Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-01
Minnesota Legislature.


27th
Minnesota Legislature.
SENATE, Feb. 2O.-The bill refund |
ing certain taxes in Dodge county heretofore |
passed was reconsidered and indefinitely |
postponed. The bill providing for biennial |
ox :" Se aha ss
was adopted yeas 81, nays l6. The bill was |
then referred to the judiciary committee for |
amendment Bills were introduced, relating |
10 lees st shezi&s ct Ramsey county; relating |
to fences along railroads; ; providing Tor dam |
ages tor right Of way tor railroads; for recip-
relating to liens allowing women to vote On
local option. The Senate then entered into
the consideration OF the tax law, but adjourn.
ed without final action. The evening session
was devoted to the Meighen-Edwards con.
tested election case.
House, Feb. 2O.-A resolution was
introduced declaring against grants Of swamp
lands to corporations, and demanding that
the same he sold, and the proceeds applied
against the State. Bills we're introduced
amending the act incorporating Pennington;
amending the law relating to roads, castways
and bridges; regulating the admission OF the
Hail Insurance company to this State provid.
ing the establishment oi tree libraries in cities;
reapportiouing Carver county into legislative
districts passed under suspension ri rules.
The Senate bill providing tor uniform sys-
tenn of heap text books for the public
schools was taken up and after considerable
discussion was passed; ayes, 50 nays, SO; alb
sent, 9.
SENATE, Feb. 2l.-Bills were intro.
duced, relating to assessments tor street inn
provements in Duluth amend ing the stat
tutes relating to meetings OF railroad stock
holders; tor State road in S,bley and Le
Sueur counties; to protect manutacturers It
ale, beer, &C., in the possession OF their casks,
bottles &c. appropriat"g 81, 600 to State Ag-
ricutural Society. The following we're passed
under suspension of rules: A, ending the
set incrp poratipg Duluth; il cooperating
Mississippi and Rum River Boom Companyt
The Ho,is.. amendments to the school tex
book bill were then concurred in.
House Feb2l The iions. rescinded
the amendment of the committee OF the whole
reducing the amount appropri.ting the
amount Tor bounties Tor tree planting from
81, 90 to S44l25. The bill as originally in
Bills were introduced preventing town boards
from letting contracts to its own members;
amending the act incorporating Farbault;
amending section 12, chapter 95, OF statutes
relating to housebreaking; fishing in lakes
| il Rice county; relating to duties OF Board OF
| eys paid for clerk hire in Secretary of States
Office; relating to foreclosure Of railroad mort
! Cages; apprOpriating $500 tor iron fence
| around soldiers monument at Fort Ridgely;
| authorizing Swift county to issue bonds pro-
viding board OF school examiners in each
county. House bills were passed authorizing
| the village of Minnesota Lake to issue bonds;
prohibiting shooting OF pigeons in O'nsted
aud Dodge counties; authorizing treasurer Of
! Stearns county to pay over certain moneys;
| amending the act incorporating the village OF
Jourdan; providing for local option in Lake
City; restraining cattle, &c., from running at
relating to fees OF notaries public; relating to
foreclosure of mortgages; reducing sale Of i'll
crops were destroyed by grasshoppers;
preventing destruction of fish in Howard
Lake, Wright county; authorizing Polk
county to issue bonds; reducing rate OF in
have been destroyed by .grasshoppers and
other causes; authorizing Rock county to is
sue bonds amending the law relating to the
Swede Insurance Company, of Carver county;
incorporating village Of Grand Meadow; au-
thorizing counties OF Stearns, Meeker,. Nc
Leod, Sibley and Nicoliet to issue bonds tor
railroad purposes attaching counties OF Yel-
low Medicine and Chippewa to the 9th Ju-
dicial District; granting swamp lands to the
St. Cloud md st. Peter railroad; regulating
fees OF officers of Carver county reimbursing
Morrison county for expenses OF murder trial
Host, ayes al nays 35 i; authorizing residents
OF this State to yend their own productions
by paying license Of S. 90; amending statutes
relating to elections; prescribing the penalty
for murder in the first degree.
SENATE, Feb. 22.-The Senate spent
most OF the day in the consideration Of the
Meighen- Edwards contested election case. In
the afternoon the counsel On each side
summed up the case, but no vote was
reached.
House, Feb. 22.-Rev. II. w.
Beecher was invited to open the House with
prayer on the morning OF the 9th. Bills
were introduced, amending the laws relating
public documents !; preventing taking OF SAL
mon in lakes OF Rice c0uaty relating to COM
pensation Of Jurors in Justices courts; relating
to duties Of county commissioners in granting
licenses; providing for organization OF Cass
county; relating to road tax in Sioley county
ty; regulating salary Of county auditor o1
Anoka county preventing manufacture and
sale OF adulterated liquors. House bills were
passed, appropriatiny money for the general
expenses OF the State government tor 1877
Mr. J. NJ. Gilman Introduced bill in relation
| 10 the CC. raul q r8cIuC n1iIIOHu WulC1 W<sS
read the first time. It is in the nature OF q
compromise and has been agreed upon by the
opponents OF the late railrva contest as the
best settlement of the existing differences and
c]ashings at interest The hill was sgreed
upon at conference oftie opposing iutrre1ta
held on the 2lst. 1t terfei z, unreserved'y,
the Brainerd Branch, while c.'ndit,onally ex-
teading TO the com pany the time tor the COM
pletion Of the St. Vincent Branch by way o'
MelrOse. These conditions are specifically
that the "Bond" Company shall con .tructt {
road to Sauk Centre bet"re the first day o
July, 1878; thence to Alexandria before the
:! fiFst day Of January, 1879 thence tn Fergus
Falls before the lirst "ay Of January, 1881;
from Crookston to the b.undary line before
January list, 1880; and from Fergus Falls ia
Glyndon beio'e January list, 1881: The
but provision is made for the
organization of any company for The
purpose of constructing said branch
Senate bills were passed authorizing fishing
} with nets in certain lakes in KsndiyOhi coun.
ty; amending the laws of 1876 relating to il
Illuminating oils; relating to town insurance
} companies !; providing tor six months stay O
} execution on judgements OF district courts
constituting wire fences legal fences lost, re-
considered, aid committed to special COM
: mittee OF seven armers1; creating commission
to examine Normal schools with the view o.
changing ore Of them into an Insane Asylum
Host, ayes Al, nays 80
SENATE Feb. 23.-Bills were intro
!. duced, legalizing conveyances by powers o
attorney with, one subscribing ~itnes ;; relat.
ing to acknowledgements Of deeds; relating
liens on seed grain; appropriating 81, 600 fol