The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-18

The mill and elevator management
bill. passed by the House and amend
ed in the Senate, was nearing final
decision in the upper house of the
legi slature today. Two more amend
ments, offered by Nonpartisan lead
ers, were to be thrashed out in the
Senate.
When the bill was reached on third
reading in the Senate yesterday af-
ternoon Senator d. H. Hamilton Of
fered two more amendments, and af-
ter some discussion the bill was
made special order of business for
this afternoon.
Under the terms of the bill a. It
passed the house the mill board of
managers is abolished and control of
the mill and elevator returned to the
industrial commission. Independent
senators however amended the bill
last Saturday so as to place the en-
tire responsibility and authority in
the hands of the governor.
The first Of the Hamilton amend
ments would make it mandatory ca
have the Bank of North Dakota loan
the mill and elevator such sums as
might be necessary for its efficient
operation. Such loans to be secur-
ed by warehouse, receipts, bills of
lading and other negotiable paper.
The maximum amount of such loans
which would be mandatory on the
bank is 100000 in addition to what
has already been loaned.
In other words an additional cred
it of 100000 would be secured for
the mill and elevator at the Bank of
North Dakota through legislative en-
actment.
The other amendment offered by
Senator Hamilton would eliminate
the section of the present law which
requires audits of the mill and ele-
vator by the state board of audits.
Would Accept Bill
Senator Hamilton declared that
if these amendments were accepted
he was willing to vote for the bill as
amended by the Independents putting
the entire control, and responsibility
for the institution in the hands of
the governor. He insisted that it
would take two thirds vote to pass
the bill as amended as it would mod
ify the original industrial commits
sion law which was referred in 1919.
The Independent senators were
somewhat surprised at the new move
on the part Of the Nonpartisans. and
after some desultory debate, Senator
P. j. Murphy of Walsh county moved
that the entire question should 60
over for one day, and be made a
special order of business for
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Transportation Bill =
A step towards reducing school
taxes was taken in the state senate
yesterday afternoon when Senate
Bill 25S drawn to reduce school
transportation costs was passed "a
to 49,
/ The bill which was introduced by
Senators Ettestad and Storstad
makes two and one quarter miles the
minimum distance for transportation
of pupils to consolidated schools, and
one dollar per day per family the
maximum allowance per family. II
also makes two and three fourths
miles the minimum distance fol
transportation in rural school dis.
tricts, and SO cents per day the max.
imum allowance per family for such
transportation.
The vote on the bill was not along
party lines although most Of the op-
position to it came from the Nonpar-
tisan camp.
Senator Ralph Ingerson declared
himself opposed to the measure on
the groand that it was . violation OF
the understanding under which many
consolidated school districts were
created, which Haa1e 4. ~ - day