The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-19

Oberg admitted that the real issue in
the Mclean county delegation Is
where the bridge shall be placed.
Joseph McGauvran, Cavalier coun-
ty, chairman Of the committee on
highways and bridges, said that the
/ committee room had been. crowded
by persons asking for the bridge
and pointed out that even if the APP
propriation is made, Mclean county
is under no compulsion to build the
structure.
II. f. SWEET, Kiddcr county,
charged that the bill is an attempt
to tie up bridge funds when it is
certain that Mclean county will be
unable to make use of it.
J. A. Jardine, Cass county, said it
looked as though the Mclean coun-
ty delegation felt as though a bridge
were being showed down their
necks" and NJ. II. Lynch, Richland
county, said that the county COM
missioners had asked for the bridge.
A standing vote showed the bill to
be defeated, AZ to 80, most of the
Nonpartisan supporting Erickson's
motion. When Oberg demanded a
roll call vote, however, the result
; was "a to IS and the motion lost. 1t
will be on the calendar. for today.
Question of How to Spend Money
The contest over the appropriation
/. for boys and, girls club work devel-
4 opcd into a question Of where the
y money should be spent. A. N. Flom
Cavalier county, suggested that il
be used for prizes to be given al
!. county fairs and Guy L. Elken, Trail
d county, offered an amendment re
curing that it be spent at state an6
regional fairs to be held at Fargo
Grand Forks, Minot and Mandan
Both amendments were beaten ant
+ the house was in parliamentar!
tanglc when Carr asked it to speet
t As recommended. the bill provide
e., that the approximation shall be spen
n for prizes to be given at state fairs
y The state fairs. 1Tw&heV tbld tn
.r those recognized by statute at Farg
r, and Grand Forks. An amendment t
N change administration of the fun
Id from the commissioner of agricul
in ture and labor to the extension d
N vision Of the agricultural college wa
adoptcd.a
n A bill providing for the separat
n sale Of general and hail indemnit
ep taxes was approved. 1t provides ths
&c the purchaser Of the hail indemnit
taxes may make demand for assign
id ment of the general taxes, no ma
st ter if they have already been bougl
is by some one else. This feature ar
high interest rate, specified at NJ
more than two per cent a mont
should make the hail tax certificate
interesting to investors who desi
+c to speculate little, Twichell to
- the house.
George Worner, Richland count
demanded that the bill be made r
fl troactive, pointing out that MAJ
citizens have money tied up in hi
,ty tax certificates which they purchas
ge along with other taxes in the bell
IN that they were equally good. Twic
I'LL ell explained, however, that the. legi
ley lature cannot interfere with pre-,
F. Gus contracts.
ty, The bill was made necessary by
de- supreme court decision which he
be that hail taxes arc a secondary Ii
a to mortgages granted prior to
time that the taxes were levied. T
the result, it was said, has been to ma
tax certificates on land agar
which the hail tax has been levi
lge undesirable securities in the vi
in a majority report.
the The falr appropriation Dill ca
eet in with a majority report recO
of mending amendment and minor
ich report recommending that it
the killed.
ldi- William Watt, Cass county,
eet preparations committee charm
un- explained that it had been ament
he to provide $4,000 each for the Gra
ion Forks and Fargo fairs and 5000
He the Minot fair. The Minot fair
' a ready has a standing appropriat
ock of $1,000 which will make it eq
-uet to the Grand Forks and ,Fargo e.
The Mandan fair was. axard01yt 3
II. r. H. Mccay. Sioux county, said
der, ~ against splitting up the fairs