The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-05

The two cigarette bills OF the leg
islature will come before the lower
House for discussion and amend
ment this afternoon, and a test Of
strength which will indicate the final
determination of the measures is
expected. Senate Bills No. 81 and
81, both dealing with cigarettes,
came before the House yesterday
afternoon on an evenly divided re-
port of the temperance committee,
for and against passage. and were
placed in general orders of today.
Notice was serviced by Rep. Twi-
chell that an amendment will be Of
fered to Senate Bill No. G2, which
repeats the present anti-cigarette
law and licensing the sale Of Gig
arettes, also imposing stamp tax,
10 increase the revenue to be derived
from the stamp tax. 1t is estimated
bv proponents of the measures that
$300,O0O annual revenue would be
obtained under the tax provided in
the bill. Mr.. Twichell also indicated
he would move for passage with the
emergency clause, providing the bill
shall become law on April l. SO as
to permit the state to begin collect
ing revenue as quickly as possible.
Senate Bill No. 81, which prohi-
bits sale of cigarettes to minors
was amended in the report of half
committee to include provision
permitting injunctions closing pla-
ces of business selling cigarettes to
minors, to be taken. On Senate Bill
No. G2 Chairman Kamrath and mem
bers Rabc, O'Neil, Traynor and o.
c. Anderson Of the temperance COM
mittee favored passage of the bill
while Representative Mrs. Minnie
Craig, A. c. Miller, p. G. Hanson,
Laura Sanderson and John Halcrow
recommended indefinite postpone
ment.
The House in its session yester-
day afternoon passed bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for the state pure seed
laboratory, the Senate resolution
thanking the state Of Florida for
action it took in enacting laws
against convict leasing and in inves-
tigating and bringing to trial the
alleged murderer of Martin Tabert,
Munich, North Dakota boy, who died
in Florida convict labor camp; a
bill designed to permit the city of
Grand Forks to dam the Red River
and several measures of routine
character.
Debate Appropriation
Debate came on House Bill No.
112, which cuts the appropriation of
the pure seed laboratory at the Ag-
ricultural College from $4,000 to
$4,000 for the biennium.
Representative Vogel, chairman Of
the appropriation committee, raped
heads of state institutions in de-
Tending the bill.
eff we are going to continue to
refer these bills back to the appro-
prations committee" he said when
a motion to his effect was offered,
1--WE might as well adopt the budget
board appropriation recommendations
and quit. Every time we cut one of
these appropriations some one starts
that they can't exist"
Rep. Starke of Stark county spoke
for higher appropriation. He said
that the pure seed laboratory in
spects seeds and reports on them
and puts three men in the field for
a time inspecting fields, which they
certify as registered seed fields, the
seed commanding higher price. 1t
is proposed, he said, through another
bill to provide that fees charged
for the work shall go into the gen.
eral fund and therefore larger APP
than provided in the bill
was necessary. The House, how