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

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sure moratorium became law when he
signed BILL passed by both houses.
which permits postponements of up
to 80 days of mortgage foreclosure
sales. After signing the bill, Governor
Olson notified all county sheriffs that
the law is effective Immediately, and
instructed Attorney General Harry H.
Peterson to issue the same notice to
all county attorneys.
The problem of how to reduce farm
acreage to stimulate land and crop
values was approached from new
direction by Representatives Donald
o. Wright, Minneapolis, and w. H.
DeParq, Staples. They propose to ac-
complish those detectives by with
drawing from sale, rental, occupancy
and production, all agricultural lands
owned by the state. This would in
clude all farm lands now held by the
rural credit bureau. Their plan was
embodied in a bill and introduced in
the house.
Bills to prohibit employers or their
agents from exacting fees from work
ers hired, and to require written state
ments as to conditions of employment
contracts, were sent to the senate fol-
lowing passage by the house.
A tax limit of $50 per capita for
all sections of the state as a means
of cutting down the tax bills for state,
county and local governments was
proposed by Senator D. D. Murphy Of
Blue Earth. He made the proposal in
a constitutional amendment that would
be submitted to the voters in 1884.
The limit would effect a general 20
per cent slash in taxes, reducing them
from $16S,000,000 to $130,000,000 a
year.
The state conservation commission,
in its biennial report, asks blanket
authority from the legislature to
make regulations as to open seasons
for hunting and fishing, as to bag
limits, the minimum sizes of fish to
be taken, zone rules, and the like. All
these matters in the past have been
determined by the legislature. Un-
der a proposed plan, the regulations
would be adopted by the commission,
and when promulgated, they would
have the force of law.
Eighteen state senators and GA rep
resentatives wired their protest
against appointment by President Hoo
yer of Walter VI. Newton as federal
district Judge - succeed the late
Judge w. A. Cant Mr.. Newton, for.
mer Minneapolis congressman, is Mr..
Hoover's secretary. The protest was
sent to Senator Gearge w. Norris,
Nebraska, charging that Mr.. Newton
is reactionary, and declaring the
people are opposed to the appoint
ment as means of paying off politi-
cal debts.
Representative George w. Johnson
of Duluth would have the legislature
pass bill authorizing the railroad
and warehouse commission arbitrari-
ly to fix telephone rates at one-third
to one-half the present rates. He Of
fered such bill in the house. The
commission now is working on val
uations and conducting hearings on
telephone rate matters.
After a brief hearing the senate la
Dor committee recommended bill to
require one day of rest in seven for
employees, except those engaged in
seasonal employment.
The house killed a bill to prohibit
sales of common medicines in stores
other than drugstores. Under the bill
sales Of any drug or medicine would
have been permitted only in drug
stores unless other places where they
were sold were located specified dis
tances from drug stores under the
original bill.
A measure to extend the redemption
period on mortgaged land from one
the house by Leonard Ericsson Of
Fergus Falls, along with an amend
ment to another bill already proposed
by him offering new avenue of re-
lief for the farmer.
A measure to open way for the
day labor system on state highway
construction, in competition with the
contract system, was introduced by
Representative Dewey w. Johnson,
Minneapolis. He said the bill also
will prevent collusive bidding by con-
tractors, by making the department
itself competitor in the bidding,
and will enable the establishment Of
a cost accounting system to deter
mine exactly whether the state is get
ting value received for its road build
ing expenditures.
Spare parts of farm machinery
made at the state prison are cut 30
per cent under terms of a bill ap-
proved by the senate agricultural COM
mittee. Machinery itself would be
reduced Is per cent and Irvine 1 cent
pound. 1t would apply only to
sales made in the state.
The house reconsidered and then
amended one of the governors propos-
ed relief bills, measure authorizing
cities of the first class and their
counties to issue bonds for poor relief
without vote of the people, but with.
in bond limits. As first passed, the
bill by mistake applied to all cities
and villages.
Senator Cleude H. MacKenzie's tax
limit bill, designed to reduce tax levies
from 20 to 25 per cent and provide
for state control over local assess.
ments, was recommended for passage
by the state senate committee on
taxes.