Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-13

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sAgskDAY, Mardk l.. The joint COM
mittslon state prison. inv tigatio1 reported
thsktthe charges OF sueltyto prisoners were
not sustained, and that the general manage
ment of the prison compares most favorably
tho repsUft reservation for .
joint committee to investigate the manner Of
lifting contracts aud tho expenditure of mo-
neys in the Improvement of the prison. The
report, minus the resolution, was adopted 80.
Bills introduced: To incorporate the village of
time for the payment of personal property
tax; making publication legal in papers that
have been published four months; to amend
the charter Of Winona (passed); apportioning
court expenses in Crow Wing, Oass and Wa
dena counties; authorizing Otter Tail county
the tramp bill was recommended for passage
after being amended SO az to define the tramp
as vagrant who refuses to work, and except
ing all persons who are seeking work or Who
ace willing to work. The bin proposing to
Fefu1Id tho money paid by tho vendors OF in
toxicaeing liquors Tor the erection Of the ine-
briate asylum at Rochester gave rise to an
hours discussion in committee of the whole.
It was finally recommended for indefinite post
ponement. .. The bill to remove the Renville
county seat from Beaver Falls to Bird Island
was recommended for passage. House bills
passed: Authorizing the election, of school
superintendent in Dodge county; amending
the charters Of Eyota, Rochester and Lyle;
granting relief to the bondsmen Of Wins, the
defaulting treasurer Of Mcleod county. .Ad-
journed. ~
MONDAY, March 3.-Bills introduced:
To enable certain towns in Mcleod county
to transfer bonds voted in aid of certain
railroads; to appropriate tot, 900 acres of
state swamp lands to the county of Ramsey
for the purpose of reclaiming certain lands
aid the st. Louis River Dalles Improvement
company; to grant swamp lands in aid of
q railroad from Alexandria to some point on
tho Northern Pacific railroad; to extend the
time for the completion of the Minneapolis
and st. Cloud railroad; prohibiting the
transportation of game out Of the state; to
grant soc, 600 acres of swamp lands for the
support of the state university. senate
bill authorizing the commissioners of Scott
support of the poor was passed......T The sen.
ate bill proposing an amendment to the
constitution relating to- the sale of jntoxi.
eating liquors was lost.....The house bill
submitting to a vote of the people the
proposition to remove the county seat
Of Renville county from Beaver
Ealls to Bird Island was passed..
House bills passed under suspended
rules: Relating to the salaries of officers in
|sGoodhue county; to incorporate the villa e
Of Young America, in Carver county; to
authorize the supervisors of certain towns
in Hennepin county to lay out a road; to
legalize the organization Of the school dis.
trict OF Mapleton, Blue Earth county; to
increase the time for holding sessions of the
board of commissioners of Washington
county; to amend the charter of the city of
Saltwater relative to the municipal court;
to provide for submitting to a vote of the
people the question of continuing the
municipal court of Stillwater... Senate
bills passed under suspended rules: To re-
| strict the catching OF fish in lake Minnie
Bell, Meeker county repeating the act con-
solidating certain towns in Kandiyohi
| county; to enable the towns in Hennepin
county to aid in the construction of g
branch of the Minneapolis and st. Louis
railroad to Lake Minnetonka; to change the
| name of the town of Manomin, Anoka
county, to thatsof Fridley; to authorize the
dyndale railway company to connect Lakes
! nittee of the whole, the bill relating to a
| new system of receipts for taxes, recon-
mended by the public examiner, was indef-
nitely postponed; the bill consolidating Big
| Stone and Traverse counties was recon.
mended to pass; the bill relating to railroad
| combinations was taken up and after long
discussion was~indednitely postponed......
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 4.-Bills introduced:
To establish court in the city of Faribault;
for the protection of fish in Lincoln coun.
ty (passed under suspended rules): to au-
thorize the commissioners of LIE Sueur
county to fix the salaries of the auditor and
auditors clerk (passed under suspended
rules); to authorize the development of the
water power at. st. Cloud (passed under
suspended rules); to grant $4,000
acres of swamp: land to Scott county in
| trust for retaining overfowed lands;
] amending the charter of the village of Cal
edonia; changing the boundaries of certain
towns in Dakota county; amending the
charter of the village of Madelia, Watonwan
! county; prohibiting domestic animals from
running at large in Kandiyohi county; to
authorize the council of the city of New
Ulm to issue bonds IS, to aid in the manufac-
t1re ST sugar IN said city. House bills
PASSED uhder suspended rules: Amend
ing the charter of the city of DIVA.
tonna; relating to the powers of the
spperyisorsso f the village of Plainview re.
lating TO certain school districtsin Olmstead
county; to regulate the salaries of officers
qdnp aG s s seen II d fsstg to as
in Fillmore county,. The senate bill to
provide for the cons olidation of the coun.
! ties of Big: Stone and Traverse and for the
organization of Big Stone county, was
passed......1n committee of the whole the
joint resolution requesting congress to ex.
tinguish the Indian title to the White Earth,
Red Lake and Pembina Indian reservations,
and place the pine timber in market and
open the tiuable lands to homestead and
Pfc. emptien settlement, was recommended
to pass; the bill providing for the punish
ment of persons bleaching barley was re-.
commended to pass. journed.
"WEDNESDAY, March 6.-House bills
passed under suspended rules: To in.
corporate the village of Jackson in Jack.
son county; to amend the charter of the
village of st. James, in Watonwan county;
to regulate the salaries Of the officers of
Rice county; to locate a highway from Fort
| Ridgley to Swede Grove; to regulate com.
pensation Of officers of Winona county 800.
! In committee of the whole the bill on wheat
grading were debated at length and finally
the joint committees bill was recommended
fox passage..:...A resolution asking congress
to open the Fort Ripley military
reservation to presumption settlement
was passed under suspended rules
.....:.Senate bills passed: Providing for q
state road from White Earth to st. Vincent;
amending the laws relating to the laying
out Of roads and cartways; authorizing o.
ter Tail and other counties and towns to aid
IN the construction of railroads; for the
preservation of game and to prevent its
transportation ont of the state; prohibit.