Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-27
MINNESOTA LEG1sLATURE.
Senate.

MINNESOTA LEG1sLATURE.
Senate.
MONDAY, February 17.-A petition
was presented from citizens OF Mcleod coun-
IT, asking for all extension Of time in which to
pay for seed wheat. Bills parsed under sus-
pended rules: To prohibit tho catching TT fish
III Thompsons lake, Waseca county; amend
ing tho charter OF the village of Farmington;
to change the name Of the town OF Darien. in
Stevens county, to Darnjn; to lay ont a road
Ramsey county; relating to school district No.
/, in Sherburne county; authorizing the COM
missioners of Otter Tail county to issue bonds;
to amend the charter of the city of Faribault;
to facilitate the construction Of railway in .
Houston county; authorizing the commission !
ery Of Polk county to issue bonds; relating to
the sale Of property for tho non- payment OF
taxes; authorizing the sale of certain school !
lands in st. Louis county. HouHe bills
passed: Relating to the running at large Of do
lnestic animals in Rice county; amending the
charter OF tho city 0: Owatonna; relating to
the running at large of cattle in Nicolet coun-
~; authorizing the village OF Brownsville,
Houston county, to issue bonds; to amend the
charter of the city Of Rochester: relating to
the incorporation Of the village Of Moriiotown,
Rice county; lcgaliZiDg the acts of school dis
trio. No. "a, il Reuyille county, in voting
bonds; a memorial to congress asking for an
appropriation for the improvement Of the
weet channel Of the mississippi river at West
st. Paul. "A bill was introduced to authorize
the commissioners Of Mower county to issue
bonds for the erection OF a court house. -.
Ad juurucd.
TUESDAY, February 1S.-petitions:
Asking that the counties OF Traverse AID VII
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citizens of Scott c',u,ty against the pa,:agc
of the bill prohibiting the cstcilins of fish i'll
the waters Of said county. BILLS introduced:
Proposing All amendment To tic constitution
hxllg the terms Of state officers at four Years;
to Incorporate the village Of Lara ,erto'', il
Redwood county; to change the boundar!es Of
| tue counties Of Carver and Wikln: ar.tOrlZ-
! ing the auditor OF Dakota county to levy tax
for special purposes; amending the Charter Of
the city OF Austin; to promote forest culture
in the state Of Minnesota: relating 10 he time
for holding terms of the district court Ii! Coz
toAwood county: 10 authorize the Minneapolis
and st. LnuIs railway to construct line OF
road to Lake Minnetonka. . Bills passed ull-
der Suspended rules: Memorial to conFress
! for the RI, lief Of settlers OIL certain lanes II
Reuviile county; authorizing the commission
er5 of Mower CONT" to lstue bonds for the
building of a court house; to regulate the sal
sries of officers of Houston county: relating
| to the construction Of division or line fences:
authorizing the town Of Bird Island to issue
! bonds fer the purpose of building court
house . Senate bills passed. Amending the
statutes relating to the filing Of ofiicia! bonds
OF county officers; Incorporating the village of
MontcviGeo; amending the statutes relating to
! the granting Of muncnal aid to railroads. -.
House bills passed: organizing a school dis
, trict in Wahashaw county: amending the char
ter of the city Of Rochester: legalizing the
the plat Of the village OF Houston; amending
the charter OF the village of Marine; relating
to Mortified village school district. IL conf
mittee Of the whole the bill relating TO farm
ers board Of trade was recommended to pass,
after Which tie hill to appropriate money to
the various state Institutions occupied the at
teptlon Of the committee until adjournment.
WEDNESDAY, February 19.-Bills in
troduced: To change the name Of the town
Of Edison, in Swift county, to that Of New Pc
sen: to prevent cattle running at large in Mower
county; to amend the charter Of the city Of
Austin. Senate bills passed. To promote I'M
migration; to regulate the sale OF blcached
barley; relating to the relocation of section
posts: relating to public highways in Ramsey
county. After recess the senate went into
committee of the whole and considered the
bill for the reorganization Of the hospital fol-
the insane of the state Of Minnesota, and pro
viding for the management and government Of
the same. The bill was discussed during the
greater portion OF the afternoon, and severa
amendments were adopted. Adjourned
THURSDAY, February 20.-Bills in
troduced: To regulate the salary Of the judge
Of the first judicial district: to authorize the
removal of feeble.minded children fr en- the
| insane asylum to the institution for the deaf
and dumb and blind; TO amend special laws
relative to road commissioners in Carver coun-
ty; to legalize the action Of the commissioners
appointed to lay out certain roads in Carver
county; to authorize the commissioners OF
Hennepin county to pay for bridge across
the Grow river; to incorporate the village of
Dundas . The senate bill for the reorgaLiza-
ton Of the Minnesota hospitals for the insane
was passed. House bills passed: Relative to
the running 81 large of domestic animals in
Swift county; changing the boundaries OF GER
tain school districts in Olmstead county; relat-
ing to the running at large Of domestic ami
mails in Wilkin county; creating school district
No. 66, in Meeker county. . Bills passed un-
der suspended rules: To prevent the running
at large of domestic animals in Mower county;
to amend the charter of the city of Austin:
to authorize the Chicago, st. Paul and Mime
appolis railroad company to construct Inc of
road from the easteriy boundary Of the state
to the city Of Minneapolis; to authorize the
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul railway to
construct a line Of road from Minneapolis to
Lake Alinnetonka; to organize school district
No. 80, in Waseca county. -. In committee OF
the whole, the bill appropriating $4,000 for
improvements at the reform school and the
bill for the support of the various state insti-
buttons were recommended to pass. .Ad-
! journed.
FRIDAY, February 21.-After discus.
sion the bill approprlating $1,000 to aid the
Anti-Drive Well association was placed on the
calendar Bills introduced: To appropriate
money for the general expenses of the state
government for the years 1879 and 1880; tc
amend the chsrter of the village of Duluth
to legalize certain roads in Douglas county; tC
prevent the division OF school districts without
submitting the question to a vote of the peo-
ole: to locate q road in the counties of Rice,
Scott and LIE Sueur; suspending the time OF
payment for seed wheat furnished by thl
state; to aid in the cor struction Of q railroad
from Mankato to ST. Cloud by granting swamp
lands to the amount of four sections per mile.
Bills passed under suspended rules: Relating
to tie survey and location of roads in Henne-
pin county; to incorl crate the village OF Dun
tias; to amend the charter Of the village OF
Mortified; appointing commissioners to lay
out roads in the counties of Scott, LIE Sueur
and Rice; to define the boundaries Of Kittson,
Beltrami and Marshall counties; relating to
tho charter of the village Of Rosemount. -.
Senate bills passed: 10 appropriate $4,000
for the erection of workshops, machinery and
fire apparatus for the state reform schools to
appropriate money for the support Of state
institutions; to appropriate money to relnl-
b,rse Cottonwood county for expenses in
Cured in litigsting the Wlnona and St. Peter
railroad company; providing for the change of
the location Of bridge in Freeborn county
to authorize the auditor of Dakota county to
levy a tax for special purposes; to change the
name of the town of Eddison to that OF New
Pasen, in Swift county; to provide for the a!,-
pointment of farmers board Of trade. =. Ia
committee of the whole the bill appropriating
money to pay the salaries of certain state of.
fcers was recommended to pass. The joint
resolution memorializ;ng congress to extend
by constitutional amendment the right of sui
frage to women was then taken up, ard after
discussion was recommended to pass. The
memorial to congress asking that the pine
stumpage be allowed to be cut on the Indian
| reservations was debated at considerable