The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-18
ONE CIGARETTE
BILL IS GIVEN
S0RLIE'S 0. K,
Governor Signs Senate Bill
No. 81, Licensing Sale
After April l
OTHER COMING IN
Highway Commission Com
mittee Suspends Its Ses-
si0ns For The Day
COMING IN

Senate Bill No. G2, signed by Gov
ernor Sorlie, was deposited in the
Secretary of States Office today, pro-
viding that after April cigarettes
may be sold in North Dakota bv ~
censed dealers if a stamp tax is paid
on them. Governor Sorhe signed the.
measure soon after he had considered
its provisions. The Governor had
recommended passage of such y mea-'
sure.
Senate Bill No. 6l, containing an
expresa repeal of the states present
anti-cigarcttc law, with an emer-
gency making this effective April l,
and restricting sales to miners, was
to reach the Governors office today.
Due to clerical errors it was neces-
sary that it repass the House late
yesterday.
Committee activity this morning
was restricted by legislators, because
of the funeral services for John H.
Bloom, editor and manager of the
North Dakota Nonpartisan. The
Highway Commission investigating
committee did not meet. The COM
mittee, it was learned, has engaged
c. +. Lounsbury of Wahpeton, as as
sistant counsel to f. j. Graham. Rep.
Halcrow opposed his employment. It's
sessions will be resumed tomorrow,
with W. G. Black, state engineer, on
the witness stand.
The Senate banks and banking
committee was this afternoon to re-
port Senate Bill No. 21O, the com
promise bank credits measure, for
passage. The bill limits borrowing
Lc.v. - banks at 20 percent of de-
posits, except in special cases where
permission must be obtained; limits
rediscounts to 10 percent, and pledg
ing Of collateral to one and one-half
the amount of the loan. The COM
promise bill is sponsored by Senators
.ngerson and Page.
The Senate counties committee was
to report the Sioux county seat fight
bill in. TOR passage, on divided re-
port.
Coon. Market Bill
! Cooperating marketing was dis
cussed at length today before a con-
tinued joint meeting of senate and
house committees on warehouse and
grain grading, considering House Bill
mo, 15l, the wheat growers coopera-
IKE marketing measure.
One of the chief points at issue is
Me provision in the bill providing
that when farmer has signed to
pool his wheat through the North
Dakota Wheat Growers association
or similar organization, elevators are
prohibited from buying from the
farmer.
This has been opposed on the
ground that it, would prevent store
keepers from buying cream and make
business men generally do business,
with pool members at their peril.
C. J. Murphy of Grand Forks, rep
resenting the Wheat Growers Asso-
citation, this morning argued for the,
bill. He declared it was purely a
farmers measure. ,,.,e ARK.
side interference and obstruction
with cooperative marketing, SAID
Mr.. Murphy. "You should not be
squeamish as to whether you hurt
some individual bank or elevator
little bit. In the end this will bene-
fit the banks, business men and
everybody. This is an attempt to
fundamentally change the market:
ing system of the state.'
The question was raised by some
elevator men as to whether or not
farmer would be able to mortgage his
crop. If he knowingly mortgaged
his crop, which was pooled, the bank
to which he mortgaged the crop
would have only mortgage on his
eqyAy in the wheat growers pool
proceeds, elevator men said. Mr.
Murphy held this was not fatal OBJ
lection, and would not be material.