The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-12
HOUSE PASSES
FLOUR LABEL
BILL FRIDAY
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county's woman legislator, made her
first speech of the session in sup
port of the measure, saying it pro-
vides means of educating the pub
lie to understand and observe safety
regulations. Twichell also EXPIRE ssed
belief that the bill embodied good
idea and pointed out that safety
work now is being carried on in
other states.
William Watt, Cass county, OBJ
jected on the ground that it estab-
fishes another state bureau and J. H
McCay, Sioux county, said that the
safety council might operate two or
three years and accomplish nothing
other than roll up a big deficit"
D. L. Peters. Pierce county, said
most automobile accidents are caused
by road hogs and drunken drivers
and that money spent to educate
such people is money wasted.
Guy L. Elken, Trail county, asked
that the bill be turned over to the
appropriation committee for further
amendment but no action toward
that end was taken.
Drivers Need to be Educated
/. w. STANDBY. Steele county, said
most accidents are caused by people
not knowing the rules of the road
and charged that the same thing was
true of majority of the members
OF the house. The need, he said, is
not more laws but for better OBJ
servance of existing laws. He ex-
planned that an effort would be made
to start safety work in all classes of
tnt0 IL nd II. y
started in the schools.
Having defeated the safety bill
the committee of the whole spent
an hour on bill providing that
automobile owners must have GER
tificate f ownership. An amendment
provided that the certificate must be
attached to the car
Objection was made on the ground
that a firm making receptacles for
the certificates had circulated nd.
vertising for its product among house
members in hopes of getting the
business. This detail was arranged
b. giving the automobile license
registrar authority to contract fol-
receptacles to hold the certificates at
not more than 10 cents each.
Proponents of the bill, led by A.
w. Fowler, Cass county, and Twich-
ell, said that states which have tried
the system have found that it mater.
tally reduces the number of thefts
of automobiles by enabling an easier
check on stolen cars. In Michigan
it was said, insurance companies
have reduced their automobile thief,
insurance two-thirds as Il result OF
adopting the system proposed fol
North Dakota.
Objection to the bill was based on
the contention that it would cost the
people Of the state $4,000 a year
The bill provided that certificates
of ownership shall be issued by the
REGISTRARS department and that .
fee of 81 shall be charged for such
registrations.
Returned to Committee
The bill was killed in committee OF
the whole but when the report Of the
committees action was presented in
the floor the fight started anew
and the bill was sent back to the
appropriation committee for amend
ment.
A house bill providing for reel
procity agreement with other states
and with foreign countries to per
NIT North Dakota agents to do bust
ness there under the same terms
that their insurance agents do bust
ness in this state was revived ant
placed on the calendar. 1t was de
feated yesterday in a report by tn,
| insurance committee.
The house OVERRIDE an adverse re
port by the appropriations commit
tee on bill carrying $4,000 70
barberry eradication work. Edwi,
Traynor, Ramsey county, led the figh
against accepting the committee re
port and succeeded in having tn
measure placed on the calendar.
William Watt, appropriations com
mittee chairman, explained that tn
committee had recommended defea
of the bill on the ground that none,
now being spent by the federal gov