Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-23
LEAGUE ATTEMPT
TO BLOCK HOUSE
WORK IS BEATEN
-Four Measures Killed and
Nine More Were Recon-
mended For Passage
{lsy Staff Correspondent.

Bismarck. Feb. 23.-In spite of oh
structionist tactics on the part Of the
Nonpartisan League members, the
North Dakota house CT representatives
managed to get through a large
amount of important business yester-
day afternoon.
Tho house sat rs a committee OF
the whole during the greater part Of
the session, and in that capacity kill
ed four measures IND recommended
nine more for passage.
At the opening OF the new 1egisla-
tive day, Dell Patterson, Nonparti-
SAN, moved hat the house recess I'M
til 1850 o'clock Wednesday morning,
on the ground that the day was a
legal holiday. A number of the In
dependent members were out of the
house chamber at the time. and as a
result a motion to table this motion
failed of passage.
Speaker Addressed Assembly.
Speaker Twichell spoke briefly. de-
another device OF the Nonpartisan
members to smother legislation, and
giving warning hat if any bills were
not passed as a result Of lack of time
he would take care that they were
League bills, if the motion of Mr.. Pat
:erson was put through. After a call
OF n house, however, a vote vas
:aken. on Mr.. Patterson's resolution.
and it was voted down.
Or the nine measures recommend
ed to pass. the only one on which there
was much debate was House Bill 176.
which would change the tax laws so
that only qualified physicians and
surgeons in general would be exempt
from taxation. The hill is said to have
been drawn to fit a particular case in
the city of Bismarck. After some
debate it was recommended for pass
g
Higher pay for election officers is
provided for in House Bill II, recon-
mended for passage. Senate Bill 27,
drawn for the same purpose, was kill
ed yesterday afternoon.
Two of the measures recommended
for passage are designed to save the
state money each year in the print
ing of the session laws by making the
editions of the laws uniform. This is
covered in House Bills 70 and 203.
Another measure which was recon-
mended for passage was Hou Bill 80
which makes it optional with a judge
whether or not persons charged with
homicide shall be admitted to bail.
Among the bills which were recon-
IleHQeQ 1Or lnde1lnlte pOStpOnement
yesterday afternoon were House Bill
us, authorizing congressional dis
tricts to levy a special tax for the
support of high schools, and House
ELL 129 empowering cities and towns
to purchase, construct or rent high
tension electric line and equipment.
both within and without the city linn
it's.
One of the important bills recon
mended for passage was House Bill rs,
which restores the tax exemptions,
n repeats the law passed by the Nom
partisan League exempting a number
of other classes of property.
In addition to the bills acted on by
the committee of the whole, the state
affairs committee reported in House
Bill Ell. which provides. for the dis
'olution of the Bank of North Dakota.
The Independent majority on the COM
nittee recommended the bill for pass
ge. while the N~onpartisan League mi
aority recommended that the measure
" indefinitely postponed. The ma
'orltN report was accepted without a
acord vote being taken.
The measure, with its companion
lis, which are part of the Indepen-
aHt program, will probably come up
Hr passage yesterday, and a hard
II" is expected.
The senate held no session yester-