The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-26
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Senate in Session
Until Midnight to
Clear Up Calendar

national government should as q per-
manent policy provide payment Of
SIS q year for each child enrolled to
each school district.
The resolution was directed to the
president and to congress. It was in
troduced by Senator's S. s. Mcdonald
Of Burleigh and G. w. Fine OF Ben
son.
BY a e to 0 vote the senate passed
8. B. 249, which appropriates $35,5l4
and authorizes the board Of admin
istration to construct q sewage system
and extend the present system Of the
state penitentiary to connect with the
city Of Bismarck system. Use of
prison or federal labor also Is per-
mitted under the bill which goes to
the house.
One of the measures passed which
now goes to the senate was bill pro-
viding an appropriation OF $780, 900
for construction Of new building 1T
the state hospital for the insane at
Jamestown.
Use of inmate labor or federal en-
ployes also would be permitted in con-
struction under the amended bill
which passed by A to 0 vote.
Reconsider 5-Mlan Commission
After indefinitely postponing Sen
ate Bill 1873, which would create
five-man conservation commission,
similar to the Minnesota plan, the
senate before recessing reconsidered
its action and placed the bill on the
calendar for passage by a 20 to 10
vote.
The only bill killed by the senate
Monday was Senate Bill IA, provid-
ing mortgages of real property con-
tanning power Of sale may upon de-
fault be foreclosed by advertisement,
~ voting against 1t and is for pass
age.
Another bill passed Monday night
was Senate Bill 1875, which would in
crease the powers of police magis-
trates and city justices Of the peace
In criminal actions in cities of 5000
population or more where the county
court does not have increased juris-
diction. The vote for passage was %
to l6, with five members absent.
Senator Cain of Stark, author OF
the measure which now goes to the
house, said it would particularly at
feet seven cities, Grand Forks, Bis
marck, Dickinson, Mandan, Valley
City, Devils Lake and Williston, where
magistrates would be able to act on
all misdemeanor cases involving
fine Of up to $500 or years impris-
onment instead Of up to 500 fine or
80 days imprisonment as at present.
Five Other Bills Passed
Other bills passed and sent to the
house included:
s. B. 266, authorizing the board Of
administration to retouch and repair
portraits or paintings Of former gov
errors, damaged by exposure to moiS.
ture. with q $1,000 appropriation,
s. B. 26l, which would transfer
$4,000 from the general fund to the
returned soldiers fund.
s. B. 219-Providing no fees shall
be charged and collected for record
ing OF any document required by the
federal government or the state, for
any water or wildlife conservation
project.
S. b. 218-Enabling the state and
counties to acquire title to land for
establishing any public park or recre-
ational area.
S. B. officiating to regulations of
pharmacies In the state, and amend
ing old laws.
Eight Bills introduced
Approved by the delayed bills COM
mittee, eight bills and q resolution
were introduced Monday. They In
cluded proposals to:
Transfer 100000 from the state
hail insurance permanent fund to the
state treasurer for ALLEGATION to school
districts outside incorporated cities
and villages In proportion to the
number of school children residing tn
each district.
Increase the state gasoline tax from
three to four cents with the addition
al revenue to be credited to the school
equalization fund.
Provide for the dissolution Of coun-
ties In the state by district court de.
cree and gubernatorial proclamation
upon petition Of so per cent Of the
resident taxpayers with provision for
attachment to contiguous counties
for judicial purposes.
Increase the tax from "a to ~
per cent of the gross amount Of pre-
miums paid all insurance companies
operating in the state, excepting
stock and mutual companies, with the
revenue going two-thirds to the pub.