The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-15


priating 5000 per year for agricultural So
cieties.
House bills relating to the proposed
and authorizing the village of Excelsior to
issue S., 900 in bonds, were passed.
House, Tuesday, February6.
A large number of petitions for prohibi-
tory liquor law were presented. Bills intro
duced: Making fraud sufficient defense in
certain cases; appropriating 5000 per an
mum for the state board of immigration; fix
ing the tax on insurance CON panies at per
cent. on premiums; amending statutes re-
'lating to fees and registers; giving villages
the power to vote on license; proposing an
amendment to the constitution, making
thirty days residence in precinct necessary
tor qualification to vote. giving MEM
bers power to administer oaths
t aSa mfs the pc1sa to- des skins
whether jailor shall De employed, and his
compensation; appropriating 500, 900 to
finish and furnish the capitol; to prohibit
minors and habitual drunkards from OBJ
tanning liquor by false pretense; amending
statutes relating to larceny ard several local
bills.
House bills passed: Relating to fraudu-
lent sale of property; for township drain
age act; Tor condemnation, etc., for drainage;
relating to certificates OF conveyance; rela-
ting to fees in probate courts.
Scuate, Wednesday, Fe1ruary7.
Bills introduced to allow consolidation OF
the Minnesota & Northwestern railway with
any other corporation which would COM
plete road; making gambling punishable by
Imprisonment as well, as fine, and publica-
ton Of notices of lottery a misdemeanor;
erecting Jackson, Mobiles, Rock, Pipestone,
Murray and Cottonwood into fourteenth ju-
dicial district; prescribing qualifications OF
legal voters in school districts to be same as
voters In general elections; providing tor
choice of county superintendent by conven-
ton of delegates from several districts; pro-
tecting the fish in the waters of the state.
House bills passed: Authorizing St. Paul
council to pay Policeman O'Connel: wild
White Bear as to scope of charter; author
izing drainage of Turtle lake, Douglas coun.
ty; to prevent catching Of fish in Prairie
lake, Dakota county, and to protect fish in
Clear lake, Waseca county. Senate bills
passed reimbursing Fl. T. Welles of Mime
apolis for money advanced to secure loca-
ton Of Milwaukee shops; to
technically amend act incorpora.
ting village of Rockford, Wright co n.
ty; making school district No. 3.
Grant county, Independent; to provide fol
road overseer and clerk in Glyndon, Clay
county; to permit Austin, Mower county,
to issue $4,000 Of bonds for bridge building
and repairing; to make lien from chattel
mortgage on grain imperative where grain
is removed from premises on which grown
(the Pillsbury billy. Reported for indefinite
postponement: Senator Peterson's bill max
ing legal rate of interest 81 each 500.
House, Wednesday, February 2.
Bills were introduced: Appropriatine
So, 900 for additional state Institutes; a cen
eral act for the relocation of county seats
authorizing the printing of 500 copies of the
annual report OF the state horticultural so
ciety, allowing legal notices to be published
in daily papers; authorizing courts to sen
tence prisoners who plead guilty in times
when the court is not in session.
The afternoon was spent in committee o
the whole, and number of bills acted up
on.
The house had before it bill proposing
to raise the salary OF the military storekeep
er from $500 to $1,000. It met with III.
opposition of Mr.. Child and Mn Brown
Mi. Speaker Fletcher, during the progress
of the debate, took the floor, and calling up
OH Mr.. Burger, who was present, to stane
up, said:
II hope the amendment of Mr.. Child, t.
make the salary $500 will pass. want tc
man went into the war when he was 8
mere boy, and while on the battle field HI
had his arm shot away This empty
sleeve tells the story. But he didn't come
back home. He was promoted to cap
taincy, Tor valiant service. This mans
BODY is full of cold leaj, so full that he
hardly dare 90 near the water for fear he
may fall in. 1.-The should he would sink,
as surely as Bunker Hill monument, hess
full of lead. Not content with shooting
parts of rim away, the rebels, fired whole
battery into him, and after it was all over
such fragments as could be found were
see what is left of him. Not much it is
true, but believe he should be paid for his
service, and given salary on which he
may be abe to live and support his wife and
six children Instead of cutting the
amount down, should be in favor OF max.
ing the bill retroactive 50 that the salary OF
81, 200 shall d,te year back since his service
commenced. 1 wasn't soldier myse I, and
perhaps wasn't coward. But I'll admit
was little timid about that time, but I'm
in favor, and always have been in favor OF
seeing the wounded veterans we'll cared for. v
There was some further discussion on the
bill and it was favorabIy acted upon by the
committee.
Senate, Thursday; February 8.
Senator Pillsbury, at the request Of th'
governor, introduced bill appropriatine
$4,000, a portion of which can be used by tn,
state board of health in the suppression and
quarantining small pox now existing in th.
northern part of the state, and especially il
:. the unorganized counties of Cass ard 1tasca
Senator Castle introduced three bills or
behalf of the committee on elections. The
bills cover the recommendation as to bi
email elections made by the governor IL
his message, and provide for the submission
to the people of constitutional amendments
as follows:
To provide that all general elections shall
be held biennial, and on the even years Al
it is upon them that congressional elections
fall.
To fix the close of all terms of Office at thu
first Monday in January.
To fix the terms of the state auditor and
the clerk of the supreme court (now three
years. at two years.
To reduce the terms of Offices of all Judges
ofthe supreme and district courts from seven
to six years, and to provide that the terms o
county clerks of courts shall remain fo1l
years.
To provide that officers whose terms arr
fixed at two years, and who shall be elected
this fall, shall hold until the first Monday in
January, 1887, so that all terms Of like offices
shall commence and end on the same dates
hereafter.
The constitution is so worded that thu