Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-09
Legislative News
BY c. G. MANN,
Representative from Pine County

Not Dragging, or complaining, but
your representative is mighty busy
man these days. So far have been
spending one night week at home,
Saturday nights only, but it looks
like from now on it will be steady
employment here. In reforestation
committee, l am chairman of sub
committee to investigate, amend and
report on land zoning bill and we
also have the bills pertaining to the
land exchange amendment passed in
the last election Also on sub-com-
mittee of relief, to draft relief bill
for the next two years. And in addi-
ton to these, there are the very i'm
portant committees on public welfare
and taxation, now meeting twice a
week or more.
Passed a bill this week which put
the nonresident fishing license back
to the $500 which it was up until
it was raised to $500 two years ago.
AS this was Senate bill and was
amended by the House it is now in
the Senate for repassage. The COM
mittee on game and fish, headed by
Herman Litchke of Grand Rapids,
is passing about one bill out of 10
in their committee and killing the
rest off.
Passed the Civil Service bill Mon
day of last week, SO to %, the Farm
er-Labor gang voting against it after
their leader, George Hagen of Crook
ston, said that they were voting in
protest against some of the provis-
ions of the bill and they didn't want
the Senate to think we were unani-
mously in favor of it. Some of the
major amendments adopted to this
measure before its passage, which 1
believe improved the bill, were ex-
empting the Highway Patrol; prohib-
iting more than two in one family,
and not husband and wife unless
their combined earnings were less
than $12O a month; inclusion of
widows of veterans on preferred list
and several others. To my mind, it
is now a pretty good Civil Service
bill and should not need so very
many changes by the Senate. Among
other amendments was one by Ken
meth Angstman of Kanabec and Sher-
burne counties, to prohibit the en-
ploy of Communists or Fascists. Mr.
Angstman also amended bill passed
Thursday to pay $40 indemnity on
purebred cows condemned under
Bangs disease laws, instead of $50 as
originally in the bill. The law pays
SIS indemnity for grade or scrub
cattle.
Passed bill on Wednesday allow
ing for the taking of bear at any
time There was quite fight on this
but the representative from Kooch-
iching and other farther north coun-
ties argued that bear were doing con-
siderable damage in their territories,
even to the extent of loss of life, and
so the bill was passed. It still must
pass the Senate before it becomes a
law.
There has been considerable dis
cussion on the change in the COM
pensation law, to exempt employers
of five or eight or more from the tax
Now the bill has been re-referred to
the civil administration committee
and we understand that some COM
promise is being worked out so that
the small employer who employs
steadily may not have to pay the
tax but the employee of this man
would still be protected.
The public hearing on the reclassi-
fication of 80 beer as intoxicating
held in the House chamber on Tues
day evening, was attended by an
overlooking crowd, and although 1
was not able to be present, under
stand that the argument for and