Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

and after several attempts to reduce the
appropriation to $4,000 had failed the bill
Was samaasEy sslkillp 2, he i1AhsiatA Aaylun
repeal bill was discussed at length in com.
mittee Of the whole, where q vote to indef.
melton before the House to indefinitely post.
pone was also deieated-46 to 6l-and the
House adjourned amidst much confusion.
In the Senate, on the 9th the following
bills were introduced: relating to the appoint
mens Of county superintendent of schools re-
lating to sales under mortgage foreclosure and
execution; amending scale Of ices of justices oi
the peace to abolish solitary confinement in
the State prison, to authorize the St. Paul &
Sioux City railroad company to build tour
branches, one via. New Ulm to west line ol
State, one to south line of State, one from,
MOBILES county to west line of State, and one
from Cottonwood county through Murray,
westward; also, memorial to Congress regard
ing bridges across the Mississippi. The in
ebriate asylum bill was indefioitely postponed,
also bill to fix pay of members Of the legisla-
ture q: $500 . year. Senate bills passed: for a
canal in Pope county; appropriating 1000 for
the maintainance Of an insane person in an
eatern asylum since 1868 by vote OF Al to ?.
In the House bills were introduced
for State road from Willmar to Minnesota
Falls; relating to the issue Of bonds; encour
aging the use ofsleas tracking four feet wide ;
relating to the redemption Of lands sold for
taxes; fixing the time in which cases in State
courts shall be decided; amending laws re-
garding taxes for committe tn select site for
the inebriate asylum. Bills passed for paying
Co. E. Third regiment; relieving poor; pro-
viding for biennial sessions-62 to 80; relat-
ing to civil actions enabling towns to levy q
3mill tax when the valuation exceeds Q25, ,Oi,O
and four mill tax when under that amount,
and amending the school laws, authorizing
districts to hold four months TERMS
Thursday the 10th inst. was the 3oth
day OF the session, and the 18th working day
OF the Senate. The State railroad bond ques-
ton was referred to committee Of five. Sem
ator Williston introduced bill for establish
ing an iuebriate asylum at Redwing. Ar.
Graves offered bill providing for ajudicial de-
cision on the validity of the old railroad
bonds. A bill was passed amending the gen.
eral school law so az to apportion the school
fund according to the schools actually en-
rolled. A bill was also passed authorizing the
voting of aid to the Southwestern railroad.
1t was the 9th working day in the
House. Bills were introduced--to amend the
inebriate asylum act by locating the institu-
ton at Redwing; to legalize the levy of taxes in
Folk, Big Stone, Rock, Swift, Wadena, Crow
Wing and Morrison; also bill to regulate the
pay Of judges Of probate relating to inspection
OF mineral oils; and relating to schools. The
bill making county superintendents of schools
elective was rejected. Bills were then passed.
amending the highway laws for the relief Of
settlers upon the Hastings & Dakota and
Southern Minnesota railroad lands and Great
ing safety insurance funds
In the Senate on the 18th, the Presi.
dent announced that he had appointed Sena-
tors Meighen, Butler, Folsom, Wilkinson and
Doughty, the special committee on State Rail-
road bonds. Bills were introduced providing
tor the adoption OF children; providing for
plaintiffs being responsible to sheriffs for ser-
vice OF executions attachments, &C., for relief
OF claimants occupying lands; authorizing St.
Paul to expend 99, ,0OO on rvads in Dakota
county; providing for equalizing taxes in RAM
sey county; amending charter If st. Paul. 80
as to afdx interest on assessments; extending
to the Hastings and Dakota railroad company
the privilege OF completing its line and receiv-
ing its grant within five years, twenty-five
miles to be built each year; appropriating
1851. so to Senator Durfee for expenses Of con-
tested election; amending the highway
law OF 1863 A memorial to Con9ress
was introduced for the extension to the State
OF the Hastings and Dakota land grant for six
years. Bills were PASSED fixing salary OF the
probate judges Of 81. Louis county 1t $4,000:
incorporating the village Of lie Roy, Mower
Co.; exempting editors and publishers ma
terial to the amount of $4,000, and stock to
the amount of e4oo; authorizing Olmsted Co
to levy tax OF q, 200 for fitting tair grounds.
the bill locating > second Safe prison At Owa.
tonna was discussed at length, hut no conclu-
sion arrived At. The ILL providing for the
election Of county superintendent was indef-
nitely postponed. Mr. Smith introduced 4
bill amending the tax law. The bill forbidding
sectarianism in public schools was reported
favorably with IN amendment forbidding the
teaching of foreign languages. In committe of
the whole the House bill to amend the con.ti-
tuition 80 that homesteads shall not he exempt
for debts for labor. and material for their i'm
provement, was discussedat length.
In the House bills were introduced to
establish clerkship in Secretary Of States Of
doe; authorizing Eyota to hold'general or spec
ial elections; for mail route from Chaska to
Exeelsior. Bills were passed providing boun-
ties for destruction Of wolves; preventing de-
structi0n Of fish in Blue Rarth County: chang.
the name Of Pembina to the county Of Kittson:
"pprcpsiating money TO reimburse certain
counties for money spent in the desruction Of
grasshoppers; for ferry across the Mississippi
At Aaoka. Bills passed-relating to elections:
amending articles Of assessment, and relating
to taxes, besides several local bills. Indefinite.
~ postponed-pFe eventing county officers from
holding other Offices; salaries Of judges: and re-
lating to deeds and mortgages.
The following bills were introduced in
the senate on tee 18th: to legalize the incor-
poration Of the State agricultural society: Ia
procure the portraits of the ex-Governors ot
Minnesota. The committee on Roads and
bridges reported that no appropriation from the
internal Improvement fund should be made:
This affects all road and bridge bills. The bill
for election Of county school superintendents
WAS reoonsidered and referred. Senate bills
paased-relating to howage Of dams, and relat-
ing to civil elections.
The House voted down the resolution
for printing the governors message in three
different languages. "A committe Was ordered
| 70 report upon the expediency of oaerine .
bounty for graseltoppeIs. Bills were passed
to amend laws relating to co operative 1850
Il ciatin,aa "a amend sla0 alat;n., a.