Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-27
MINNESOTA LEGIsLATURE.
Senate.

Senate.
MONDAY, February ia petition
was presented from citizens of Mcleod coun-
~ asking for an extension Of time in which to |
pay Tor seed wheat. Bills passed under sus-
pended rules: To prohibit tho catching 1f fish
lns Thompson's lake, Waseca county; amend !
ing the charter of the village Of Pennington;
to change the name Of the town Of Darien, in
Ramsoy county; relating to school district No. |
/, in Rherburne county; authorizing the COM
missiopers Of Otter Tail county to issue bonds;
to amend the charter of the city of Faribault;
to facilitate the construction Of railway in
Houston county; authorizing the commission
ers Of Polk county to issue bonds; relating to
the sale Of property for the non payment Of
lands in st. Louis county. House bills
passed: Relating to the running at large Of do
nestle animals in Rice county; amending the
charter of the city o: Owatonna; relating to
the running at large of cattle in Nicollet coun-
ty; authorizing the village of Brownsville,
Houston county, to issue bonds; to amend the
charter OF the city OF Rochester; relating to
the incorporation Of the village of Morristown,
Rice county; lcgalzing the acts of school dis
trict No. "a. in Renyille county, in voting
bonds; = memorial to congress asking for an
appropriation for the Improvement of the
WG6I Cllh4UC1 VI Iu0 ulSblS6lDpl IlVci III WcbL
st. Paul. "A bill was introduced to authorize
the commissioners of Mower county to issue
bonds for the erection Of a court house ....
Adjourned.
TUESDAY,, February 18.-Petitions:
Asking that tho counties OF Traverse and Will
kin be consolidated; five remonstrances from
citizens of Scott county against the passage
of the bill prohibiting the catching of fish in
the waters Of said county U. Bills introduced:
Proposing all amendment to the constitution
fxirg the terms Of state officers at four yeirs;
to incorporate the village Of Lamberton, in
Redwood county; to change the boundaries OF
the counties Of Carver ard Wilkin; authoriz-
| ing the auditor Of Dakota county to levy tax
| for special purposes; amending the charter Of
| the city Of Austin; to promote forest culture
in the state IF Minnesota; relating to The time
for holding terms of the district court in Cot
toawood county: to authorize the Minneapolis
and st. Louis railway to construct line Of
road to Lake Minnetonka. Bills passed I'LL
der Suspended rules: Memorial to congress
! for the relief of settlers on certain lands in
Renville county; authorizing the commission
| ers of Mower county to issue bonds for the
building Of court house; to regulate the sal
aries Of officers of Houston county; relating
to the construction of division or line fences;
authorizing the town Of Bird Island to issue
bonds for the purpose of building court
house. >. Senate bills passed: Amending the
statutes relating to the filing OF official bonds
OF county officers; incorporating the village of
Montevideo; amending the statutes relating to
House bills passed. organizing SCHOOL dis
trict in Wabashaw county; amending the Char
ter of the city of Rochester: legaljzipg the
plat Of the village Of Brownsville; legalizing
the plat Of the village of Houston; amending
the charter OF the village Of Marine; relating
| <l Lf<,if 1yi11 Sot T,,c
mittee of the whole the bill relating to farm
| ers board of trade was recommended to pass,
! after which the bill to appropriate money to
| the various state institutions occupied the at
teption Of the committee until adjournment
WEDNESDAY, February 19.-Bil]s in
troduced: To change the name Of the town
of Edison, in swift county, to that of New Pc
sen; TO prevent cattle running at large in Mover
county; to amend the charter Of the city Of
Austin. Senate bills passed. To promote i'm
migration; to regulate the sale of bleachei
barley; relating to the relocation of section
posts; relating to public highways in Ramsey
county :. After recess the senate went into
committee of the whole and considered thu
bill for the reorganization Of the hospital fol-
the insane OF the state OF Minnesota, and pro
viding for the management and government d
the same: The bill was discussed during the
greater portion OF the afternoon, and severa
amendments were adopted. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 20.-Bills in
troduced: To regulate the salary Of the judge
Of the first Judicial district, to authorize the
removal of feeble minded children fr cm the
insane asylum to the institution for the deaf
and dumb and blind; TO amend special laws
relative to road commissioners in Carver coun-
ty; to legalize the action Of the commissioners
appointed to lay out certain roads in Carver
county; to authorize the commissioners of
Hennepin county to pay for a bridge across
the Grow river; to incorporate the village of
Dundas. :. The senate bill for the reorgariza-
ton Of the Minnesota hospitals for the insane
was passed. House bills passed: Relative to
the running AZ large of domestic animals in
Swift county; changing the boundaries of GER
tain school districts in Olmstead county; relat-
ing to the running at large of domestic ami
mails in Wilkin county; creating school district
No. 66, in Meeker county. Bills passed IN
der suspended rules: To prevent the running
at large of domestic animals in Mower county;
to amend the charter of the city of Austin
to authorize the Chicago, st. Paul and Mime
appolis railroad company to construct line of
road from the easterly boundary of the state
to the city of Minneapolis; to authorize the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway to
construct line Of road from Minneapolis to
Lake Minnetonka; to organize school district
No. 80, in Waseca county. In committee OF
the whole, the bill appropriating $4,000 for
improvements at the reform school and the
bill for the support of the various state insti-
buttons were recommended to pass. .Ad.
journed.
FRIDAY, February 21.-After discus
sion the bill appropriating $1,000 to aid the
Anti-Drive Well association was placed on the
calendar. Bills introduced: To appropriate
money for the general expenses of the state
government for the years 1879 and 1880; tc
amend the charter of the village of Duluth
! to legalize certain roads in Douglas county to
prevent the division of school districts without
submitting the question to a vote Of the peo-
pie; to locate road in the counties Of Rice.
| Scott and LIE Sueur; snspending the time of
payment for seed wheat furnished by the
state; to aid in the cor strnction Of a railroad
from Mankato to st. Cloud by granting swamp
lands to the amount Of four sections per mile.
Bills passed under suspended rules: Relating
! to the survey and location Of roads in Henne-
pin county; to incorL crate the village of Dun
! das; to amend the charter OF the village OF
Mortified; appointing commissioners to lay
out roads in the counties of Scott, LIE Sueur
and Rice; to define the boundaries of Kittson,
Beltrami and Marshall counties; relating to
the charter of the village of Rosemount. :.
Senate bills passed: TO appropriate $4,000
for the erection of workshops, machinery and
|
appropriate money for the support Of state
Institutions; to appropriate money to rein-
bnrse Cottonwood county for expenses in
Cured in litigating the Winona and St. Peter
railroad company; providing for the change of
the location Of bridge in Freeborn county;
to authorize the auditor of Dakota county to
levy tax for special purposes; to change the
name of the town of Eddison to that Of New
Pasen, in Swift county; to provide for the ap-
pointment of farmers board Of trade. In
committee of the whole the bill appropriating
money to pay the salaries Of certain state Of
fcers was recommended to pass. The joint
resolution memorialzing congress to extend
by constitutional amendment the right of sur
frage to women was then taken up, ard after
discussion was recommended to pass. The
memorial to congress asking that the pine
stumpage be allowed to be cut on the Indian
| reservations was debated at considerable
length, and was finally recommended to he in
! definitely postponed. Adjourned till Mon
day.
House.
MONDAY, February 17.-Several pc.
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