The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-25
URGES FORT AS
LOCATION FOR
MANDAN SCHOOL
Representative Miller Pro
poses to Move State Train
ing School to Lincoln
FIVE BILLS PASSED
House Extends Recall on City
Officers; Cancellation
Law to Remain

SSHOoI Ho" iOSdIcO HcdI WaHNuh ~
moved to Fort Lincoln, seven miles
from Bismarck, if the War Depart
ment will relinquish the unused
buildings, was made in the house
this afternoon by Rep. j. c. Miller,
Bottneau. The resolution recited
the unsatisfactory conditions in the
present institution, which led to
recomm endations by the budget
board for large building appropria
tions. Because there is joint
committee considering the training
school question the mouse sent the
resolution to that committee with
instructions to ascertain from Wash
ington officials if the Fort could be
obtained, this being done over Rep.
Miller's protest, he desiring imme-
diate action.
A concurrent resolution of the
senate, providing that efforts be
made to secure the Fort FLincoln
buildings for tuberculosis hospital
to be managed by the North Dakota
tuberculosis Association. was re-
ceived later in the house, and refer
red to the committee on appropria-
tions.
The house killed Rep. Carr's bill
proposing repeal Of the Cancellation
law passed in 1921, on committee re-
port without debate but wit, scat
tering dissent from members.
Five Bills. Passed
Five bills were passed by the
house, including the Heaton- Burk-
hart bill No. %, providing method
Of investigation of suspected law vic.
lations before arrests are made, by
permitting inquiries to be conducted
before justices Of the peace, police
magistrates or county courts with
increased jurisdiction. The vote
was 70 to 26, with eight absent. Rep.
Jackson, in explaining his nv
vote, said that Gin passing this law
North Dakota will be taking step
500 years backward in the progress
Of individual liberty"
Other bills passed included H. B.
43, to extend the recall Of city off,
Gals to include those under the
councilmanic form Of government.
House bill No. 55, by Lackey, was
passed. The penalty for violation of
dairy laws is cut from 80 to 80 days
in this bill, the object being to give
justices of the peace jurisdiction in
such cases. Senate bill No. 4, vail
dating mortgages filed with regis
ters of deed between July l, 1917
and 1923, was passed. The purpose,
as explained in the bill, is to validate
where information re-
quired by another law had not been
supplied.
Among the bills introduced was
one by Rep. Lynch. providing that
the publicity pamphlet shall not be
issued except when there are initial
ed or referred laws to be submitted
to vote, the constitution requir-
ing the pamphlet be printed in such
instances. Advertising of individual
would be prohibited. A
similar bill had been killed. but in
part because it sought to change
the constitutional provision.
Would Cut Exemptions
Rep. Ehr introduced bill repeal
ing all exemptions of property from
taxation, and providing all assess
ments, both real and personal pro-
perty, should be at so percent Of
true cash value.
After two hours debate and sever
al votes, the net result Of the houses
action on house bill No. l, the anti
crop mortgage bill, and house bin |
No. AZ, requiring crop mortgages be |
separate instruments from other
chattel mortgages, was that house
bill No. l remained alive and house
bill No. az was recommended for !
passage.
The house reversed itself on No. |:
|, killing the bill in the committee
Of the whole and the, by a vote of |
81 to 81, failing to adopt the report
Of the committee Of the whole. The /
Hop of several members, who favor
ed amendments to house bill AZ,
which were defeated. caused the fn-
al result.
House bill No. was amended to
exempt one-third of the crop from
in divided committee report which
also included q report to kill the
bill.
Rep. Stark Of Starke county oppos-
ID the amendments, saying that it
lidn't protect the man with small
arm, since if one-third Of the crop
If a man with small farm was ex-
,mpted, 1t would not leave enough
or MIN to live on. He favored
house bill No. AZ, exempt
ing $500 from crop mortgage. Rep.
Stark declared the bankers as a
whole had done just what it was
proposed to require them to do; that
t was the skill percent they were
after.
Vogel Opposes
Rep. Vogel opposed the proposal
N house bill No. az to exempt $500,
md supported the amendment to
house bill No. exempting one-third
# the crop, saying that $500 ex-
'mption would mean little or moth l
ng to big grain farmer of the
western part Of the state, who is
he man VINO has suffered most.
Rep. Twichell declared that he be-
ieved the proposals would drive out
more farmers than i'd would help
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