Daily globe., 1879-03-07

to build a depot at jackson.
Amending the charter of the Mississippi and
hum River Boom company.
Amending the act consolidating the cities of
st: Anthony and Minneapolis.
Relating to the county lines between Scott
and Lie Sueur counties.
Relating to a farmers board of trade,
Amending the law governing schools in Min
neapolis.
Relating to the compensation of the officers
OF Hennepin county.
Recess till o'clock P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reconve1ed at p. m, Speaker
Gilman in the chair.
Mr.. Jones offered resolution allowing each
member to choose his woodchuck for action in
alphabetical order.
drawn, and the House proceeded with the third
reading of Senate bills.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Protecting fish in the lakes of Meeker county.
To protect the Mississippi river from OBJ
struction.
Requiring county commissioners to publish
their proceedings.
To enable the counties of Goodhue, Blue
Earth, Rice LIE Sueur and Scott to aid in the
construction of a railroad.
HOUSE BILLS KILLED.
The House then proceeded to the third read
ing of House bills, and large number were
passed. The following were defeated: Re-
ducing the price for advertising delinquent
taxes; relating to evidence in civil actions: re-
latihg to tax titles; regulating to the mode of
description of lands; relative to teachers asso-
Citations; appropriating $5, 900 to the State
university to aid Gin ind ustrial education;
making the verdict of nine jurors binding as
the verdict of the whole jury; regulating the
construction of wire fences; relative to the
payment of sheriffs; relative to the election of
pathmasters; evempting apple trees fr.m taxa
tion. '''>''
There was brief debate on the Big Stone and
Mr.: J. N. Stacys wheat grading bill, both of
which were passed.
Recess till. 8 P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
Promptly at 8 o'clock MIR. Benson called the
House to order and number of important re-
ports were presented and adopted, when the
House proceeded to the third reading of bills. A
compromise bill relating to the St. Paul Boom
company was presented and passed.
KILLED.
joint resolution to Congress relative to the
homestead laws was lost, by vote of 50 to 10. :.
Also the bill relating to the duties and COM
pensations of county commissioners. Also the
antl-scalping railroad ticket bill.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To amend the act incorporating the city of
Austin relating to the sale of liquors
To incorporate the Austin Driving Park as
gociation.
Amending the charter of the the town of
Taylor's Falls.
Amending the charter of the CITY of Austin.
Relative to State roads in Scott county. {.
To allow the Odd Fellows Mutual Benefit
association to amend its charter.
&To legalize the issue of bridge bonds bv the
city of st. Cloud.
To amend the act authorizing municipal aid
to railroads.
To change the location of bridge in Free,
born county.
To amend the general statutes relating to
corporations of benevolent or social nature,
The bill in relation to the regulation of saw
ings banks.
Relative to the preservation of game at GER
tain seasons of the year.
Incorporating Minnetonka Lake Park as a
village.
Authorizing the county of Hennepin to issue
bonds to enlarge the Jail.
Extending for four years the grant of lands
to the Cannon River Improvement company.
Extending the time for the pavment for seed
wheat for two years.
Pertaining to the rights of railroads.
relative to corporations taking private
property.
For the construction ~of levee at West St.
Paul.
10 authorize the construction of canal be-
tween Lakes Calhoun and Harriet.
The House then took up messages from the
Senate and refused to recede from it's amend
ments to the immigration bill, when q COM
mittee of conference was appointed.
Senate amendments to q number of House
bills were concurred in.
MEMORIAL LOST.
The memorial to Congress relative to relief
for homestead settlers as amended in the Sen
ate, was defeated.
WOULDN'T REoEDE.
The House refused to recede from it's amend
ment to the bill requiring county commission
ers to publish their proceedings and commit
tee OF conference was appointed.
SENATE BILLS KILLED.
The bill TO regulate the salaries of certain
officers in LIE Sueur county was lost. Debate
followed, in which it was developed that the
vote was due to certain remarks that Senator
Doran had made relative to the vote of the
House on the insane asylum matter.
THE SWAMP LANDS.
The blouse then took up first reading of SEN
ate bills, and the swamp land bill was read at
length.
Mr.. Gilman moved that the bill be read a sec-
ond time and placed on general orders. He
said he was not familiar with all the provisions
of the bill. From what he had learned Of it
he could not approve Of all of the provisions,
and would like to rectlfy moro errors In re-
gard to the Importance Of the lines leading
from Mankato to the northern boundary of the
State he spoke favorably. There were some
valid objections to an omnibus bill, but the
friends of this measure had been forced to COM
bine in order to get Justice. He heartily ap-
proved OF the general purposes of the bill.
however.
MIR. Grazing called attention to the rules.
which required a suspension of the rules, and
raised the point of order that it required III
votes to suspend the rules. He moved that the
bill take its regular course and be referred to
the committee on public lands, which was car
ried by an affirmative vote of IS; the noes not
counted.
SENATE BILLS LOST,
The Senate then returned to the third read.
ing of Senate bills, but after defeating the bill
for the protection of fish in Lincoln county.
and that apportioning the cost of courts in
GROW wing county, took recess for supper.
After' Recess.
After recess there was considerable disorder.
but finally order was restored, number of
Senate bills read a first and second time. and
placed on file for third reading,
The vote by which the Senate bills apportion-