The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-25
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prison therefore was beaten. SO
was bill requiring all audits Of
state industries to be made by ac-
countants- actual residents of North
Dakota. -
After warm debate in which
Senator Dell Patterson put up
strong plea for the country doctors,
that senator's bill which would have
taxed hospitals in which all repu-
table physicians arc not allowed to
practice was defeated.
Senator Walter Schlosser's bill de-
signed to permit c.. F: Ellis, super
intendent of buildings and grounds
at the state university draw the plans
for the proposed new liberal arts
building at the university was pass
cd after a brief debate.
Senator William Martin opposed
the measure declaring his belief that
"nothing good could come out Of
Grand Forks" -.
| Kill Tax Bill
| After a close fight yesterday aft
crnoon the senator's killed off Senate
Bill 1Sl which would have placed a
5 per cent tax on che gross earnings
of bus lines operating in the state.
Senator Mccoy, Independent Of
Richland county attacked the meas
urc claiming that it would put the
bus lines ont Of business if passed.
81 don't want to put the buses out
os business answered Senator
Kretschmar of. Mcintosh, "but l dc
T. want them to pay their fair share of
the expense of our roads, and that
is what this bill will do"
"If the bus lines are to pay gross
earnings tax why shouldn't the rail
: roads pay one too?" Senator Dell
Patterson Of Renville wanted tc
know. ,
t "rll vote for such gross earnings
tax against the railroads whenevel
!. the state begins to keep up the rail
roads right of way" replied Senator
Eretschmar.
The Roll Call
The roll call on the bill was a.
follows:
AMe-Eastga:e,. Hart, Kal do r
Kretschmar, McLachlin, Murphy, Of
SON Of Barnes, Ployhar, Seamands
e., Porter, Steel, Stevens, Storstad, Is
Noes-Atkins. Babcock, Baird, Bak
S ken, Benson, Bond, Carey, Ettestad
Fleckten, Frederickson, Hamilton
$ Hjelmstad, Ingcrson, Lynch, Magnu
:: son, Marshall, Mccoy, McCrory
M:klethun, Olson of Burleigh, Olsor
= 'of Eddy, Page, Pathman, Patten
Patterson, :. Peck, Richie, Rusch
Schlosser, Tofsrud, Van Camp, Ward
Whitman, Whitmcr, Wog, IS.
Absent-Martin.
The moneys and credits tax bill
introduced Jointly BY Senators Kali
1dor and Ettestad went through with
Tout much opposition.
~ Fight Appropriations
One Of the hottest fights of tn
s.. afternoon broke loose over S. B. Is
al which ,appropriates $4,000 out of tn
!e state bridge fund to pay balance du
tho Northern Construction Co. 9
or Grand Forks for building and pawn
cr the two land a half mile approve
l. TO the west end of the Bismarck
e. Mandan bridge.
Of The Nonpartisans to man OK
r. lD0sed this measure, and Senate
SIS Dell Patterson of Renville count
Or declared that an effort was bein
made to jam Che appropriation dow
st the senate's throat. Tho bill FINAL
ed passed On q strict party vote.
is Senator Ralph Ingerson Of Burk
ad county raised the suggestion tn;
Sc the appropriation of the amour
ed called for from the bridge fund ~oul
ly1so deplete this fund that it would b
impossible to make the appropri,
ltions asked for several other bridge
touring the present session. r
of 1.This Is q. moral.'as well as a leg
Is lof,3igatioh Of the state" declare
or Senator W. D. Lynch of LaMour
L. "rhe contractor has done the wol
IS. land has right to be paid"
During. the course of the deba.
n Senator Walter Schlosser of Gran
X Forks was called on for an expe;
opihion on the condition of the roa
ibetween Bismarck and Mandan. +
It's declared that he found IT in vel
cs good shape. T.
By q. margin Of one vote the sc,
ate fused to sanction I'm appropi
d. lntion! 81 $500 TO pay L. j. Web
! a:ttrney of Bismarck for servic
(which he Claimed to- have perform,
in connection with the house inve
p tigation in 1919 Of .. B. Burtne
f1vlhrges relative to the state travt
ing library. Senator Martin of No
tor county spoke for the bill decla
ing that in 1923 he had, voted to p1
1.-The house attorneys fur their wo
ddrink tile Industrial commission I
] srstigating of 1921. Z.
= II Coffin Factory .,
n s'Sehator Martins bill for the q
! Establishment Of state owned coff
\ factory at the state penitentia
WAS. killed in spite of an appeal ma
4 .1by the Morton county senator +,
( "smayh the coffin trust" "Funei
expenses are SO high that cal
me afford to die just yet; although
- getting to BIO an old man." he d
~ cfarsd: 50.
&. \, Senate. Bill 1870 providing for
lek Iapkropriation. with which the ST.
Ia would. .cor operate with .the fedel
government in surveys for irrigatis
I. ifln6d control ETC. 81 the lakes I
~ .Lrixans. of thu state I ,eas nm sa.sA -,