The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-03-01
Minnesota Legislature.

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Senate then entered into the consideration of
the tax law, but adjourned without final
action. The evening session was devoted to
the ghen-Edwards contested election
case. .~ =.
In the House on the Goth, resolu.
ton was introduced declaring against grants
OF swamp lands to corporations and demand
ing that the same be sold and the proceeds
applied as sinking fund TOR payment OF
claims against the State. Bills were intro
duced amending the act incorporating Farm
ington amending the laws relating to roads,
castways and bridges regulating the the ad-
mission of the Hail Insurance company to this
State; providing the establishment Of free H.
braries in cities; reapportioning Carver county
into legislative districts, passed under sus-
pension OF rules. The Senate bill providing
the public schools was taken up and after con-
siderable discussion was passed; ayes SO, nays
SO, absent, 9.
In the Senate on the 21st bills were
introduced, relating to assessments for i'm
provements in Duluth amending the stat
utes relating to meetings of railroad stock
holders; for State road in Sibley and LIE
Sueur counties; to protect manufacturers of
ale, beer, &C.. in the possession Of their casks,
bottles &C.; aPpropm1iatipg $4,000 to State Ag;;
under suspension of rules: Amending the
act incorporating Duluth; Incorporating
WATERFOWL, Carver county; relating to the
Mississippi and Rum River Boom Company.
The House amendments to the school text
book bill were then concurred.
The House on the 21st inst, ,rescinded
the amendment OF the committee of the whole
reducing the amount appropriating the
$20, 600 to $441.o5. The bill as originally in
troduced was ordered toa third reading Bills
were introduced preventing town boards from
letting contracts to its own members amend
ing the act Incorporating Faribault; amend.
ing section 10 chapter IS, of statutes relating
to housebreaking; fishing in lakes in Rice
county; relating to duties Of Board Of Health !;
clerk hire in Secretary OF States Office; relat-
ing to foreclosure of railroad mortgages; ap-
propriating $500 for iron,fence:arounds Soldiers
monument at Fort Ridgely; authorizing Swift
county to issue bonds providing board
OF school examiners in each county.
House bills were passed authorizing the
village OF Minnesota Lake to issue bonds !;
and Dodge counties; authorizing treasurer of
Stearnss county to pay over certain moneys;
amending the act incorporating the village OF
Jordan; providing for local option in Lake
City; restraining cattle, &C., from running at
large in town iPilot Mound, Fillmore county;
!Cidt!llS W lees VI uOts&f1eS puU1c; relatlng 10
foreclosure Of mortgages; reducing rate Of in
rayens seSaf% S fish n apRRsrd
Lake, Wright county; authorizing Polk
county to issue bonds; reducing rate Of inter-
est on taxes due by persons whose crops have
been destroyed hy grasshoppers and other
bonds; amending the law relating to the
Swede Insurance Company in Carver county !;
incorporating village Of Grand Meadow au-
thorizing counties of Stearns, Meeker, Nc
Leod, sibley and Nicollet to issue bonds tor
railroad purposes; attaching counties OF yell
low Medicine and Chippewa to the 9th Ju-
d dicial District granting swamp, lands to the
pay Of officers of Carver county; 1eimbursing
Morrison county for expenses of murder trial
lost, ayes Al nays 36 +; authorizing residents
OF this State to vend their own productions by
paying license OF $500; amending statutes
relating to elections; prescribing the penalty
for murder in the first degree.
The Senate, on the ed, spent most
1.-THE day in the consideration OF the Meighen-
Edwards contested election case. In the af-
the case, but no vote was reached.
In the House, on the 22d, Rev. H. W.
Beecher was invited to open the House with
prayer on the morning Of the 9th. Bills
were introduced, amending the laws relating
to the printing and distribution of laws and
documents preventing taking OF salmon in
lakes OF Rice county relating to compensa-
ton OF jurors in justices courts relating to
duties OF county com missioners in q antiDg
county relating to road tax in Sibley county;
preventing destruction Of fish in Anoka coun-
ty; regulating salary of county auditor Of
Anoka county; preventing manufacture and
sale of adulterated liquors. House bills
were passed ,appropriating money for the gen.
eral expenses OF the State government for 1877;
Mr.. J. NJ. Gilman introduced bill in relation
read the first time. It is in the nature of q
| compromise and has been agreed upon by the
opponents OF the late railroad contest as the
best settlement of the existing differences and
clashings of interest. The bill was agreed
upon at a conference of the opposing interest
held on the 2lst. It forfeits, unreservedly,
the Brainard Branch, while conditicnally ex-
tending to the company the time for the COM
pletion of the st. Vincent Branch by way ct
Melrose. These conditions! are specifically
that the ''Bond" Company shall construct the
road to Sauk Centre before the first day Of
July, 1878; thence to Alexandria before the
, first day Of j.. January, @ 1872 thence to Fergus
Crookston to the boundary line be-
Fergus Falls to Glyndon before January
LIST 1881. The Brainerd Branch is declared
forfeited, but provision is made for
the organization of any company Tor the
purpose OF constructing said branch.
Senate set bs osP were Psssed aatRho11zng fishing
ty; amending the laws of 1876 relating to H.
Illuminating oils; relating to town insurance
companies; providing for six months stay OF
execution on judgements of district courts !;
constituting wire fences legal fences Host, re-
considered and committed to special committee
anime Normal Schools with view Of chang.
ing one OF them into an Insane Asylum lost,
ayes Al, nays, SO.
In the Senate, on the 23d, bills were
introduced, legalizing conveyances Of powers
OF attorney with one subscribing witness; re-
lating to acknowledgements of deeds; relating
to liens on seed grain; appr0priating 81, 600
for immigration purposes; relating to persons
exempt from serving as grand jurors; regulat3
ing the construction Of dams; authorizing
publication of special laws in papers of the
from Pipestone and attaching the same to
Rock; memorializing Congress for lighthouse
on Stannard's point, Lake Superior. House
bill was passed, extending the time for the
completion of the Winona and Southwestern
railroad. The bill providing for the payment
" tne IluueSoLa 0tate halltOaO bOn0S Dy the
issue Of the new 30-year bonds-said issue to
be subject to a vote Of the people at special
election to be held June 13th-was discussed
and after amondn :nt, in hecommittee OF the
whole, was recommended to pass.
In the House, on the 23d, bills were
introduced relating to contracts for local inn
provements in st. Paul !; amending laws re-