The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-13
STATE LEGISLATURE.
A Bill is Introduced by Senator John D.
Sullivan to Abolish Board
of immigration.

OA~o6NSSA VI '<APPA pAIoC1ON VHcdSuIcS
Begins in House Tonnage
Tax Bills Friday.
Passage of the bill introduced by
Senator Patrick Mc(1arry of Walker
to permit the state to advertise the at
fractions of it's 10000 lakes led to the
introduction of bill by Senator John
D. Sullivan of St. Cloud to abolish the
state board Of immigration. The Nc
Garry bill passed by vote of AZ to 20.
Then the Sullivan bill for the aboli-
ton of the state immigration board
was introduced and referred to the
committee on civil administration, of
which Senator Carley is, chairman.
Senators Hamer and Gandrud have
introduced a bill abolishing the office
of the state oil inspector and transfer
ring his power to the dairy and food
commission.
They say that the present legisla-
ton lacks pep. Well it does if fire
eaters, bombasts and bunk artists can
be counted as such. While the, present
legislative bodies have sprinkling of
what is generally termed the bolshevik,
the members as whole are of the safe
and sane kind and are not much given
to tearing things to pieces. A bust
ness feeling predominates.
Representative C. H. Warner has
introduced a bill granting women the
right to vote in municipal elections and
another providing that women may
vote in all primary elections.
The slaughter of appropriation bills
began in the house when it adopted
reports calling for the indefinite post
ponement of bills allowing the state
board Of health funds for new quar-
ters, furniture and equipment; pro-
viding state aid to the plan of the
federal government in providing farms
for soldiers, and to pension state en-
ployes who have reached the age of
IS years and have been in the employ
of the state for 20 years or more.
The statute governing proof and
penalties for receiving stolen goods is
amended by bill introduced in the
house by Representative Asher How
ard. The bill amends the law so that
the offense is punishable by imprison-
ment in the state prison from one to
twenty years, or in the county Jail not
less than six months or by fine of
from $3.50 to $4,000, or both fine and
Imprisonment. Possession of the stol-
en- goods is made prima facie evidence
of guilt.
The Theodore Christensen bill, pro-
viding that the cooperative concerns
of the state shall be subject to ex-
animation of the public examiner, has
been favorably recommended.
A bill for workingmen's compensa-
ton by state insurance, now before
the legislature was condemned by the
Minnesota Association of Mutual Life
Insurance companies. Nothing else
could have been expected.
The three tonnage tax bills in COM
mittee constitute difficult problem
to untangle and last Friday it was de-
cided to defer action for one week un-
less ordered taken up sooner by the
chairman. Friends of tonnage tax
Legislation are greatly discouraged at
the prospects of getting any bill
through this session.
A bill to abolish the state drainage
commission, composed of governor,
secretary Of state and the state audi
tor, and to substitute single drain
age commissioner appointed by the
governor, was introduced on Saturday
by Representatives Theodore Chris
tianson, O. A. Swenson and j. B. Gis-
Lesson. 1t was referred to the commit
tee on civil administration. The bill
has the Endorsement Of the three Of
ficials now constituting the state drain
aage commission. It proposes to do
for the state drainage system what the
law creating a state highway commits
sioner has done for the highway sys-
tenn.
Senator Frank B. Kellogg deliver
ed short address to both houses of
the legislature on Saturday morning.
His talks were along the line of the
advantages gained by Minnesota in
the passage Of, the wneat-price regu-
lation bill and the appropriation for
road building. He also expressed his
pleasure at again being in Minnesota.
Bonus for Discharged Soldiers.
Every soldier who has received his
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