The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-26
House SWAMPED BY
LAST day P|LE-UP
OF PENDING BILLS
Majority Forces Push Through
Bill for Insurance Depart
ment Operating Fund
FIGHT OVER PENSION PLAN
Liquor Proposal, Lega|izi n 6
Sale by Privately-o Owned
Stores, Approved

Schools, liquor and old age PEN
sions Tuesday held the attention Of
the house as its members moved into
the final day for original passage Of
bills.
Scheduled to come before the lower
assembly for final action Tuesday
were the house liquor bill and the
house old age pension proposal. The
old age pension bill came out Of the
committee Of the whole Tuesday
with . recommendation for passage
after opposition by minority groups.
The bill was amended in committee
Of the whole with the mill rate cut
from 4 one-mill levy to . seven
tenths mill levy. L. L. Twichell Of
Cass objected to the bill on the
grounds that the super committee Of
81 had endorsed and was supporting
4 sales tax measure which. he said,
was designed to give approximately
81 ,000, 600 In support Of the federal re-
lief program.
See Relief As Duplication
The million dollars. he said. would
serve TO match in part federal relief
monies to be allocated to the state In
the future. He maintained that the
money would include old age relief.
He questioned the constitutional
maximum levy for the state Is four
mills # you take seven-tenths Of
that four mills what are you going to
have left to run the state7"
Thomas Burke Of Burlejgh read
portions Of the proposed national old
age pension law, pointing out that
one Of the requirements Of the feder-
al proposed enactment Is that the
state must assume portion Of the
old age pension burden. Burke Of
fered one criticism Of the proposed
old age pension bill. He said he
thought the scven-tenths levy may
be too high.
The house Monday night, sitting
as a committee Of the whole, voted
to recommend for passage the house
liquor bill which would provide for
sale Of liquor in privately owned re-
tail stores under municipal licensing
system and state taxation.
Due for Action Tuesday
The bill was recommended out for
passage without dissension, although
an attempt to obtain . roll call was
made. The attempt failed. The bill
will come before the house Tuesday
for final passage.
Also before the house for final
passage will be . series Of three bills,
house bills 226. 227, and ass. The
three measures constituting the state
schoolmen's educational program were
scheduled to come before the house
without q recommendation either for
or against passage by the committee
Of the whole.
The bill instituted = lively battle
on the floor Of the house Monday
night In which Earle Clarke Of La
Moure and Harvey 9olberg Of VII
liams assumed the role Of champions
Of the measure.
Majority forces pushed through by
the narrow margin Of one vote q bill
creating . state insurance depart
ment operating fund to be derived
from revenue coming from q ~ per
cent tax on insurance premiums.
Led by Rep. F. D. Hurd. the opposi-
ton rallied q strong front against the
bill, claiming the bill would tend 70
lay wide open possible misuse and
instruction Of funds"
Challenges Percentage Cut
Hurd challenged the cut Of percent
age from the original 10 per cent to
eight per cent, maintaining the reduc-
ton was made after opposition de-
veloped in the house to passage Of
the bill.
A call OF the house was demanded
by Math Dahl Of Trail, which showed
three members absent. On roll call
the bill apparently had passed, So to
50, with three not voting. Edwin
Traynor Of Ramsey demanded q veri-
fication Of the roll call, which took
CONTINUED on Pare TWo)