The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22

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ord Of the vote hut it appeared to be
to with Senator Donald Wright,
Minneapolis, and Charles E. Adams,
Duluth, who led the fight against the
bill voting in the negative.
| A companion bill still is in commit
| tee in the house but Senator Roepke,
| chairman of the senate committee,
declared early in the debate he had
been assured the house group would
report the bill out soon. Governor
| Olson already has signed bill, also
sponsored by Senator Roepke, chang
ing from February Is to March Is the
deadline for paying 1885 motor vehicle
license fees without penalty.
The United States bureau of pub
lie roads renewed its warning to Min
nesota that federal highway aid will
be given to the state this year and
next only if the money it matched
dollar for dollar with state funds. A
telegram from Thomas Macdonald,
chief of the bureau asked an imme-
date statement as to how much of
it's allotment of federal aid Minnesota
can match and place under contract
by July 1. The amount available to
the state is $3,423,306 this year and
an equal sum next year. Commits
| sioner Elsberg, in his answer inform
ed Macdonald that Minnesota will be
unable to match any federal aid the
next two years if the legislature holds
highway department revenues down
to the 1884 level.
The Minnesota State Organization
of the Blind advocated passage of a
bill now before the legislature provid-
ing that county and state relief paid
to needy adult blind be placed On a
pension basis. The bill provides the
use of existing state and county
agencies to administer the pension.
Such pensions are to go to needy
blind persons over 81, the state and
county to pay equal shares.
| Representative William A. Syreen,
Ironton, introduced two bills sponsored
| NY thC SdAHG uSu ulflSlOH anu re-
quiring that all persons 16 years Of
age shall have small game license
| to hunt and that fines for hunting
| violations revert to the state instead
of the county treasurer. The state
would reimburse the county for
expense incurred in the trials but the
remainder of the fines would go into
the game and fish fund.
| World championship boxing and
wrestling shows in Minnesota are
the goal of sponsors of legislation
| proposed in the house by Represents
tives John McNulty, Minneapolis, and
Albert Samec and William Kieffer of
st. Pail. 1t places wrestling under
| jurisdiction of the state athletic com.
mission and seeks to make it profit
able for promoters to stay in business
by reducing taxes on gross receipts.
| The proposed amendment to the ex.
listing boxing law places wrestlers on
the same basis as boxers and reduces
the tax from 10 to per cent, with
return from complimentary tickets
exempted. The taxes paid the state
would continue to go into funds for
combating tuberculosis. Only quail
fed clubs would be allowed licenses
and the fees would be reduced in cities
of the first class to $3.50 from the
present $3.50. In all other cities, vii.
lagos, and towns the license fee
would be S25. Cities of 100000 popu.
lation or larger are restricted to one
| franchise.
| Under a bill introduced in the
house by Representative o. A. Paul.
sen, Steen, ordinary lawmaking would
| be drawn over four instead of two
years. He proposes that all meas
ures except regular two-year approp-
riations and emergency bills be re-
| quired to pass two successive sessions
| of the legislature before becoming
| law. A constitutional amendment, to
be voted on in 1886, would be re-
| quired to make the procedure effective.
| Construction of another state office
building, to be erected upon state
owned ground near the capitol at a
cost of $4,000 was recommended by
the joint subcommittee of the senate
and house committees on public in
| situations.
If approved by the legislature, the
building would augment the $780,.
600 structure finished two years ago
| to house the overflow of state de-
! partments from the capitol building
| itself.
Experiences in the long-winded re-
count in the state auditor election re-
suited in recommendations to the leg
islature for changes in the machinery.
A group of recount referees submitted
letter to election committee chair
men making their proposals. State
| Auditor Stafford King retained his
lead, and increased it somewhat in the
recount, but batch of contested bal.
lots remain to be acted on by the
court, so the final outcome in this No
vember 6 election actually is still un-
settled three months after the cleo
ton and almost a month and a half
after King started his second term
| Representative c. R. Hove Of Alex.
andria has a bill giving counties IL
| per cent of hunting and fishing Ii
cense receipts to go into county game
/ and fish funds for local conservation
AS birthday present, the legisla-
ture presented fthe portrait of Abra-
/ ham Lincoln which hangs over the
speakers chair in the house with a
beautiful frame. A few years ago the
original of this picture was recalled to
| the private collection of the owner