The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-03

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| ferring from the counties and munich.
palities to the states general fund the
utility property tax, which would have
deprived the counties of $500, 900 per
annum in revenue, which would have
gone into the state treasury. BurleigE7
county alone, whose utility property
valuation is less than the average for
the state, would have lost $4,000 in
revenue through this bill.
The four-mill levy for state pun
poses remains unchanged, but the in.
crease in the assessed valuation Of all
state property in Glass l from 1892
900 900 to 81, 100000, and that in
Class 2 from 500, $50, 1870 to $50, OOO,-
600 boosts the total assessed valuation
for the state to 81 100000, 900, on
which four-mill levy will yield $4,-
8OO, 900 per annum for state purposes.
Regulatory Measures
In the field of regulation we have
Senate Bill 1874, abolishing the state
board of control, board of regents and
board Of education, all but abolishing
the office of state superintendent. OF
public Instructions and concentrating
all the powers formerly exercised by
these boards in the hands of an adj
ministration commission of five, three
of whose members may be appointed
by the governor and removed by him
at will. This board assumes complete
control of the common school system,
as we'll as the higher institutions OF
learning and the penal and charitable
institutions of the state. ! &-f
Then there is the very important re-
duction in the size of the tax commits
sion from three members to one, this
one member to be named by the COVER
nor without the consent or approval
of the senate and to be removedfi with
or without cause, as the governor may
see fit. This tax commissioner IS
given. broader powers and a large APP
preparation than the thre men whom
he succeeds; he has much more COM
plicated system Of taxation to super
wise, and many times more revenue to
produce, and he is ansWerable to the
governor, alone. -.
Workmen's Compensation
A WOrkmen's compensation act re-
moves from the courts jurisdiction in
actions brought for personal injuries,
except in the case of farm workers,
domestics and railway employees, and
establishes a state insurance fund to
which employers will be required to
contribute for the COMPENSATION of en-
ploves Of their defendants.
House Bill 155 creates state mine
inspector and establishes a plan of
state mine inspection approved by the
United Mine Workers of America and
similar to the plan adopted in Illinois
and other states.
There is full crew bill, fixing the
minimum number of enginemen and
trainmen which, railway companies
may employ. on train, and there are
bills limiting the hours of labor and
fixing the minimum compensation for
femals workers. -
H., IT,. Law Enforcement .g.-.
Y In the fields Of law enforcement
Senate Bill "a, transferring to the
office, of the attorney general the re-
gulation and licensing Of pool halls,
moving picture theatres, bowling
alleys, ETC., is perhaps of most general
interest. 1t deprives the various
municipalities IF licensing revenues
now amounting to $4,000 to $500 900,
and places the supervision of practi-
cally all amusement enterprises in the
hands of the attorney general, who is
empowered to name four assistants.
House Bill 66, which would have pro-
hibited moonshining or the possession
of any intoxicating liquors, was killed
in the senate, it's death having been
decreed by the league when ,13 men,
bers of the assembly who regarded
this measure too drastic threatened to
insurgc against the leagues program
bills.
Weights and Measures
A state bureau Of weights and
measures has been created in connec-
ton with the state grain grading de-
partment land the regulations sur
rounding the work of the latter have
been strengthened. There are acts
prohibiting discrimination in the sale
of commodities; acts fixing standard
measurements ofall commodities sold;
acts regulating the slaughter and sale
Of food animals; acts regulating the
construction of theatres and public
halls; acts regulating the manner of
voting at general elections and various
othermeasures of this type.
Seed and Feed Bill
The seed and feed bonding bill,
badly muddled at the special session a
year ago, has been corrected, univer-
sal suffrage has been advanced one
step nearer
The assembly rejected an opportun-
ity to forward progressive program
of highway construction when it re-
jected concurrent resolution intro
duced in the senate providing for a
constitutional amendment which would
permit the state to bond up to nomi-
nal sum for highway improvement and
maintenance.
Measures Voted Down
While the league majority unani-
n1e1s]y passed q bill feFejdalng 1n;
$32.5O Week at Klein's