Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-02-09
Legislative News
BY c. G. MANN,
Representative from Pine County

Monday morning of last week, the
Public Domain committee of which
your representative is chairman
killed bill which would have pro-
hibited the changing of the flow OF
water from one water shed area to
another, and would have seriously
disrupted many big projects all over
the state. Protests came in from
many parts of the state and the COM
mittee decided to indefinitely post
pone the bill.
Mondays session was tame COM
pared to many of them, but just be-
fore adjournment one of the men,
bers, Kenneth Angstman, from Kama
bee county, started to make a speech.
He said that he noticed many of the
vacant seats on Friday were now
filled and he wondered if some mem
Der would make a report on the
Farmer-Labor convention held in
Minneapolis Friday and Saturday. No
one responded, so Mr.. Angstman went
on to say that he had been mem
Der of the Farmer-Labor party and
was employed on the highway, but
had been fired when he started work.
ing for the nomination of Hjalmar
Petersen, man whose aim was just
what the Farmer-Laborites now pro-
fess to do. At that point another
member raised the question of order,
and the speaker ruled Mr.. Angstman
out of order.
On Tuesday we passed number
of bills, mostly local and resolutions
memorializing Congress to do this
or that, such as ratifying the ST.
Lawrence Waterway Treaty, extend
ing the nine-foot channel in the Mis-
sissippi, etc. When these resolutions
came up for final vote on Wednes-
day, the resolution on the nine-foot
channel was defeated, when railroad
men argued that it would create I'M
employment on the railroads. How
ever, after more argument it was
reconsidered and passed.
On Wednesday morning, the tax
committee killed bill to lower the
assessment classification on livestock
and poultry, and then appointed
subcommittee of three to draft
measure to investigate and revise
the personal property tax assessments
with the idea of more equalization
between the stock and machine
farmer.
Wednesday the House met at HAS
o'clock and then went into joint ses-
sion with the Senate to hear the
Governor deliver his budget message
Governor Stassen presented a clear,
concise picture of the finances of the
state; made several recommendations
and in general gave the legislature
an idea of the work out for them
in the days to come. Printed tables
showing past appropriations, and
suggested appropriations, most of
them lower, were furnished all mem
bers so that the Governors talk could
be followed, and it was probably one
of the best budget messages ever
delivered in Minnesota, and con-
WINGED us more than ever, if possible,
that we now had a really great Gov
ernor
On Thursday, the only bill of any
importance to be passed was the
extension of the Mortgage Moratorium
law, which passed almost unani-
mously.
My bill to allow the Pine county
board to levy a little in excess of
limitations, in an effort to make our
income meet our expenses in Pine
county, passed the House Wednesday
afternoon and is now in the Senate.
One member asked if it would not
raise the mill rate and therefore
create more delinquency, to which 1
replied that going in the hole every
year and paying interest on debts
would increase delinquency faster
than levying enough for current needs
and thus balancing our budget. /
have another bill coming up that will
allow Pine county to refund road
and bridge bonds and thus get on
cash basis, and 1 understand that
they can get this money from the
state at low rate of interest which