The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-03-12

Now that the session Of the Leaisla.
ture is closed the people can jadgs sof
the work done and can pass their Ist-
dict upon it. The number Of bin -
largs-lsrgsr than last ysar-aad =
this humber maey srs good, ssh.
different and some bad. The latter
were quietly st.angled BY Governor
Davis Ga the v6ols, tie wodfk done
by this Legislature was ia tho line Of
the public welfare, and the verdict Of
the .psaple will be. one Of approval.
The most importan. bill WA that for
regulating ratss Of freight on, railroads,
IN outline Of which haa slrssdy eheso
given aud shieh viii b, pablhhsd ID
full. with III tho Other general hv. i
supplement- form, y : Ion days,, md
furnished orr readers. We .bslisvsthe
bill u be = good one, aud that II will
90 far toward meeting The demands ..
the people tor reform IN the matters o.
rates Of frsights and unjust d,sorimia.
ations between loeali.ie,, while not
msnifes.iog any spirit If vindietiveosss
against : tho r.ilroads. Exps,isoes
will doubtless show where, 10 some
Of it's features, It can be improved. Let
it have . iair trial 49,. - :
The new tax law i also . very. im.
pos.aut measure. L., It. wes carefully
prepared, aud i intended 70 make the
collection Of taxes moro JUST and thor.
ough. 1t i perhaps opeo to the objeo'
sion Of beiog rather TOO cumbersome
Among the bills Of local iotersr,
which were passed, and which received
the approval Of the Governor, are the
following: It os'~, I'LL =;
Approprt.tiug $4,000 to complete
the 81. Cloud Normal School bulldog
and $4,000 additional to the st.odina
appropriation Of s. 900 (m.kiog g..
OO0) for tho current expenses Of thu
school Tor tho year. .s,..!.:@ = u:
To Establish the county line between
the counties Of stearos and. Todd, il
the State Of Mionesota. i, ~ -
To authorize the city Of St. Cloud 4
issue its bonds 70 the amount Of $40,
900 to aid il, building hotel. @~
To amend tho charter of ths city %
St. Cloud relating to the immuuie,es o
6remen. , = '~'o... H; - g. ~~2~'. -,
40 act to appropriate money to: aif
| the counties IF Stearns and Morrison
to build bridges across the: Spuoi
Brook and the south branch of Tw,
Rivers. ". ~".: r:.! - a.rr&. -
To Congress for 40 appropriation TO
the improvement of The wi~sissipp
river from 81. Anthony Falls to Saul
Rapids s
To authorize the Sank Rapids We
ter Power Company to borrow money
To amend On act entitled. 10. act 70
the support and better regulation .
common schools Of the town Of Sau|
Centre, as amended By chapter So q
the special Laws Of 1879. :.-,>.:,.
! For the relief OF settlers on /; land
claimed by the Northern Paoi6e rsil
road within this Stste:' 3 .@2 r. 49,
To secure the payment Of debts con
tracted it; the construction Of The 81
Paul & Pacific railroad. j. 81 ,
The approximations amounted, I
~eooe5e4T 70, distributed n follows =
! For.Legislstise.expeus ......$ '75,7el
For executive and judicial
experiments ..:.....:......... $500 Q
For pubic printing. adver-
| Using and publishing laws
| in nev-p .pers including IL
| $ls,Sls deficiency for - =
| 1873 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ 47,4l3 4
For State institutions. sup
port, building aud fur
nishing, etc. ............ 367 $50 @
For frontier rel,sf............... $500 q
Fer % scellsne0ps. .. 1852
| For bridge appropriations a., -
! from internal improvement
Observation-Disclosures. 1850