The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-25
School Aid 10 Granted.

practically all OF the village property
is owned by railroads and is not tax
able for school purposes.
Staples was allowed $4,000 because
of the large percentage of untaxable
railroad property and the fact that q
fire destroyed the school buildings.
Two Harbors was denied aid 1t was
decided that that city has sufficient
taxable property to maintain its own
schools.
Soldiers Scholarship Bill.
Representatives T. ]. McPartlin and
Leo Gleason have the credit of being
the authors of the first real soldier aid
bill to be passed by the Legislature
this session, which has been sent to
the Governor.
Their bill, reported back by the con-
ference committee with recommends
ton to pass, provides that each sol
der, sailor and marine electing to at
tend school, shall receive 5000 schol-
arship in any school approved by the
state board of education.
The bill was passed by vote Of 80
to 0. 1t now goes to the Governor for
his approval.
War Bonds Good Security.
The House passed the Wilkinson
bill permitting contractors to deposit
Liberty or Victory bonds as security
for the performance of their contracts.
A similar bill has passed the Senate.
The House also passed the national
guard reorganization bill calculated to
make the organization of the guard
comply with federal requirements.
. Education Bill Passed.
The House concurred in the amend
ments of the Senate on the Warner
board of education bill and repassed
the bill without opposition.
The Senate amended the House bill
by changing the name of the super
intendent of education to commission
er of education and fixing the salaries
of the department as follows:
Commissioner, $4,000; deputy com.
missioner, $4,000; one department
head, $4,000; four department heads,
$500 each; five department assis-
tants, $4,000 each; four assistants,
$4,000 each; two assistants, $500
each; members of the board $40 per
day for time spent in performance Of
their duties with necessary expenses.
The bill now goes to the Governor.
Utilities Bill Wins.
The House passed the Rockne Sen
ate bill permitting the cities of the
third and fourth class to regulate rateE
charged by public utilities corpora
tions. The vote was II to Al. The
bill now goes back to the Senate for
concurrence on an amendment permit.
ting appeals to the courts by either
the public service companies, city
councils, or the people paying for the
| service.
Senate Passes Game Bill.
After spending. an entire afternoon
in debate the Senate passed the fish
and game code bill, as introduced by
the Senate game and fish committee,
by vote of 81 to 0, Senator James A.
Carley of Wabasha refusing to vote.
A series of amendments were Of
fered to the bill as it passed the
House. The most important of the
amendments, introduced by Senator
George H. Turkham, chairman of the
committee, changed the plan of award.
ing fishing contracts from the licens.
| ing system to the award of contracts
to the highest bidder, such prac.
tice, it was urged, would prevent the
alleged looting of Minnesota lakes by
INSCRIPTIONS fishermen.
Another amendment to provide a
closed season for prairie chickens I'm.
til September, 1922, was passed. An
amendment to provide proceeds from
the state fishing industry be turned
over to the drainage commission to de.
fer expenses of state drainage was
defeated.
Inspection Bill Passed.
The Gislason bill, amending the
hotel inspection law to add boarding
and lodging houses, and places Of re-
freshment to those coming under the
inspection requirements, was passed
by the house, 80 to Z.
Aid for Soldiers.
The house appropriations committee
introduced the bill worked out by its
subcommittee providing $4,500,000 in
at the rate of SIS month for time
spent in the service, with $50 maxi.
mum.
Prohibition Fight Renewed.
The first furry Of the final battle
between the vets and the drys in the
legislature, took place when the House
refused to concur Ia the Senate amend.
ments to the House prohibition en-
forcement bill, and asked the Senate
to meet a committee of five House
members in conference.
Representative w. 1. Norton, House
dry leader, moved that the House do
not concur in the Senate amendments
and that the speaker appoint a com.
mittee Of five for conference.
Representative Thomas Girling,
leader of the vets in the House, tried
for half an hour to induce the dry
leader to agree that the conference
committee take up nothing but the
Senate amendments and that he would
| not bring back statutory prohibition
bill
The wet leader finally seconded the
motion and the House voted unani.
mously to order the appointment of the
conference committee.
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