The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-21
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IN LAST DAYS
Senate DispOses of All Senate
Bills; and House of All
House Bills
GRAIN BILL is LOST
Senate and House Take OPP.
position Stands on Pool
Hall Inspection Law
GRAIN BILL is LOST
MILL. BILL PASSED.

The senate this morning pass
ed S. Il. 26l, providing for a
board of managers for the Grand
Forks mill and elevator by a vote
cf 26 to 81. Since this bill does
not amend an initiated law as did
previous bill creating board
of managers, but amends the mill
and elevator law, it is claimed a
twO-thirds vote is not required.
The vote for passage was 26 to
2l. The senate passed S. B. 260,
sought by the North Dakota
Wheat Growers Association,
drawn to prohibit stored grain
from being shipped out of eIeva-
tors but amended SO as not to
cause congestion in country ele-
particularly to the Grand Forks
terminal elevator.
The senate passed S. B. As
amended to provide that state
highways building for the next
two years shall be confined to
projects already contracted but
stating the act should not he
construed as declinatiOn of
federal aid.
The senate recOnsidered and
amended S. B. 1868 to provide
that women may be employed
more than eight hours day in
case of emergency such as
nurse being on case, at hotel
or restaurant banquets, during
legislative session, and court
cases providing the employment
should not he more than forty
eight hours in one week.
Both houses of the state legis
lature today finished under th'
wire in time to come under tn
Gown bills" rule which requires
each house to dispose of bills orr
ginating there by the fiftieth leg
islatWe day. The time limit expir
ed at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
For the last ten days the hous'
will devote itself to senate bill!
and the senate to house bills. .Th,
number of bills passed in eithel
house indicates a mass of legisla
tion will result from the presen
session.
The senate, in a night session
last night to clean up important
business, failed to enact the ad
ministration bill changing the ini
tiated grain grading law to correc
provisions which were thought tt
be unconstitutional. The bill re
ceived a vote of 26 to 21, the divi
sion being on party lines, it. failing
because two-thirds vote was re
quircd.
House and senate divided ON tn,
pool hall inspection law. The sen
ate last night, by vote of 80 tt
18, voted for an out and out re
peal of the law. The house, which
had defeated a bill to this end
passed house bill No. 2O6, which
retains the law, provides for en-
forcement officers under the At
torney-General and provides II
percent of the funds collected shall
be returned to cities and villages
Road Bills Noted
The Good Roads Association
program was boosted in the sen
ate, which passed the bill for sub
mission to vote of the people :
constitutional amendment proyid
ing for system of roads, built ant
maintained by the state. It alst
passed senate bill No. a. provid
ing for an appointive highway
commission of three members. Tht
bill providing all motor vehicle
funds shall 60 to the state was ex
pected to be defeated
The house had passed severa
bridge bills, including appropria
tion of 100000 to help build /.
bridge across the Red River Al
Fargo, $86,5O0 to help build {
bridge across the Missouri rivel
near Williston a $500 to help pay
for bridge across the Red River
in Walsh county a bill to hell
build a bridge across Des Lac!
Lake. These bills would eat up tht
$26O,OO allowed to be used from
motor vehicle funds for bridge
aid.
The senate passed a bill restor
ing the duty Of inspecting weight!
and measures to the sheriffs.
The house passed the important
tax limitation law and companion
tax measures.
Passed H. b, 312
House bill No. 313 the reap
.portionment bill which change.
several legislative districts, pass
ed by vote of So to IS with dis
cussion confined to an explanation
by Rep. johnson of Trail county
that the reapp0rtionment woult
CONTINUED on Pass Thrss)