The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-07

the senate state Affairs Commit
tee today introduced bill giving
the Governor the authority of
the Grand Forks mill board of
managers.
While the House of Representa-
tives voted against any reduction in
present school transportation cost,
another bill may come before it on
the subject. Senator Whitmer, Oil
YER county, has introduced bill
providing that transportation of
pupils to consolidated schools may
be abolished upon "no" vote of two
thirds of school district taxpayers.
The bill makes an exception in cases
of pupils in isolated sections, or
where poverty of family prompts
the board to transport pupils.
Charges that the legislature was
failing to heed the economy demand
Of the people and the measures
warmly defended, when the House
yesterday afternoon defeated two
bills which their spokesmen de-
clared would save over a million
dollars a year in taxes levied to
pay for transportation of school
pupils, and passed bill appropriate
ing $66,320 to reopen and maintain
the Bottineau Forestry Normal
School for period of two years.
The House also, after having ap-
proved the measure in committee of
the whole Thursday, defeated by a
large vote a resolution for an amend
ment to the constitution providing
four year terms for county officials.
Lengthy Debate
Lengthy debate ensued on the two
bills of Representatives Morton,
Nonpartisan, Veitch, Independent, to
reduce school transportation costs.
House bill No. 1876 provided trans
portation should be furnished, or
parents paid for transporting, school
pupils living not closer than 2h
miles from school instead of 1h
miles, as at present, and limited the
amount which might be paid to one
family to $1.OO per day. House bill
No. 1877 increased the minimum dis
tance beyond which common school
pupils shall be transported or trans
portation cost paid, from two and
one-half to four miles.
Rep. Morton declared the meas
ures would save a million dollars a
year in taxes.
'If you can show me where we've
cut taxes here, l would like for you
to do So" he declared. 81 came here
to cut taxes, and l am going to do
everything l can to this end. I
don't care whether come back here
or not. I'm not going to trade my
vote for anyone SO he can be re-
elected"
Rep. McGauvren, Independent, re-
torted to Morton's declaration by
declaring that "If I can't find any
way to cut taxes than to take it from
defenseless children trying to get an
education I'm willing to go back
home and say we did not cut tax
es."
Defends Bill
Rep. Bubel, Nonpartisan,- defend
ing the bill, declared one school
district with which he was acquaint-
ed was paying more for transporta-
tion than for teachers and if the
transportation cost is not reduced
the schools will have to be closed, or
greatly curtailed.
Rep. Vogel, League floor leader.
who opposed the measures, said that
he favored making the matter of
school transportation question of
local option. A bill to this end was
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Whitper, under which residents of a
school district would vote on the
matter.
Rep. Starke of Stark, saying he
was opposed to the school transpor-
tation bills, declared II am opposed
to this for while it might save a
million dollars in taxes, it is at the
expense of the people living more
than four miles from school,"
The objection was raised that any
transportation law would not fit all
conditions.
eve can't make any taxation re-
'duction and please everybody" said
Rep. Morton. "Since I introduced
this bill have letters from all parts
of the state saying that the bill is
right"
Rep. Thompson, Burleigh county,
declared "the people looking forward
to this transportation money don't
work in the winter and don't do
much in the summer"
Same On Second Bill
Virtually the same. debate occurred
on the bill limiting consolidated
school transportation.
Rep. Hempel declared he was
against it because most of the con-
solidated schools had been built in
the last six or eight years, with the
people believing transportation would
be furnished.
"These two bills are introduced to
cut down taxes" said Rep. Twichell.
"The people didn't send US here to
consider whether we hurt someone's
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