The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
Minnesota Legislature.

| mAuACSOUdt ACSIoldCuIE.
The Governor has approved sixtv-
three bills up to the 10th, showing an active
session thus far, In the Senate, on that dav
bills were introduced to reduce the number o
copies of certain public documents to I've
printed for the appointment of deputy clerks
OF court !; to authorize certain towns in Carve r.
| wright, Mcleod, Hennepin and Stearns ooun-
ties to vote bonds. A bill was also introduced
to amend the general tax laws. The amend
ment gives three years redemption, but does
not reduce the rate OF interest or penalty: the
other changes are slight. Senate bills passed
allowing fishing in Kandiyohi county two
school bills TOR Wright county; relating to
| payment OF delinquent taxes, personal taxes.
| authorizing town insurance companys; for
relief OF judgment debtors; exempting Men
nonites from military duty; bounties for pock-
ct gophers, and for the collection OF delin-
quent taxes: House bills passed relating to
school district boundaries; fishing in LeSueur
sued in Renville and Mcleod counties; al
lowing Iowa railroads to extend lines into
| Minnesota; incorporating Carver and Lewis
ton for State road from Shakopee to St..
! Paul. "Wednesday evening at O'clock the
contest between ex-senator Meighen and
Senator Edwards will commence.
The Senate, on the 18th, had a lively
! discussion on the bill to raise l X mill tax
| tor school purposes, Mr.. Donnelly being the
chief opponent of the measure. lie said the
bill would add more than one hundred thou
| sand dollars to the taxation of the State. The
bill finally went back to the committee OF the
whole. The bill appropriating $50 each to
Manning and Wheeler as reward for kill
| ing the Northfeld robbers, was indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Stacy's bill for the test of il
| Eliminating oils was recommended to pass.
A number of unimportant bills were
introduced in the House on the 18th, and re-
| terred to appropriate committees Senate
bills were passed to incorporate the village OF
Planvlew empowering 20 city council OF
Owatonpa to aid the public library; amend
ing the charters of Shakopee, and Albert
Lea authorizing Mobiles and Ramsey coun-
ties to issue bonds; amending the laws relat-
ing to legal process and relating to appoint
ment OF guardians. The Senate bill to pay
the L. S. Il M. railroad company for certain
| stumpage was defeated House bills were
passed authorizing the issue OF bonds in Pope,
Carver and Wright counties for the removal
OF the county seat OF Becker county : tor the
| organization Of new counties, and pro-
viding for legal service upon non-res-
ident land owners. The railroad commit
tee presented compromise bill regarding va"
ri"us interests in the St P. Il P. extension
lines. The bill contains. the following pro-
| visions: All franchises in question arr. for
teited to the State; the bondholders shall have
first right to construct either line and take its
franchises but must file their acceptance by
May first, and must g i've security to complete
the road from Melrose to Alexandria in one
year from date of such notice, and from Alex
andria to fergus Falls in two years, and to
Glyndon in three years the line from Crooks
ton to St. Vincent must I've commenced June
LIST 1877, and completed without delay. In
| case of failure of the bondholders to come in.
| the offer is available to others who may COM
ply with the terms. The bill repeals the Gil
! man bill of last winter.
A joint resolution was presented in
the Senate, on the 18th, returning the thanks
OF the State to- Manning and Wheeler and
| other citizens OF Mortified, tor their heroic
conduct in repelling the gang of robbers
Senate bills were passed, among others, Tor
posting up constitutional amendments on
| election day; reducing the test OF kerosene to
| 40 degrees; for ascertaining the feasibility
OF making an ins ane asylum OF one OF the Nor
NAL School buildings to require county treas
urers to visit townships to collect taxes only
when ordered by the commissioners; appeals
| from probate courts; relating to the
stay of executions. House bills passed
tor the incorpol alton OF religious bod
les aba aamgt;s1 tax penalties in
deeds; preventing killing deer in Morrison
county; for the discharge of INDECENT persons
in Jail; regulating the construction OF ditchc 8.
In committee OF the whole the grasshopper
bounty bill was under discussion, but final
action not taken. The committee on state
railroad bonds reported two bills to the Senate,
one to devote the soc. 900 acres of internal i'm
provement lands providing for settlement
with the lOndhOlders.
! In the House the bill for the repeal
of the Inebriate Asylum act was reported
back from the committee by majority and
minority recommendations. The bills intro
duced were; for uniformity and the free use Of
text books; for repeating the law for Publish
ing session laws in the newspapers; abolish
ing the offices OF insurance Commissioners,
Adjutant General and Railroad Commissioner
Senate bills were passed approprjating 1900
to pay reward Tor the capture OF the robbers,
aud regulating salaries of county officers. The
temperance bill was taken up and discussed at
length. A strong lobby of ladies had been
present for several days, as also had promi-
The debate was the warmest and most inter-
esting OF the session, and was participated in
by Prot. Il B. Wilson, Messrs. Mott. Fred
icks, Bean, Mills and others against the bill,
and by Messrs. Bentley and hid in its favor
The bill was lost SO to so. The text hook bill
next come up and it was as warmly discussed
as the previous measure, but no action taken.
The Senate, on the 18th. in com.
mittee OF the whole, recommended the House
grasshopper bounty bill to pass; only two
votes being given against any OF its provis-
ions. Among the bills introduced was one to
declare dogs to be personal property, also one
to allow liu,ited divorce. A Senate bill was
passed fixing terms of court in the fourth ju-
dicial district. The House bill tor tax of X
mills to support the common schools came W
as special order, and was discussed al
length, Messrs. Wilkinson, James Smith,
Jr., and Yale opposed the bill as calculated tc
tax the cities to the extent OF 10000 for the
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ock, Donnelly, Robbins and others supported
the bill, and it was ordered to q third reading