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

of its legislative program to b
of the session. Time for int
preparations, except through
has ended, and the 35th day
the introduction of general n
a committee.
Many bills of Importance {
the next week, although there
of measures of Importance to
ready have been introduced.
Among the measures of interest
and Importance yet to be disposed
OF are:
Senate bill repealing anti-cigarette
law, passed by Senate and now in
HolHe committee.
Senate bill abolishing party reg
istratiOn with assessors, passed by
Senate and now in House.
Nine percent maximum contract
interest rate bill, passed by Senate.
Ingerson bills restricting bank
borrowings and requiring guarantee
of stockholders double liability,
pending in Senate committee.
Tax measures providing restora-
tion of partial exemptions on small
homes, furniture, and revising de-
linquent tax laws, now pending in
Senate committee.
Concurrent resolution for $lO,O0O,-
600 bond issue for depositors of
closed banks, in Senate committee.
Concurrent resolutions providing
four-year terms for state and coun-
ty officers, introduced in House
Saturday.
Bill rewriting mill and elevator
act and abolishing board of mana.
gers, passed by House, pending in
Senate.
House measures providing for zon.
ing of hail insurance.
Measures revising school transpor'
tation laws. +
Increasing gasoline tax from one
to two cents per gallon; providing
for revision OF highway laws anC
motor vehicle license fees, pending
in several measures in House.
Four appropriation bills for aid ir
bridge building, one Of which has
been passed by the House.
One measure making present lig'
fite coal freight rates statutory
and another providing tax of 81 pei
ten on coal over $500 B. 7. U.
Most of important appropriate or
bills vet to be finally passed.
297 Bills In
The number of bills introduced iN
the. session had risen to a total OF
297 at the commencement of today's
session of the legislature. The
number of bills, much smaller thar
usual in the first two weeks of the
session, had increased rapidly dur.
ing the past week when scores oi
measures were placed either in the
Senate or House. Today lao bills
had been introduced in the House
and l57 placed before the Senate.
The legislators appear to face 9
steady grind during the remainder
of the session, facing for the most
part discussion of laws involving the
states business and appropriations.
Political flurries which, have ap.
peared at times during the, u first
three weeks of the session have not
mounted to proportions that were
expected. Except for a few divi'
sions. on such measures as the High
ways Commission investigation, re-
neal of the board of managers law
repeal of party registration and
banking measures. the division Of
opinion on measures has not beer
along party lines.
Cut Appropriations ~
Appropriations continue to en-
gross attention OF members of the
Legislature, many Of whom believe
the most important work that can
be done in the present session is to
keep down the expenses Of running
the state government for the two
yrar period from July next.
The House thus far has shown a
stronger disposition to use the prun-
ing knife than the Senate. Several
Senate appropriation bills, such al
that for the children's department.
of the state board of administration
have been sharply reduced by the
House, either irf>the appropriations
committee or in the committee Of
tho whole.
Banking legislation appears to
come second in the attention OF the
legislators. One measure has passed
the Senate reducing the maximum
interest rate from 10 percent to nine
percent. Another measure, pending
in the House, would reduce the max
imum rate Of the interest which
banks may pay. Two bills providing
for q limitation on the interest
w:lich may be paid were killed in
the Senate.
ThH Ingerson bills, which would
provide for q guarantee Of stock
holders double liability by requiring
deposit of securities to be made with
the State Treasurer by stockholders
in banks, another making it . crime
for an officer Of 4 bank to borrow
money from it. and another limiting
the borrowing power Of the banks
are yet to be disposed Of. The bills
will be amended before being, brought
out on the floor Of the Senate this
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