State and county securities; house bill 151, by the educational committee, repealing chapter 197 of the 1921 session laws, which is the teachers' retirement fund statute, and authorizing the return to individuals and money which they might have paid in to the fund; house bill 187 by the committee on roads and bridges, which provides that the money received by the motor vehicles registration bureau for blank plates and duplicate chauffeurs' badges shall be placed in the state highway fund; house bill 185, by Preston, which would permit a majority of school district electors to establish a high school regardless of the school code. Under the terms of senate bill 339 by the committee on agriculture, county commissioners, on petition of a majority of electors, shall arrange for demonstration work through cooperation with the university extension division. House bill 171, to place auto stages under the utilities commission control, passed the house by a vote of 37 to 25. House bill 170, carrying an appropriation of $30,000 for the state bureau of mines and geology, passed the house with but four negative votes. Senate acts as favorably and the bill is signed, continuance is guaranteed for the work in mineral resource reconnaissance carried on by this bureau in cooperation with the federal geological survey.  Industry, $36,750; bureau of animal industry, $46,800; fairs—pure seed show and poultry show—$6,500. 