The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-28
FEYERISH ACTIVITY
MARKS LAST Hours
BEFORE DEADLINE
Approval Of UnicameraI legis.
Iature Is Final Move TAX.
en- by Senate
SESSION BILLS TOTAL oe4
Major Portion Of Legislation
Initiated in Upper House,
Analysis Shows
SESSION BILLS TOTAL ee4
BULLETIN

House majority forces rallied
around their floor leader Thursday
to force through the lower assembly
in q third attempt, resolution call
ing for an investigation Of the Fargo
coal drivers strike.
The resolution, sponsored by ma
iority floor leader w. ]. Goodwin Of
Morton. was passed by the house b.
vote Of 81 to 81 with Is not voting Or
absent. Two other attempts TO OBJ
tain passage of the measure were de-
feated by the house.
Appointment Of q committee of five
house members to investigate the ar
rest Of individuals during the strike,
and to report back to the present -.
sion, was called for in the resolu-
ton.
North Dakota's Legislature rested
late Wednesday from . hectic two
days OF bill-passing as It drew it,
second breath preparatory to dispos-
ing Of 297 measures still remaining
at tho close Of the fiftieth day.
The closing Of the day came after
clocks In the capitol had been halted
at 2 .. m. to allow the senate to get
its measures passed to the house.
The lower assembly completed ito
calendar and sent its last biz - the
senate shortly before p. n.
With feverish activity the senate
drove through it, heavy calendar q
bills, passing In the closing minutes
a proposal BY Senator A. =. Bonner.
Jr., Of Richland, to create . unicam-
eral legislature. The bill went TO the
house.
Liquoe Nm Twice Beaten
In the house. the members for +
second time defeated attempts 10 pan
liquor bill 70 legali1e sale In pm
vately -owned stores under municipal
licensing. but taxed by the state.
The house also sent to the seRlato
two Of the four educational measures
sponsored by school men Of the statA
With their work completed, houso
members rested for an hour ana q
half. then moved into the fifty-first
legislative day to begin labor on sen-
ate bills.
-Four senate measures were passed
by tho house, - 1t opened It's new
day. while two senate bills were
killed.
With the day for original passage
Of bills over, the legislators looked
back on 50 days which saw introduce
ton Of . total Of 6e4 bills in both
houses OF the total. 332 met tho
fate Of withdrawal, indefinite post
ponement, or death on the floor q
the assemblies.
Traynor, Hopton Bilk CondisS
In both chambers, legislators Weco
faced with similar bills. both propoo.
ing distribution Of 81 ,O0O. 900 from the
state hail insurance surplus fund to
the rural schools Of the state.
The house sent to the upper a.
sembly the Traynor. Odegard-Hill bill
proposing reduction Of the fund by
approximately 81 100000 with the lat
ter amount to be distributed to the
schools on the basis Of payment Of
the 1927 flat hail tax paid by land
owners.
From the senate came q bill pro-
posing 100000 be taken from the
same fund and distributed to the
schools through reduction Of real e.
tate property taxes. Sponsors Of the
latter bill maintain 1t would be
transfer Of funds from the indemnity
tax, and hence would Be legal. The
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