Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-04-27

Rural Credits. a5 ssS
Under an act passed, the matter Of
establishing state rural credits will be
submitted to the voters at the next
! regular election Re =
Provision is made for the organize
ton of land mortgage ass0ciations
Counties are permitted under the
Bissette law, to appropriate money for
/ the clearing of lands that are agricul.
tural in character. ~.
A resolution passed by both the
House and Senate provides that un-
less the desired changes in the federal
grain standards be granted by the Blu
reau of Markets at Washington, the
State Board of Grain Appeals is re-
quired to re-establish Minnesotas grades
based upon the standards IN. ( vogue
prior to the passage ofsthe Federal
Grain Standards act. 60
Highway Legislation.
The state road tax on motor vehicles
was fixed at per cent of the list price
of a car The House originally fixed
the tax at 18 per cent, and, the SEN
ate at 225 per cent TheS2 per cent
tax was the compromise This tax law
provides for tax of per cent of the
list price Of a car for the first three
years. The tax for the fourth and
fifth years. in the life Of a car is fixed
at 2 per cent of three quarters Of the
list price. After the fifth year the
value of a car is figured at one-half of
the list price. The minimum tax un-
der this law is $12 and, it is said, that
the average tax will be approximately
! $18. f.14fa:
Under the terms of the third big bill
in the highway program counties
which had the foresight to develop the
trunk highways included in the Bah
cock system will be reimbursed. out of
the highway fund. Approximately
$23,000;0O0 was spent in this manner
by % counties. fESgEfl1
Workmen's Compensation II,
A series of laws was passed covering
this whole subject The main one pro-
yides for the creation of an industrial
commission, made up of three mem
bers, which will not only administer
the compensation insurance law, but
will take over supervision of the La
Dor department and all it's branches
Pre-Prmary Conventions.
A law was passed during the session
permitting political parties to hold pre-
primary conventions, for .t1le purpose
of endorsing candidates for state and
congressional offices.
Only one other law affecting cleo
lions was passed. 1t prohibits a can
didate defeated at the primaries from
filing again for the same office as an
independent %E5s5I
Public Utilities.
Street railway systems III Minnesota
are placed under control of the State
Railroad and Warehouse commission
SO far as the making of rates and val
uatiOns are concerned
The law gives to city councils com
plete control over service, extentions,
and routing, and makes the local gov
erning bodies parties to the valuation
proceedings before the state commits
sion The state commission, however,
is given exclusive and initial right to
regulate rates. subject to appeal to the
courts. }}fsts3 2,
Taxing Telephone Earnings:
Gross earnings of telephone com
panies, now taxed at 8 per cent, will
be taxed at 4 per cent under the law
Women Jurors.
Three bills, having for their purpose
the making of women eligible as jurors
were passed. The first amends the
law, specifying the qualifications for
Jurors to include the words 'smen or.
women, or both" The second gives
the district court the power. to excuse
women from jury service at its discre.
ton. The third provides for the APP
pointment of women bailiffs in all
cases where there are women on juries.
Maternity Hospitals.
bill permitting cities to take adj
vantage of the so-called Shepard
Towner bill appropriating money for
maternity and infancy work was
passed.
Street Trades Law. s}5
The so-called street trades bill, af-
1ectlng neWsDoys, was sponsored by
women's organizations, particularly
the League of Women Voters, 50 it can
be included under the general head Of
women's bills IS. s,sS
Soldiers Bonus. .ssF.
Amendments to the soiaiers, bonus
act were passed, making impossible for
certain aliens who did not claim ex-
emption on the grounds Of alienage. to
participate in the bonus. Increases in
the bonus fund were also made
Tax Commissions.
Both House and Senate authorized
the appointment of interim commits
sions to study the whole question of
taxation and revenues in Minnesota.
City Measures.
Two laws having to do with the
charter were passed. The first, termed
the charter enabling act, was practic-
ally repassage of the original charter
bill, in order to cure all possible de-
fects The second knnw,sAs "a tho oh . :.