The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-02-15


revenue from fines collected in respec-
tive counties for game and fish law
violations. Another bill signed has to
do with transportation of school chill
dren from one district to another.
One Of the bills vetoed two years
ago by Governor Theodore Christian
son has reappeared, this time in the
measure creating revision" for the
statutes Of Minnesota and providing
for biennial compilation of all gen.
eral laws in force.
Under the plan of the Paige-Spind-
Ter bill, there would be a Revised
Statutes" out every two years, incor-
porating the work of the last legisla-
ture into the previous body of the sta
tutes. In one bill the revisor is
charge:
To formulate and prepare a definite
plan for the order, classification, ar
rangement, printing and binding Of
the statues and session laws, and to
prepare and at the beginning of each
session of the legislature to present to
the Judiciary committee of the senate
and house, in such bill or bills as he
may deem best, such consolidation, re-
vision and other matter relating to the
statutes or. any portion thereof as he
shall deem proper or as he may be in
structed by the chief justice and the
attorney general. ~
This would mean rewriting in
simpler form of the various statutes
with other amendments. Each Job
would have to be enacted into law by
the legislature before it had any legal
force. ~a'-s',
Another feature of the bill requires
the revisor to help members of the
legislature in drawing bills.
A bill to extend the trunk highway
system through the three cities of the
first class was introduced in the house.
1t proposes to extend all routes which
now end at the city limits of Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Duluth into the
trunk system so the state would take
over their construction and mainten-
ance.
A state employees pension plan is
before the house. All employees of
the state would be eligible and new
employees would be required to join.
1t exempts elective officers, commits
sioners of the Supreme Court, the uni
versity and teachers college faculties,
but would include employees of these
sessed three and one-half per cent of
their salaries. No payment by the
state is proposed.
The senate adjourned to Monday
night. The house adjournment was
until Wednesday because of Lincoln's
birthday.
Voters in 1929 will vote on the uues-
ton OF adding two associate justices
to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The
house passed a bill proposing an
amendment to the constitution. 1t has
already passed the senate.
A system of initiative and referen-
dunn is proposed. 1t would permit
initiating legislation without action by
the legislature and direct vote of the
people on questions. '.....
A bill to abolish the Ramsey county
board of control, was introduced in the
house. A new commission would take
over the duties of the board of control,
which manages the city hospital, the
county farm and administers relief.
The house passed the resolution
creating a joint committee of house
and senate to determine whether the
trunk highway system is rs per cent
completed.
Theaters will have to take the
"S.R.O." signs down and guarantee
their patrons seats with every ticket
sold, if bill introduced in the house
of representatives by Representative
Lamb of Minneapolis becomes law.
Pensions for the blind of the state is
provided in bill introduced in the
house. STIMULATES the sum of $3.50 as
the maximum pension. This law would
not, however, extend to inmates of
charitable or state institutions. The
bill proposes to raise the blind relief
fund" by levying a tax of one-tenth of
mill throughout the state. The state
would pay half and the counties half
of the benefits.
A bill similar to that introduced in
the senate was given the house, pro-
viding that all elective officers in the
state with the exception of presiden-
tial electors and candidates for con-
gress would run for office without
party designation.
Important Measures Presented.
The way was cleared for appoint
ment of a joint committee to deter
mine whether the trunk highway sys-
tenn is Is per cent completed. Already
approved by the senate, the bill was
sent to the house by it's highway COM
mittee
The house approved st. PauPs bill
to legalize the city's share of the Ram
sey county Improvement bond issue.
Bonuses for veterans of the Spanish
American war is proposed in a bill by
George W. Rodenberg of st. Paul. 1t
would provide S1,500,0OO to take care
of bonuses of SIS month.
The bill to permit counties to es-
tablish old age pension systems was
approved by the senate public welfare
committee. This committee also ap-
proved bill to require prison made
goods to be labelled Convict Made"
Before patient could be admitted
to the Glen Lake sanitorium in Hen
nepin county, he would have to live in
the county one year under provisions
of a bill by Representative Charles E.
Hubert and Charles Mum.
The house tax committee approved
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