The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-24
ADVANCE BILL
LBVYING TAX
FOR BUILDERS
Senate Votes rs to % in Favor
of Raising Funds Needed
For Enterprise
PASS WOMEN'S BILL

The senate got down to work yes
terday afternoon on the passage of
senate bills and got outside of big
days work in a prolonged session.
The first two house bills passed
by the senate today were measures )
which had been introduced in the
house by Miss Nellie Dougherty of
Minot, and Mrs. Minnie Craig of
Benson county. Miss Doughcrty's s
bill provided for several penaltcs 5
for intoxicated persons during auto
mobiles while that of Mrs. Craig
requires all doors on hotel rooms to
be constructed so that they cannot
be opened from the outside when
locked within.
Both bills were passed by the sem
ate unanimously and without de-.
bate. Senators Rusch, Gardiner, and
Mccoy were appointed by 1t. Gov.
Hyland to message them back to the
house.
Opposes Home Builders Bill
Senator Baker put in an objection
against the acceptance of commit
tee report which recommended for
passage House Bill 212, which pro-
vided for the levying of tax to pay
the bad debts of the North Dakota
Home Building Association. He de-
clared himself opposed to raising
this money by the taxation method,
and urged instead that bonds be is
sued or some similar plan adopted.
The bill was accepted for passage
however, the vote being cast along
party lines and standing 26 to 22.
Senator Baker also lodged a siren
uous objection against the repeal of
the law providing for the bonding Of
, counties of the state to furnish seed
and feed for needy farmers. He
claimed that while this law had
caused some heavy losses in certain
counties of the state, it's effect on
whole has been good, as it had kept
farmers in the state who would 9TH
erwise have left.
The bill however passed, and also
a group of companion measures to
facilitate collections on the bonds
already issued, and for the issuance
of refunding bond when these be-
come due.
House Bill 161 giving counties
the right to accept or reject the free
school text book plan on majority
vote or majority petition, but pro-
hibiting the bringing of the matter
up for acceptance or rejection often
er than once in four years was pass
ed. The bill for the creation of a
state board of optometry and the
licensing of optometrists went
through after an amendment offer
ed by Senator Ingerson, barring the
state association of optometrists
from any part in the selection of the
examining board had been voted
down.. 44<
Affected Water Works
Rep. Jackson's House Bill. repeal
ing the measure passed at the 1921
for the establishment of a state
owned electric plant at Bismarck
was, killed on committee report for
the reason that the repeal of the bill
would have included the repeal Of
that part of the measure permitting
the city of Bismarck to acquire con-
troll of its water works system.
House Bill 2S1, providing severe
penalties for duplication of sigma
lures or false signatures on recall
petitions was also. killed on commit
tee report.
The senate continued in session
until o'clock this evening and then
adjourned for the night. Work will
be resumed by the entire body at
noon Friday and in the meantime
the committees will be busy dis
posing Of some, 55 house bills that
have not yet been acted on BY them.