Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-13
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
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7 SATURDAY, March 1.-The joint COM
mittoeson state prison iIHsatigation reported
that the charges OF cruelty. to prisoners were
not sustained and that the general manage
ment of tho prison compares most favorably
with that Of any other state in the union. Ac
|conpanying" the report was a resolution for g.
joint committee to investigate tho manner Of
letting contracts and the expenditure OF mo-
neys IN tho Improvement of the prison. Tho
report, minus the resolution was adopted %.
Bills introduced: 10 incorporate the village OF
Minnetonka Lake Park; for an extension Of
time for the payment of personal property
tax; making publication legal i'll papers that
have been published four months; to amend
| the charter of WinOna (passod); apportonng
court expenses Ill Grow Wing, Cass and Wa
dena counties; authorizing Otter Tail county
tho tramp bill was recommended for passage
after being amended 30 AZ to define the tramp
as q vagrant who refuses to work, and except
| ing all persons who are seeking work or who
are willing to work. =. The bill proposing to
refund the money paid by the vendors Of i'll
Driate asylum at Rochester gave riso to III
hours discussion in committee Of the whole.
It WAS finally recommended for indefinite post
ponement. =. The bill to remove the Keuville
county scat from Beaver Falls to Bird Island
was recommended for passage. House bills
superintendent III Dodge county; amending
| the charters OF Eyota, Rochester aud Lyle;
granting relief to tho bondslnen Of Wins, tbs
defuulting treasurer Of Mcleod county. =. Ad-
jourilcd.
MONDAY, March Bills introduced:
To enable certain towns IN Mcleod county
to transfer bonds voted in aid of certain
railroads; to appropriate 100000 acres Of
.nto low r% <>k
for the purpose of reclaimiDg certain lands
liable to overflow; granting swamp lands to
aid the st, Louis River Dalles Improvement
company; to grant swamp lands in aid Of
q railroad from Alexandria to some point on
the 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 500, 600 acres of swamp lands for the
support of the state university ....A senate
bill authorizing the commissioners of Scott
county to levy an additional tax for the
support OF the poor WAS passed 1.-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
Talls to Bird Island was s passed... e
House bills passed under suspended
rules: Relating to the salaries of officers in
Goodhue county; to incorporate the village
Of Young America, in Carver county; to
authorize the supervisors of certain towns
in Hennepin county to lay out road; to
legallze the organization Ct the school dis.
trict OF Mapleton, Blue Earth county: to
increase the tinse for holding sessions of the
board of commissioners Of Washington
county; TO amend the charter of the city of
Saltwater relativ. to the municipal court :;
TO provide for submitting 10 a. vote of the
people the question of continuing the
municipal court Of Saltwater. Senate
bills passed under suspended rules: To re.
strict the catching OF fish in lake Minnie
Bell, Meeker county; repeating the act con-
county; to enable the towns in Hennepin
county to aid in the construction of a
branch of the Minneapolis and st. Louis
railroad to Lake Minnetonk a; 10 change the
name of the town of Manomin, Anoka
county, to that of Fridley; to authorize the
Lyndale railway company to connect Lakes
Calhoun and Harriet by a canal In coin.
mittee of the whole, the bill relating to a
new system of receipts for taxes, recon-
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 indefinitely postponed......
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 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 L. Sucur
county to fix the salaries of the auditor and
auditors clerk (passed under suspended
~,,1n 40 tn no of< -,
water power at st. Cloud (passed under
suspended rules): to grant 25o,000
acres Of swamp land to Scott county in
trust for reclaiming 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, Waterman
county; prohibiting domestic animals from
running at large in Kandiyohi county; to
Ulm to issue bonds to aid in the manufac.
ture of sugar in said city......House bills
passed under suspended rules: Amend
ing the charter of the city of Owa.
tonna; relating to the powers of the
supervisors Of The village OF Plainview re.
lating to certain school districts in Olmstead
county; to regulate the salaries of officers
OF Fillmore . county, d Fela9g to the
provide for the cons olidation of the coun.
ties of Big Stone and Traverse and for the
organization of Big Stone county, was
passed. In committee of the whole the
joint resolution requesting congress to ex'
tinguish the Indian title to the White Earth,
Red Lake and PemEina Indian reservations
and place the pine timber in market and
open the tilable lands TO homestead and
redemption settlement, was recommended
to pass; the bill providing for the punish.
ment of persons bleaching barley was re.
commended to pass......Adjourned.
| WEDNESDAY, March 5.--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 highway from Fort
Ridgley to Swede Grove; to regulate com.
pensation OF officers of Winona county. .....
In committee of the whole the bill on wheat
grading were debated at length and finally
the joint committees bill was recomm ended
for passage.....A resolution asking congress
reservation to presumption settlement
was passed under suspended rules
.....Senate bills passed: Providing for a
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 out of the state; prohibit
ing discrimination by railroad companies in
the carrying of freight. The house joint
resolution asking congress to order the sale
of stumpage on Indian reservations was
lost .....House bills passed: To locate a state
road from Fergus Falls to Hermann; to To-
cate state road from the town of Herman
to point in Traverse county; to establish
a school district in Mcleod county; amend
ing the charter Of the village Of Dodge
Centre; amending the charter of the vii.
lage of Benson; to locate a state road in
Grant and Big Stone counties; grant.
ing the right to build bridge
across Red Lake River; prohibiting the
bleaching of barley; to provide for a state
road from Lake Port to St. Vincent; to
change the name of the town of Drunken to
that Of Lake Annie, in Mcleod county; to
| nrOhihit the catching of fish in certain