Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-25
MINNESOTA
LEGISLATURE

St. Paul. Mimi. Jan. 25.-Thc sem
ate and house elections committee
will hold a joint session in the senate
judiciary committee tonight to
consider the election program for the
session.
Chairman G. H. Warner. of tho
two. corlmittees would take up the
various bills that have beenN intro
duced and consider plans for the
framing Of a general elections bill.
May Agree 10 Passage.
The house committee on grain and
warehouses, probably will agree to tho
passage Of a resolution urging the
abolition. or at least the modification
Of the federal grain grading system,
and it may urge that u delegation, be
sent to Washington to urge the
change, as a result OF the nearing last
night, Chairman c. NJ. Bendixen said
today.
The committee will meet tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
h.ifM4 Pass Sewer Bills.
The senate in an hour and a half
session today passed eve bills, adj
vanced twelve on general orders and
received six new bills. The bills pass
ed were all minor measures, mostly
curative or local, and only one. re-
ceived a negative vote, Senator Rich
ard EIamer voting against Senator J.
commissioners to vote bonds for court
house purposes. i,
Senator Henry n. Benson's election
bill. prohibiting a candidate defeated
at the primary from running at the
general election. was laid over at the
request of the author. VINO stated that
a desire had been expressed on the
part of several senator's to offer GER
tain amendments.
Among the bills passed was an act
increasing from rs cents per hour to
IS cents pei hour the compensation
that ma be paid to election board Of
ficials.
The following bills were recon-
mended to pass by the senate. sitting
as a committee of the whole:
A Joint resolution memorializing
congress to pass the Toraney soldiers
bonus bill; authorizing, two additional
examiners for the state banking de-
partment; increasing the bond OF
chants: providing for the auditing by
the agricultural department Of the
books of cooperative concerns.
Brings Discussion.
Admonition by Representative
Ralph J. Parker against unnecessarily
mortgaging. state trunk highway
funds to reimburse counties for i'm.
provements made in anticipation OF
the adoption of good roads amend
ment No. I. today precipitated a lone
discussion in the house conNntttee or
public highways
Pending investigation or possible
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Representative Bert Walworths of Wi.
mona. to prohibit authorities from
spending public road and. bridge funds
for improvements outside the state
was laid over.
Representatives Girling, oren, DE-
Lury and others maintained that the
state Is under obligations to refund tc
counties amounts spent to improve SO.
called trunk highways, since February
1919. ~.
Representative r. w. Hitchcock
Hibbing. said such reimbursement.
should cover only work done with
the approval OF the highway comtrds.
plan 1Public Hearing.
a public hearing next week on q
bill by Representatives T. Christian
son and. i. c. .Dorweiler to enlarge
the powers Of state .panks, is planned
by Chairman w. C. Briggs, Pipestone
for the house committee on banks
and banking.
The committee today recommended
the return to its author of a measure
TO lint the liabilities of banks fol
Action was deferred on the bill.
sAt bill, to prevent the governor from
arbitrAraly removing a county attorne!
or other county office was introduced
/ in the house today by Representative
~. 3. Pattison OF st. Cloud
The bin vas sent to the judiciar,
COMMITTEES.