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

congress regarding the sale of stumpage on
indian reservations. Bills introduced: To
provide iisi,Waye on Root river, In Houston and
Fillmore counties; to provide for the inspec-
ton of steam boilers and tho examination Of
engines; to amend the charter of tic village
Of Mapleton, in Blue Earth county; to create
a school district in LIE 6ueur; relating to the
incorporation Of the village Of Madelia; legal
hing certain bonds Of a school district ID Big
Stone county; proposing q constitutional
ail2endmsnt relating to tho judiciary; in rela'
ton to tho traffic in intoxicating liquors; to
exempt certain lands in Polk county from
the operation of the herd law to change the
name OF the township of Calma, Chippewa
county; to regulate the grading Of wheat. ::
House bills were read third time and passed
as follows, To fix the county seat Of Isenville
county; relating to the sale Of liquor in Rush
vile; repeating the act authorizing municipal
corporations to aid railroads; incorporating
Hush City; Furnishing the Artificial coloriDg OF
barley; relating to roads and carsways, to pre-
vent horses with CHAMBERS from running at
large; for road from Herman Grant county.
to Big Stone co lnty; for road from Fergus
Falls to Herman; amending the act incorpo-
rating the village Of Kasssn: relating to liens
on wells; the bill to restore the deSt: penalty
was lost-34 yeas to Al nays. -. The bill re.:'
nays Al Adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, February 19.-House
Bills PASSED: Regulating the Practise Of den
tistry; amending the charter of Fergus Falls;
changing the name Of the town of Msdiron tc
Amiret; amending the charter OF Mortified
allowing Temples Of Honor to become incor-
porated prohibiting the running at large OF
cattle in Rice county; Incorporating the village
of Cordova, Le Sueur county; authorizing
Lake City to issue bonds for fair purposes; to
authorize the countics eLa owns therein of
Morrison. Todd, Stearns, Pope, Stevens, Trav-
erse and Big Stone to issue bonds in aid OF the
Little Falls and Dakota railroad; org anizine
the county of Candy; to authorize the city Of
Wincnh to maintain u ferry across the Missis-
sppi river: transferring the county eeat Of
Wilkin county from breckenridge to Mauston
to authorize Rock county to issue bonds t
fund its floating indebtedness: relating to par
titi6n fences in the t,wnsbip of NO1thfe!d: re
lating to the right of way at Fergus Falls; au
thorizing the organization OF q board OF trade
| at MorriEs, to change the name of the town Of
Calumet: to preserve the purity OF Lakes Min
netonka and Calhoun, in HenneIin couaty...
After a recess the prohibi:ocy liquor law wa
discussed at length, and was finally indednitel!
postponed. It afterwards received its par:la
nei,tary quietus through the indefinitely post
| ponement Of r motion to reconsider. Senate
bills passed: Incorporating the village OF Zum
brota; establishing new school district IN the
town Of Zumbrota; repeating the liquor law Of
last winter relating 70 the sale of liquors IL
Winona. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 20.-Bills in
troduced: Incorporating the village OF Littl
Falls; to change the name Of the town O
Ockacheda, in Murray county; fixing tn
boundaries Of a school district in Wasec
county; to fix the boundaries Of a school dis
trict in Morrison county; to protect fsh Il
In Blue Earth county; to change school dis
trict in Mcleod county; to authorize the com
missioners OF Nobles county tc fund its debt
| to authorize the commissioners OF Noble
county to abate taxes on cert ain real estate il
the village Of Worthington; to legalze road
and highways in Grant county; to authoriz
Morrison county and the town of Little Fall
Moines to issue bonds to build q bridge;
memorial to congress to authorize post route
in Big Stone county; to authorize the count,
to issue bonds to take up the Blue Earth rive
bridge bonds; to amend the charter of Eas
GAINESVILLE relating to license for the sale O
liquors . The senate bill fol bidding tn
transportation of game from the state cause
a long discussion, and was finally lost-yea
II, nays So. =. The house bill authorizing L
Sueur county to issue bonds was passed. :.
After recess the rules were suspended an
the committee on towns and counties reporte
in favor Of the passage of the bill removin
the county seat of Renville county from Bea
yer Falls to Bird Island. Tie bill was read
second and third time and passed. .Th
house then went into committee of the Who'll
on general orders, the bill to abolish the cfic
Of railroad commissioner coming up for actor
and causing extended debate. Finally motto
that when the committee rise they recommen
that the bill be indefinitely postponed was Cal
ried. When the committee rose the repol
was adopted by the house-yeas So, nays A
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 21.-The hous
spent the day in committee of the whole O
general orders. Forty-four bills were passe
upon, the majority being recommended fo
passage The senate bill reducing the mile
sge of members was amended SO as to cut Of
ali allowances for mileage, postage, stationery
newspapers, etc., and reducing the per der
of members to 80, and of the speaker, chic
clerk, president and secretary of the senate t
81, and the bill, amid good deal of merri
rent, was recommended for passage. Afte
long debate on the bill for the reorganizatio
of Big Stone county, the committee rose an
reported progress. Bills We're recommends
for indefte pcstponement: Donating norms
school buildings to the towns in which the
are located; aboishing the Office Of public q
aminer; and two bills relating to county con
missiOners Adjourned until Monday