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Legislature 81

the fight against social diseases with
three bills now before the legisla-
ture to curb the disease menace.
One of the bills provides that all
Migrants and all persons arrested for
dlsorderly conduct shall be examined
to see if they are infected with a
social disease and if they are the bill
requires that they be confined or
placed on probation until they are
cured
The bill would make it the first
duty of the chief of police or sheriff
they had been arrested. Those ar
rested for drunkenness would be ex-
empt from the provisions of the bill.
Each county board and city coun-
Gil would be required to employ a
physician to make the examinations,
except in cities where a state or To-
cal clinic is provided.
A second bill would make it unlaw-
full for any person, firm or corpora
ton operating any hotel, cafe, res
taurant, dining car, bakery, meat
market, dairy or other food establish
ment to employ any person who has
a communicable disease.
Would Examine Suspects
The state board of health would
be given the power to call in any per-
son handling food products who is
suspected of having social disease
for an examination. The person be-
ing examined would be required to
pay the bill.
Another bill would provide for the
confinement in an institution of any
person having a social disease who
refuses to take treatment.
The state health officer, any dep
uty state health officer or any other
qualified officer of the state board of
health would have the power to lodge
a complaint against any individual.
The person confined in an institu-
ton under the provisions of this bill
would be held until the disease was
cured or it was no longer in com
municable stage.
The medical treatment for confined
persons would be paid by the state
and if the person is INDECENT the
cost of maintenance would be levied
on the county in which the person
has his or her legal residence.
Protest Bill to Ban Fun Search
Petitions bearing $4,000 names are
awaiting presentation to the legisla-
ture in protest against passage of the
Sachtjen bill amending the search
and seizure section of the Severson
prohibition enforcement law, the anti
saloon league announces.
The association against the prohibit
ton amendment is preparing SINH
lar petition urging their stand before
the legislature.
The bill places all moonshiners
and bootleggers in a favored class,
eXempting them from provisions gov
erning other law violators coming
under the. general search and seizure
law" 3. n. Hicks, legislative council
for the Anti-Saloon league, said in a
statement 1t is on this bill the prin-
cipal wet and dry fight of the session
will be conferred.
Gives BIaine's Measure Preference
After a long conference with
Robert NJ. La Toilette, jr., chairman
OF the Republican state central COM
mittee, Speaker John L. Dahl said he
would not urge the legislature to con-
slider his tax bill until the governors
measure had been disposed of. He
declared that should the Blaine bill
be killed in the senate, he would
want to be assured that the governor
would sign his bill before recalling it
from committee A poll of the SEN
ate has disclosed, he said, that 10
votes, or two more than majority,
are available to defeat the governors
tax bill
A revision downward of all rates in
the Dahl general income tax bill was
announced by Speaker Dahl.
The Price bill, requiring candidates
for office to declare their political af-
filiation at least a month before nom
ination papers are filed for primary
elections, was killed by the assembly.
The bill would have provided further
that collection Of money to defray
campaign expenses should be done by
the campaign organization, rather
than by the candidates supported by
the organiZation