The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
STATE LEGISLATURE
Measure Extending Automobile Lii
censes Until Changed by the
Next Legislature Passes. y

Bill Passes Both Houses Requiring
Inspection and Certiication
of Seed Potatoes.
The Carley bill, extending automo-
bile licenses until the 1921 legislature
shall make new law according to the
new Babcock road amendment, has
passed. r.
Under measure which has passed
both houses seed potatoes will be in
spected and certified by state board.
j. D. Sullivan's bill relating to cleo
ton contests, requiring certificates of
election to be withheld from candidates
for the legislature until the courts
= have decided who received the legal
majority, has been passed by the SEN
ate.
Representative C.H.Warner's street
railway bill was defeated by the house
after nearly four hours of debate, 40
to &c. The vote was more onesided
than the debate Indicated, but defeat
Of the bill had been expected, owing
to the strong protest made by officials
Of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth.
The principal talks for the bill were
made by Representatives Warner,
Thomas H. Girling, Ralph J. Parker
and R. A. Wilkinson. It was opposed
by Representatives w. I. Norton, Lea
witt Corning and others. Mr.. Norton
commended the ''indeterminate permit"
provided in the bill meant a perpetual
franchise. He argued that the state
would be forced to spend large sums
Of money to investigate purely city
matters. The main contention in the
q ,iebate was whether the Warner bill
would do away with home rule.
BY vote Of 5 to 3 members of the
senate temperance committee recon-
mended for passage the Norton dry
enforcement bill with an amendment
to permit the sale Of beer containing
2 per cent of alcohol by weight. The
proposed law is made possible by the
fact that the federal constitutional
amendment, which the measure is de-
signed to enforce, does not define Gin
toxicating" as applied to beverages
and gives the states concurrent juris-
diction in enforcement. If the bill
should become a law it would stand
unless contradictory ruling is made
by congress or the federal courts.
The Hale bill providing for control
of the dog population in the interest
of the sheep raisers of the state, was
passed by the house under suspension
of the rules, 81 to 6. The bill, which
privides for license system, exempts
cities of the first class. These cities
are caring for the dog problem
through the humane society.
Under the Nordgren- Christianson
house bill, which passed by vote of
80 to 49,, farmers cooperative asso-
Citations will be subject to inspection
sSpy the public examiner.
The senate passed the J. II. Boyd
house bill relieving soldiers of penal
ties, interests and costs that may have
accrued for failure to pay taxes while
in the service.
Three nonpartisan league senators
voted against the Swanson bill relat-
ing to county agricultural bureaus
when it reached final passage on the
senate calendar. The bill makes es-
Enlistment of such bureaus compul-
sorry on the petition of 200 citizens.
A bill by Representative Nordgren,
creating state department of agri-
culture, was passed by the house with
out opposition The bill as amended
by the committee on marketing, pro-
vides for department to be headed bya
commissioner of agriculture, appoint
ed by the governor, and such assis-
tants as the commissioner shall deem
necessary. The commissioners salary
is to be $4,000 year and he will fix
the compensation of his assistants.
~ The ultimate fate of the tonnage
tax legislation for the present session
has been put up to Governor Burn
quist. If he consents to the introduce
ton of tonnage tax bill Representa-
tive C. M. Bendixen and Senator Jas.
A. Carley have bills already drawn
and ready for presentation in their re-
spective legislative bodies.
The new tonnage tax bills are SINH
lar to those already introduced by Ben
dixen and Carley, except that they pro-
vide for instead of per cent tax
based on a 33 1-3 per cent valuation,
rather than on so per cent valuation,
as provided in the original measure.