The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-08
House to Change
Dates of Prairie
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retired farmer or other person living
in the city should be unable to get
n state loan on farm property. SWEET,
with his amendment in, contendcd
that the Bank of North Dakota
should be Of service to all the people
and asked passage of the bill. His
amendment stipulated merely that
the bill, which amends an initiated
law, should not be construed as open
ing the remainder of the original
law to amendment by less than a
two-thirds majority.
c. N. Lee supported, the motion to
kill the bill on the ground that the
Bank of North Dakota is unable to
care for the demands for loans from
actual farmers. f. f. Johnson,
Foster county, contended that the
same section Of the initiated law
could be amended at future sessions
by a majority vote, regardless of
SWEETS amendment and j. H. Burk-
hart, opned that the law is ''good
enough as it is"
Efforts by Twichell to amend the
bin to meet the objections urged
against it failed and Peters motion
carried by SIS to 46 vote.
Would Restrict New Banks
The house also went on record as
favoring the law to restrict the num-
Der Of banks by requiring organizers
of new banks to obtain the permits
sion of the state banking board be-
fore they can do business. The board
would be given authority to refuse
to grant such applications, the bill
being designed to prevent Il recur-
renee Of the condition in which
hard competition existed between
banks in small towns.
Johnson of Foster county opposed
the measure on the ground that it
tends to make a monopoly of the
banking business.
A. w. Fowler, Cass county, said
the same bill was offered 10 or IL
years ago but was defeated on the
basis Of the argument advanced by
Johnson. Had it been enacted, he
said, the state would have been saved
much distress caused by the failure
of many banks in communities too
small to support more than one bank.
Too much competition forced many
banks to make bad loans and brought
about the present banking situation,
he said. The banking board could
not exercise an arbitrary discretion,
he said, since it's decisions could be
appealed to the courts.
J. NJ. Thompson, Burlcigh county,
wanted to strengthen the bill still
more by requiring all new banks to
have $4,000 in paid in capital before
they would be permitted to do bust
ness.
"A house bill providing for the
Selection Of a jury commission to
draw the names Of persons to serve
on district court juries was defeated
after a sharp fight, despite the fact
that passage was recommended by
majority of the judiciary commit
tee. A minority report recommend
ed that the bill be killed.
Arguing for the measure, Gordon
Cox, Burleigh county, judiciary
chairman. pointed out that the aim
of the bill was to improve the class
of persons picked for jury service
by putting the task Of selecting
names for the jury box in the hands
of commission of three to be Sc
lected by the district court judge.
1t would mean that juries would be
less subject to political influence
and would do better work, he said.
Tends to Raise Jury Standard
He was Joined by Twichell and S.
w. Thompson, Ramsey county, who
pointed out that the measure has
the support Of the judges and at
torneys of the state and should re-
suit in improving the standard. Of
juries. Federal juries are Of gem
orally higher class than district
court juries, they said, because Of
NE system used in picking jurors for
service in federal courts.
M. H. Lynch, Richland county, said
he saw no need for changing the
present system and contended that
the proposed bill would not take the
selection of jurors out of politics.
w. A. Thatcher, Bottineau county,
pointed out that persons now are
selected for prospective jury service
by the precinct boards which num-
Der from 20 to GO in most counties
and that such boards are less liable
to being tempered with than COM
mission Of three.
F. J. Lyon, Mclean county, con-
tended that attorneys are responsible
,Herage jury "because they reject
the best men and apparently want
only those with weaker minds"
while r. E. Swendseid, Mountrail
county, warned that in changing the
Jury system the legislators were
1reading on SACRED ground"
Minnie D. Craig, Benson county,
contributed the sarcastic explana-
ton that the bill was intendedsto do
away with Ignorant fellows and put
on real educated, polished fellows"
In their places. George Aljcts, Wells
county, suggested that they couldn't
{ improve on the present system.
Defeat Of Dog Tax Bill Averted
A majority Of the committee on
livestock recommended indefinite
nostponement Of E. e. veitch's bill
p place q license tax ON dogs and
use the license money to pay sheep