The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-07
TROUbLOUS Times
ARE REFLECTED IN
LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Many Unusual Proposals Are
Offered At Session Which
Ended Here Monday

The 23rd North Dakota legislative
assembly ended its work Monday,
three days after its scheduled time
for adjournment. with legislation
unique in the states history placed
on the statute books.
Out Of the session came laws ~.
fleeing the troublous economic situa-
ton, with q statewide scrip plan,
and sales tax rushed through in the
last hours as word came to the as
semblies that North Dakota had join
ed the rest Of the nation in bank
ing holiday. A higher scale Of state
income tax and q tax on gross In
come Of utilities also were voted.
Economy, stressed In the political
campaigns by the Nonpa is Q n
League which controlled both houses
by overwhelming margins, stood out
6 . dominant note during the ses-
sion. Drastic and unprecedented cuts
In budgets brought amounted allow
ed in some instances to less than half
Of the appropriations voted two years
ago.
To aid the farmer, laws were en-
acted for extension Of the time for
redemption Of foreclosed property,
easier redemptions. delay In foreclos-
ures, lower penalties for delinquent
taxpayers. and installment payment
Of taxes.
Broaden Governors Powers
Some departments were consoli-
dated and wider appointive powers
conferred on the governor. giving the
chief executive authority over ap-
pointments exceeding that held By
any previous governor.
Odd measures, some Of the strang-
est to ever appear In q state legis-
lature, made their appearance and
indicted tempestuous debates. One
Of these proposals was Sen. w. Z.
Martins resolution that 80 states
secede from the industrial east" .
proposal that died In committee and
In the final hours was expunged from
the permanent records.
Technocracy came into the pro.
ceedlngs, the senate passing Q resolu.
ton endorsing the bureau Of Tech
nocracy Of Columbia university and
the house killing It.
The proposed child labor amend
ment to the federal constitution, n.
jected by the lo26 Legislature, was
ratified by the present session. -
supporters sought to revive national
interest in the proposal that has been
rejected by q majority Of the states.
New State Industries
Creation Of new state industries ct
the state prison received Legislative
approval O. laws were passed to per-
NIT manufacture Of automobile II.
cense plates and collins ct the In.
stitution, along with establishment Of
. tannery.
Killed by the legislature was . plan
to prohibit raising OF 'even . single
acre" Of wheat In North Dakota and
to set up plan Of purchasing the
product on the open market. A el0,.
100000 loan and 90, 900 900 bond -
sue were provided for In the measure.
Attempts to pass legtslation legal
hing farm strikes ana permitting the
governor to declare m embargo on
shipments Of farm products out Of
the state when prices become Com
liecatoey'' failed, each measure ~.
ceiving approval Of one house but
being defeated In the other.
. Prohibition came before the session
-. one Of the major issues. with 4
bill approved to set up municipal
liquor stores II congress legalises beer.
but . measure to repeal the states
prohibition enforcement laws went
down to defeat In the senate after
Tho house passed IT. At the fan cleo
ton. the voters repealed the state
constitutional provision for prohibi-
ton, but the statutes were enacted
under the 18th amendment.
Ono.1gan 1ooA Dooo
A one-man highway commission
M ortatod 70 ropln0a tha throo.man