The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-12
HAIL PROPOSAL TO
GET final ACTION
BY SENATE TUESDAY
Compulsory Feature Of Bill Re.
duced From IS to IS Per
Cent After Battle

After . bitter battle in which the
compulsory feature Of the indemnity
tax rate was reduced from Is to Is
per cent OF lands insured, the North
Dakota senate deferred final action
Monday on the proposed new hail in
demnity tax law until Tuesday.
The hour.long fight on the hail
proposal-Senate Bill 96-climaxed the
busiest senate session since the gath
legislative assembly got underway.
Committees reported so bills back
to the floor Of the senate with various
recommendations as total of IS new
measures were damned into the hop
per before the regular time for in
PRODUCTION Of measures was passed.
New Bills Till 10th Day
With the adoption OF motion Mon
day by Senator S. S. Mcdonald of
Burleigh that the time for introduce
ing measures be extended to the for
tieth legislative day the way was
cleared for presentation Of additional
bills the rest Of this week.
Chief action taken was:
Referring to committees OF two pro-
posed hard liquor measures. one pro-
viding for municipal liquor stores
with cities Of over 200 population vot-
ing on whether to have q store; the
other. for system OF state control
under liquor control commission
having supervision OF state liquor
stores.
Referring Of a proposal creating q
five-man game and fish commission
to replace the present one-man COM
missioner.
Concurrence with the house of rep
resentatives In amendments to SEN
ate bill Sc, creating a state tax survey
commission, reducing the appropria-
ton from $4,000 to $4,000 and the
commissioner per diem from SO to Sc.
The bill now goes to the governor for
approval.
Assails Indemnity Proposal
Exasperated over "tinkering" Of
every legislature with the hail insur-
ance law. William Watt OF Cas- un-
loosed an attack on the new indem-
nifty tax proposal which would APP
propriate Approximately half mil
lion dollars" and merely provide an
incentive to squander it," Watt said.
G. w. Fine of Benson explained the
reason for the increased appropria-
ton over previous years as being that
If the compulsory bill passes" 1t
would cover the whole state and more
adjustments would be needed. causing
= "a {vA eotf1or4Ant
why must the farmers take soyne-
thing they don't want? There Is enough
difficulty to pay the taxes now"
shouted Watt.
j. E. Eastgate OF Grand Forks de.
clared he might as we'll talk into
northwest blizzard as to try to stop
the measure. but continued saying If
we IN eastern North Dakota have to
subsidize western North Dakota" he
was in favor Of letting it 60 back to
the coyotes and wolves
Peterson Answers fastener
Admitting there might be more hail
in the western part OF the state Harry
Peterson of Mountrail declared the
westerners we're willing to support the
agricultural colleges and institutions
Of higher learning for eastern North
Dakota" stating western North Da-
kota does not get the benefit from
the schools the east does.
Pointing to the districting clauses
In the bill, Senator Fine said the east
ern part Of the state might contribute
some small part under the bill. but
that sections with light hail wouldn't
be carrying as heavy burden because
heavy hail districts would pay higher
rate for the insurance.
But why the half million dollars
appropriations" asked Watt. 1T
provides an incentive to squander-
on the face of it, 1t looks like some
thing to provide a lot Of jobs for
some politicians"
After q motion by Thomas Whelan
to re-refer the measure to the ap-
propriaticns committee was lost, he
moved that the provision that after
e certain period all but Is per cent OF
the lands could be withdrawn from
insurance, be amended to reduce the
amount which might not be withdrawn
to Is per cent. His motion carried and
the senate then voted to defer further
action until Tuesday.