Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02
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Senate-Erenin0 Sc ssion.
Senator Christensen offered resolution
allowing the elective officers of the senate
mileage at the same rate allowed members
of the legislature and directing the sscre-
tary to draw his warrants for the same
Laid on the table.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To prevent sporting with fire arms near
unincorporated villages and along high
ways.
Prohibiting the appointment Of minors
as deputy sheriffs, jailers and turkeys.
To provide for the inspection of gas and
gas meters.
To amend the statutes of 1873 relating
to assignments for the benefit of credi-
tors.
To provide for the taxation of sleeping
car companies.
To amend the statutes relating to at
tachments.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To change the boundaries of the coun-
ties of Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison.
Authorizing and requiring the towns of
KandiYohi county to support their own
poor.
To prevent sporting within certain sea-
sons.
Restraining domestic animals in the
town of Lakeland, Washington county.
To appropriate $4,000 for the eDcour-
agement of higher education.
| To amend the laws of 1881, relating to
high schools.
Amending the general statutes Of 1877
relating to the distribution of school
books.
Providing for the establishment of a
chair of Scandinavian language and
literature at the University of Minnesota.
To provide for the holding of institutes
under the direction of the state superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Prohibiting minors and habitual
drunkards from obtaining liquor under
false representations.
Legalizing defective conveyances and
the record thereof.
Amending the statutes of 1873 relating
to burdocks.
Legalizing conveyances made by certain
| corporations.
Amending the charter of Ortonville, Big
Stone county.
Amending the statutes of 1873 relating
to county surveyors.
Amending the statutes of 1878 relat-
ing to penalties for violation of road du-
ties.
Amending general laws of 1876, allowing
the state to sell pine and tamarack stump
suitable for ties, etc.
Authorizing clerks of court to place on
record the reason of jurors who are ex-
cused from serving.
Authorizing the judge of any district
| court to appoint commission to lay out
roads in two or more counties is his dis
trict.
Fixing shares of capital stock of corpor-
ations at not less than $50 nor more than
500 each.
Providing for the printing and binding
of 500 volumes of the opinion of the attor-
ney general.
Providing for the payment of bounties
for the capture of horse thieves.
Appropriating $4,000 for the state board
of immigration.
Repeating the provisions Of the act max
ing hotel keepers responsible for loss of
moneys and jewelry by their guests.
Lepealing Sec y and IS chap. II gen
eral laws of 1888, relating to corpora
| tons.
Authorizing the governor to appoint a
| board of fuel commissioners.
Authorizing the superintendent of pub
lie instruction to purchase for school dis
tricts copy of Webster's dictionary.
To provide for the sale of lands which
have BEEN stricken from tax sales.
HOUSE BILLS INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
| Relating to oatks ana acknowledge
ments, relating to fees for service of sum
mons; making the Minnesota Journal of
| Education the organ of the superintendent
of public instruction.
Paying St. Paul $4,000 for the use of
market hall for state purposes.
Appropriating money to build bridge
In Dakota county; to build bridge in Chi
sage county; to build bridge in Fillmore
! county; to build bridge in Scott county;
to build bridge in Fillmore county. APP
| propriating money to build a bridge across
the Zumbro river; to build a bridge across
Plum creek; to build bridge across Sank
river; to build bridge in Lyon county; to
| build bridge in Polk county; to build
| bridge across Root river.
| Amending the statutes relating to SER
vice of summons on minors; providing for
the punishment of persons who profess to
be notaries public who are not.
SENATE BILL INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
Reducing fees of the inspector of oils.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Senator Waite in the chair. Another
| squabble upon the bill relating to the Du-
luth and Iron Range railroad took place,
IN which Senator G.. d. Gilfillan got the at
| tention of the committee of the whole first
and made motion that the bill be reported
back with the recommendation that it pass.
Senator Billson spoke warmly upon the
subject, and was called to order, when he
moved that the bill be laid aside, and
wanted to be heard upon the motion. He
made an eloquent speech in behalf of the
Duluth d Winnipeg road, and entered upon
personal explanation, saying he was
elected upon his pledge that he would stand
by the road in this matter He said that
the real power behind the lobby was the
man that had been filling the columns of
the Pioneer Press with squibs to work up
sentiment in his favor. he claimed that
the granting of the lands to aid in the
building of the Iron Range rail
road would not tend to hasten
the development of the iron mines, and
that the Duluth Iron Range would build