Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-06

to repeal the law exempting Anoka county
from the provisions of the district commits
sioners act Of 1876; forbidding cattle from
running at large in the town OF LIE Roy, Mower
county; amending the act incorporating tho
village OF Benson; amending tho charter OF
the village Of Eyota, Olmstesd county The
house bill relating to roads and cartwsys WAS
Passed. The bill redistricting the state into
judicial districts was lost-yeas 20, nays ST..
Adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, February 2G.-The ju-
dietary committee reported in favor of the in
definite postponetnent of the bill relating to
swamp lands. (Tne bill required vote Of the
people rs to the disposition of the funds.)
Report adopted. :. House bills passed: Rsgu-
lating the building OF ishways in Fillmore,
Mower and Olmstesd counties; to prevent cat
tie from running at large in Fillmore county,
to incorporate the village of Wells, Feribaut
county; to authorize Crookston to issue bonds;
amending the charter of the town Of Mont
gomery; relating to the schools Of Mcleod
county; relating to fences in Dakota county:
amending the general law relating to the sac
Of liquor in Mower county; granting the right
to erect dams in Freeborn caunty; to incorpo-
rate village of Young America; relating TO
farmers' clubs; to prevent the running at large
of cattle in Marshall and Kittson counties;
amending the charter OF Rochester; for the
COu6sIUC!lOu VI q stSle IOaQ III OLU0tSdA CouAA~
ty; amending the charter Of Glencoe; relating
to the salaries OF the cficers of Carver county,
relating to elections in Fairmount, Martin
county; amending the charter Of Lyle, Mower
county; as to the salaries Of the officers of
Olmstead county; to detach certain territory
from the village OF Minnesota Lake: to amend
the act organizing the town Of Moorhead; au-
thorizing Moorhead to issue bonds: to author
ize the town of Eden Lake to: ssue honda; for
state road in Henrepin county; to authorize
the town of Wakefield to issue bonds grant
ing local option as to the liquor traffic in Swift
county; TO provide for the payment OF ta1es IN
st. Louis county: relating to the incorporation
of the city Of Austin; prohibiting cattle from
running at large in the county of WlIk1n; TO
authorize the draining Of Nei]l's Lake, Henne-
pin county; to authorize several counties to AID
III the construction Of railroad from sauk
Center to prevent the catching Of fish il Lake
Elmo. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 27.-Bil1s intro
ducsd: To regulate the compensation OF the
officers Of Fillmore county; to provide for the
election OF road commissioners in Dakota
county; authorizing ST. Cloud to issue 600
in bonds to construct q dam and improve 3
water power; to incorporate the village of
Sleepy Eye; to abolish the Office of supcrin-
tedent of schools in Dakota county; relating to
| roads and cartwsyg; to regulate the salaries OF
! the officers of Rice county; relating to juriesy
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the full verdict OF that body; TO amend the:
charter of the village Of Saltwater; to author
! ize the village of Young America to issue
bonds to aid railway; to incorporate the VII
lage of MelrO5e, Stearns county; to consolidate
two school districts in Scott county; to change
the name Of Sleepy Eye lake, Brown county, to
Lorens; to legalizs the establishment OF
school district in Mapleten, Blue Earth county;
relating to state road in Cook county; to pro-
vide for the submission of the continuance OF
the municipal court of Saltwater to vote OF
the people; to facilitate the construction CT q
line of railroad in Polk county: To authorize
the managers of the reform school TO buy ma
chinery for making sugar, and for the planting
OF amber cane seed: to incorporate tho csty OF
Granite Falls Yellow Medicine county; to e.
tablieh the school district Of Granite Fails; to
! aid the construction of a railroad from S4uk
Centre to the southern or western boundary OF
the state; granting swamp lands to the Mime
sofa Northern railroad >. Senate bills passed.
Cutting of mileage and perquisites OF mem
bers and reducing their pay; ceding the
right Of the state in Ant!etam cemetery to the
general government; amending the charter OF
} the Tavlors Falls & Lake Superior railroad;
extending the grant of lands to the North.
western railroad company for one year: incor-
porating the village of New Prague: forbid
; ding animals from running at large in Mcleod
| county: amending the charter ct Faribault; re-
lating to school lands in st. Louis county; in
, cooperating the village of Montevideo: to
change the name Of town in Swift county;
) incorporating the village of Lanberton; au-
thorize Faribault county to issue bonds: Ielat-
ing 10 certain state roads In Ramsey county;
for the rebate OF taxes in Kandiyohi county;
levying school tax in LIE Sueur county: es-
5 tablishing school district in LIE Sueur county
, :. House bills passed: Regulating the CATCH
ing of fish in the lakes OF Rice county; amend
, | ing the charter of Glencoe; regulating the
salaries Of officers Of Mower county: exempt
Ing certain towns Of Polk county from the op-
eratious Of the herd law; legaEz:ng certain
ing the village OF Walnut Grove; relating to q
road in Redwood county: Incorporating the
village Of Map!eton Blue Earth county: to au-
thorize the maintenance OF ferry III Polk
c,unty. The bill to incorporate the village
of Madelia was indefinitely postponed. The
COMM ssioner was defeated-yeas As, nays SO
90 The bill for the payment of the old rail-
road bonds with the internal improvement
lands was tabled After debate the usury
bill was passed-yeas 81, nays 81. .Ad-
journed.
! FRIDAY, February 2S.-The report of
committee favorable to the bill relating the
soldiers orphans home swamp lands was
adopted Inc bill relating to the incorpora-
| ton of the city of OWatonna was read third
Inns and passed The wheat grading ques-
ton received thorough discussion. An
amendment exempting rice wheat from the
provisions Of the bill was adopted; also mo-
I ton to strike out the second section. Another
amendment authorizing the use OF the brass
! tester when the buyer and seller were agreed
| was adopted. Several amendments were pre-
phraseology of the bill, when 1t was ordered
| to be engrossed for third reading under the
operation of the previous question, after which
the house adjourned.