The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02
LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTS.

operating branch banks was introduced
in the House by Representatives Al
fred Larson and Henry Spindler. The
do business elsewhere than at it's own
banking house. The superintendent of
banks is empowered to liquidate banks
which violate provisions of the bill.
By a vote of 80 tc AZ, the house
passed the bill doubling present boun-
ties on wolves. 1t would authorize a
SIS bounty on full grown wolf There
was no oratory when the bill came up
on the calendar. Members had told all
their wolf stories when the bill was
up on genera. orders.
The house committee on education
killed the Thorkelson bill allowing
teachers of 25 years experience in
the state to retire at the age of 60 on
a pension, after paying their share of
assessments.
With approximately $50,000,000 in
appropriation requests to be consid-
cred for the next biennium, the House
committee on appropriations and the
Senate finance committee have hard
er task than ever before to get the
state budgets in shape for final action
by the legislature.
Among bills passed was one to re-
peal the wide sleigh law, and another
to require transfer of a woman from
prison to hospital when she is about
to become mother. The Nimocks
bill requiring candidates for the office
of county surveyor to file for elimina-
ton at the primaries like any other
office was passed.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
way committee that the number of tax
exempt automobiles in the state is a
nuisance and suggested that the Legis-
lature find some way to reduce the
number. Automobiles of city and coun-
ty officials are tax exempt.
Eleven of the bills introduced in
each house are the work of the interim
committees on education, embodying
their recomne ndations for amendment
of the school laws. All those bills
went to the committees on education
which will consider them and attempt
to have them taken up as special
order later on.
Senator c. Rosenmeier's bill making
it unlawful for any person "wilfully,
knowingly and maliciously" to furnish
false information to a newspaper about
any person or corporation, for publica-
ton, was reported for passage by the
house committee on crime prevention.
The companion bill in the house, by
Theodore Christianson and H. w.
Hitchcock, was indefinitely postponed
The Sullivan-Grandstand bill, regu-
1ating public dance halls, was recon-
mended to pass by The house commit
tee on public welfare. 1t requires dance
halls to close at 1 a. m. and at mid
night Saturday, with no Sunday dane
es, and to have peace officer in at
tendance at each dance. Town and
village authorities are given super
vision.
Closing of the state fair on Sunday
would be required by law in a bill in
troduced by Representatives Torkel-
son, Trovaten and Nelson.
Bills creating two new trunk high
ways have made their appearance.
Senator Chris Rosenmeier of Little
Falls, has one creating No. II, to run
from Little Falls to point on Trunk
Highway No. 81 between Milaca and
Onamia. The other is by w. T. Noon
on of Baudette, providing for No. 70
from Bemidji to Baudette.
House members may be treated to a
debate on the League of Nations. Rep
resentatives L. A Barnes, H. r. Berg
and Albert Lagerstedt introduced
resolution asking congress to provide
referendum vote in future before
war is declared and urging considera-
ton of the League of Nations cove
nant and the reservations.
Representative ]. N. Jacobson is
sponsor of bill requiring all fire in
surance adusters to take out licenses
from the state insurance commission
er, paying $40 year.