The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-23
Legislative Matters.

The biennial session of the Mime.
sofa Legislature is rapidly drawing to
u close. the End day of March being
the limit of its existence. There is
little doubt but what all necessary
legislation will he completed. and rs
Is unavoidable, some that Is not 80
necessary.
The appropriations for State insti.
tntions for the thirty months ending
July 3lst. 1885, as recommended are
as follows: Insane Hospital. st. Peter.
$3.50, $50; Insane Hospital. Rochester.
sl60. 1855; Deaf, Dumb. Blind and
Imbecile Asylum $l45.00 State
Prison, $3.50. 900; State Reform School
$l02. 501 /; State Historical Society.
$4,000. making grand total Of
$3.50, l22.OO. The finance committee
recommended cutting the State Pri.
son appropriation down $4,000.
Senator Fletcher introduced in the
Senate on Monday d hill to appropri.
ate 81 500 for repairs on the Normal
school at Mankato $4,000 for repairs
and certain apparatus for the Normal
school at st. Cloud $4,000 for the
erection of a Normal home at St..
Cloud for the benefit of the students,
and an additional appropriation of
81 900 per annum tor the Normal
school at Winona.
Under suspension of the rules, Re.
preventative Spaulding secured the
passage of Il bill to regulate the com.
pensation of the Auditor aud Treas.
:!rer Of Blue Earth county, at 80, 200
and 81 200 respectively. The meas
ure should receive like recognition in
the Senate. rs it is plainly evident to
those who know anything about the
duties of these officers, that the pres.
ent pay is entirely inadequate for the
work performed. Mr.. Spaulding will
be sustained in his position by the
people Of the county.
Mr.. Spaulding has also introduced
in the House bill entitled "An act
to regulate the practice of pharma.
cy.' There is little question but
that this bill or one Of similar re-
straint should be enacted to guard
again the dealing out Of poison by
persons who know nothing of their
purposes or effects. The hill is com.
plete in detail, comprehensive in
every essential. and covers Il question
that demands attention.
Mr.. Browns bill proposing to make
railroad companies liable for damages
to their employees by co.employes was
the subject of some discussion In
committee of the whole on Tuesday.
Messrs. Cole and Smith demonstrate
ed that it was apt to lead to dangers
to the patrons of the road by co.em-
plOyes. and Mr.. Hartley, in an exceed.
ingly practical and pointed way, ap-
plying the principle to other cases in q
speech against the bill, showing that
the general application of the princi.
pie proposed might involve manufac.
turers and farmers in damages that
would prove ruinous. The bill was
indefinitely postponed.
A hill has passed the House grant.
ing authority To the town of Slayton,
Murray county. to incorporate.
J. +. Child succeeded in crowding
a bill through the House OH Tuesday,
appropriating $500 for Il school house
in Jackson. Jackson county, which
MAS destroyed by tornado Il year or
two ago. Child has saved more than
the amount of his salary to his con.
stituents.
Senator DOran introduced an i'm
portant bill Tuesday, which WAS
ordered printed ut once. 1t is down
OIL corners, and IA digest reads as fol
lows:
Sec. |. Every person who shall
combine. confederate or conspire with
others to control, limit or diminish
the market price of wheat. corn or
other grain shall be deemed guilty of
mlsdemeanOr, ana upon conviction
before Il court Of competent jurisdic.
ton shall he find not less than 81 900
or more than $4,000.
Sec. .. The provisions of the act
shall extend and apply to every per.
son and corporation, as well as to
every officer, agent and servant there
OF.