The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-09

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hire "a Ramleysand Hennepin cQintfes. s4Au.
thogi1ng- Dodge. Centre to,foteson lie ones
ton Of license;s 81 ommissio per ofs Estate Land
Office 70 issue new certificates Of purshase, az
wong purchases into two or more PAT
over crow 1ieer i y Wight ;s co slaag:
and: $50 to reimburse @. : Bethune br
wagon taken BY United States troops. Legal
l1ng the former conveyance Of land grants to
Winona St. Peter company Pasted House
bills, amending statutes relating to executions
Farmington; and incorporating Eyota. village
Senate bills, amending the statutes relating to
conveyances Of executors, &C.; providing pun
ishment of felonious homicide in certain cases
legalizing acknowledgements without seals =:
authorizing transcribing State land records for
Handlyohi county; amending charter Of Fort
ens to setse%en Of s;tatee pro@d G'asoe es
changes Of town boundaries and divisions Of
towns; amending the statutes relating to mo-
tons for new trials; and providing for main
tainance Of paupers discharge from State
Prison.
HousE.-Railroad tares: The Senate bill
gross earnings by the st. Paul Il Sioux City. ".
St. Paul & Pacific, and Minneapolis & St. Louis
roads was indefinitely postponed.
STATE SENATE, Feb. 3.-BiNs Introduced;
Allowing fire insurance companies with paid
up capital less than $200, 900 but not less than
200 ,ooo, to do business in the State On depos-
ting $lO, 600 in securities with the State Com
missioner. Authorizing certain persons to drain
Lake Lyon, in Kandiyohi county. Amending
the statutes in relation to uses and trusts.
yossed: House memorial for post route from
Granite Falls to Candy. Debates: The morn
ing and afternoon sessions were mostly occu-
pied with discussion of deficiency bills from
the First Normal School, a speech from Mr..
lions, and discussion of asury and interest laws
with reference to Mr.. Chiid's bill providing
penalties OF fine and imprisonment for usury.
HousE.-The State Auditor reported IN ans
wer to resolution OF the House that he had
protested against the general land Office allow
ing claims to entries BY pre-emption and scrip
on school sections, and was of opinion that since
there had been few such cases. Bills Introduc
ed. Appropriating $l0O,Oo0 to furnish seed
grain in g asshopper districts; not more than
70 bushels OF wheat or an equivalent in other
seeds to one family, and only on certificate of
necessity from county commissioners; ami
notes Of hand to be taken from those preferring
to receive the relief as loan rather than gift'
FOR establishing fishways on the Zurubro be-
tween Oronoco and Rochester. For State
road from Lanesburg to Noqthfeld Restoring
the the death penalty for murder. Allow:
ing appeals and awards of road
damages to be made to justices OF the peace.
Amending the statutes relating to Justices
courts. Authorizing Rock county to fund its
noatmg debt. Fixing pay of county survey
ors at IS day. Appropriating $4,000 for a
bridge over the Minnesota river at Granite
Falls; 500 to aid in bridging O'Neil brook in
Mile Laos county on Princeton road; S., 900
Tor .rb bridge over Cannon river at Dundas, and
$3.50 to pay c. CARL for certain lands used for
State prison purposes: Repeating the act Of
1873 relating to clerk hire in Carver county
Auditors office. Allowing road tax to be ex.
pended at discretion of supervisors, instead OF
| IN district where assessed. Giving five years
for redemption of lands sold tor taxes and inak-
cent. Requiring druggists to make record
! OF sales of poison. Excepting Waverly, Mar
tin county, from the law restraining
cattle from running at large. Pro-
yiding that the State tax shall be
$3.50, 600 if not exceeding * mills Amend
! school districts. Requiring actions for tanning
! threshinog machines nat guarded, against GER
| tain accidents, to be commenced in thirty days
and fines to go to school fund Allowing the
use of nets Of specified size in fishing in Isanti
county. Fixing the boundaries of certain
school districts in lsanti count. Railroad
Faces: The bill extending time tor certain
railroad taxes was revived and referred to the
! railroad committee. Boz vs. Drury: The ar
! gument in this contested election case was con-
tinued throug h the afternoon session.
SENATK.--Bills Introduced: Bv Mr. Nnrrav
ceding part of Capitol Block for Strengthening
county to transcribe West st. Panl taxes pro-
vidlng for appointment of Assessor in RAMSEY
county. By Mr.. Hubbard, appropriating
SIS, 600 for maintenance of soldiers orphans
BY MIR. Pillsbury, providing for tax on gross
earnings Of railway companies in lieu of other
taxes; deficiency appropriation bill By Mr. Cox,
requiring judges to reduce charge to juries to
Priating $500 to bridge Otter Tail river, Otter
Tail county. By Mr.. K. Nelson, providing for
appointment Of county attorneys in certain
cases.
HousR.-Btus Passed: Memorial for mail
route in Carver county. Incorporating Rose
mount, Dakota county. Senate Bills Passed !:
Joint resolution in relation to Wis
consin and Minnesota railroad leg
islation, with a view to acting with Wiscon.
sin in fixing freight rates to lake ports; re-
peaiing chapter %, laws of 1873, in relation to
fish in Otter Tail and other counties; making
mutilation Of books and documents in libra
ries a misdemeanor for a State road from
Willmar, Kandiyohi county, to Granite Falls,
mouth Of Hawk Creek, Renvi1le county; in
cooperating Osseo, Hennepin county.
HoUsE.-The Box VS.. Drury case was finally
disposed of in favor of Drury ayes So, noes n.