The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
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Expect Vote on child Labor Bill.

st. Paula deciding vote upon the
legislatures attitude toward the pro-
posed federal child labor amendment
to the constitution is expected to be
recorded before the legislature closes
its session.
Friends of the child labor amend
ment have been trying to ward off any
definite action in the senate so that
the whole matter could remain unde-
termined and be allowed to lie over
until the 1927 legislature convenes.
However, SO much legislation has
been cleared out of the way by the
senate during the last week that the
two resolutions, one calling for rati-
fication and the other for rejection, are
in a position where they will be
reached before the end of next week.
Opponents of the child labor amend
ment are anxious for vote to be
taken because they believe there is
sufficient antagonism in that branch
OF the legislature to make 1t possible
to adopt the resolution which formal
ly rejects the twentieth amendment.
SCHdtC TdSSCS DuS Dill.
The bus regulation bill which places
the control of these lines under the
railroad and warehouse commission
with powers to fix fares was passed
by the senate in the exact form in
which 1t was approved by the louise.
According to the terms of the bill,
bus companies must show thai there
is public convenience and neces-
sity" for their service before being
granted permission to operate. Pro-
vision is made that the commission
give consideration to the effect of
these lines on other transportation
facilities in granting certificates for
operation and in rate fixing. The com.
mission is instructed as far as pos.
sible to "avoid unreasonable COMPETE
ton with existing common carriers"
Senate Approves Rural Credit Raise.
The senate gave its approval to con-
tinuing the activities of the rural
credits bureau by passing bill to al
low sale of S30,000,000 additional
bonds, proceeds of which would be
loaned to farmers, and three other
measures which are intended to in
troduce more business-like methods in
the agency and to give the state
greater safety in it's enterprise.
The state senate started out on the
busiest part of the session. Night ses-
sions will be held in an attempt to
clean up an accumulation of semi-im
portant measures.
The bus regulation bill. the two
cent gallon Easoline tax bill, the bill
reducing automobile licenses, the Will
kinson bill directing the state high
way commissioner to set aside amounts
from the highway fund each year to
pay interest and principal on the coun.
ty highway bonds, the bill increasing
the rural credits fund by $30,000,O00,
and the bill reducing the loan limita-
tons from go per cent to so per cent
on farms and from 33 1-3 per cent to
80 per cent on improvements-all of
which have passed the house-are en-
the books.
After extracting the highway patrol
section from the bill by a close vote,
the senate passed almost unanimously
the measure which revises traffic
laws of the state and aims to place
travel upon the roads on a common
sense" basis.
The provision in the bill which al
lowed the state highway commits
sioner to place patrolmen on the state
roads was stricken because the Far
mer-Labor group modified against it.
and also gathered to their support
some senators representing rural con-
stituencies. The vote to eliminate the
patrol feature, the main regulatory
provision of the bill, was 20 to %. The
bill as amended passed with only two
dissenting votes.