The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-23
OLE ETTESTAD'S
GUARANTYFUND
BILL DEFEATED
Senate Turns Down Plan, 80
to Estate Income Tax
Exemptions Raised

Defeat of the Ettestad bill cal
ing for a referendum on a proposal
to discontinue the dcpositors' guar
anty fund and make a one-mill tax
to augment the fund, and !ast-min-
ute attempts to revive several
measures marked the senate's ses-
sion this morning as the time cx-
pired for sending bills to- the house.
The measure raising the exemp-
tions for state income tax pay
ments to conform with federal ex-
emptions, with the exception of
those for single men, was revived
and passed. 1t had previously
been defeated when it lacked one
vote Of having the required consti-
tutional majority Of %. Two In
dependent senator's, John Van Ar
nam Of Cass county and j. r. Ste
vens OF Ramsey county, continued
to vote against the measure, but
it passed when A. q. Olson, Bur-
leigh county. and w. +. Martin,
Morton county, left the Nonparti-
san ranks to favor the bill.
Fail to Revive Radio Eill
Attempts to- revive the measure
that would authorize construction
Of a state radio broadcasting sta
ton failed. Senator John Benson,
Rolette county, offered an amend
ment substituting new bill which
would authorize the industrial
commission to- contract with IA sta
tion at Bismarck for its use by the
state, but it was rejected.
Another attempt to pass the
measure by rewriting it as con-
current resolution may be made by
supporters of the plan, which is
backed by Gov. A. G. Sorlie.
After considerable jockeying,
the bill prohibiting all automobile
races was passed, 90 to 10. 1t was
passed once, then reconsidered
while Senator W. S. Whitman,
Grand Forks county, led the fight
against it on the grounds that it
would seriously handicap county
fairs, and then passed again.
Whitman had attempted to have
it indefinitely postponed.
The debate on the Ettestad bill
dealing with the depositors' guar
anty fund was opened by Senator
S. J. Atkins, Towner county, who
said that it would be an injustice
to property owners and termed it
class legislation.
Senator Ole Ettestad, McHenry
county, defended his bill and said
that it is designed to stop a possi-
BILE $50, 1000, 900 bond issue by the
state to take care of the fund. He
said that the measure, if adopted
at an election, would still allow
the fund to meet all obligations
which it admits.
Senator Olson, Burleigh county,
said that the measure was an op-
nortunity "for the prettiest graft
l have ever seen in one BILL" and
would result in several new mil
lionaires.
The vote to defeat the measure
was 30 to Is.
Judges Pay Unchanged
An attempt to resurrect the
measure increasing the district
court and supreme court judges
salaries failed, 20 to l9, when the
senate refused to reconsider its ac-
tion in killing the bill. Supporters
of the measure had planned to
have it amended in the house to
apply only to supreme court
judges.
The habitual criminal act, pat
termed after the Baumes law of
New York, was revived and sent
back to the judiciary committee
where it was once killed. 1t will
probably be amended and submit
ted to the senate again. 1t has
already passed the house.
The senate also adopted reso-
luton petitioning congress to ap-
point North Dakotan on the pro-
posed radio control commission
and passed measure that would
enforce the Hoover traffic code
provisions in North Dakota.
Bridge Fund Transfer Approved
Facing the necessity Of getting
five bills off its calendar by 2
o'clock this afternoon, the house
had little time for debate. Some
time was required, however, to
amend the bills to conform to
changes made in the committee Of
the whole yesterday.
The only dispute occurred on the
bill to transfer 100000 from the
bridge fund to the general fund,
recommended by the appropria-