The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-04
HOUSE HAS LONG SESSION THURSDAY
TO GET CALENDAR CLEARED UP FOR
EARLY ADJOURNMENT this AFTERNOON
Some Of the Most Important
Bills Of the Session Included
in List Passed Yesterday
Appropriation Bill For
Maintenance of State De-
partments Is Approved

North, Dakota's twentieth legis-
lative assembly will become history
today when it adjourns sine die.
The house and senate Thursday
completed passage of bills orginat-
ing in the other branch and all that
remains for today is adjustment Of
differences between the house and
senate on eight house bills amended
by the senate and six senate bills
amended by the house.
Reports of conference committees
were said to be ready this morning
on three of these, however. They
were two school transportation bills
fixing the rates which parents shall
receive for transporting children to
school, and the appropriation for
the commissioner Of immigration.
Some Of the most important bills
cons idered at the session also were
included in the list. Among them
were the appropriation bill carrying
over $2,00O,OOO for the maintenance
Of various state departments; the
bill making the secretary Of the in
dustrial commission ex-officio sec
retary of the state securities COM
mission; the estate tax bill; the
weights and measures bill; bill
regulating rates of interest which
banks may pay on deposits of public
money. and the bill licensing the sale
of snuff.
81 Senate Bills Disposed Of
Pushing rapidly forward the house
disposed Of - senate bills which
were on its calendar and coneurred
in senate amendments of five bills
originating in the house. Included
in this group was the bill requiring
the state treasurer to keep in sepa-
rate funds money to pay interest on
state&real estate bonds and money to
be used in retiring the bonds when
they become due. The law now pro-
vides only one fund and lndependen
members of the legislature are fear
full that bond retirement money will
be used to pay interest.
Among senate bills passed by the
house were the bill carrying $2,132,-
24O for the maintenance of various
state departments; the bill estab-
fishing rules Of the road modelled
after those recommended by the ma
tional safety conference; the grain
grading and warehouse bill, requir-
ing elevators to charge for all grain
, storage: the weights and measures
inspection bill; state securities com
mission reorganization bill the hair
dressers' and cosmetologists' bills:
, the bill revamping the state hal
insurance law in important particu.
lars; a bill changing certain
details of the state phar.
macy law, a bill raising
the maximum working day for won
en- to eight and one-half hours but
| retaining the maximum Of a 48-houl
week; bills permitting the formation
! and operation Of institutional hold
ing corporations to build dormitories
at state educational institutions, ane
| numerous appropriation bills.
Appropriation Bills Passed
The appropriation bills, in addi
tion to the departmental budget ap
preparation, were: Valley City nor
NAL school, $35O,563; State training
school, Mandan. $271 500; deficit n
state training school, $4,000; Mino
Normal school, $287,95O; deficit il
! department Of public instruction
$3.50; Institution for feeble M indet
at Grafton, $3l3,159 Uncludes $l25,
600 for new boys dormitory build
ing); state prison revolving fund
$l25.550 tincludes appropriations fo
new building. improvements an,
the purchase Of additional land ans
/ $4,000 for installation of machiner,
to make automobile license tags).
The house got under way at II
o'clock Thursday morning and fin
/ ished the vote on the last senat,
bill at $40 o'clock, having taken al
hour out for lunch.
Indications are that the work O.
| each house will be finished earl.
today and announcement sine die il
expected before evening. This vii
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