The Mankato free press., 1919-04-25
LAD0RS OFIHE SOLONS
THEY MILL COME TO AN. END
ON NEXT THURSDAY
What Has Been Done by Law
Makers During the Past
Few Days
a. NJ. GREEN.

to close the Senefal attentlOn CELL
ters around the matters tina. are of
the most vital interest to the state
as a whole and the wheels are grind
ing early and late in strife to see
who will win out in getting the most
bills passed in the final home stretch
Wednesday, the 23rd, at midnight, is
the time limit for passing bills. The
session will close Thursday with a
general clean up OF unfinished bust
ness and judging from the present
outlook not more than 500 bills OF the
total number introduced will be en-
acted into laws. Some of the state
wide measures which the house and
senate have gone to bat on this week
were the State Public Safety com
mission bill, the soldiers bonus ap-
preparation bill, the rate fixing pub
lie service corporation bill, the free
high school tuition bill, the boxing
bill, the use of butter only in state
institutions bill, the classifying prop
erty taxation bill, the royalty tax bill
the one day in seven rest bill, the
bond deposit as security for con-
tract work bill, the state institutions
| dDpIOpIidtiOA U1lt, dlu SCOIcS VI OIu
ers of less Importance.
The bill atolishing the state safe
ty commission was passed by the
house on Monday by a vote of LOG to
13 and was reversed in the senate
on Saturdaylby a vote of 5S to Z by
adopting am amendment placing in
the hands oil the governor power to
terminate the Safety commission at
his will. Tie state board of educa
ton bill pasted the senate and is now
law. The Soldiers bonus bill pass
ed the >housY as recommended by the
SUBJ committee on appropriations. It
provides that all soldiers, sailors and
marines wh3 served in the world war
shall receive IS per month for time
served outside of the state but in no
case more 1han $50 each. This bill
went to thf senate where a new bill
is being dr'fted which may take the
place of tits bill providing for an
appropriation to loan to soldiers such
an amount. as a commission appoint.
ed shall deem wise to aid them in
business to purchase homes, to secure
education Il in any other way, the
amount to |e paid back to the state
with low sate of interest.
The bill 10 give governing bodies
of cities of lhe third and fo.rth class
power to FIX Eght and power rates
of public krvice corporations pass
ed the house after one of the most
bitter fight of the session oy vote
Of 73 to 10. the Blue Earth county
members standing for the bill. The
high school tuition bill providing that
the state shall pay all high school
buttons is still hanging in the bal
ance in both houses, and the senate
is holding up the So called North
Mankato tuition bill waiting for the
final outco4ae of the free tuition bill
just to pease the legislative mem
bers FROM our adjoining county.
Classifying property for taxation
came up again this week and passed
the housI with amendments. A long
and heatPd contest has marked the
course Tf this bill over the question
of whether buildings should pay a
lower rats of taxation than lands and
vacant diW property. The house de-
c1ded THAT the rate should be 20 per
cent on improvements as against 40
per cen' on vacant property. The
Ioyai,y ok OH passed In the house
was .hiiffu IN tne senate. The state
,nS .nS nust use Dutter on their
eapies hSlln now on instead OF olemar-
gerine. The one day in seven rest
bill passfd the house after amended
to cut olt small cities and villages
and not D apply to hotels, restaurants
and farm domestic labor. The state
appioprn.iion Dlii 10 state institutions
Sa,,,ns Sa4u lf nearly se'ooo'OoO came up
sn .a.uiuay anu WIN rev changed
,,o ,om 'ne ioniinie.ee report passed the
=, ns alsouh. rs the largest
III. m 'ls II III osy oI .ne state and with
ou. aouDq VIII renect upon the legis-
,a. oar,r's asf 'elns eA.Iavagant. but the
toa,l ~. un appropriations that
,Do ,poh r .ne NE winter 10 look into
t;n ne iequl snen.s ol lnese instftu-
.ione uI 81 uhs passage OF TINS Dill
nrannints s 'nas ;., ~ iess couia De ap-
ni;,, -. ,l. m na,efialiy GRIP
san pe ~ %olAinss Vi tnese neces-
,man, S " our state govern
.. Tha oh;,,,,,an ,,,u ..
bousa - .h;s yni PASSED Dy the
sanat ms neeA anended IN the
&c no, ~ ~ INTO eHect IN
y" a1 u iuuslal amenoment should
bos 10 ras,t a,T nss ~ Ha.a .u..onai Inc mouse
aman%dn,sr @ % IA - con.ur IN lne senate
mitta nit ~ ~ an @ coneence COM
hnus @ ftn .a,s,a Seen appoinied oy both
shal, Ioyide but @ thew are ra' sin ine il law