Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, JANUARY "a.

tain lands to county commissioners of Kandiyohi
county, for high school purposes; amending
law incorporating the village Of Benson; relat-
ing to costs and disbursements in criminal &C
tons; amending the charter of Lake Crystal;
to prevent double assessments on real estate;
to levy a special tax on real property in st.
Louis county. Bills were passed to incorporate
the villages of Plutarch and Pine City; to COM
plete the organization Of Wadena county for
Judicial purposes.
HoUsE-A brief session was held last even
ing The only matter of Importance was the
introduction of bill by Col. L. L. Baxter,
STIMULATING that the state tax on railroad earn
ings and land sales should be increased from
3 to per cent, the additional tax to be APP
piled to The payment Of the old railroad bonds.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20.
SENATE-5ills were introduced to incorporate
the village of DeGraff authorizing the village
OF Benson to issue bonds: amending laws of
1874 relating to claims for the construction Of
the st. Paul Il Duluth railroad; to incorporate
the village of Detroit; to amend the gener-
al statues relating to the filing of chattel
mortgages; reports were received from the
railroad and education committees. Bills
were passed to legalize the acts of Allen D.
Ferris, executor; to incorporate the village of
Perham. House bills were passed to author
ize the county commissioners of Chippewa to
issue bonds; to fix the boundaries of the village
of Dundas; authorizing the board of education
of Red Wing to issue bonds. The senate con-
tirmed several executive appointments, rejected
that OF d. Burt as superintendent of public in
structon, and referred that of Lathrop E. Reed
as inspector of State prison to the prison con-
mittee.
HoUsE-There we're number of local bills
introduced, and few passed in the forenoon.
the afternoon was devoted to the discussion Of
tile JOINT resolution memorahzing congress for
al appropriation for the reservoir system,
which was passed by a vote of sc to IA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26.
we iptr to tbor
the county commissioners Of Mower to levy
special tax; Incorporating the village Of Cannon
Fails: in relation to the erection of party walls;
to repeal the statutes of 1875 relating to swamp
lands; appropriatng financial aid to the Mime
sofa Academy Of Natural Science; to promote
moral and social science in the public schools
of Minnesota authorizing the city of Minneap-
oils to issue bonds to the amount of P3 O, 900;
to add five sections to article Of the constitu-
ton
This bill provides that all railroads construct
ed, or hereafter to be constructed, shall be de-
clared public carriers: the rates of fare and
freight are to be fixed by the legislature; rail
roads may not directly or indirectly engage in
any other business and no railroad in the State
or other corporation shall consolidate it's
lines of railroad, nor shall any railroad in the
State consolidate with any road or roads organ
lied under the laws OF another State
Bills were passed memoralizing congress to
appropriate 81, 600, 600 for the Improvement
of the Mississippi river; changing the bonnd-
aries of certain school DISTRICTS to amend the
general statutes relating to larcency from the
person.
HoUsE-The speaker announced his appoint
ments to several house and joint special COM
mttees as follows:
Joint Committee on Investigation of the st.
Cloud Normal School-Wison, Denny
Joint Committee on Railroad Lands EXEMPTED
traudlently from TaNatlon-Wilson, Dunn,
Comstock, Collins, Smith,
Temperance-Dunn, Putnam, HUM, San
born, Norrish.
Legislative APPROXIMATION Ives,
kniss, Stewart Van Hoesen, Stone, Hayes, Braley,
Churchill, Colquhoun, Wiley, Armstrong, Nc
Andrews, Gardner
Congressional Apportionment-C omstocl,
Denny, Sabin, Geary, Hicks, Collins, Sanborn,
Allen, Rice, O. S. Porter Searles, BooKwalter,,
Grazing, Calender.
State Inspector of Wheat-Norrish, Kniss,
Ives, Geary, Caine.
Location of Second State Prison-Hoyt, Moore,
kneeland, J. Thompson, Jr., Gliggs
Old Railroad Bonds-Daniels, Kniss, HUM,
Sabn, Dunn, Baldwin, L. L. Baxter, Smith,
McCracken, Donahue
Mr.. Dunn's bill making infringements of the
liquor laws felonies instead of misdemeanors.
created quite a discussion in the committee of
the whole, and amendments were offered by
Col. Baxter, modifying the stSingency of the
proposed change, but increasing the present
penalties for certain infringements
Many bills were introduced, principally of a
local character.
THURSDAY, JANUARY, 81.
SENATE-Bills were introduced to incorporate
the village Of Glenwood; to amend the general
laws OF 1877 relating to cartways; to encour-
age timber culture; to amend the law incorpo-
rating the city of Austin; to appoint State de-
tectlve to discover persons selling liquors to
Indians; to regulate the carrying of passengers,
and fixing fare
Bills were passed to incorporate the village of
Evansville; amending the act Of Incorporation
of the Hastings Industrial Institute.
Congressional and legislative apportionment
committees were announced as follows:
Congressional-Clemen Schaller, Peterson,
Howard, McCrea, Adams, Campbell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Rice, Langdon, Gilfillan,
c. D. Wilson, Simmons, Buck.
Senator Peterson introduced q bill to encour-
age timber culture providing that every person
who shall plant forest trees on prairie lands,
and take care of them for six years. shall be en-
titled to compensation at the rate of 81 per
acre.
HoUsE--The bill to amend the constitution
and prohibit special Legislation was, after long
discussion in the committee of the whole, rec
commended to pass.
Mr.. Smith introduced memorial asking con-
gress to hasten the passage of bill to prevent
the filling OF the channel of the Mississippi with
sawdust.
Mr.. Sabin introduced several bills relating to
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad company.
joint resolution, offered by Mr. Daniels,
providing for committee of five senators and
seven representatives, to consider the expedi-
ency of dividing or forming judicial districts
was adopted.
The proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton, which was recommended to pass, is as
follows:
Sec: So The legislature is prohibited from
enachng any special or private laws in the fol-
lowing cases: First, for changing the names Of
persons or constituting one person the heir at
aw of another; second, for laying out, opening
or altering highways; third, for authorizing