Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
ANIMATED PROCEEDINGS JESTER
DAY.

The Big Railroad Fight in the Senate
impeachment Articles Presented--Report
Generating Judge Cox Adopted--The
House BATTLES on Huge Batch of Bills.
Senate.
SIS. PAUL, March 4.-On Senator Edgerton's I
motion the Senate will meet during the balance |
of the session at o'clock a. m.
Senator G. D. Gilfllan presented protest of
| the Western railroad against the legislation
proposed in Senator Nelson's BILL or any other
legislation interfering with their vested rights.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
| By Senator Edgerton-To incorporate the vii.
lage of Fairmont.
| By Senator Doran-To amend the act of in
corporation Of the borough of LIE Sueur.
| By Senator c. D. Gilfllan-By request, a bill
for commission of attorneys to collect of the
United States certain per centum on the sale
of certain government lands
t By Senator Doran-To prevent the catching
| or destruction of fish in certain lakes in LIE
Sueur county. Passed.
BY Senator G. D. Gilfllan-For the release to
the original owners, on certain conditions, of
lands acquired by the State for the non-pay-
ment of taxes prior to the year 1874.
By Senator Smith-To amend the statutes re-
lating to county treasurers
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
| To legalize the incorporation Of the East and
| West Norway Evangelical Lutheran churches,
Kandiyohi county; legalizing official seals; re-
lating to mandamus regulating fees of comfy
clerks in mortgage foreclosures; authorizing
the Casualty and other insurance companies to
do business in the State; to legalize the acts of
notaries whose comissions have expired; relat-
ing to Chisa8o lake; relating to district school
treasurers' reports: appropriating money to pay
interest State bonds; authorizing Renyille
county to issue bonds; wolf bounties: terms of
court in Becker county; appropriating $500 for
expressage and postage Of books sent to other
States; relating to appointment of assessors;
making publication of laws in the Legal
Reporter legal publications. amending the
law relating to the meeting of commissioners;
description of money in Indictments; estates in
dowry; insurance of exempt property to be ex-
empt from seizure; equalization Of taxes in
Ramsey county; for surveys of street lines OF
st. Paul. weekly reports of the treasurer of
Ramsey county relative to public improvements
in st. Paul; fixing and appropriating money for
salaries of State officers.
SENATE BILL LOST
Increasing the salary of district judges to
! So 900. Vote reconsidered and bill laid on the
table,
Recess till 2:3O o. clock.
5 AFTERNOON SESSION.
y Immediately upon reassembling, the Senate
. resumed the passage of bills, the first taken up
. being the general appropriation bill, which was
. amended, on motion of Senator Nelson, to in
Y crease the appropriation for contingent ex-
y penses of the state superintendent of public
. instruction from 5000 to $500. and appropriat-
ing 5000 for the expenses of the State text book
. commission. On Senator Nelson's motion, the
y bill was also amended to include the House
Il.
y ment. The bill then passed. Also Senate bill
. passed for encouraging fruit culture.
= HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
< Relief of settlers swamp lands; relating
n to the Duluth fire department.; incorporating
O the village of Taopi, Mower county; incorpo
o rating the village Of Lake Crystal; town site Of
n Northland, Lyon county; cattle running a
s large in Grant county; increasing the commits
n sioners of Morrison county to FIVE; treasurer Of
i Isanti county; amending the charter of North
s field; paying jurors in Big Stone county; cleo
* ton of superintendent of schools in Ramse.
/ county; Sycamore and Acker streets, in st
u Paul; avenue around Lake Phalen; amending
Is the charter of St. Cloud; legalizing an expendi
x ture by the supervisors of Washington Lake
Is Sibley, county; to require the commissioners o
* Sibley county to give bonds in $4,000 each
N legalizing the Lansing Cemetery association
10 Mower county.
Is The Senate next received the House Impeach
Is ment Managers as elsewhere reported.
IS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA RAILROAD.
-, 20 The Senate, in committee of the whole wit
~ ~ forty-nine bills general orders, moved alon
% % smoothly until it struck the bills relating t
~ the Southwestern railway company and South
~ ~ ern railway extension company, when Ser
~ ator Armstrong asked that the latter bill b
AZ read, stating at the same time that he under
" stood amendments were to be offered to it, bu
81 og that its friends desired it's passage just
II /
90 fully considered, and such provisions incorp,
10 rated as made it satisfactory to the people
20 that section directly interested in the road
90 90 Senator Goodrich, who introduced the bi
oO granting the lands to the Southwestern railwa
90 company, proceeded to explain the col
30 80 ed runs from Winnebago City to the weste1
w w boundary of the State, the lands applicab
10 10 thereto with the exception of some 40,0l
10 acres, lying west of the st. Paul & Sioux Gil
w w road. These lands were now forfeited al
20 20 their bestowal upon any company for the pu
20 poses of constructing road along the line dc
% % ignated, was competent with the Legislator
~ His bill was introduced for the purpose of usil
~ ~ those lands for the purposes specified, but
w w compromise having been effected he withdre
oU his bill and moved that House file 211, the b
10 10 relating to the Southern railway extensi
on company, be recommended to pass.
~ Senator G. d. Gilfllan offered an amendme
to strike out sections and 8, and inserting
oo place thereof a provision requiring the Sout
ern extension company to commence its co
struction westward from the Sioux City liz
and confne itself to it's
Gated line west from Jacks
county, and specifying the dates upon viii
sh certain portions of the lines shall be construct
ist- during 1873, in all about 100 miles, and put
operation-failure to comply with which, sh
I'M work a forfeiture of the rights acquired by t
lily passage Ta fbi Of th,s ai Mr. a;,s,n ..
some length, holding that the provisions Of I
old amendment were the same as attached to
~ railroad acts passed in the last five years; IL
On the provision restricting them to this locat
line was due to the settlers who had sett
40 along it, with the expectation Of the road bel
ale. ssn.tnr Goof,r;cb +borob+ tho res+r;c+;,
anu sought to be imposed by the amendment u.
the Southern Extension company unnec
Ears sarly harsh. As he understood the intentions
and that company it proposed to adhere to it's local
inz line. If not it could get no lands
9th also proposed good crops blessing the st
this season, to build to jackson this year. a
of next year to the western boundary of the Sta
the He also held that commencement of constr
yes ton west from the Sioux City line would
the be in compliance with the grant, and that
done, no lands could be secured until
for gap was completed.
ran Senator j. B. Gilfllan controyerted the
ner ter assertion, citing the practice in the c
e Of struction of other roads, where, upon the &C
pletion of any ten miles, the grant of IL
appertaining to such ten miles invaria
ayOr issued.
,3O4 Senator Goodrich re-asserted his views t
ner, in this case it would require the construct
rity of a continuous line before the company co
secure any lands. The grant was for the +
yes pose OF an entire route. he hoped the anne
six ments would not be adopted.
- Senator DOnnellv moved that when