Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-18

Richardson, W1nona, has been covered with
Grape, as a testimonial of the loss sus-
tanned by the house and state in his death.
The committee on the hospital for the
insane introduced bill to remedy a de-
feet in the law relating to commitments
to the institution, by providing a precept
making it compulsory to produce person
charged with insanity before the judge of
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
II per cent, the bill of Mr.. Peterson sub
shutting 10 per cent, the legal rate.
If the purpose of Mr.. Turrell, of Red
wood, is carried out, the name of Lamber-
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 OF
the counties of Brown, Redwood
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 road i'm
provements in 1888, found definite ex-
preston yesterday in a 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, reported back the large proper
tion of the bridge appropriation bills in
troduced during the session, all with favor
able recommendation but one. With but
one or two exceptions, all were scaled
down, from 10 to so 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
loved, appropriates between $4,000 and
$4,000. 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
formidable document in size. It pro-
vides for commission of twelve, consist
ing of G. M. Loring, Dorilus Morrison, q.
T. Wells, J. S. Pillsbury, O. G. Merriam,
A. G. Hangar, J. G. Oswald, w. w. East
man, George A. Bracket, j.
N. Cross, D. Bassett, A. G..
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 laud 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
brief comparison of 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 1 provides levy for the ordi-
nary expenses of the state for 1883 of
$4,000, and for the payment of appro-
priatlons 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 IL
mills on each dollar of taxable property.
Section provides 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 a tax levy for
1884 of $32OOOO provided the levy shall
not exceed one mill on each dollar of tax
able property, and section 4 provides that
the tax so collected shall be placed to the
credit of the general revenue fund.
Routine Report
House met at 10 a. m. Speaker Fetch
er presiding, with only bare quorum in
attendance. Devotional exercises by Rev.
DR.. Dana. Roll call and reading the jour