The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-04-12
The list of new bills includes two

The list OF new bills includes two
resolution memorializing congress =
one to repeal the national origins
clause of the immigration act, and one
urging establishment of the Birch
Coulee battlefield cemetery in Renviile
county as national cemetery.
Governor Christianson signed the
resolution for observance next fall OF
the anniversary of the death of Gen.
eral Casimir Pulaski, hero of the AM
erican War OF independence. A COM
mittee is to be named to arrange the
observance.
Some important amendmSc's to the
bill establishing new dept rtment of
conservation were agreed to by the
house on civil administration. A sub
committee was named to draft the
changes. One limits the bureaus to be
created under the department so no
bureau chiefs can be added except as
authorized by the legislature. Another
provides that such appointments by
the commissioner must be subject to
approval of the governor The langu-
age also is to be clarified, to make
sure that the finance commission will
have supervision of salary schedules.
The senate passed a resolution pre-
viously adopted in the house, memorial
izing congress to make an investiga-
ton of livestock marketing. The inves-;
tigation is sought to determine the
purpose OF the packers in attempting
to change the old livestock marketing
system of the country" through direct
buying of livestock outside of the pub
lie competitive markets, and the prob
able effect of this change on the live
stock industry.
The senate passed two labor bills.
One bill, already passed by the house,
requires that living standard of
wages be paid on any construction
work for the state of Minnesota, in
other words, equal to the prevailing
scales of wages for work on private
contracts in the same locality. The
other bill passed required that all
prison-made goods sold in the state be
so labelled. ......
AT the request of the Hennepin
County Bar Association and of the
county board, bills were introduced in
the legislature to permit the county
to go into the abstract business.
The house delegation unanimously
approved bills for that purpose and
they also were introduced in the sen.
ate by Senator Sherman w. Child for
the senate delegation. Once the sys.
TEN is established, Mr. Byard said, it
will be self-supporting.
The house overturned the report OF
its railroad committee which had voted
unanimously to kill a bill giving the
railroad and warehouse commission
power to order railroads to change or
repair equipment of various kinds.
+ The bill was placed on orders.
Objections were made in the senate
mission of administration and finance
erect the proposed state office build.
ing, and the committee decided to re.
finance committee to having the COM
port out without recommendation the
bill passed by the house. The bill as
approved in the lower branch of the
legislature calls for erection of the
building by the commission of admin.
istration and finance.
The committee did, however, agree,
on number of other amendments to
the bill as passed by the house, and
these amendments will be incorpor-
ated in the report of the committee.
For one thing the committee voted to
strike out of the house bill all author.
ity for sale of the old capitol.
The house bill authorizes the ex.
benditure of $1,50O,00O for an office
building and site, and provides that
it shall be put up on land which the
state owns or adjoining lands.
Plans for a constitutional amend.
ment to give the governor power to
appoint regents of the University OF
Minnesota were taken up with new
purpose as result of the experience
of the legislature in electing regents
for the first time in go years.
Regents were elected, the slate chos.
en- by joint nominating committee
prevailing, but only after the tensest
hour the legislature has seen this ses.
sion. The plan eliminates Gov. Chris
tianson from serving.
The senate bill to grant a special
automobile license rate to United
States Army men at the Fort Smelling
reservation was disapproved by the
house committee. The senate fixed on
SIS fiat rate for licenses for cars on
the reservation.
After debate that lasted all after
noon, membesr of the state senate
voted, 3S to 26, to kill the bill which
would require state weighing and grad
ing of livestock at secondary markets
and concentration points.
Signed by Governor.
Amending general statutes of 1923
as amended by laws of 1925, relating
to commercial fishing in International
boundary waters.
Abolishing the capitol grounds com.
mission and transferring the duties of
that commission to the state executive
council
A joint resolution providing for the
designation of October IL, 1929, as
General Pulaski Memorial day; for the
observance and commemoration of the
one hundred fiftieth anniversary of
his death, and appointment of a COM
mission to be known as 1.-The Mime
sofa Pulaski Sesquicentennial Com.
mission"
A bill was introduced in the Min
nesota house to raise the salary