The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.
MINNESOTA LEe1sl,AIIuRE:l ! !
TUESDAY. sFEBRuARW

in railroad and street oars and other public
conweyanGes, and also the bill for appropriating
$4,000 to repair the state normal school at
Mankato passed the senate.
HoUsE-Mr Tether explained that he intro
duced the resolution censlring the speaker fo1
his appointments to the apportionment com
mittee which caused so much excitement last
Friday, wholly on account of Goodhue county,
which was omitted from the committee, and
not on account Of the Scandinaviahs reso-
luton was adopted ihstructing the legislative
superintendent committee to base tile appor-
tionment on senator for each 10000 inhabi-
tants ofsthe State and representative for
each 5000, or the major fraction OF each. Mr..
paa pe r Soas sRSc' The Eli nere e
ing the pay of district judges is also recon-
mended for passage.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
SENATE.-The senate in executive session
yesterday confirmed nun oci appointments,
a. follows:
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction-O. "
Tousley Of Heapepin county:
Directory OF the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Geo. f.. Skinper of Rice county, reappo;ntod
Members OF TIE State Eoa 4 o: Hea!t;,-n ":
Hand of Ramsey county, c. n. Hewitt o Good
hue county, " Smith Of St. Louis county, E. J.
Davis OF Blue Earth county, G. Gronvold Of
Members Of tie State Board of Equalization
Rudolph Lelmicke of Washington county,
First district, reappointed; James g. Lawrence
Of Wabasha county, Third district, 1eagPointed;
George p johnson of Waseca county, Fifth dis
trict, reappointed z. B. Page OF Dodge county,
Fifth district, to fill the vacancy caused by tie
death of Hon. Geo. P. johnson, appointed:
James Compton of Otter Tail county, Seyeac1
district reaRponted; .Mm G. = aHayden Of Of :Ncol-
ton county, Tenth district, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. A; J. Stevens; Al
bert N. Seip of ST. Louie county, Eleventh dis
trict
The apportionment committee are furnished
it i'll dividing the State into senatorial and lesis-
lative districts A large number Of local bills
were passed. including one 10 enable st. Paul
to purchase and operate its water works and
another to furnish st. Paul with a workhouse.
of the Whole. Fly bills We're considered. The
bill to appropriate swamp lands to aid the con-
struction of the Little Falls & Dakota railroad.
Mr.. Fletcher's two educational bills. and the
memorial to congress in regard to sawdust i'll
vorably The bills endorsing the purchases Of
railroads by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
Il Omaha railroad company were passed.
THURSDAY, FEBRUAEY3.
SENATE-Several hours were spent in dis
cussing the legislative apportonment scheme,
and some interesting facts were brought out in
a speech by MIR. Hinds, but no progress was
problem. The Minneapois& St. Louis railroad
is authorized to colstructa branch road to the
west. The railroad bonds were the subject OF
discussion in the afternoon, when M. Chamber
lain made his liberal proposition to burn his
bonds if they we've declared worthless or to
take half OF whatever value the State fixed upon
them.
HOUsE-Wheats usury bill was perempt0rily
disposed Of in committee of the whole
Mr.. A. C. Lounsberry failed, for tue fourth or
fifth time, to obtain an appropriation for his
crayon portraits of the governors, which pic
lures now hang in the executives reception
room.
Bills was passed to incorporate the village of
Rush City; to incorporate TIE village of Perham;
to INCORPORATE the Village of Degraff; to prohib-
it catching fish in a lake in .B1 own county.
Many new bills were introduced and referred.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, f.
SENATE.-Congress was memorialized for an
appropriation to improve the harbor of Duluth.
An important and desirable change in the
statutes is contemplated, under which landlords
can secure possession of their property from
tenants after their leases have expired.
A bill has been passed under which it will be
impossible for most lawyers to spirit away in
dictments found by grand juries.
joint committee Of thelegislatnre yesterday
visited the State University. at Minneapolis to
investigate it's condition and necessities.
HoUsE.-A large amount Of business was dis
patched. Mr.. Wilson offered a resolution re
questng the judiciary committee to inquire
into the necessity of increasing the number of
associate judges Of the supreme court to four.
There were seventeen new bills introduced.
Mr.. Dunn introduced an act to provide for
establishing State capitol fund, which will be
considered by the house at an early day. 1t
proposes to sell the Kandiyohi lands, the pro-
ceeds of which to form fund for a new capitol
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5.
SENArE.-The senate, by vote Of 20 yeas to.
4 nays, passed the bill to increase the standing.
appropriations for normal schools to the extent
Of $4,000 annually, Of which Sc, 600 goes to
the Winona school and So, 900 each to those at
Mankato and st. Cloud. '~..- s~~,,~
Mr.: Daniel Bucks bill to prevent fraud and
corruption at elections has passed the senate
should pass the house and become a law it will
produce very decided change in the manner
of conducting elections, especially III the larger
cities.
The committee on university introduced a bill
to appropriate $50, 600 annually for six years
for the purpose of erecting buildings. 49,
Among the bills passed were the following:
providing bounties for killing wolves; to amend
the statutes relating to roads and bridges; ex-
tending the time for the payment of seed grain
bounties for the destruction of wolves; relating
to costs and disbursements in criminal actions:
relating to inventories of the estates of deceased
persons; to increase the standing appropria-
tons of the state normal schools, and to provide
for the holding of teachers institutes. ~.r,
HousE.-Bills introduced: relating to the as
sessment and collection of. taxes; to reimburse
Murray county 5000 for expenses in prosecut-
ing suits against the Winona Il St. Peter rail
road; approyriating $500 to build a bridge
across a branch of Watonwan river; to amend
article 4 of the constitution relating to sessions
of the legislature. Providing that the session
shall not be limited to sixty days.; that the sal
ary shall be $500 for regular sessions, and
$500 for extra sessions. A number of bills
were passed, principally Of local character.
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