The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-14
SCHOOL
ON WEEK DAYS
BILLS 0BJECy
Forces FavOring Religious
Education Measure With
Legislators
"ARMISTICE" AGREED ON
Legislative Machinery Slow
ed During Fargo Grain
Growers Meeting
'ARMISTICE" AGREED ON

Drafting of bill providing for
religious education schools in the
state probably will be completed this
week. Rev. Armstrong, actively urg-
ing such bill, is here to confer
with legislators and others and draft
a bill under which withdrawal of
children from public schools for re-
ligious instruction would be author
lied by law.
With but AZ bills introduced in
the North Dakota legislature in the
first eight days of the 60 day session,
the House of Representatives yes
terday afternoon agreed to an Farm
istice" which will slow down legis-
lative machinery for the next three
days. The House, on motion Of L..
l.. Twichell, agreed that no final
action would be taken on any bill
for three days, because of the desire
Of many of the legislators to attend
the sessions of the Tri-State Grain
Growers Association at Fargo.
Minor appropriation bills were in
troduced in both houses yesterday
afternoon. Representative Cart
! placed bill in the hopper to repeal
; the existing statute passed two years
ago prohibiting the sale of narrow
gauge bob sleds, stating that mail
order houses send them in the state
regardless of the statute and it is
not enforceable in it's present form.
! One appropriation bill introduced
in the House provides for con-
tinuation of the work of the board
of auditors, composed of three elect
ed officials, charged with the duty
of having audits made Of the state
owned industries. The measure
would give $4,000 to this board.
Protest. Amendment
Protest against ratification of the
/ Goth amendment to the federal con-
stitution-the child labor amend
ment-is made in communication
addressed to the North Dakota State
Senate by the "Staats Verboten," Of
which Martin Klein is president.
The resolution declares the child
labor amendment, which gives to
of persons under 10 years of age,
ignores the distinction between
youth and childhood of establishing
the adolescence Of l8 years as the
basis of ostensible child labor leg
islation.
The amendment, it alleges, would
"inevitably produce centralized con-
RI nf nf nd, oot nu1
tenn" would "give Congress more
power for the control of youth than
any American state now possesses
that lit is not an amendment to the
constitution but revolutionary
change in our form of government"
and "would destroy parental control
over children and would commit the
country forever to the communistic
system Of the naturalization of her
children"
| The amendment is violation of
state rights, it is alleged. The res
olution says the census of 1920 shows
that although the total population
of the country, 10 to Is years, in
creased 1876 percent the number of
working children decreased 46.7 per-
cent. Increased public sentiment
and state legislation is sufficient to
curb any ills of child labor, it is as
serted.
Bill Prepared
A measure which would have for
it's purpose the changing of the bur-
den from the county, state Or sub
!. division official to the bank, is being
sponsored by Harold Hopton, man.
ager of the state bonding depart
ment, for introduction some time
next week in the legislature.
At the present time an official is
prohibited by statute from deposit
ing funds of political subdivision
in bank until such bank has Sc
cured and given proper bond. Mr..
Hopton would change the law making
it felony for bank to accept
such deposits until it has secured
proper bonds. thus relieving the Of
fetal of responsibility.
Two Bridge Bills
Vigorous efforts will be made by
adherents of proposals to obtain
state aid from the legislature for
the building. Of bridges across the
Missouri river near Williston and
near Sanish.
Representative Fred Eckert of Nc
Kenzie county, an enthusiastic pro-
ponent of the Williston bridge
project, is chairman of the highways
committee of the house, which prob
ably shall receive bridge bills for
consideration before the appropria-
tions committee acts on them. He
wants to see bridge over the Mis-
souri, constructed within five miles
of Williston, connecting Williams
and Mckenzie counties. The bridge
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