The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-13

SENATE, March 4.-Bills were introduced re-
lating to insurance; to provide for the prepar-
ing and printing of blanks for official bonds Of
county of officers; to grant 25O,000 acres of
swamp lands to Scott county in trust for
fund for reclaiming overhowed lands; to amend
the statutes of 1866 relating to district courts,
and amending the general statutes of 1866 re-
Iating to appeals. A resolution was Cffer. d
directing the railroad commissioner to inquire
into the charges that the Hastings &; Dakota
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee l. St. Paul
railroad were refusing to carry certain freights
investigations to the Governor. Bills were
passed to provide for the consolidation of the
counties of Big Stone and Traverse and for the
organization of Big Stone county; to amend the
avs Of 1877 relating to benevolent and cooper
alive societies; relating to the removal or ap-
pointment of guardians in certaincases.
HOUSE, March 4.-The House went into com
mittee of the whole and discussed the substi-
tute for the Senate bill recognizing the insane
asylum. Messrs. Jones, Benson and Bohan ad-
vocated the Senate bill, and Messrs. Hicks.
Chamberlain, Denny and others the House
substitute. The latter charged that the
Senate bill was a reflection on the
board of trustees, but was intended to legis-
late them out of Office. The motion to substi-
tute the Senate for the House bill was lost by
a vote Of Is to 68. The various appropriation
bills for 1879 and 1880 were reported favorobly.
Also large number Of local bills. The bill
to create State poerd Of inspectors was in
definitely postponed.
SENATE, March 5.-A joint resolution was
passed asking Congress to open to pre-emption
settlemen: the Fort Ripley military reserva-
tion. Senate bills were passed to regulate
itinerant physicians and drug venders; amend
ing the general statutes relating to weights
and measures; relating to interest on stays of
execution; amending the general laws relating
to the obstruction of highways; relating to the
laying out of highways; to lay out State road
the general laws relating to public schools,
amending the laws of 1877 relating to public
schools; relating to the fish commissioners;
relating to the laying out of roads and cart
ways; amending the statutes relating to relief
of the poor; amending the statutes relating to
the assessment and collection Of taxes; amend
ing the laws of 1873 relating to legal publica-
tions; fixing the time for State officers to
take the oath of Office; for the prevention
of cruelty to animals; relating to the crime of
rape; relating to the recovery of damages re-
sulting in death; to authorize United States
courts to commit infants to the reform school;
to preserve game, and to prevent its Transports
tion out of the State; prohibiting discrimina-
tions by railway comoanies in the carrying of
freight. Houee bills were passed amending the
laws of 1872 relating to public schools; regulat-
ing the cancellation of fire insurance policies !;
relating to agricultural colleges; amending the
statutes relating to public schools; relating to
the surveying of roads and cartways; relating
to the organization of villages; relating to town
meetings; prohibiting the bleaching of barley;
relating to the hospital for the insane; amend
ing the laws of 1878 relating to farmers clubs.
The Senate bill granting 600 600 acres of State
swamp lands for the support Of State institu-
tions and in aid of railroads, reclaiming ever
flowed lands, and for other purposes, was passed.
House, March Sat the morning session the
bill reducing the compensation Of the news
papera for publishing the laws was indefinitely
postponed, and quite number of House bills
were passed, principal among which was the
bill organizing the second insane asylum. Tho
most important bills passed during the after
noon were those regulating the practice of
medicine and surgery, and forbidding the con-
solidation Of parallel lines of railroad. In
committee of the whole the bill for the reor.
ganization of Big Stone county, reported by
the committee, was adopted. The bill relative
to the St. Paul Boom company was recommend
ed for paassge: The deficiency bill was passed,
- were thirty other Senate bills, all of them of
local nature.
SENATE, March 6.-Bills were passed amend