Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-17
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.
Sr. PAUL, January ga business session of
one hour and three-quarters was held.
Among the bills introduced were the following:
Authorizing the council of the city Of Austin to
| issue $4,000 bonds for the purpose of building
a bridge, (passed under suspended rules }; to
authorize Burnstone, Brown County, to issue
$4,000 in bonds to aid in the erection of a
! modify the existing law prescribing the penalty
for murder in the first degree. so as to
| leave it discretionary with the Judge whether
or not to pronounce the sentence OF death
where the prisoner pleads guilty; proposing an
amendment to article of the constitution for
bidding aid in the construction of railroads by
| cities, towns or countless joint resolution to
secure settlement between the land grant
railroads of the state and the United States,
thus restoring to settlement large tracts of gov
ernment lands in the western part of the state
which are withheld from market and occupancy
as railroad indemnity lands. After a lively
discussion over a resolution authorizing the
| nine members each, to whom should be referred
| all matters relating to temperance legislation,
and all matters to grading and warehouse in.
| spection of grain, it was withdrawn; resolu-
tlion for the appointment of special commit
| tee of nine on grain inspection and
grading was then adopted. "A resolu
| ton was also adopted that the title o1
tie committee on hospital for the insane be
Changed to trat of hospitals for the insane. ..e.
On motion the standing hour for the meeting
of the senate was changed to II O'Clock A. NJ.
....Adjourned.
Sr. PAUL, January 1O.-The senate was
called to order by Senator A. f. Rice, as the
lieutenant governor was occupied In arranging
the standing committees for the session and
the president pro tenn. had gone home on ur.
gent business: Nine bills were introduced,
among ing which xss one prohibit the giving
towns, counties, cities Or other municipalities,
and another prowhing s9r the taxation of rail.
road lands. This last;s the same bill intfo.
duced by Senator Wilson At the extra session
OF the legislature. "A bill WAS introduced pro.
viding for the holding of elections upon the
petition of two-ffths of the electors of any
county asking for the removal Of county
seat. The house bill authorizing the issue
of $250, 900 of state bonds to make good the
deficiency caused by extraordinary expendi.
lures, was passed under suspended rules, thus
placing the state finances in a satisfactory
condition. President Gilman announced the
following standing committees:
Judiciary-Messrs. 4illfi1lan J. B., Castle, Com
stock, Wilson, Blson, Goodrich, Hickman, Steener-
son, O'Brien and Peck.
Fnance-Messrs. Pillsbury, Clement, Rice, Ser.
geant and Griggs.
EectiOns-Messrs. Morrison, LanRdOn, Castle
christensen and Compton.
Claims-Messrs. Shaleen, johnson, Compton,
Houlton and Welch.
Education-Messrs. Wait, Morrison, Billson, Poch
Public Lands--Messrs. Comstock, Rice, Hollister,
Morrison, Greenleaf, vollmer and Fletcher.
Internal 1mprovement-Messrs. O'Bren, Law.
renee, Wait, KuudsOn and Peck.
Federal Relations-Messrs. Chandler, Lawrence,
Mclaughlin, Washburn and Doran.
l Agriculture Lawrence, Shaleen, Peter
Military Affairs - Messrs. Crosby, Pillsbury
Griggs, Holister and Blake. o
Insurance - Messrs. Clement, Gilfllan j. B.,
johnson, Van ,Hoesen, Knudson, Chandler and
Welch.
Banks-Mess, 8. Compton, Clement, Mclaughlin
Enrollment-Messrs. Clarke, Wheat, Morrison
Buckman and Sackett.
Retrenchment and Reform-Messrs. Doran, John
son, Ho@It9n, Compton nH3 and Langdon; ,.ou,ou NJ
L4hRhlin, Ward, Crosby and Craig.
Rdkds and Bridges--Messrs. Blake, Shaleen,
Fletcher. Knuason, Ackermann and Christensen.
Normal Schools-Messrs. Fletcher, shsleen, VIII
son, Wait and Washburn:
Geological and Nstural History survey=Meesrs,
Hlckmsa, Pillsbury, Van Hoesea, washbisn'a and
AI5 oo1Dassaons= Messrs.s aooartch, rtua1, Ser
geant, GHggs and Acker1psn. s = 5:
Railruads--Mess Vsi,hlhn 9. D:3 Gaetle, Lang
Buckmyn, 0'Brien, Doran, Crosby and Holster.
state4Esfonm sohool-Messrs. Billson, McLaueh-
saefsss, steenerson ana %srd: wheat Element,
Deaf, Dumb and Bhdd-Messrs: Langdon, Gle
ment, Greenleaf, Compton and Peck.
Towns and Counties-Messrs. Van Hoesen, Pills.
bury, Peterson, Craig and Sackett.
Indian Affairs-Messrs. Sergeant, Peterson, Pills.
bury, Steenerson and VOllmer.
D,,1,1i Rvi16
Fletcher, Clarke and Blake.
State Prison-Messrs. Castle, Rice, Sergeant, Hick'
man. Welsh, steenerson and Buckman.
Library-Messrs. Houlton, Wilson, Truax, Christ
ensen and c. D. Gilfllan.
Wheat and Craig.
Observation-Disclosures. HOlllster, CROSBY, Acher'
mmlgration-Messrs. Mclaughlin, Morrison
Shaleen and Johnson.
Grain and Warehouse Inspection-Messrs. Buck
man. Van Hoesep Greenleaf, Blake, Ward, Chan.
dler, Volner, Wilson and Houlton.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Tax and Tax LaWs-Messrs. Rice, Gilfllan, q. d..
Chandler, Billson and Peck.
University and University Lands-Washburn
Gilfllan, J. L., Morrison, Fletcher, Steenerson
Christensen and Wilson.
Adjourne till II O'Clock.
ST. PAUL, January 1.-The senate convened
at IL O'Clock, and remained in session one
hour and fifteen minutes, most of which tim'
was consumed in debating whether or not Sen
ator Wilson should be excused from serving OF
the committee on grading and inspection O.
grain. He was not excused, however. .. bll
was introduced requiring merchants and othe
employers Of females to provide suitable places
for them to rest, and also one requiring note
| propretors to provide means of escape IN cas-
of fire. Another bill sent in proposing t.
change the rate of interest from to pc
| cent. per annum on unpaid purchase money TO
,lc ho ohoro
| usual number of newspapers the senate ad
| journed.
| ST. PAUL, January ia petition from
Robert Law was presented, asking that actio
be taken to adjust two Minnesota state railroa'
bonds damaged in the Chicago fire. "A pre-
amb]e was introduced setting forth that ther
would be a vacancy in the Office OF Unlte
States senator caused by the expiration of tn
term for which VIM. Window was elected. &C
companied by resolution fixing IL o'clocl
noon as the hour for the legislature to vote fo
Mr.. WINDOWS successor. Adopted. "A reso
luton authorizing the chairman Of the judi
ciary to appoint clerk with compensatio
fixed at $5 per day was adopted. Senator
Van Hoesen, OBrien and Welch were appoint
ed committee on mileage. Bills introduced
Authorizing the district courts of this stat
to incorporate villages; to provide for the ad
! justment of five Minnesota state rai]roa
bonds of $1,000 each belonging to J. E. an
Horace Thompson, lost in the mails betwee
New York City and St. Paul. :. Pillsbury, fro1
the finance committee introduced bill appre
priating $4,000 to be applied to finishing tn
state capitol, and asked that the rules be SUI
pended and the bill be put on it's final passage
Objection being made, the roll was called An
rules we're suspended. Ayes 49,; nays T. Th
bill was then read third time and passed
Ayes 80; nays g.; The house bill authorizin
the commissioners of Scott County to 1851
$4,000 in bonds was passed o.. Adjourned tt
), Tuesday at II o'clock. ..r<..
ST. PAUL, January 8.-A bill was Intro
duced fixing the schedules of freight rates
be charged by the railroads Of the state with
motion that it be referred to q special CON
mittee' Of five after its first reading. Th
speaker suggested its reference to the coa1
mittee on railroads, but the author of IL
measure said the bill was q new matter q
together, and not for the consideration Of tn