The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-31

Time for the buying Of 1888 au-
tomobi,e license plates was extended
to April Is, under a bill passed by
both legislative branches under sus-
pension of the rules and sent to Gov.
Olson for signature. The deadline or
dinarily was Feb. Is, but the legisla-
ture extended 1t to April /, pending
Legislation, reducing license fees. A
further time extension was found
necessary to permit a conference
committee to reconcile differences be-
tween house and senate bills for re-
ducing license fees. The house has
approved scale Of graduated cuts
for all motorists, save purchasers OF
new cars this year. By voting log to
2 to pass the conference committee
bill calling for lower license fees, the
lower branch voted to save motor
lists more than s3,O00,00L in car IL
censes this year. The bill goes to
the senate where sentiment so far has
been luke-warm to the proposal. They
favor straight so per cent cut in
both the rate of taxation and the
minimums but no cut in the basic
rate of "a per cent.
In committees of both houses of the
legislature it has now been decided
all over the state should be reduced
by legislative act. Senator Claude
H. Mackenzie sponsors the bill in
the senate, Representative Roy E..
Dunn and others the measure in the
house, both proposing graduated
reduction of to rs per cent for any
officer or employee who is paid from
public funds, whether state or local
government.
Minnesota's trunk highway system
is rs per cent complete, joint COM
mittee of the senate and house de-
cided following an investigation that
sion. Under the highway amendment
attached to the state constitution rs
per cent of the trunk highway system
must be formally declared constructed
and permanently improved before the
way is opened for the construction Of
additional mileage.
Governor Olson signed a bill per-
hitting payment of taxes due last
year without penalty. Under the
act the 1881 taxes, payable last
year, may be paid this year without
penalty or interest. If more than so
per cent is paid this year, the remain
der also may be paid in 1884 without
penalty. II less than so per cent is
paid, the remainder may be paid next
year with penalty and interest.
A five-day open season for deer this
year, ordinarily closed year, was ap-
proved by the house game and fish
committee, when it recommended
passage of a bill authorizing deer
hunting from Nov. IS to %, both dates
inclusive.
About 1000 persons, all but a few
of them school teachers, demanded
more tax money for educational pur-
poses at the largest public hearing
during the present session of the leg
islature. The crowd that damned the
aisles in the house chamber, massed
outside the doors, and stood in the
rear and in the galleries, asked ap-
prevail of six proposals that would re-
allocate existing tax revenues and
impose new levies in the form of a
sales tax.
Members Of the state senates con-
ference committee which will attempt
to draft reapportionment bill salts
factory to both senate and house
were announced by the senate's COM
mittee on committees. They are Sen.
ators W. L. Petersen, Lancaster, chair
man Of the senate reapportionment
committee; Sherman w. Child, Min
neapolis; N. A. Peterson, Milan;
Charles F. Serline, Mora; w. B. Rich.
ardson, Rochester; ]. V. Weber, Stay.
ton; and Claude H. Mackenzie, Gay.
lord. All but Senator N. A. Peterson
are reported as conservative. The
house group has not yet been named.
Creation of state housing board
to provide cheap rents and relieve
unemployment by permitting rehabi-
litation and construction of homes and
apartments through the state, was ap-
proved by the house. The plan would
mean about 100000 worth of new
work in Minneapolis and st. Paul
alone.
While cheers of thousands of farm
ers Numbered over the state capitol
plaza, Governor Olson bitterly exec.
rated the state senate reactionaries
for blocking constructive relief legis-
lation. The thousands, unable to gain
entrance themselves to the jammed
house chamber where senate and
house in joint session were hearing
demands by their spokesman of. the
Farm Holiday association, whistled
and stamped their feet as the COVER
nor tore into senators for their stands
on subjects ranging frolh investiga.
ton orgies to automobile taxes. Talk
ing through loud speaker, the chief
executive promised that whether a
candidate or not, he was going to car.
ry on attacks against those reac-
tionary senators at the next election,
bringing the battle into their own
home districts. He has, Governor
Olson said, presented to the legisla-
ture relief measures that will aid the
farmer and taxpayer IL enacted into
law, but is consistently finding his
efforts blocked.
A bill to allow sub-dealers s per
cent Of the value of game licenses
sold by them has the approval of the
state game and fish committee. Un-
der the nresent law cnnntu auditors