The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-04
HIGHER PAY FOR SOLONS
St. Paul Man Would Make
The Wage $1,000
COST OF THE RENT HIGH
Bill For Complete Recodification
Highway Laws In Com
mittee Hands
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch


st. Paul, February 1.-Adopting
after investigating the recommends
ton of c. M. Babcock, state commits
sioner of highways, a sub committee
today presented to the house COM
plete recodification Of state high
way laws. The sub committee at
the outset was opposed to the COM
missioner's proposal for republication
Tut the report today was unanimous,
following the POP vote in favor of the
single commissioner system, instead
of the board plan. The proposed bill
provides for the appointment by the
governor who may remove the Off
cial at will.
May Remove Deputies.
Further, the commissioner is en-
powered to appoint and remove at
will first and second deputies who
are. authorized to act, respectively
in his absence. One of the deputies
must be an engineer. The measure
defines in detail the duties. of the
highway commissioner with special
reference to the records to be kept
These records must show other
things, the amounts spent in the Of
fee, spent on each mile and piece of
road improved and in each county
must include a cost accounting sys-
TEN carried out to final details.
Present road laws are unchanged
in important particulars except where
necessary to meet the requirements
under good roads amendment number
one. The question of refunds to
counties which made trunk highway
amendment was referred to a special
committee which has yet to make a
report.
Will Support Three Measures.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau fed
GRAFTON today announced its support
of three measures Involving market
ing methods now pending in the leg
islature as result of partial returns
from the first state farmers refer
endum. Representatives of the state
federation will appear at joint house
and senate committee hearings to-
night end tomorrow night to urge
passage of the public markets bill,
compelling boards of trade to admit
ship as CO. operative associations, and
the future dealings bill, which de-
fines gam bling contracts in sale of
wheat and other grains and farm
products, declares them illegal and
provides for enforcement of the act
by fines or Jail sentences.
The federation also announced its
support of the resolution requiring
the BOARD of grain appeals to restore
Minnesota grain grades instead of
the present federal grades. Among
counties reporting today unanimously
endorsing both measures, are Wa
SEGA. Blue Earth, Becker. Ottertail
and Benton
Regrets Cut For State Flour Mill.
The house committee on markets
senate amendment cutting the main
tenance appropriation for the state
testing -four mill from sg0000 to
s25, 900 and restored the $4,000. The
bill was recommended to pass with
an appropriation of s25.o00 to COM
plete the mill and $4,000 for main.
terance.
The committee also recomWended
the passage of the bill providing for
an audit of CO. operative concerns.
The bill as recommended is the same
as the senate bill. which provides
for an audit upon request of the di-
rectors or upon petition of ten per
cent of the stockholders. The bill
increasing the powers Of the senate
agricultural department and extend
ing the scope Of it's jurisdiction over
cold storage plants also was rec
commended for passage.
Raise Pay Of Legislators.
A bill to increase the pay of repre-
sentatives in the legislature from
$1,000 to $500 for the term was in
troduced in the house today by Rep
resentative Frank f. Nimocks A OF
Minneapolis. Mr.. Nimocks proddc-
ed a checked roll call to prove that
he had eighty six members to vote
in favor of the bill. "And why
shouldn't they vote for it?" asked Mr..
Nimocks. Their election expenses
have greatly increased; the price
of their room rent and food while in
st. Paul have gone sky high. Why
not give them a chance to break
even on expenses, say nothing at all
about compensation for their time
and lahor?"
The bill was referred to the COM
mittee on general legislation.
Pay For County. Officials.
Senator Charles Adams of Duluth,
today introduced in the senate a bill
fixing the following schedule of sal
aries and clerk hire allowances for
St. Louis county: County auditor,
salary $1,000 clerk hire So 400; county
colorv 91 Q00 c1ork hir,