The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-01
failure TOCREATE
STATE GROUP MIGHT
KILL PWA BENEFITS
Federal Official Tells Senate
Organization Vital to
Relief Program
BILL IS BEING PREPARED
Measure Would Appoint Educa.
ton Chancellor in Lieu OF
College Presidents
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The senate Friday. by q vote Of ~
to 2. passed measure setting up .
tax survey commission to make .
study Of North Dakota's tax struc.
ture.
The proposal carrying . $4,000 ap.
preparation, now goes to tho house.
The North Dakota Senate Thurs
day was informed 1t soon win b con.
fronted with a bill creating . state
planning board, and was warned
North Dakota will endanger bene-
fits 1t may anticipate from the four
billion dollar public works program
pending in Congress IL. the legisla.
ture fails to pass the proposal.
The warning came from Marshall
M. Dana Of Portland. Ore, director
Of the Northwest Regional Planning
Board. who addressed the solous 1T
nearly two hour recess taken to
hear him and representative Of
planning boards already organized In
Minnesota and Montana.
Dana's talk, emphasizing the I'm
portance Of organizing the board.
followed addresses by J. A. Camp
bell, consultant OF the Montana
planning board and Dean Holm, e..
ccutive secretary OF the AGinneoota
planning board. who outlined the
work accomplished and planned In
those states.
The regional planning director said
he came as q representative Of tho
President Of the United States who
expressed his most solicitous inter-
est in the problems Of the people Of
North Dakota and this district.
Setups in - States
Forty-three states have created
state planning boards to prepare on
a ten-year basis . program OF de.
velopment Of land and water 70.
sources. These boards, he said. are
agencies Of the state representing the
state In dealings with the people Of
each state and with the federal govs
eminent.
Presently" he told the solonA
you will b confronted with . meas1
ure creating . state planning boards
He declared your expectation d
benefit from the program under the
four billion dollar public works meas.
ure now pending before congress, will
be substantially increased II you have
a state planning board: II not, North
Dakota endangers the benefits it may
anticipate from the program.
Dana said he was not asking pa
sage Of any bill but that It vas mere
ly his duty to see that North Dahot
be advised of the desire for eo-og
GRAFTON between the states and Il
federal government.
Three major pieces Of Legislation
dropped into the senate hoppe
Thursday provided for:
A state motor vehicle drivers
license law under supervisor q
the state highway commission.
Appointment Of . chancellor
for state institutions Of higher
learning under the board Of ad-
ministration; eliminating presi.
dents Of the separate institutions.
Raising Of the property assess-
ment basis for taxation purposes
from so to 100 per cent Of the
true value.
Abolition Of the office OF preside
of each Of the state educational II
Stitutions Is asked In the bill iutN
dllced bv Senator A. =. Bonner. Ric!
land county.
Chancellor Over All
The measure directs the board
appoint q chancellor who would ha
all the powers and duties now exer-
cised by the presidents and would
hold office lat the pleasure" OF the
board.
The chancellor would be empow-
cred to eliminate unnecessary dupli-
cation OF courses as may be found
among state educational institutions
and coordinate the courses Of study
insofar as practicable, under super
vision Of the board.
An emergency clause is attached to
the measure. It was referred to the
committee on education.
Referred to the highway commit
tee was the drivers license law Of
Senators Syver vinje Of Trail. and
William Thatcher. OF Bottineau.
Persons Is years Of age or older
would Be required to secure . driv-
er's license from the state highway
commissioner to operate any motor
vehicle upon the public highways Of
the state. The license fee Is set at
Is cents.
II . license has been secured by .
head Of . family or household. 9TH
er members Of the immediate family
could secure Q license for an addi-
tional Zee Of ten cents.
1linimum Age Set
Persons under 10 years would b
denied an operators license except
on written request Of . parent or
guardian. A minors license Il allow
able to persons from IL to 10 years.
Provision II made for suspension q
license on conviction or violation q
any state laws regulating the oper-
alton Of motor vehicles.
The commission Is directed to re-
woke the license d any driver con-
vlctsd Of:
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