The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-16

when the education committee rec.
commended passage of another bill
touching upon the subject.
Burkhart moved to kill it on the
ground that the consolidated school
laws are good enough AS they are
now
Edwin Traynor, Ramsey county.
chairman OF the education commit
explained that the measure is a
companion bill to the standard
school transportation act passed
Monday. 1t amends the law relating
to the annexation of territory by a
school district to conform to the
changes made by the standard act.
A sldelight on the transportation
problem came when the house killed
measure whereby the state would
pay transportation costs and per
diem OF men attending county polit-
zeal conventions as regularly elected
delegates. The measure was beaten.
- to SO. Its advocates pointed out
that the state pays the expense of
delegates to national party conven-
tons but Twichell responded that
the entire system should be done
away with and that one bad law
does not justify the legislature in
making another.
s. Poll Tax Defeated
bill to submit to a vote of the
people proposed constitutional
amendment authorizing the lepisla-
ture to establish a IS poll tax on
each citizen was defeated after a
sharp struggle.
McCay objected that a SIS poll tax
would disfranchise many voters and
objected to a clause cxempting In
dams from paying the tax.
A. Van Berkom, Divide county.
protested against raising the age
limit for exemption from poll tax
from so to 60 years and George
AlJets, Wells county, averred that
't would act as penalty for grown
children who stay at home and HELM
their parents on the farm. The bin
would provide that the poll tax
would be deducted from the general
| taxes OF any voters who paid taxes
on property.
r. f. Swendseid. Mountrail county.
charged that the bill would be a
step IN the wrong direction and rec
commended instead Tightening up
OF the income tax law to get those
persons who have incomes but who
no property.
Twichell and d. L. Peters. Pierce
county, contended for the bill on the
ground that it would cause everyone
to contribute a share Of the cost of
government. Peters pointed out thai
persons working on salary who
own no property and who do not in
vest their resources in taxable prop-
erty now pay nothing to the state
although they enjoy all the bene-
flts Of government which taxpayer
enjoys. The bill lost, 40 to 81. when
1t was placed on final passage.
A bill increasing the educ ational
requirements for licensed embalmers
was branded by Swendseid as an
attempt to shut out competition. He
declared >that the present standard
IS high enough to meet the require
ment that tho public be protected.
The bill passed, "a to 48.
Rep. Joseph McGauvran's bill to
put money levied for township
road taxes into the township treas
ury instead of permitting farmers
or others to work out their town
ship road taxes raised q storm 81
protest and was defeated, 48 to 90,
c. N. Lee, Dunn county, charged that
the change would work q hardship
on the farmer who already bear,
more than his share Of the taxes.
Concilistien Courts Saved
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providing for cancellation. court,
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! worked veil 80 that lawyers 81
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