Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
Senate.

TUESDAY, January 28.-A petition
was presented from citizens Of Lincoln county
praying that the county seat of that county be
removed from Marshfeld to Morse. ;. Bills
passed under suspended rules: To authorize
the commissioners Of Meeker county to iseue
$20, 900 bonds to erect court house and Jail
school district No 8, in Olmsted county, and
attach the same to school district No. 1O8; to
incorporate the village Of Sherburne. in Mar
tin county. Bills introduced To locate and
establish a state road from Howard lake,
Wright county; amending the statutes relative
to assessors, 80 as to provide for the appoint
Ment OF county assessors, and make their term
Of Office four years; to remove the county seat
Of Lincoln county from Marshfield to Morse;
amending the laws OF 1877 relative to the debt
of st. Louis county. "A joint resolution ask
ing congress to appropriate money to improve
navigation on Red river was passed under sus-
pended rules. :. In committee Of the whole a
number of bills we're oons1derd Of an unim-
portant character, and nothing of importance
transpired until the bill making the maximum
rate Of interest 10 per cent. was reached. A.
Ger considerable debate upon an amendment
fixing the first day of October next as the date
when the law shall become operative, the COM
mttee rose without action and the senate ad'
journed.
WEDNESDAY, January 29.-Bills in
duced: Relating to tho assignment of proper
ty; amending the laws relating to giving aid to
railroads; for uniformity in the gauge Of rail
roads; relating to the redemption Of property
from tax judgment sales . The committee on
retrenchment and reform reported back The
bill fixing the salaries of certain state officers
with amendments, and recommending that it
pass. The following is the proposed compen-
sation, but the bill does not effect the present
incumbents: Governor, $4,000; governor g
private secretary, $1,000; auditor, $4,000;
auditors clerk, 81 900; state land commission
or, $500; land commissioners clerk, $3.50;
| librarian, $1,000; public examiner, 50, 500;
public examiners contingent fund, $500: clerk
for secretary Of state, $500; state treasurer,
! $4,000; deputy state treasurer, 81, 200; treas
| instruction, 81 1900; clerk hire for superinten-
dent Of instruction, $500; railroad and insur-
| ance commissioner, s., 500; deputy railroad
and insurance commissioner, 81, 2OO clelk OF
railroad department and expenses, $500; ad-
jutant general and clerk hire. 81, 900; clerk Of
passed under suspended rules: A bill to au-
thorize the commissioners of Martin county to
issue 1926, 900 in bonds to build court house
and jail; memorial to congress asking an
appropriation of money to improve navigation
on the Minnesota river. Bills passed: Grant
ing the city OF Wlnona the privilege of main
tanning ferry at that place; to detach certain
lands from school district No. Is, in Dodge
county. "A communication was received from
the governor enclosing the renlonstrance Of
citizens of Traverse county against the change
Of their county boundaries. In committee
Of the whole the bill reducing the rate of in
terest from ~ to 10 per cent. and the bill con-
solidating the Offices of railroad and insurance
commissioner were recommended to pass &.
| Adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 30.-Petitions