The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-02
COUNTY AGENT
BILLSPASSED
ENDING FIGHT
House, Blocked by Senate At
Ntudc, Enacts Measures
Providing System
OTHER HOUSE ACTION
Effort to Repeal State License
Department Law Fails
of Passage
OTHER HOUSE ACTION

Blocked by the attitude Of the Sen
ate, the North Dakota House of Re-
representatives. Saturday afternoon was
forced into passage of bills pIOvid-
ing for continuation of county agent
work in North Dakota. on a slightly
modified basis from the present syS
TEN. Two bills Senate bills Nos.
274 and 275 were passed, the first
s2 to "a and the latter l07 to one.
Representative Johnson of Sar-
gent county, who had been one of
the leaders when the House, earlier
in the session, voted to repeal all
laws providing for county agent
work, told the House that he was in
formed the Senate was holding up
that bill to- see what the House did
with the two Senate measures on the
calendar. The notifications in the
present law were regarded by oppo-
nents of county agent work as bet
ter than leaving the law as it stands,
and the majority accepted the sit
uatiOn.
Representative Vogel OF Mclean
county, Nonpartisan leader, however,
| refused to accept Senate Bill No. 214,
the first of the two county agent
bills voted on, and 23 others joined
him.
Under the two measures passed,
the matter of county agent work may
be placed on the ballot in county
on petition of 20 percent Of the vot-
ers instead OF 10 percent of the free
holders. The new provision, it is ex
pected, will make it easier to get the
matter on the ballot.
What Bill Provides
Senate Bill No. PA provides that
when the COUNTY agent work has been
authorized by a majority of the peo-
pie, it shall be the duty of county
commissioners to provide budget
for the expenses of the county agent.
Active supervision of the work shall
be under the extension division OF
the Agricultural College, but the
board of county commissioners shall
have general supervision when not
acting in conflict with state or fed
eral laws. Ii there is dissatisfac-
ton with a county agent, a joint
meeting of the COMM ssh toner's, repre-
sentatives of the extension depart
mcnt and federal department shall be
held and joint action taken. Senate
Bill No. 275 provided that Il tax OF
IS of mill may be levied for coun-
ty agent work.
The House of Representatives dur
ing q long session today, disposed of
l8 bills, and reduced to ~ the num-
Der of Senate bills to be disposed of
in the next five days, commencing
today.
Budget Bill Passed
Senate Bill No. 1lG, extending the
county budget system provided al
the last session of the Legislature to
include cities, townships and villages
was passed by the House, 50 to Al
The measure is sponsored by the
North Dakota Tax Payers Associa-
. ton. 1t provides that preliminary
, budget shall be made between July
and July Is each year. and on Aug
ust of each year there shall bs
held a public meeting, at which tax
| payers may appear and discuss the
budget. The tentative budget, with
proposed expenditures and expendi
. lures of the preceding year. must bt
made public.
Senate Bill No. IS, which provides
: among other things, that income tax
: payers may deduct donations to re
5 ligious, charitable and educationa
, purposes, passed. This brings tn
: state law in accord with the fedora
, income tax law.
Kill Repeal Bill
The biennial effort to repeal tn
state pool hall inspection law me-
with defeat in the House, although
the measure, Senate Bill No. u, hat
), passed the Senate with flying colors
The measure was indefinitely post
e poned on a viva voce vote.
Although the temperance commit
< tee had reported the bill for indefi
I mite postponement, Rep. Cart move'
the bill be placed on the calendar
Rep. Halcrow, Pembina county, SAL
the bill was cleverly drawn, and real
ly provided no effort would be mad
to enforce the bill. He said that tn
, anti-cigarette law repeal was passe
with the understanding the sam
method of enforcement would obtain
This seems to me to be yer
poor time to repeal this law whe
we have repealed the anti-cigarett
law" said Rep. Twicheu, Cass cour
ty. "Many people think we made
mistake in repeating the anti-ciga
cite law and we ought to showe on
good faith by keeping this law S
that the law prohibiting sale of c
garettes to minors will be enforced
The House approved an amendme,
to the Senate wolf bounty law fixir
the bounty at 81 for a grown wo
and $3.50 for pup, instead of Il