Daily globe., 1878-03-10
SAFELY ANCHORED.

Important Bills Signed Yesterday--Yext
Books, Lands for Bonds, and Capitol
Extension Among Them.
The sign-manual of the Governor is grad
uaily being fourished at the foot of each of
the components of the pile of bills under
which he was buried by the Legislature
Quite number were ground through the
gubernatorial mill yesterday, most of them
as usual, of special character. Up to $50
p. NJ. yesterday, at which hour Gov. Pills
bury left for home, 116 bills remained un
signed. The most important signed yester-
day are as follows, synopsis of the more
prominent ones being added:
For the recovery and destruction of the Min
negota State railroad bonds.
The text book bill.
Amending the act of 1877 relative to the ex-
tension of the lines of the st. Paul Pacific
railroad.
money on State lands previous to 1877.
Amending the charter of the Minnesota
Western railroad company.
Memorial to the Minnesota Congressional
delegation requesting its support for the fed
eral bill granting lands in aid of the narrow
cuage railroad from Bismarck and Fort Lin
coin, D, r., to the Black Hills
FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCA-
TION.
The superintendent of public instruction
and the president of the State university,
er-o6icto, and one other person, to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, and to hold Office
for three years, are appointed commissioners
on preparatory schools, the three to be col
lectiyely called the "High school board y
ANY public graded school, which has adopted
or may adopt the township system of
schools on the terms of the act, and which
admits pupils Of both sexes without charg-
ing tuition fees shall receive pecuniary aid;
provided no such school shall be required to
admit nonresident applicants for free tut
ton unless the applicants pass good ex-
animation in the branches for first grade
certificate except algebra, plain geometry,
and the theory and practice of teaching,
Schools applying for pecuniary aid must
comply with these conditions: That there
shall be regular and orderly courses of study
embracing ali the preliminary branches for
admission to the collegiate department. of
the State university, not lower than the third
class, and that the schools shall be at all
times open to the inspection of the board.
The board, or competent persons appointed
by it, shall inspect each school at least once
within the school year. The sum of $4,000
is appropriated for the purposes of the act,
of which the board is to apportion $4OO to
each school in the order of it's appliance and
qualification, no apportionment to be paya-
ble until the end of the school year of 1879.
The first two members of the board are to
serve without compensation and the third to
receive SS3 for each day actually and necessari-
ly employed. The actual and necessary ex-
penses of the board, or of any of it's exam
iners, are TO be paid as those of State officers
are; provided the expenses and apportioni Z
inents shall not together exceed $4,000 in
any one year. The board is empowered to
establish rules and regulations for the
schools, and must report annually in Sep
tember to the superintendent of instruction.
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL.
The sum Of $4,000 is appropriated for
the extension OF the western wing, or WaDa-
shaw street front, Of the capitol. Imme-
diately after the passage of the act the Gov
ernor is to take steps toward procuring plans
and specifications, is to advertise for pro-
posala for contract to execute the work, and
let it to the lowest responsible bidder The
extension is to be fitted up for the House OF
Representatives, and the present House
chamber is to be occupied by the Senate.