
bill is proposed as q means
If financing the elevator and flour
mill system. The bonds are to be
known as the "Mill and Elevator
,eries." and are to be secured dollar
'or dollar by hrst mortgage upon real
Ind personal property Of the North
Dakota Mill and Elevator association.
rhe bonds are to be issued in denom-
nations Of from IS to SO 900. with
payable semi-annually. Ire.
nendous powers are given to the
governor BY the provision making the
Industrial commission the agent for
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