The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-27

did not limit the kind OF device to
be used.
Hamilton said people are satisfied
with the law the way It Is now and
A. A. Peck. Mclean county. said the
device proposed has Z patent applied
for and that, II the patent applied
to the idea Of . locking device for
motor car tags It would be easy
to see what the result would be.
Lynn Sperry, Burleigh county.
Joined the group which said there
would be competition among makers
OF devices and Hyland said the law
would not pre-, ent continued use Of
the metal holders now being distrib-
uted.
Martin of Morton said he knows
that many persons trade" license
plates from one car to another and
w. D. Lynch. La Moure county, said
use Of the device would prevent forg.
ing Of records. e. H. Brant. Emmons
county. objected that the motor car
owner would have to buy new
device each year along with new
tags. The vote on the bill was 30
to l0.
Tuition Bill Argued
Argument on the bill to raise high
school tuition from $3.50 to $3.50 a
week. begun yesterday, was continued
today.
G. w. Fine, Benson county, charged
that the change would shift more Of
the tax burden to farm property In
districts having no high schools.
City high schools offer. elaborate
courses. he said. with attendant high
costs. and suggested that one way Of
reducing the cost Of high schools
would be to cut out some educational
furbelows. Citing Bismarck, Wahpe-
ton and Fargo as examples, he pro-
duced statistics to show that the
presence Of students from other dis
tricts really Is financial help to the
high schools since they increase the
schools share from the county tut
ton fund. and state aid fund.
]. p. Cain, Stark county, said the
question is whether parents should
pay high school tuition FOR their chill
dren or the school districts in which
they live should pay 1t. Some high
schools demand more than the
amount non-high school districts are
required to pay by law and the par
ents must make up the difference. he
explained.
Ettestad said many school districts
are poor. That his own district, with
receipts Of $l.70O year would have
to pay $700 year in high school tut
ton and 1t cannot legally raise any
more money. He said the legislature
passes laws requiring school districts
to pay certain things and then passes
other laws restricting their incomes
so they are unable to do 1t.
Martin Opposes Bill
The vote on this bill was held up
pending call of the house and the
sergeant at arms was sent to look up
Senator Martin. An hour later he
returned with the veteran from Nor
ton county and the bill passed, % to
20. Martin voted against 1t.
Another argument resulted on a
bill outlining q standard procedure
for advertising for bids and letting
contracts for public buildings. Some
objection was made to 1t on the
ground that 1t would create q monop-
oily for architects and raise the cost
OF architectural services. After sew
eral amendments 1t passed. % to 20.
The highway police bill provoked
the last battle Of the long sitting.
Patterson objected to 1t on the
ground that 1t was lust another bill
to put some more people on the pay
roll and add to the expense"
Cain said that, II Patterson had
served on three coroner's juries In his
county last summer he would know
that highway police are needed to
curb reckless driving. II this is
done, q long step will have been taken
toward reducing accidents.
Cain mentioned drunken drivers as
one menace to be removed and Ham
ilton asked why not enforce the pro-
hibttion laws instead Of putting on
highway police.
81 Killed In N. d.
8. ]. Atkins, who with Cain spon-
sorcd the bill. said 81 North Dakotans
were killed In highway accidents In
1928, hundreds crippled or manned
and hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
worth Of property destroyed. He said
II people didn't buy illicit liquor there
would be no one to sell 1t and charged
that innocent people are being MUIR
dered by persons with automobiles al
over the state.
Ettestad said everyone. except those
driving cars incapable Of doing 1t, vio-
lates the speed law and that the state
could better spend the money to
build roads than to police them.
Peck said two men patrol the Bis
marck-Mandan highway, the most
dangerous road In the state and the
one with greater percentage Of &C.
ctdents than any other In the state.
He asked what IS men, proposed in
the bill. could do to cover 5000 miles
Frank Hyland, Ramsey county. said
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