The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

st. Paul-Governor Christianson
knocked $1,S36, 160.S4 from legislative
appropriations and in his action
brought the appropriations for the
next biennium under the S40,000,000
mark-$39, 977,740.16 to be exact
The big appropriation for paying
the deficit in the supplemental state
school aid, all soldier bonuses, appro-
priations for two teachers college
gymnasiums, for deficit in the fund
for paying indemnities on tubercular
cattle, and other small items were
vetoed.
In addition, the governor vetoed II
bills, many of which would have Gre
ated new state boards, or would have
involved future expense.
The 1925 appropriations, after the
governor finished his work with them,
stand $2,214,92S.14 less in total than
those made by the 1928 legislature.
The appropriations of two years ago
were $42,192,669.
Governor Christianson, by his &C
ton, set record for making slashes
in appropriations allowed by the
legislature. He also acquired rec
ord for vetoes during legislative
session-21 in all.
The legislature appropriated SAL
913,901 for the next two fiscal years
of state activity Governor Chris
Hanson was thoroughly dissatisfied
with that figure. He claimed it was
almost 100000 too high. When the
appropriation bills for education, state
departments, semi-state activities and
miscellaneous claims reached him
| Saturday he set to work to make
what reductions he could. and clipped
the huge total from the legislatures
enactments.
| The building of any new national
| guard armories in Minnesota for the
housing of military units is now at
! halt, because Governor Christensen
signed bill which repeats the laws
relating to erecting such buildings at
state expense. It's effect will be to
make it impossible for local co-Smuni-
ties to launch any more armory pro-
jects According to Governor Chris
! Hanson, the states armorieS now rep
resent an investment of more than
! S1,00O,000, and he feels that this is
enough of an expenditure along that
| line for awhile.
The 1925 Minnesota legislature went
out of existence at the close of an
all night battle, the bitterest fight be-
| tween house and senate ever record
ed at the state capitol.
1t went out of existence barely
avoiding special session by last
minute agreement over few thousand
dollars that threatened to block all
appropriations for state departments.
The fight was over salary increases,
a matter of $4,000 year involving
five elective state officials
Interim Bill is Feature.
! Reorganization of Minnesota's sys-
tenn of state government is the one
outstanding achievement of the 44th
1 state legislature The session was
not lacking otherwise in constructive
results, but it was the Interim bill'
that hung over the members all
through, from the opening days until
the very close.
h This big bill, which Governor Theo-
dore Christianson helped to frame and
which he urged early and late on
| the members of the legislature, is a
reform in the administration of state
affairs.
Every legislature for the last IA
years has been confronted with pro-
| do hn
did it.
Highways and Motor Vehicles.
Minnesota's good roads program will
go on to completion through passage
of legislation which gives the state
highway department finances to pro-
coed with building of the trunk
highway system in spite of extreme
reluctance on the part of many legis-
lators to be too liberal.
The financing of the state highway
department was attained only after
the greatest difficulties. An economy"
legislature was to be reckoned with,
and there was much objection to go
Ing ahead with program of road
building in the face OF concerted de-
mand for saving money.
A bill was passed to make it mis-
| demeanor for anyone to missbrand a
package which contains caustic or
corrosive acids, alkilis and other sub
stances. The statute of limitations
for bringing actions against physi-
clans, dentists and sanitariums for
malpractice, error, mistake or failure
to cure, was reduced to two years.
The use of food coloring certified un-
der the u. S. food and drug act will
be legal henceforth. Up to the pass
age of such law at this session Min
nesota had been the only state in the
union which forbade the use Of certi-
fed culprs in food products.