The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-02-22

st. Paul-Formulatio OF a state
legislative policy in dealing with the
University OF. Minnesota is one Of the
major tasks scheduled for considera-
ton during Minnesota legislative ses-
sions the coming week.
The house appropriations committee
university appropriations, but took no
action.
Among the plans known to be under
consideration is one providing for sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
to the people under which the COVER
nor would be given the power to ap-
point regents.
Business interests in several lines
in Minnesota are waking up to. the
possibilities of the bill pending in the
legislature to tax "chain stores"
The bill levies graded license tax
on every establishment in a chain"
Even where there are two stores.
On top of this license tax, the bill
levies a sales tax on all retailers doing
business In more than one place. 1t
starts with one-half of one per cent
on gross sales up to 100000 year.
As a part Of highway discussions
there is a bill up which would remove
the IS mile speed limit in the present
act, taking of restrictions in speed,
leaving the requirement that speed
must be reasonable.
A plan for new state office building
with the maximum cost fixed at ST.
500, 900 to be erected under supervision
of a commission of seven persons to
be appointed by the governor, was ap-
ing both houses.
A measure requiring payment Of
living standard of wages in the erec-
ton of public buildings" for the state
or to which the state had granted aid,
was passed by the Minnesota house of
representatives
The controversy over the Backus
border dam project is getting all
Some bitter controversies are deyel-
oping over the resolution. The Ship
stead-Newton bill would prevent any
action on the Backus plan without au-
thority from congress.
Upon motion of Senator Lloyd Lii
iygren of St. Paul, the senate agreed
to advance a resolution indorsing the
Shipstead- Newton bill to the head Of
general orders, where it can be reach
ed, when the senate arrives at this
order Of business.
Mondays session of the senate was
confined chiefly to the introduction of
bills Twentysix measures made their
appearance, but most of them were
minor bills of claims.
Senator w. B. Anderson, Minneap-
oils, introduced a bill authorizing the
creation of probation and inYestiga-
ton department in connection with the
department would consist Of chief
probation officer and such assistants
as the judges of the district court may
decide are needed.
An effort to send a measure which
would give the state the final argu-
ment in criminal trials to the iudici-
airy committee proved successful, when
the bill came before the house of rep
resentatives in committee Of the whole,
with the recommendation to pass by
the committee on crime prevention.
A motion to adopt the house cleo
tons committee minority report, urg-
ing passage of measure which pro-
vides for party designation Of members
of the legislature, was defeated in the
Minnesota house of representatives by
an IS to 80 vote The majority re-
port was then adopted by viva Eoce
vote.
Requests were made for the six col
leges, located at Duluth, Bemidji, WI
mona, Mankato, st Cloud and Moor
head, for the first fiscal year of the
biennium beginning next July 1. ag-
gregated s1.726, 100 and for the second
$1,064, $50. These were cut by the
state budget commissioner to s1,136.-
us, decrease of s5Ss,SS5 for the first
year, and to sSS9,515, a decrease Of
s174.S35, the second year.
Appropriations of s9,949, 7o0 for the
IL state institutions managed by the
state board of control were recon-
mended in the omnibus appropriation
bill for these institutions, introduced
by the senate finance committee. This
means an increase of about 100000
over the appropriations for the last
two years, and the totals are s271,750
larger than the state board OF admin
istration and finance recommended in
the budget.