The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-19
: THE LE0IsLATURn.

THn LEaIsLATuRn.
THURSDAY lSsnate.- MIR. Berry
made. lengthy and .ysty able speech
in opposition . Mr.. Donnelly's bill for
the sale Of ths Normal Schools. Re.
MARKS In support .sofathe bill wer,
made ~ Messrs. Ward aud Cox. It's
further consideration va possponed.
.House-The Senate bill prohibiting
the punishment 81 criminals by forcing
them to wear'a ball and chain: in pub.
liz, was lost. It - IL - . = :, :, + e. 4
The joint resolution asking that Port
Ripley reservation may be vacated was
passed. assoEs.sa - - .l:zot>ss {, >-4
Mr.. Bsnz's bill repsaliug the Law a..
;tablish,ug 40 asylum for inebriatss,
coming up on its 'iiusl passage, was do.
feated., -: Il ...s:>;,1 ,oIw 500 49,
Es:FR1DAY- Senate.-' Mr.. Donuelly
introduced bill requiring railroad com.
pauies to put in track scales At every
depot from which 10000 bushels of
grain we're shipped l.at year, and give
receipts to. shippers, being liable for
failure to deliver to oousignees the
same quantities - reoeipted for. "
The Finance Committee reported
bills fixing taxes on gross earniogs, in
lieu Of al other taxes-for telegraph.
companies s per cent. and for, express
companies 8 per cent. 49,.
Mr.. Wilkinsoa's bill, defining tho
liabilities Of common carriers, was
passed. i >ga&:7 NJ - - -
The Senate refused to favor the plan
Of eollectiag taxes through Town Treas
urers, and Esjeosed the, proposed, con.
stitptional amendment limiting the, eli-
gibility Of county officers to two con.
seootiye terms; s2s!. ssssee1.t; ...# .~:....g,,
Mr. Maeoaald's bill for, liberty Of
conscience in the Reform School and
State Prison Was passed: unanimously.
: The Committee of the " hole roo.
commended tho repeal Of the Law ma.
king annual appropriations to statssand
county agricultural societies. .a.. j.. II
.s:Aosse.-Mr. .M.nneriog,sx bill, a
stringeu. / prohibitory liquor: law, in:
tended % substitute for the present
modified Ohio law now in force: in this
State. VAS indefinitely postponed. II
Mr.. Barnes .mill-dam bill shared the
same tate: ., = y / 49,.
:SATURDAY-Ho,.se.-Bills were in.
tfoduced: !, .a -. ...s;,.. 49,:
BY Mr.. L: NJ. Brown, amending laws
OF 1873 relating to issuing bonds t.
aid the Duluth, St. Cloud and Yank.
ton railroad. .:.
BY Mr. Dickinson, for tho regula.
ton and government of the State Nor.
mall Schools. ......'
.MoNDAY-Senate- The Committed
on Education introduced a bill appoint
ing committees to purchase text book.
tor the schools OF the State. This bill
provides for the appointment Of . tex
book commission of Eve, viz: Prof
E: W. Roberts, Of Rochester; Prof
Campbell, of Hastings; Prof. Y. j
Walker, St. Anthony; Supt. D. Burt
Of Wipona; and Prof Ira Moore, o
IT. gbud.iG;?. ! liz g-,y,:.:. AZ.
| ~ltsmakes it their duty within thirty
usy9u1tsEr the passage o. -kus: sct, &
advertise gia she daily, papers Of 81
Paul aud Minneapolis, and Chicago IN,
New York. and receive bids for sixty
days for furnishing books for the COM
mon schools Of the. State for term o!
Eve years, and further to close favor
able contract with said bidders for fur
nishing2 books for a period Of time
but shall ne.avonsent to pay for said
books more, than one.half of retail
prices now being paid in the State 70,
similar text books, normal according t.
law. And If they should not be ena'
bled to make favorable contract for
the procuring Of said books, it is mad.
the further duty Of said commission
by correspondence, and otherwise, to as
certain what such series Of text book
can be compiled for, and what will farsh
or be the expense Of them. The bill pro
vides for the appropriation Of fifteer
hundred dollars out of the Treasury 70
detraying the expenses Of said com
mission, when officially employed, to b
paid ont upon the o.dor Of the Govern
o.: y7 - j. a.: III. (;
House-Mr. McDermid's q: bill, .ppro
priating $4,000: for the use of t.
| Couoty and State Agricultural Socie
ties, was indefinitely postponed, A., ',
also the bill drawn BY the Stat, Fl,
Department., appropriat,ng the tax q
Insurance. Companies to the. fire d
p.rtuent Of the State. r. 40 49,
! Bills wers introduced By Nj. Wall
er to establish the county line betwee
the counties Of Stearns and "!odd, =,
~ MI. Adley for !. State road tro
Al&andria to Psrker's Prairie. :
:, TUESDAY, Senate. The bill apr
priating money to the State and Con
y agricultural aeoieties, voted down ,
Rnday, Was reoonsidered.
Mr.. Mcdonald introduced anoth
Normal School bill, (iutendea, it is u,
. derstood, as a oompromise), proyid,,
9 that tho Governor shall appoint 81
persons to examine into alleged defec
? 10 our educational system, t'and in d
iag SO to consider the propriety Of a
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