The Princeton union., 1919-04-17
STATE. LEGISLATURE
Extra Session a Possibility Unless
Legislators Buckle Down to
Work and Act on Bills.
Bill Requiring Villages and Cities of
Fourth Class to Maintain Rest
Rooms Passes House.

Fourth Class to Maintain Rest
Rooms Passes House.
An extra session of the legislature
is serious possibility unless the SEN
ate and house get down to work and
pass some Of the important legisla-
ton now pending. Although declin-
ing to say positively that he would
call the lawmakers together in extra
session, Governor J. A. A. Burnquist
strongly limited that he will if found
necessary. "There will be no need of
4 ala extra session." explained the COVER
nor in answer to a question, "if the
legislature will attend properly to the
important matters still awaiting ac-
tion."
While the legislature has been
tinkering with a lot of purely local
and curative acts many important
measures have been neglected and are
in an uncertain position so far as be-
ing considered at this session is con-
cerned. Among them is the Warner
Hompe convention bill, which passed
the house, but is held up in the senate
while a joint committee is trying to
frame a measure that will satisfy
three contending factions, one of which
wishes state nominating convention,
the action of which will be final in
respect to party candidates.; another
wishes the convention as an adjunct
to the primary merely to recommend
candidates to the voters at the pri-
mary, and the third faction wishes the
primary retained as it is and opposes
a convention Of any kind.
Gjerset's house bill to prohibit the
monopolization of markets for food
=, products in the state, or interference
$'wich the freedom of such markets,
passed under suspension of the rules.
A bill introduced by Representative
CARLY requiring villages and cities of
the fourth class to provide and main
tain public rest rooms, with toilet and
lavatory facilities, has passed the
house, as we'll as measure by Levin.
raising and fixing the salaries of
judges and certain other officers of
the district court, so amended as to
strike out supreme court justices.
The senate, in committee of the
whole, killed Ole o. Sangeng's consti-
tutional amendment, making it possi-
bic to amend the constitution with
only 40 per cent of the total vote cast,
provided the affirmative vote is great
er than the negative vote. Mr.. Sageng
moved to advance the bill to the cal
endar. George H. Sullivan opposed
the motion. "Had this been the rule
in North Dakota last fall" he said, "it
would not have been necessary for Mr..
Townley to- coerce the supreme court |
to declare all of his constitutional |
amendments adopted" He referred
to the amendments which failed to get |,
a majority of all the votes cast, and
which still were declared adopted by
the supreme court. The vote, on rec
ommending the bill to pass, was 25 to
rs. 1t was in order then for someone
to move indefinite postponement. No
one moved, so Senator Sageng re-
marked that he might as we'll make
the motion himself. "It would come
Svith better grace from the opponents
of the bill though" he suggested, and
Senator Sullivan, accepting the sug-
gestion, made the motion. The bill
therefore was killed.
The house has passed the senate bill
amending the law relating to salaries
of county commissioners, fixing 5000
as compensation in counties where the
assessed valuation is between $2O,OOO-
600 and 40,000,OOO.
The Benson bill, establishing Eng
lish as the basic language to be used
in all public and private schools, has
passed the house. Representative N.
e 1.l
Uggeblad, weekly published in the,
Norwegian language, was sponsor of
the bill in the house.
A motion to reconsider action on the
state workmen's compensation insur-
ance bill, defeated in the senate after
passing the house recently, was killed
in the senate by vote of 80 to IS.
Members who voted against the
measure on account of the Fowler
amendment voted against reconsidera-
tion.
The C. N. Nelson joint resolution
memorializing congress to enact leg
Glation requiring aliens to make ap-
,'lication to United States representa- l.
lives in their native countries for per-
to come to this country, has
DSSAA 1CpOI CCu O1Ch W tIlC IlOuOc Will
to pass. The resolu-
tion recommends that these United
States. representatives shall make all
necessary Investigations on the pro-
posed immigrants desirability as a
citizen
The senate on Tuesday passed with
out a dissenting vote the university of
Minnesota 10 year building program ,
Dill, which already had passed the .
house. The measure calls for the )
raising by taxation Of $56OOOO year :
for 10 years for the erection of new :
buildings at the university, and for
Aovering the Northern Pacific railroad
tracks through the campus, and ac- . :
luiring the right of way. Taxation = :
oillss appear to be the order of the day. !,
So far as the state university is con- /"
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