The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-01-20
STATE LEGISLATURE
Senator Hamer Introduces Bill Per
tanning to Dividends in Coop
erative Associations.
Circulation of Story That Any Bank
is Shaky Made Gross Misde.
meanor by Briggs Bill.

meanor by Briggs Bill.
Senator Hamer has introduced bill
limiting dividends on stock in co-opera-
tive associations to 8 per cent and reg
ulating the time of issuance in cream
cries and canneries. This measure
should be enacted into law.
No deer hunting until 1923 will be
possible if Representative c.; H. War
ner Of Aitkin gets his game bill
through. The open season for quail,
partridge, Chinese, ringneck or Eng
lish pheasant is reduced to two weeks,
beginning November 1 and ending
November 13, under the provisions of
this measure.
Claiming that small towns and vii
lagos have no use for jails and that
some of them were making public rest
rooms Of them, Representative w. J.
Darby of Carlton made a plea for his
bill requiring villages of the fourth
class to maintain public rest rooms.
The bill allows the villages to make
arrangements with stores and hotels
to furnish facilities if no public room
is available. The bill was recommend
ed to pass by the municipal affairs
committee of the house. It provides
that the rooms shall be open from 10
a. m. to 9 p. m.
Humane treatment for fish is sought
in house bill 1874 by Representative
T. E. West, requiring the game and
fish commission to have holes three
feet square cut in the ice to admit air,
the holes to be not more than 300 feet
apart.
Senator F. H. Peterson has intro
duced motion picture censorship bill
creating state board Of censors which
is to pass on every film exhibited in
the. theaters of Minnesota. If the
bill becomes law the board is. to re-
.ceive in advance "a fee OF, 81. for ""each
reel, film or set Of views, and so cents
for each duplicate or print thereof.
Fees go into the state treasury, and
the board members are to be paid $40
day and expenses. Any violation of
the act is declared to be gross mis-
demeanor.
Representative w. C. Briggs has in
troduced bill making it a gross mis-
demeanor for any person to circulate
a story that any bank is "shaky" or
insolvcnt. This measure should re-
ceivc every vote in both houses. Many
a solvent bank hes been forced to
temporarily suspend in consequence of
false reports as to it's stability.
The two Armistice day bills we're
disposed of by recommending for pas
sage Senator Benson's bill which was
introduced at the request of the Amer
lean legion and indefinitely postponing
similar bill by Senators Erickson
and Kuntz. The latter provided that
when November II fell on Sunday the
following day should be observed as
Armistice day. Senator Bcnson's bill
does not contain this provision.
Representative Nimocks' bill to COM
pei Minnesota railroads to furnish
transportation for house and senate
members when they made trips for
state purposes was recommended out
for passage by the railroad committee.
Such a law would be an imposition on
the railroad companies, in fact it
would be legalized theft. Why should
"a railroad company carry a legislator
free of charge when travelling for the
state more so than a man travelling
for a commercial firm? Then, again,
how easy it would be for the solons
to make weekend trips to their homes
on passes upon the declaration that
they were on business trips for the
state and at the same time draw the
mileage allowed by the legislature.
Nimocks, dear sir, you should secure a
job on the federal shipping board.
Senator J. D. Sullivan has intro
duced bill authorizing boards of
county commissioners to issue and sell
bonds not to exceed 8 per cent of the
assessed valuation of land for the con-
struction of court houses.
Representative A. C. WEIGH has in
troduced a bill prohibiting the use of
oleomargarine as substitute for but
ter in state institutions. The bill was
defeated two years ago presumably on
account of the high cost of butter.
Fundamental questions connected
with the administration of Amend
ment No. l will be decided nv tho