The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31
Minnesota Legislature.

Mr.. lineau submitted in the Senate,
on the God, a Joint resolution endorsing the
bill then before Congress for the settlement of
the Presidential question, but did not press
its passage. The same gentlemen introduced
bill providing for the pun shment OF MUIR
derers the bill making death the punishment
for murder in the first degree unless the jury
specifies imprisonment for life. This is TO do
away with the dodge Of pleading guilty to
save hanging Bills were introduced to make
paupers town charge; to prohibit lewd and
lascivious conduct; amending the act relat-
ing to the compensation of jurors, and several
unimportant local bills.
In the House, on the 22d, d resoln-
ton was introduced looking tor revision of
the statutes, also endorsing the bill before
Congress to provide tor counting the electoral
vote. Bills were introduced relating to Ger
tain costs in justice courts providing tor
filing of notes and other evidence OF indebted
ness with the registe of deeds; to authorize
1santi count, to issue bond; repeating the
printing material exemption law; fixing the
mileage OF physicians; relating to auditing
accounts in probate court; relating to the
filing of chattel mortgages; and to provide
for electing the superintendent of schools in
Dakota county.
In the Senate on the 23d, Mr.. Hall
introduced a joint resolution to Congress, to
| amend the tree culture act bv reducing the
amount to be planted from 40 to 10 acres on
each 100 acres. A bill was introduced to N
force the payment OF delinquent taxes; al<e
bill extending the time for the redemption of
lands sold for taxes. Messrs. Hall and Willis
ton were appointed as the Senate members OF
the committee to report upon plan ,or State
board of equalization The House resolution
to inquire into the ACCESSIBILITY OF revising the
Statutes, was concurred in. The bill fixing a
punishment tor the abduction OF unmarried
women for the purpose of prostitution was
passed, also amending the law relating to
| horse thieves, and the memorial to Congress
for land grant tor a railroad from st. Paul to
| Sault Ste Marie canal The resolution endors-
| ing the congressional compromise bill was
ing sessions. The Rep, btican Senators gen
orally favored the compromise but opposed
Mr.. Lenau's resolution Mr.. Eenau's
preamble was finally rejected
and a second resolution ~, offered by
| Senator Gilfillan was adj ,pted. The two re-
solutions as passed We're az follows:
| Resolved, That our Senators and Represent
atives in Congress be and the same are here
by requested to give their hearty support to
the bill presented by the select committee Of
Congress. which is ''to provide for and re-
gulate the counting OF the votes for President
and Vice President, and the decision OF
questions arisine, thereon"
And be it further Resolved, That our Sen
ators and Representatives. i'll Congress be re-
quested to favor the passage OF some measure
providing tor and facilitating speedy review
and determination by the proper courts of the
United States of any and all questions that
may grow out of or arise from any canvass of
! electoral votes or the declaration OF the result
| there f, or the installation in Office OF any
| President or Vice President in pursuance OF
| such canvass or declared result or pursuant to
any election by the respective houses of Con-
gress.
| The following was the vote:
! Yeas-Messrs. Brown, COnkey, Deuel.
Donnelly, Edgerton, Finseth, Folsom, Hall,
Langdon, Lienau, Macdonald, McHench,
Mayo, Morton, Nelson. P@hler, Renmorr,
Schoenbeck, Smith, James, Jr:, Smith, R: l.,
Stacy. Swanstrom, West, Wilkinson. Willis
! ton, Yale-26.
Nays-Messrs. Bailey, Butler, Gilfllan, Rob-
bins, Wheelock-5. .., -.
| Not voting-Archibald, Armstrong Daniels,
Doran, Dnrtee, Edwards, Henry, McNelly,
Page and Waldron.
In the House, on the 23d, the resolu-
ton introduced by Mr. MagoAin the previous
Kensie introduced q bill to reimburse LIE
Sueur county for expenses in the search of the
the Mortified robbers; another bill was in
troduced to pay $500 each to Manning and
Wheeler for shooting the two robbers killed
in Norihteld. The bill tor the annual appro-
priation of Sic, 900 tor the support of the Nor
NAL schools was passed after much discussion
yeas 81, nays Sc. MIR. Child's usury bill
coming up in committee of the whole, was
discussed at length, and after amending SO
that the law would allow Upper cent. interest,
but when a person shall charge more than
that he shall forfeit the entire interest. The
bill was recommended to pass. Messrs Child,
Gibbs and Finney supported the original bill.
and Messrs. Comstock, J. M Gilman, Server
and g. R. Hall opposed it. The bill reducing
mileage from Is cents a mile to ten cents was
indefinitely postponed.
The Senators on the Oath, had up
/ the memorial to CONGRESS- for a constitnt ional