The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-26
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I1uRsDAY.-tS. ats-1lr g. Benedict
presented thrse pstisioss for pysservas,
sioa Of dssr by further limitation 9th
tire in which they nay legally 5.
killed, ". Basbsok stated INA, ),
'wss preparing . BILL o. this subject.
Bills we're introduced By Mr.. Berry
appzopriating $1,000 for tho supper,
OF the first State Normal School Il
Winona :; $1,000 for tho Mankato
School, and $1,000 for tho Sc. Cloud
Appropri.ting >ls,4ao,2o to pay
back Indebtedness Of tho State Normal
School At Winona. ::a..s ! = il. I
By the Railroad COMMITTEE. to orc.
Ate . beard Of hallway. commissioner,
and provide rules for the management
Of al railroad corporations in tho State
(Rules suspended and bill read second
time aud placed on the special order. j.,
Mr. Cox offered q. resolution ~.
qu'stiog tho judiciary Committee t.
inquire into the sxpedisney Of reds
,tzieting tho State into eight judicial
Districts. Adopted.
The bill for the sale Of tho Normal
Schools coming up, speeches in favo,
Of it were made BY Mr.. Child, and
against by Mr.. Burbank aud Mr..
Wilkinsoo. We publinh Mr.. Bur.
banks remarks in another column.
A motion 70 lay tho bill on the Il.
bio WAS Lost BY vote Of II to "a.
A motion by Nh. Burbank to indei.
nitely postpone was carried by . vote o.
20 to 8. -. 49,.
On motion to lay on tho table MI.
Maodooald's bill to convert the Vino.
"a School into 40 Iuebriate Asylum
the vote stood Is to 81, and tho bill "a.
indefinitely postponed BY . vote of 81
to IL.
The vote then recurring upon the
bill to convert the St. Cloud School
into IN Insane Asylum, Senator Mao.
donald moved 70 amend 80 10 70 strike
out St. Cloud and insert tho Winou,
school, which was carried by 20 to IT.
By the same vote the bill was then in.
definitely postponed. 49,:
Mr.. Donnslly then offered Z resolu
ton instructing the judiciary commit
tee to prepare IN. amendment to tn.
constitution allowing the State to main
tain only one Normal School for tor
years, and called for yeas and nays.
Mr.. Freeman gave notice of debate
Mr.. Macdonald moved to suspend
the rules in order to take 1t up, which
Was loet-sad 50 tho Normal Schoo
question is disposed of for the present
The bill sbol,shing the Office Of In,
euranoe Commissioner was indefnitel,
postponed.
The bill regulating the tate Of inter
est on money, coming up for oonsidera'
ton, 10 Committee Of the Whole, Mr.
Ward offered . substitute prohibiting ,
higher rate Of interest than IL pe
cent per annum, and imposing pesal
y Of three times the amount of interes
thus taken in excess, aud nskiux con-
tracts made for higher rate void
which, after considerable discussion
vas adopted and the bill n amended
recommended to pass.
The bill introduced BY tho Commit
tse on: Education to amend the .ot re-.
latioe to Normal Training Schools ant
State Institutes coming up for consid
GRAFTON, gave rise to another animated
debate, in which the subject of Norma
Schools was again brought up. Th'
bill was recommended to pass.
The House bill to authorize tho cit,
Of St Cloud to issue $4,000 10 bond
Tor building q hotal.r-~~Pposed BY Mr.
-wiskruaon, on tho ground that it wal
unconstitutional, and that therefore til,
collection Of the bonds, if issued ant
sold, could not Bio enforced in tn,
pourts.
Several Senators gave in tlpir per
sonal testimony a. to tho need of q de-
cent hotel in st. Cloud.
Mr.. Donuelly would vote to allo,
St. Cloud to issue bonds for publi'
purposes, and let the people interested
take the risk.
MI. Burbank thought if = hotel VA
not public purpose At St. Cloud, Their
could not be such . purpose.
The bill was reoommitted to MI
Burbank for perfection. -.
Eeu.e-This body oonsurred in tn
Senate resolution relating to the taxa
ton Of railroad bonds and passed it
own bill to extend the time of compile
ton Of the branch line Of tho St. Pau
4 Pacific railroad company.
The bill to secure payment to con
tractors aud parties furnishing materia
for the st. Paul and Pacific branol
line, Vas so amended Is to provide tia
all claimants shall begin suit With,
sixty days after the denial of the com
pan,, and then passed.
The Senate bill appropri.ting SO, 0o'
to carry the J. D. Blake & CO. sui
against the Winona 4 St. Pete1 Rail
road Company to tho U. s. suprem
Court was passed.
Also, the bill to abolish the use Q
the ball and chain in public.
Fn1DAY.-Senate-Bills were pass
ed:
Annronriatinp &4QQ to hnild