Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-16
a bridge over the Rum river in lsanti
SENATE BILLS PASSED.

bridge over the Rum river in lsanti
county.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Changing the name of the village Of
Pillsbury to Kirk Haven
To amend the charter of Glyndon.
To change the name of st. Johns col
lege to St. Johns university.
Memorial to congress for an adjustment
of the land grants made to railroad COM
panies.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
At12:3O the house went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Merriam in the chair,
with thirty-six house and fourteen senate
bills on general orders.
The Joint resolution of Mr.. j. E. Child
for the forfeiture of swamp land grants
by railroad corporations which have de-
faulted, and which was several days since
recommended to be indefinitely postponed,
but this action reconsidered, was amended
to apply to corporations making default
hereafter, as well as in the past, and rec
| commended for passage.
The bill increasing the appropriation OF
the public examiner for clerk hire from
81 500 to $4,000, and his contingent fund
from $500 to $1,000 was antagonized by
Mr.. ]. e. Child with an amendment fixing
the amount for clerk hire at $4,000. The
amendment was opposed by Messrs.
Hicks, Turrell, Emery, Hartley and Gray,
and it was not agreed to, the bill then
being favorably reported.
Recess until 2:30 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon assembling in the afternoon, and
after the introduction and passage of
several bills, given elsewhere, the house
resolved Itself into committee of the whole,
with Mr.. Thayer in the chair, and pro-
| ceeded with the consideration OF bills on
| general orders.
Mr. Gregory's bill removing the selec-
ton of iuries from the county commits
sioners, and placing the duty in the hands
of the Judge, clerk of the court, auditor
and chairman of the commissioners, Gre
ated some discussion, after which the bill
was amended upon motion of Mr.. Rahe
ly to apply only to Washington county,
| in which shape it was recommended to
pass.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Theyer Of
Fillmore, making the Journal Of Educ0-
ton, the official organ, and requiring
every school district clerk to subscribe for
the same, to be paid for out of the school
funds, excited considerable opposition,
| though not sufficient to secure its indef-
mite postponement, but it was referred
back to the committee on education for
amendment.
! Mr.. j E. Childs bill appropriating
$4,000 for rebuilding a school house in
jackson county, destroyed by hurricane,
| was indefinitely postponed, though
it's author made an earnest plea in its be-
half as one of those cases of misfortune to
people lily able to bear it, which justified
state aid
The usury bill of Mr.. Emery, making
| the maximum interest on legal paper per
| cent, but differing from Mr.. Rahilly's bill
upon the same subject by allowing banks
| to charge 10 per cent, was indefinitely
postponed upon motion of Mr.. Rahilly, by
43 to 10 upon division.
When MIR. J. A. Peterson's
proposed constitutional amend
| ment requiring voter to be thirty days
| in an election precinct instead of ten, as
now, was reached, Mr.. J. E. Child moved
the word "male," thus comforting
suffrage upon women, and spoke
at some length in favor of his proposition,
but it did not meet with the support of any
one but the mover. The bill was then ia
Yoraby reported.
Senator Wilson's bill proposing consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the issue
of bonds in aid of corporations unless the
same shall be ordered by two-thirds of the
voters, was laid aside to let Mr.. ]. E. Child
| prepare an amendment be said he wished
| TO fer.
Senator Castles bill making judgment
! against homestead a lien upon the home
stead realty, after it shall cease to be q
homestead, was Indefinitely postponed
upon motion of Mr.. J. E. Child. Later
the vote was reconsidered and progress re-
| ported.
The senate was not quite ready to take
up Senator OBrien's bill amending the law
relating to punishment for murder, max
ing verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree punishable by death, except IN
cases where in the opinion of the judge
there are extenuating circumstances, in
which case the punishment is to be impris-
onment for life The present law only
allows Punishment by death when the jury
shall SO vote.
| at o'clock consideration of the long
list of bills had been considered fayorably
except as specified above, and the commit
tee rose, and the report OF the committee
was adopted, except as to Mr.. Child's
| school house bill, which was excepted and
| laid upon the table. Adjourned.
W4TT FOR THE WAGON.