The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-10

st. Paul-COnfereeS, VINO Will dt-
tempt to arrive at a compromise be-
tween the state senate and the house
in the reduction of motor vehicle
license fees, We're named. The differ
ence between the two houses is sharp
and the task of reaching an agree
ment was admitted to be hard. The
house passed the bill with no cut in
the rate but a cut in minimum license
fees from $40 and $3.50, as now, to
SO and 81, the plan favored by Olson.
The senate amended it to provide
straight so per cent cut, both in the
rate and minimums. The vote in
each house was overwhelming. The
house refused to concur and asked for
a conference Members of the house
committee are Representatives H. H.
Barker, Elbow Lake; E. ]. Chilgren,
International Falls; ]. A. Kodak,
Minneapolis; George o. Lockhart, Du-
luth, and Eric Friberg, Roseau. The
senate named as its representatives
on the conference committee Senators
w. L. Repke, Faribault; Charles F.
Serline, Mora; George Nordlin, st.
Paul: w. L. Peterson, Lancaster, and
w. B. Richardson, Rochester.
Without debate, the senate temper
ance committee approved bill re-
pealing the state prohibition enforce
ment laws and also recommended for
passage a companion measure prohibit
ing traffic in Intoxicating liquor. CON-
mittees in both houses still have
measures setting up machinery for a
state convention to ratify repeal of
the eighteenth amendment as ap-
proved by congress.
BY a vote of to 8, the senate tenn
perance committee approved the bill
to regulate sale of 3.05 per cent beer,
if and when its sale is permitted by
act of congress. The bill allows mum.
cipalities to license places selling beer
with more than half of one per cent
alcoholic content and less than sos
per cent.
Sponsors of the parimutuel horse
racing bill in the house pushed the
proposal through to a successful pas
sage They voted SO to so to legalize
pari-mutuel betting in the state and
permit 2S-day racing season at the
state fair track and racing meets else
where in Minnesota under Jurisdiction
of county agricultural societies.
The state bank moratorium bill,
which would legalize so-called bank
holidays" was signed by Governor
Olson and becomes effective. The COM
missioner of banks may authorize
state banks to suspend business for
period Of not longer than Is days with
the commissioner in active charge of
arrangements for possible reorgani-
zation during that period. The act is
effective up to January Is, 1885, being
emergency legislation. The governor
may, at any time prior to that date,
suspend the operations of the act.
County financial statements would
be published once in two newspapers,
instead of three times in single pa
per, under bill passed by the house.
House members from northern coun-
ties objected so strenuously to a bill
Withdrawing from sale state lands
containing peat deposits in CONNER
cial quantities, that the bill was sent
back to the public domain committee.
R. w. Hitchcock, E. ]. Chilgren and
r. T. Hart contended that counties
should be compensated for keeping
such land off the tax rolls.
The house passed a bill previously
approved by the senate amending ex-
listing laws to obviate the necessity
of Freeorn county holding a special
election to name a successor to the
late Representative P. A. Peterson of
Emmons, so the house will finish out
the session with one vacancy.
Representative Gustaf Erickson of
Spooner proposes to amend the con-
stitution so vacancies in the legisla-
ture can be filled by appointment in
stead Of special elections. He has in
troduced bill covering his plan.
A system of forestry management
that would create jobs for $4,000 per-
sons with an annual payroll of $751;
100000 and which would save the peo-
pie of Minnesota $2S,OOO,OOO annually
in freight rates is envisioned for the
future by the state conservation oom-
mission in its biennial report to the
legislature and Governor Olson. Such
management, the report quotes fores-
try experts as saying, could produce
200 board feet an acre or a timber
yield for the state of 5000, 000, 900
feet annually, an output sufficient to
keep 200 good-sized mills operating on
production basis of $4,000 board
feet day.
The legislature would consist of
only single house, under plan pro-
posed by Senator Henry Spindler.
Buffalo. Bickering between house
and senate, he said, is too expensive
to the taxpayers.
Senators are satisfied with the size
of their body, the largest state senate
in the country. The reapportionment
committee reported adversely on Sena-
tor Henry Spindler's bill for consti-
tutional amendment, limiting the sem
ate to between 80 and 40 members,
and the house to between IS and 100
Approved by A. l.. Lindholm, chair
man of the state parole board. a bill
providing for state probation sys-
tenn, to be administered by the pa
role board. vas approved by the SEN
ate committee on crime prevention.
An oleomargarine tax of 10 cents a
pound. to be paid by the manufacturer
or importer. was approved by the
house. The tax will be collected by
the state agriculture department