The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
Minnesota LegiSlature


postponed Lineau's bill substituting the gull
lotlne tor the gallows, and declined to me-
moriallze Congress to pensioning soldiers of
the Mexican war. Mr.. Donnelly introduced a
blll asking Congress to amend the tree cul-
lure act SO as to require but ten acres
OF trees to be cultivated instead of forty acres.
bill was passed providing bounty of 5000
for catching horse thief. House Bills were
passed changing the name of the town of
Liberty to Lake Park; incorporating the vii
lage OF Reads. In committee OF the whole it
vas recommended to strike out the clause in
the insurance taw compelling companies to
invest 500, 600 in U. S. bonds
In the House on the 3Oth, Mr.. Bonni-
we'll called up his resolution Tor sending tor
persons and papers as testimony before the
railroad committee, and it was passed after
good deal OF opposition. A communication
was received from the Attorney General in
answer to resolution asking tor an opinion
on the st. Paul and Pacific railroad question !;
ne deciding that the act of 1776, chapter III,
IS constitutional and offorcee. Bills were in
troduced by MIR. Crooks to empower railroad
companies to enter into agreement with bond
no!ders; ana to empower railroad companies
to issue preferred stock Mr. Mott introduced
Oil increasing the number of commissioners
OF Wihona county to seven. Bills were also
introduced to amend the savings bank law :;
giving $4,000 to the Forestry ASSOCIATION: to
incorporate Zumbrota; relating to the assess.
ment and collection of taxes, and for boun-
ties tor the planting OF trees. A bill was
passed amending the charter of Mortified.
and also amending the charter of Hamline
University.
Bills were introduced in the Senate,
the 31st, to provide for posting constitu-
onal amendments Tor the information of vo-
ters; amending the act Incorporating the Min
nesota Western railroad company; to create a
new Judicial circuit of Anoka, Wright, s'her-
burne, Mile Laos and Isanti counties: besides
several OTHER bills. Senate bills were passed
on various unimportant local matters, also
several important House bills. The bill to
Admit James r. Bennett to practice law was
passed-22 to II. The bill asking Congress
10 pension soldiers OF the Mexican war, was
again brought before the Senate by reconsid-
erlnS the vote by which it was on the pre-
vi0us day postponed. Mr.. Donnelly's usury
Dill was passed, after repeated amendment,
py a vote OF Is to 8. The bill to establish a
second hospital Tor the insane, to be located
AZ Rochester, was discussed at much length,
Mr.; Wlllston moving to strike out Rochester
ana insert Red Wing. After much comment
the Senate adjourned without acting upon
either the bill or the amendment
On the 3lst ult. petitions poured in
from all over the State asking for the passage.
OF the pill regulating the sale of liquor, intro
oucea hy MI. Wilson,. A large number OF
r
protesting against the passage of the bill for
bidding the killing OF birds which prey upon
grasshoppers. Bills were introduced on iu-
merous unimportant local subjects Senate
bills We're passedseaving the summoning OF
grand ]urles discretionary with circuit judges
IN counties having less than II, 00o population;
amending the act incorporating the St. Louis
Dalles improvement company; exempting
benevolent associations from the insurance
laws: House bills were passed relating to re-
p]evln Chlld's amended usury law incor-
porating B. nson; authorizing the draining OF
certain lakes in lsanti county; amending the
general law for Incorporating villages. The
bill submitting the twice defeated constitu-
tlonal amendment to another vote by the peo-
pie was passed, also the bill authorizing
towns III 1santi, Mile Laos and Sherburne
counties to vote bonds to aid in building a
railroad. In committee of the whole the bill
tor constitutional amendment prohibiting
the use Of public money in sectarian schools
was amended so as to apply to all schools
where religious ceremonies or services are
had, and motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost by vote OF 43 to 81.
In the Senate, on the LIST inst, after
the presentation OF the usual number of pe-
titions, Mr.. Hall introduced memorial to
Congress opposing any extension OF time for
way. Mr.. Stacy introduced a bill reducing
the required test of kerosene to 10 degrees
Various other bills of a minor character were
introduced, after which Donnelly's usury bill
was called up and amended 50 that one-half
OF all penalties collected under its provision
shall go to the school fund. The bill was
criticised by Messrs. Williston, Wheelock and
Edgerton, and strongly defended by Mr. Don
nelly, r. 1. Smith, Nelson, Wilkinson, Doran
and others. The bill was finally passed by a
vote OF 26 to IL. The bill, in brief, provides
that the rate of interest in no case Shall be
greater than twelve per cent, and if so COL
lected the whole amount ofinterest paid may
be recovered, and all notes OF bills upon which
more than twelve per cent. shall be charged
shall be void, whether the fact be shown on
the face of the instrument or otherwise. The
bill then provides for clerical errors and other
proper exceptions.
The House on the LIST inst, passed
the Senate bill to prevent catching fish in
Round Lake, and House bills appropriating
$4,000 tor repairing the Normal School at
Mankato, relating to writs of habeas corpus,
and changing school district boundary in
lsanti county. a large number OF bills were
| introduced, among which the only ones of i'm
pOrtance to our readers were the following: to
compel children to attend school to provide
for draining wetlands orswamps ; and amend
ing the laws OF 1873 relating to county treas
urers. In committee of the whole the bill to
pay Wheeler and Manning, who killed two OF
the Northtield robbers $500 each, was recon-
mended to pass. Mr.. Mills offered resol,l-
ton declaring the office OF Railroad Commits
sioner unnecessary and sinecure ; the res
olution went over under notice OF debate
n large number of bills were intro
duced in the Senate on the I'd, among which
was one legsalizing printing country newspa-
pers upon the cooperative plan, and bill le-
CALLING the conveyance Ofreal property with
but one witness The committee appointed
to enquire into the eligibility of Senators re-
ported that they had been unable to find any
suspicion or doubt u con the eligibility of any
Senator A bill was introduced author
izing Wilkin, Becker and Wauena coun-