The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-19
EXPECT HOUSE
TO VOTE MILL
BILL CHANGES
League Leader Declares
Changes Made in Mill Bill
Are Satisfactory
TO COME UP TO-DAY
Bank of North Dakota Is Di-
rected to Provide $500. 900
To Aid Mill
TO COME UP TODAY

Prediction that the House of Re-
Fpresentatives would concur in Senate
mill and elevator management bill,
was made today by +. A. Vogel, Nom
partisan League leader When the
bill was returned to the House late
yesterday afternoon, after having
been passed by the Senate, Mr.. Nogel
amendments, but because the most
recent Senate amendments had not
been printed in the Journal the mat
ter went over one day at the request
of several members. Mr.. NOgel de-
clared that the Senate provision for
a loan of up to S5OO.OOO by the Bank
Of North Dakota for the Grand Forks
mill was satisfactory.
House Bill 81, the mill manage
ment bill passed senate with only
three dissenting votes. As passed by
the senate the bill carries the fol-
lowing general provisions.
/. The law placing the mill and
board of managers is repealed.
2. Full authority and responsible
lity for the operation of the mill and
elevator is placed in the hands of the
Governor alone.
3. The Industrial Commission is
given authority to appoint an audi
tor who shall at all times be given
access to all of the mill and elevator
records and who shall make monthly
and annual reports of the financial
and business status of the enterprise
to the entire commission.
4. The industrial commits ssiOn also
shall direct the Bank of North Da-
ku.a to loan to the association (the
mill and elevator) from time
to time monies sufficient for the eff
ficient conduct of its business upon
the security of warehouse receipts,
bills of lading, and other usual forms
Of security, but the total amount of
such monies loaned shall at no time
exceed the sum of $500, over and
above the amount due the bank of
North Dakota from the said associa-
tion at the time of the passage and
approval of this act
Bank Loans
This last provision was inserted
yesterday afternoon as an amend
ment on the motion Of Senator d. H.
Hamilton. Nonpartisan of McHenry
county, while the second and third
provisions were inserted by the Sen
ate Independents last Saturday, the
bill as it originally passed the house
having merely repealed the board of
managers law leaving the mill and
elevator on the doorstep of the en-
tire Industrial commission, Indepen-
dents included.
Following the acceptance Of Sena-
tor Hamilton's amendment the bill
passed the senate "a to 3. Senator
Ingerson of Burke county, Nonparti-
san, and Senators Rusch Of Cass, and
Bond of Ward, Independents voted
mo-. Senator Magnuson, Nonpar-
tisan, was absent.
During the discussion of Senator
Hamilton's amendment Tuesday, the
senate leaguers declared their con-
viction that if this amendment was
accepted by the Senate Independents
the other amendments which had
been made by the Independents ma
jority in the upper body would be
accepted to the league majority in
the house.
Other Bills Passed
Four other bills were passed by
the senate during short session
yesterday afternoon. One of these
H. B. 81 has aroused sone contro-
versy in insurance circles in the
state. 1t prohibits the cancellation
of an insurance agents contract by
company with which he has been
doing business on the ground of his
having taken contract with another
company. The bill passed 80 to II.
On recommendation of the COM
mittee on taxes and tax laws, the
senate killed S. B. 1O1 which would
have made all railway taxes payable
to the state, doing away with such
payments to the counties. S. B. 80
which would have combined the Of
fices of county judge, and clerk of
the district court in counties Of less
than 10000 population was also dis
posed Of.
The Senate accepted the reports of
the committee on banks and banking
recommending several bills for pass
age. One of these was S. B. 21O in
troduced by Senator's Page and Inger-
SON regulating the borrowing power
Of state banks. This bill prepared
with the assistance of G. A. Bangs of
Grand Forks will take the place of
more radical bill along the same
line introduced by Senator Ingerson
early in the legislative session.
There was no debate on the report
Of the committee on counties recon-
mending for passage H. B. l6l, de-
signed to open the, way to new
county seat election in Sioux county,
where Selfridge is seeking to win
that honor away from Fort Yates, its
present location.
Reports recommending for passage
bills providing for county, city and
school budgets, were also accepted.
without debate.