Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-10
REFERENDUM
PETITIONS
CIRCULATED. / ] !
Vote of People on Measures
Enacted at Special Ses-
sion is Sought.

Bismarck. N. D., Dec. 1o.--As the
special session Of the North Dakota.
legislature settled down today to busi-
ness, petitions were in circulation
among Bismarck business men calling
for referendum on certain measures
enacted by the state solons during the
past two weeks.
Hundreds of signers asked in the,
petition for q. vote Of the people on q.
over and operate any public utility In
time of emergency. Referendum -
sought also on actions Of the special
session rejecting proposed repeal Of
certain blue laws" The laws affect
sale OF cigarettes to adults boxing
exhibitions, and Sunday baseball and
Sunday theaters.
The session will not end today a.
expected. There are too many bills to
be disposed of to complete work to-
day. even should night session be
held. There are twenty senate bills.
three of which still are in the COM
mittee and five Of which are yet to be
messaged over to the house. to be
disposed Of and there are twelve house
! bills awaiting final action.
b. b. % Up.
Among these house bills is No. as
which provides for board Of super
istration. 1t has been hanging hre
awaiting the report Of the library in
vestigating committee. It Is before the
house on a report for indefinite post
ponement.
| The oil tax bill also must be dis
posed Of before the session can ad-
journ and it is expected to cause q
debate in the house which viii further
delay matters.
The house calendar today includes
senate bills amending the motor H.
censing act and creating motor ve-
hicle registration department, amend
ing the absent voters ballot act,
amendis ise the home building associa-
ton act, and for creating the hail In
surance department
| The two million dollar bond issue
for the home building association
! also is before the house on general
orders.
| LANCER Loses Pool Halls.
AZ. BY q vote OF % 80 ~ ,thc honas
this afternoon passed Hoase sBill
1 taking the pool hall inspection
department away from the att0r-
ney general and giving it to the
! state sheriff, an official provided
| for in another bill The emerEem.
| cy clause failed to lHuSs.
Immediately after convening, the
house went into committee OF the
whole to consider the pool hall bill
The original bill repealed the pool hall
| licensing department act entirely, but
it was killed when the majority failed
+, to get the necessary number OF votes
/, to pass it. ~.
| League leaders realized, then. that
| the representatives favored some kind
of licensing measure, but they must
punish the attorney general, 30 the bill
came back providing for the same
; licensing and regulatory department,
but placing it under the supervision
| of the state sheriff.
| An amendment, proposed by Burt
ness of Grand Forks, providing that
such money as is left after all ex-
! penses are paid be pro-rated back to
: the villages, towns and cities, was
adopted.
Twichen Objects.
Twichell Of Cass objected to the bill
on the ground that it was unconstitu.
| tional. He read a section of the con-
stitution which states that no bill
shall be altered so as to change its
original purpose. The first bill was an
out and out repeal act, he said but
the measure has been altered in COM
mittee so as to change its original
purpose there can be no question even
with our supreme court, he said,
that it is unconstitutional
Twichell again charged the major-
ity with attempting to get even with
LANCER.
The bill was recommended for pass