Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-24
Honuse And Senate Bills

ating q state mine inspector and reSu.
lating the coal mining industry in
North Dakota, and establishing q
workmen's~ compensation commission
and abolishing the present common
law defenses in personal injury ac-
tons arising from industry, were In.
troduced in the house Wednesday.
House Bill IS. introduced by Ma.
lone. regulates the operations Of Al
ment by the governor Of q state coal
mine inspector for o. term Of two
years, at $4,000 per annum, such in-
spector> to be IS years old, q citizen Of
the United States, . qualified resd-
dent Of North Dakota, and to have
been actually employed as "a coal
miner ten years prior to his appoint
ment and to have had at least five
years experience in Ignite mines.
He Is required to examine at least
once every six months all mines have
or more, and he Is made ex-ofncio
sealer' Of weights and measures and
is given authority to issue certificates
Of qualification to mine foremen, who
cannot serve without such certificates,
and to appoint mine examiners, The
bill requires the mines to provide
suitable wash houses; to SEQ that
their mines are properly ventilated
and kept in q safe and sanitary condi-
ton through the adoption Of modern
safeguards.
Malone. is the leagues workmen's
compensation act, modelled largely on
the Ohio statute, providing for the
creation Of a state insurance fund
through premiums paid by employers
of three or more persons in hazardous
industries, from which the cost Of all
medical and hospital attention and
any COMPENSATION which may become
due as q result Of industrial injury
shall be paid. Hospital and medical
attention shall be furnished from the
moment Of the injury. but compensa-
ton, which shall not exceed $50 per
week nor be less than IS per week,
except in cases where the actual wage
which shall generally be computed at
two-thirds Of the average weekly
wage Of the employee. shall not begin
until three days following the injury.
There is q comprehensive table OF
specific compensation payments to be
made for death, temporary total or
partial disability, and permanent to-
tai or partial disability; dependents
and their rights are defined. A de-
pendent widow or widower entitled
under the act to compensation only
until remarriage, is made liable to q
fine of $4,000 if convicted Of accept
marriage. Compensation ordinarily
is to be paid in weekly installments
to the injured employee, or, in case of
! death, to his dependents, but lump
sum payments of compensation in an
amount not to exceed 419 weeks. may
be made when the board feels that
, such payments are advisable.
House Bill 81, introduced by
O'Brien, is a league labor measure
prohibiting the issuance of injunc-
lions in labor disputes, except when
it can be shown that property Is be-
ing subjected to i~rreparable harm, for
which there is no remedy at law, and
which reserves to labor the right to
agitate, picket and boycott as means
Of gaining its ends
House Bill So. introduced by ]. F.
T. O'Connor of Grand Forks, adds to
the list of legal holidays Discovery
day, October IL, the date upon which
Christopher Columbus sighted Ameri-
! can soil, and which is now a holiday
in SO American states.
In the senate, Stortad Of Cas-
county introduced Senate Bill 81
amending and re-enacting Section 45s
Of the compiled laws of 1918, requir'
ing local registrars to furnish the
state board of health and the county
ing each local registrar Is cents fol
each birth and death certificate prop
erly made out and registered.
Senat. Bill IS, introduced by Nc
Nair, amends Section 2110 of the
compiled laws Of 1913, relating to thu
listing Of property of corporations
Joint stock companies and associ
atoms. and providing that they mus
give the amount of their capita
stock, the number Of shares, thu
amount paid up, the market value o.
the actual value Of such shares. Thi!
bill, a league asu designed Il
corporation excise tax, carries al
emergency clause.
The senate passed on third reading
Senator browns Senate Bill IA
amending the present grain grading
act, making the state inspector ais
inspector of weights and measure
with authority to appoint deputies
and creating Of the grain grading an
inspection department and the bureau
of weights and measures a depart
ment distinct from the state railwa,
commission winch naO supervision o
this work under the original act
The senate also passed Senate Bill
%. Hagan. an act to prevent the fore
closure Of a mortgage without du
notice to the mortgagor; and Senat
Bill FL, providing for the serving o
subpoenas by mail, telephone OF tele
graph.
Senate Bill No. IS, which define
the in which a state board o
nurse examiners shall be appointed
confning membership to registere
nurses, and requiring that at. leas
two of the five members shall hav
had two years or more experience 1
education work among nurses, whic
was recommended for indefinite post
ponement by thk public health com
mittee Tuesday, was referred to tn
committee on temperance wedne.
day.
Senate Bill 8. introduced by sena
tor Whitman Of Grand Forks. was re
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