The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-05-01

order by Lieutenant Governor Thomas
Frankson. Senator Putnam also said
that he and other members did not re-
alize what they were voting on, but the
roll call was finished and tho vote was
allowed to stand.
Fiaht on Drainage Act.
Just as the telephone tax bill prov
ed the center of interest in the Senate
at the closing session, so the drainage
bill furnished the fireworks i'll the
House. A fierce fight developed when
O. G. Neuman attempted to repass the
drainage bill as amended by the Sen
ate. Theodore Christensen was sue
cessful in having tackled onto the
measure an amendment requiring that
the drainage engineer be graduate of
recognized college. The Senate re-.
jected this amendment and was sus-
tanned in it's refusal by conference
committee. After some delay the
House repassed the bill minus tho
amendment
Go Through In a Hurry.
Bills were called from the calendar
and general orders at will as the roll
was called during the closing after
noon session of the Senate, and more
than thirty were passed during the
afternoon. Among them was the Ben
dixen and Dorweiler bill requiring the
Railroad and Warehouse commission
to investigate and report on the value
of dockage to grain and report to the
next Legislature, a measure IN which
the grain growers are much interested
They want millers to pay for the dock
age which is salable, such as chicken
and sheep feed.
Another farmers bill passed was
the Bendixen measure to put the L.
cense fees received from terminal
warehouses In the grain inspection
fund.
So were the Nelson bill to tax YES
sells operating in international wa
tiers: the Mclaughlin House bill to
provide for the establishment and
maintenance of county free libraries;
the House tax committee bill for the
taxation of freight line companies;
the Kingsley bill separating Mime
apolis city and general elections, and
the Parker bill to punish dissertation
of the flag.
The Moen bill transferring oil in
spection to the dairy and food de-
partment, and providing for inspec'
ton at the selling point, and requir-
ing retail dealers to post a list of the
oils they sell and their quality, was
passed without a struggle. though a
hard fight on it was expected.
Other Bills Passed.
The Senate passed the Callahan bill
authorizing the Minneapolis city coun-
Gil to spend $4,000 to investigate the
feasibility of making park OF Nicol-
let island, the Putnam House bill au-
thorizing Fergus Falls to build an
armory, the Benson Senate bill to re-
imburse school districts placing 0oca-
tional training departments in high
schools and the House bill cOdifying
the state printing laws, the House sal
wage corps bill, providing for two ships
and increasing the insurance tax to
pay the extra men, the Coleman bill per-
hitting state employees to draw pay on
more than one voucher, the Cliff bill
standardizing the requirements and
inspection of canneries, the House bill
authorizing armory boards to sell ar
mory sites, and providing for the up
keep of armories.
Agricultural Bill Adopted.
Until the last three days Of the
providing for the establishment OF
department of agriculture would go by
the board. An agreement was reached
between the House and the Senate,
however, and the measure was finally
| passed. It was the House which first
passed the bill, originally introduced
in the House by Representative Elias
Nordgren and in the Senate by Ssna'
tor Gandrud. The bill provided for
the appointment of commissioner OF
agriculture by the governor. 1t gave
that officer powers of investigation
into marketing condition and charged
him with the duties of cooperating
with both producer and consumer
One of it's main features was the
provision for a soil survey OF the
| state.
When the Nordgren bill went over
to the Senate that body substituted
| q lengthy measure prepared by Sena
tor Cliff of Ortonville. Hurried con
ferences were held. The House bill
was finally amended to include some
of the enforcement provisions of the
Cliff bill, and it was passed in that
form. The House accepted the amend
ment.
A bill relating to cooperative organ
izations was also passed by boil
houses as q companion bill to the de
partment of agriculture measure.
Several other bills desired by the
agricultural interests of the state fell
by the wayside. The Legislature die
pass the bill prohibiting the use of but
ter substitutes in state institutions
but It was vetoed by the Governor.
Tax Bill Passed.
| Both houses passed the tax levy bill
| for the next two years. The levy l.
| e. mon oud . file fovs 1901