The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-27
KILL REPEAL
OF POOL HALL
LICENSE LAW
Often FOught.Over Matter Is
Finally Disposed of in
The House
MANY BILLS PASSED
Wolf Bounty Cut, Mothers
Pension Law Changed by
Lower House

The state pool hall inspection
law will remain on the statute
books.
This was decided definitely yes
terday afternoon when the house,
in its final action on one of the
bills affecting this department kill
cd the senate bill to repeal the act.
1t was stated on the floor of the
house that the senate was holding
house bill No. 206, which amends
the present pool hall inspection
law, until the house had acted on
the repeal bill The house bill
provides that 70 percent of the re-
ceipts from licenses on pool halls,
soft drink stands, taxicab stands,
motion picture theaters, etc. be
returned to the cities and villages,
and so percent shall be used to
maintain the pool hall inspection
department under the Attorney
General.
Among the measures acted up
on by the house were:
Passed the rewritten gross
earnings tax bill on Pullman cars.
freight carriers and equipment
companies.
Provides that bank stock shall
be assessed on so percent basis.
Passed the rewritten mine in
spection act, reducing the exper-
icnce required to mine or load coal
from year to six months.
Passed the amended maximum
hours of labor law for women,
permitting them to work 10 hours
in one day in cases of emergency,
specified.
Passed bill providing five
sixths of a jury may return ver-
diet in a civil case after IL hours
'deliberation.
Passed bill giving the state
right tc ask for change Of venue
20. in criminal cases N1~ ,l'-'.,- o.
Passed revised mothers pen
sion law, requiring approval OF
county commissioners for allow
ancc; new child labor and other
welfare bills already passed by
senate.
Kill Regulatory Bills
The house also, on committee
report, killed several bills amend
ing regulatory laws and extending
scope Of hotel, restaurant, oil and
other inspection service. The state
affairs committee was moved to
recommend the bills chiefly, it was
stated, because they proposed to
give to the state food commission
cr, the administrative officer, pow
cr to make rules and regulations
which would have the force and
effect of laws, and it was held un-
wise to delegate such large legis-
lative power.
The house accepted majority
committee report favoring pass
age of senate bill No. 261, author
izing the Industrial Commission to
appoint board of managers for
the Grand Forks terminal mill
and elevator. Because Of absen-
tees, call cf the house was
necessary before the Independents
could command a majority. The
lcaguers opposed the measure
solidly.
Rep. Cole, Sargent county, Inde-
pendent, voted with the Nonparti-
sans to indefinitely postpone the
bill. Rep. Rustad, Independent,
and Rep. Lake, Nonpartisan, were
absent. The vote was 81 to "a for
accepting the majority report fav-
oring passage.
Change Asked
Rep. Currie sought to restore an
original feature of senate bill No.
260, favored by the Northwest
Wheat Growers, providing that
elevators could not ship out grain
held on storage. The senate had
excluded all elevators except ter
minal elevators, so that it would
affect only the state elevator at
Grand Forks. Rep. Currie declar-
ed that while there was opposition
to his proposal from farmers ele-
vators and others, price-fxing
had not been obtained and that the
car shortage last fall held up the
price of wheat. His proposal, he
said. would provide for orderly
marketing, and would therefore
benefit the farmer. The bill went |
into general orders.
"A .I6uC Woo oCdSCu OVCI IIIc IS-
written mothers pension act. An
amendment of Rep. Ehr, Ward |
county, providing the pensions
must have approval of the county |
commissioners was accepted. Rep. !
Jardine, Cass county, sought to
amend the bill by requiring three
years instead of one years resi-
dence before a pension could be
obtained, the purpose, he said, be-
ing to protect counties bordering
on other stats not having mothers
pension laws, and preventing peo-l
pie coming from thbse counties in
order to obtain the pension in
North Dakota. This failed, and a |
motion by Rep. Twichell to require
two years residence also, failed.
Rep. Traynor, Ramsey county,
then proposed an amendment pro-
viding the pension could be grant
ed only to one who had been self |
sustaining for year prior to en-
tering the state. This also was
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