The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-26
SENATE IN SESSION
Until Midnight TO
CLEAR Up CALENDAR
Recommend Passage Of Hail
Insurance Fund Transfer
to School Districts
PASS PRISON SEWAGE PLAN
Pass Bill Tuesday Which Would
Make Possible Third Party.
in North Dakota
PASS PRISON SEWAGE PLAN
BULLETIN

IN N0TIn OdkOI6
BY vote of % to II the North Da-
kota senate Tuesday afternoon In
definitely postponed Senate Bill n.
which would have given the board of
administration power to curtail &C.
tivities at the school Of forestry, Bot
tineau.
Working until midnight in an ef-
fort to complete action on committee
reports and bills introduced by 2 p. m.
Wednesday, the senate Monday either
recommended for passage or indefi-
nitely postponed more than hum
bred committee reports, passed nine
bills and killed another.
Tuesdays session continued to grind
away at the stack Of unfinished work.
One of the first actions taken result
ed in passage Of q bill which would
make possible the creation Of third
party in North Dakota.
Action was taken on Senate Bill
1870. introduced by Senators G. w.
Fine Of Benson and E. G. Stucke OF
Mclean, which provides that when
ever petition signed by 10000 or
more voters is filed before March 81
Of a primary election year asking
that ballots be provided for another
party and stating the platform ana
party name, that ballots would Be
authorized and new party set up.
Also provided Is that any candi-
dates eligible by law and affiliated
with the Republican or Democratic
parties or having 70 party designa-
ton who polled five per cent Of the
vote for governor at the last gen.
eral election, are eligible for nomina-
ton.
School Election Bill Passes
Senate Bill So. providing for hold
ing Of annual school elections also
passed the senate, by Is to vote,
with 10 members absent in commit
tee sessions.
The bill would provide that the
annual school board meetings and
elections in common school districts
he held on the third Tuesday in July
and the newly-elected officers would
qualify OIL the fourth Tuesday In
July, at which time the budget and
levy for the ensuing year would Be
made.
Transfer of one million dollars from
the hail insurance fund for the bene-
fit Of common school districts, as
would be carried out under Senate
Bill 327. was recommended for pass
age Tuesday afternoon by the senate
and will be given final action Tues
day night or Wednesday.
The house previously passed the
Traynor- Odegard- Hill bill, supported
by the super committee Of 81 legisla-
tive faction leaders which would carry
out somewhat similar purpose.
Under the senate proposal, the
amount transferred would be distrib-
uted to the counties based on the
same rates proportionate to the num-
Der OF acres Of tillable land on which
the hail tax was levied In 1927.
Funds for Current Expense
The money would then be appor-
toned by the county treasurers to
the school districts on proportionate
basis and the funds used solely for
current expenses.
The house bill provides that the
money would be used to meet past
indebtedness first and II no indebt-
edness exists to pay up current or
future taxes.
Also approved for passage BY the
senate was senate bill 321, which
would provide system for dissolu-
ton Of counties upon final action by
the court and proclamation Of the
governor. and annexation to contigu-
GUS counties.
A bill which would create an addi-
tional tax Of one cent gallon on
gasoline, to be used for school equal
ization fund purposes in the event
the hail refund plan failed Of enact
ment, also was recommended Tor
passage with that provision.
Ask SIS for Each Child
A concurrent resolution, "AG", was
introduced resolving that It is the
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