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need for additional funds to alleviate
human suffering.
Compromise for $1,625,0 900.
Between the hour of adjournment
Thursday and the hour Of reconven-
ing Friday morning, compromise
was reached between the Senate spon-
sors of the House bill and authors
of the amendment boosting the appro-
priation two anC, a quarter million
dollars, and the chairman of the Sen
ate Finance Committee, A. ]. ROckne.
Senator Rockne proposed compro-
mise, agreeing to split the differ
ence" Feeling absolutely sure that
this was the best proposition they
could get, Senator Mullin withdrew
his amendment boosting the appropri
alton S2,250,000. and submitted one
calling for S1,625,0OO. This passed
the Senate and the House concurreC
and repassed the Senate bill. solv-
ing one of the knottiest problems of
this special session and making ad
journment Saturday noon possible.
The amount now available for re-
lief purposes in 1886 includes the
S., ,OOO, 900 which ordinarily would not
have been available until July 1, 1886,
S1,50O,00O uneXpended balance ap-
propriatec' for the period ending June
80, 1896, and $1,625,OOO new funds, a
total of s7,625,OOO.
Vote Highway Bonds.
In the closing hours of the session
the Legislature approved issuance of
So, 100000 in state highway bonds.
This will enable the department to
pay off its $2,1OO,OOO Indebtedness to
the state treasury. State treasury
money spent for issuing automobile
licenses plates must be paid back by
the highway department. The bond
issue will make this possible anc
leave the highway department bal
ance of half a million dollars.
1t is estimated that the S2,1OO,OOO
from the highway department., to-
gether with s5OO,OOO more to be sal
vaged from other unexpended bal
ances will cover the states share of
the cost of the old age pension pay
ments for the current year.
The appointment of an interim COM
mittee of ten Senate and House men,
bers to study social security legisla-
tion and, unemployment insurance sys-
TENS in other states was approved.
The Senate named Senators Calvin,
full -. C1o&, 1T h.
House members on this committee
have not been announced.
P. p. Tax ReinStated.
The farm bloc in the House scored
victory in passage of an act re-
pealing 1895 law, under which
household goods we're exempted. from
taxation as personal property. A fea-
ture of the repeal act increased the
s25 exemption to $100. or the same
as was in effect prior to 1895. This
bill was passed in the House during
the early days of the session and sent
to the Senate for concurrence, but
the chairman of the Senate Rules
Committee refused to report the bill
out and only after the farm bloc
threatened delay of adjournment by
refusing to consider either the old
age pension bill or the relief meas
ure was the bill reported out and
passed, with only seven dissenting
votes.
approximately 500 bills were intro
duced during the session, but under
rules adopted at the outset, all meas
ures were routed via the rules COM
mittees of both Houses which refused
to pass most of the proposals.
The Legislature memorialized Con-
gress to continue the WPA program,
to ratify the Great Lakes-St. Law
renee tidewater treaty and also urged
the national Congress to place agri-
culture on a parity with industry.
After all is said and done it is