The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-01

the capture Of the NorthAeld bandits. Bills
were introduced relating to the assessment and
collection Of taxes; relating to the duties Of Coun
ty Auditors and X gistcrs Of Deeds. Bills
passed-for posting mp Constitutional amend
ments on election day; reducing the test Of il'um.
mating oils to 10 degrees directing INQUIRY into
schools into an asylum; legalizing publications
In " patent inside newspapers; appointing
medical commiss on to discharge patients from
townships to collect taxes only wGen directed to do
60 by County Commissioners; compelling County
Attorneys to pay over moneys collected by them;
incorporation Of religious bodies; abating tai
penalties In grarsholper counties; for the dis.
CHARGE Of INDECENT prisoners in jais "A bill was
to pay grass hopper bounties. :. In Committee Of
the h. lie. the One and One half Mill School Tax
bill was considered and made the special order
were reported to the Senate and their passage
recommended. The Joint Committee on Rail
road Bonds reposted billsprescribing, the manner
shall be made, and setting. apart the proceeds Of
the sale Of 500.OW acres ofland for such payment
HoUsE-The bill repeating the act es-
tablishing the Asylum for lnebriates was reported
back with majority and minority reports, the for.
mer recommending its indefinite pOstp0nement
and the latter its passage Bills were introduced
books In the public schools; to repeal the act
providing Tor the publication of session laws in
newspapers; to regulate tie payment Of damages
ONCE Of Insurance Commissioner; abolishing the
office Of Adjutant- General; abolishing the office
Of Rail DAD Commissioner. Bills passed.
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The Prohibition bfll was taken up and discussed
the following t; result: Ayes, IS; noes. 50. A mo.
ton to reconsider prevailed and the bill was de.
!eated BY . vote OF 81 to o.. "A bill passed te
uniform and cheap text-to ks for The public
schools was considered. aud wi bout reaching .
l;nal vote the House adjourned.
SENATE-On the 18th, the House bin to
appropriate $4,000 for destroying graeshoppers
and their eggs came up in COMMITTEES OF the
y hole. A Ling debate followed, and. after some
slight amendments, its passage was recGnmended e.
vorce: for fencing railroads; declaring dogs per.
sonal property A joint resolution was offered
asking Congress to reduce the duties on books :;
Of common schools, was taken up st three
from one and ons-haK mills g one mill
Conclusion CON- Of which he bill was ordered to b
engrossed for its third reading by decided ma
josity The conte. ted election case OF Meighen
cussion, its further consideration postponed -.
In Committee Of the Whole, the proposed Con-
stitutional amendment prohibiting the pledgtng
OF t0c CTcUlt Incorporated tOWuS anu CAtAS0 w
corporations was Indefinitely postponed.
House. Bills were introduced-appro-
priating money for State purposes; appropristin2
money for the general expenses Of the State for
1877; authorizing Incorporated towns and villages
to I'D in the construction Of railroads. A joint
resolution passed providing for the expenses at
tending the legislation for the relief Of the destt
passed. authorizing Town Clerks to report to
County Auditors concerning town meeting; 70
peang portion Of the laws relating to exemp.
text books for the public schools was taken up
and amended, and finally referred to . COMMITTEES
to arrange The amendments be ore 1t came up ON
passage Of the bill relating to the preservation Of
game was recommended. The bill granting
public lands to aid in the construction OF rail-
road from Fergus Falls to the Northern pacia as
IL to 40.
SENATE-On the 10Th, bills were intro
duced-amending the Tax law relating to Justices
Courts Bills were passed--for opening tan
Judgments and allowing redemptions Of property
sold at tax sales to Z; dividing Duluth into 9
snS a1sn
tending the University Campus; sppropristine
money for soldiers orph u.s.. The School
IT,. biz was %ads n tn.
number Of bills were recommended for passage
The bill appropristing $4,000 to pay the ex.
traordina expenses incurred in the capture q
the Northfeld robbers was indefinitely postponed,
as was also . proposed amendment to the COnett.
Triton abolishing Grand Juries. In the evening
the contested election case OF Aeighen g. I'd
wards was further considered.
HousE-The bill relating to the duties
Of County Treasurers and to the care Of public
funds was indefinitely postponed. The Senate
bill exempting certain religious scots from mill
tary duty passed under . suspension OF the rules
=. The Committee on Agriculture presented I
bill declaring wire fence legal fence. senate
bills the statutes relating to thu
propagation Of front; amending the laws relating
to the Hospital for the Insane; defining how lega
publications shall be made; legalizing trans
fers Of real estate made with only one wit
ness; amending the statutes relating to thu
duties Of sherifs; The joint lesolatio =
| required to be planted with trees n quarter SEQ
tons, instead Z ,orty acres, WAS also adopted;
to aid in tn. con truc,ion Of the Fergus Fall
Railroad WIS defeated v as reconsidered. and tn
bill assed-56 to 49,. In Committee Of ths
Whole, the Railroad t'ompromise bill was debated
| but the Committee rose without reaching vote.