The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-10
STATE LEGISLATURE
House Takes Up Tonnage, or Occupa-
tiOnal, Tax Measure Today
Lively Fight Expected.
House Recommends Passage of Bill to
Create State Land COlOniza-
ton Commission.

sion, although it is expected that the
measure will pass by substantial
majority. Representative Murphy is
the chief opponent of the bill and he
will be assisted in his fight against the
measure by Representatives Hitch
cock and McPartlin, while many able
speakers will defend the committee
bill as introduced.
A bill, said by Representative F. J.
McPartlin of International Falls, "to
be the most important measure before
the legislature for northern Minneso-
ta," was recommended for passage by
the house, sitting in, committee of the
whole. This proposed law creates a
state land colonization committee, pro-
vides for the settlement of northern
Minnesota lands, gives preferential
privileges to soldier settlers and, if
passed, will greatly enhance develop
ment of the unsettled parts of the
state.
The Women's Cooperative alliance
of Minneapolis has sent communica-
ton to all members of the legislature
protesting against raising member
ship of the board of control from three
to four members. Senator J. A. Car
ley (dem.) said he would fight the
bill on the senate floor when it came
up. Governor J. A. o. Preus is said to
favor the measure. The alliance be-
lieves that such a law would throw
the board into politics. It favors a
board of three members, as at present,
with one of them woman.
Movie censorship is dead for the ses-
sion. Closely following action of the
senate committee, the house general
legislation members voted the measure
for indefinite postponement. Senator
F. H. Peterson's bill making it a mis-
demeanor to show pictures of persons
nude or substantially nude" still re-
mains to be considered.
An addition to state highway legis-
lation was proposed by Representa-
tives r. A. Wilkinson and Elias Nord-
gren in a joint resolution providing
for a joint committee of two senators
and three representatives to confer
with similar committees from the
legislatures Of Wisconsin, North Dako-
ia and South Dakota regarding the
construction of bridges over boundary
waters between the states. The public
highways committee will pass on the
resolution.
The house committee on grain and
warehouses recommended passage of
the Brooks senate bill, distributing the
storage charge for grain evenly
throughout the period of storage,
making the rate 100 of a cent a
bushel for each day. The present rate
for storage is IL cent for each Is days
or fraction thereof.
Senator Hiding Swanson's bill to
pension needy blind persons to the
extent of from $24O to $500 per year
was approved as to principle and rec
commended to pass. It will go to the
finance committee, where the apprc-
priation feature will be considered.
Extension of boxing privileges to
all cities and villages of the state was
recommended by the house, sitting in
committee of the whole, by a rising
vote of SIS to So.
A bill advanced to the calendar
raises grand and petit jurors fees
from SO to 81 day outside of St.
Paul and Minneapolis, where the fees
were left at 50 and So day rcspec-
lively.
A move to investigate banks of Min
nesota has been started by the non
partisan league. Representative A.
P. WEIGH, nonpartisan, introduced a
resolution in the house asking that a
committee of five, two senators and
three representatives, be appointed to
investigate, with power to subpoena
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resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on banks and banking and
several members predicted it would
not receive lengthy consideration.
Senator C. N. Orr has introduced a
bill standardizing the forms for acct
dent and health insurance in Mime
sofa. The senate insurance committee
will report on the measure.
The election committee killed the
bill to raise the fees of clerks and
judges of election from Is to 40 cents
an hour. The senate had passed the
bill without opposition.
Upon recommendation of the Rus
sell Sage foundation, bill, now law
in II states, providing for short term