Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-19

Richardson, Wlnona, has been covered with
Grape, as a testimonial Of tho loss sus-
tanned by the house and state in his death
The committee on the hospital for the
insane introduced bill to remedy a &C.
| feet in the law relating to commitments
to the institution, by providing precept
making it compulsory to produce a person
charged with insanity before the judge cf
probate of the county for examination.
By bill introduced by Mr.. John Peter
son contradiction in the Interest law is
caused by amending the statutes of 1877,
where interest upon executions is fixed at
u per cent, the bill of Mr.. Peterson sub
stituting 10 per cent, the legal rate.
If the purpose of Mr.. Turrell, of Red
wood, is carried out, the name OF LANDER
ton will be preserved to future generations
by being employed to designate one of the
counties of the state. To make such coun-
ty, Mr.. Turrell proposes to take
parts of the territory o.
the counties of Brown, Redw I'D
and Cottonwood counties. The proposition
is to be submitted to the electors Of the
counties interested at the next general
election.
The question of the amount of money
the county commissioners of Ramsey
county can expend in general rad i'm
provements in 1888, found definite ex-
preston yesterday in bill introduced by
Mr.. Bohland, allowing the commissioners
to issue certificates of Indebtedness in
$4,000 for such purposes. The bill was
referred to the Ramsey county delegation.
Capt. Collins, chairman of the finance
committee, or.od back the large proper
tion Of the 5e appropriation bills in
troduced dur the session, all with favor
able recommt ,lation but one. With but
one or two xceptions, al we're scaled
down, from 1C 10 50 per cent, the com
mittee being governed in their scaling |
by the condition of the localities to be
benefited, the amount heretofore received |
from the fund, etc. In all. the bills as al |
lowed, appropriates between $4,000 and
100000. The bill Indefinitely post
poned was that appropriating $1,000 |
for bridge across the Chippewa river,
near Benson, Swift county.
The Minneapolis park bill, introduced |
by Mr. Hicks yesterday and passed, was
a formidable document in size. Il pro-
vides for commission of twelve, consist
ing of G. M. Loring, Dorilus Morrison, FL. |
I. Wells, j. S. Pillsbury, o. G. Merriam,
A. c. Hangar, J. G. Oswald, W. ". East
man, George A. Bracket, j.
N. Cross, D. Bassett, a. c.
Austin, to hold Office until their successors
are elected in 1884. The commission is to
serve without compensation, and is to have |
power to condemn land for park purposes,
as in the case of the board of public works |
of st. Paul in the matter of street i'm |
provements, and to inaugurate general
system of park improvement.
At the private meeting of the joint rail- |
road committees yesterday morning, after |
a brief comparisonso views, it was moved |
and carried that Messrs. Gordon E. Cole, |
Jas. Smith, Jr., and z. B. CLARK, be named |
as subcommittee to draw up new rail- |
road bill to present to the committee, com |
bining such features of both the Massa- |
chusetts and Iowa laws as were deemed |
best suited to the wants of Minnesota, and |
report the same at meeting of the COM
mittees to be held Monday morning next. |
THE TAX LEVY.
The finance committee yesterday intro |
duced its bill for the general tax levy for |
the support of the state for 1884.
Section provides levy for the ordi- |
nary expenses of the state for 1888 Of
1920, 1000, and for the payment of appro-
priat1ons made for public buildings by
the present Legislature, not otherwise pro-
vided for, levy of 100000, provided that
the taxes thus levied shall not exceed ~
mills on each dollar of taxable property.
Section 2provides that all taxes levied |
under the foregoing section, when collect
ed and paid shall be distributed as follows, |
viz: Two-thirds thereof shall be placed to |
the credit of the general revenue fund,
and one-third thereof to the credit of the |
public building fund.
Section provides for tax levy for
1884 of $4,000, provided the levy shall !
not exceed one mill on each dollar of tax
able property, and section provides that
the tax so collected shall be placed to the
credit of the general revenue fund.