The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-18
MERE MAN IS
ERASED FROM
ELECTION LAW
House Passes Senate Bills
Putting Laws in Line With
Woman Suffrage
NO SEPARATE BOXES
House Continues Killing Bills,
Setting What Is Believed
To BE Record
NO SEPARATE BOXES

The house of representatives yes
terday afternoon completed legisla-
tive action necessary to put North
Dakota election laws in line with
the woman suffrage amendment of
the constitution when it passed with
out dissenting vote three senate
bills fathered by Sen. J. f. Stevens,
Ramsey county.
One of these measures abolishes
requirement of depositing ballots of
men and women separate boxes, an
other removes the requirement that
county commissioners furnish sepa-
rate boxes and third brings the
qualifications of elections in line
with the suffrage amendment by
striking from the law the word
male"
The house passed one of it's own
bills, No. q, which removes pro-
vision in the lew declared to be a
protection to Ft. Yates, county seat
Of Sioux county, from the attacks of
other towns in the county seeking
to remove the county seat. There
were SIX scattering votes against
the measure. As the bill passed the
protection given Ft. Yates by its be-
ing on navigable river-the Mis-
souri-is removed, and the question
of removing the conunty seat may
be voted on at any primary and
general election.
AS an economy measure the house,
sitting as a committee of the wnole,
recommended for passage H. B. 46,
which reduces the mileage allowance
of county superintendents from Is
to 10 cents within counties and from
10 to cents when travelling on Of
fetal business outside the county Of
Official residence. Rep. Twitchell said
one member had found that $4,000
was paid in the last two years in
mileage to county superlntendents,
and that the bill was aimed simply
to remove a salary increase granted
in the form of mileage.
Communications Received
Among the communications re-
ceived by the house from various
counties was one asking Tor greater
appropriation for the state board Of
health, another supporting the anti
dance bill and another favoring the
prohibition of the crop mortgage.
Another Robinson bill" H. b. Is,
was indefinitely postponed. The bill
provided that party appealing
from judgment may unite in the
same appealable order more than
one appealable matter.
Bills introduced number four and
included bill by Rep. Cart apppro-
priating $4,000 to aid in construc-
tion of bridge across Des Laos lake
on the Burke-Ward county line;
bill by Rep. l.. E. Heaton providing
barbershops may not be located in
store or restaurant except on per-
mission of the state board of exami-
ners of BARRIERS and requiring parti-
tions if barbershops. are located in
pool halls; and two by Rep. Martin,
one of which would permit persons
ynose lands have been sold for taxes
and bid in by the county, to redeem
them at 6 percent interest if redeem
ed before Dec. 1, 1923, and another
reducing the maximum rate of in
terest on tax sale certificates from
IL to 10 per cent.
Making Record
A record in killing bills introduce
cd by its own members is believed
to have been established by the
house Of representatives.
Out of the first so bills introduc-
ed, ID nave been killed in the house.
Only five bills had been reported
out of committee for passage or
passed before yesterdays session.
The attitude Of many members is
that there is less need for new leg
islation than there is to correct laws
now on the book, and this attitude
thus far mas resulted in an unusual
ly small number of bills being intro
duced. When the house met TODAY
only 81 bills had been introduced.