New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-03-04
Ooings Of the. Legislature.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY %.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY ~.
SYSTEMATICALLY the whole day was
absorbed in discussion over the high liz
cense bill, and a deadlock in the after
noon, which lasted three hours, and
was caused by those in favor of the bill
refusing to vote, was finally broken bv
the decision of Chairman Morrison that
q quorum was reported present by the
sergeant-at-arms, and the bill was de-
feated-21 to 2. Adjourned until 10 a.
M. Tuesday.
HOUsE-The committee on public
accounts reported the accounts of the
state all correct. Bills were introduce
ed: Relating to chattel mortgages; to
provide lien for mutual fire insurance
companies; making Decoration day a
legal holiday; to create fourth Judge.
ship in the Second judicial district; to
provide for stcnographers in all the
state courts; to provide for tho regula-
ton. of mutual building and savings as
sociations; to provide central weather
observation and crop statistic bureau
at Mortified. House bills passed:
For constitutional amendment re-
pealing the present sixty-day limit to
legislative sessions; relating to the testi.
mony of witnesses. Adjourned to 10 a.
m. Tuesday.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY "a.
SENATE--Bills were introduced
amending the election laws in cities of
more than $4,000 inhabitants; proposing
amendments to the state constitution
relating to eligibility for offices. of gov
ernor, state treasurer, and as to increase
of salary of judges; seveal bills amend
ing the general tax laws. The general
appropriation bills passed the senate by
agreement, and were sent into the house,
The senate bill regulating the practice
OF dentistry was passed. In the senate
committee the grain inspection and
warehouse bill was considered, and.
after the adoption of numerous amend
ments, progress was reported. Late in
the evening session Senator Wilson in
PRODUCED a graduated liquor license bill,
which was referred to the temperance
committee. Adjourned until 10 a. m.
Wednesday.
HOUsE-Bills were introduced relat-
ing to interest on tax Judgements; re-
quiring the sale of property taken on
chattel mortgages at public auction; re-
lating to town plats; for board for
the inspection of steam boilers; amend
ing the military code; to provide for
the extension of the term of corpora
lions. House bills were passed making
minimum banking capital $4,000; for
the levy of state tax; the grain inspec-
ton bill; to legalize foreclosures made
in firm names and mortgages foreclos-
ed by administrators; for the taxation
OF telegraph companies, etc.; exempt
ing parsonages from taxation; amend
ing statutes relating to the cultivation
of timber. Senate bills were passed:
Amending statutes relating to accounts
of administrators; amending statutes
relating to guardians; to punish offenses
on railroad cars; to legalize religious
corporations heretofore organized;
amending election law; to prohibit the
killing of game birds by artificial light;
relating to the time of holding court in
the Ninth district; relating to the plats
of towns and cities. House bills lost:
For an additional clerk in the public ex.
aminer's office. Adjourned to a. m.
Wednesday.
I WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 25.
SENATE-The morning was taken up
in routine proceedings. A number of
local bills were introduced, and three
from the judiciary committee, amend
ing the statutes relative to terms of
county auditors and treasurers. fill
ing of complaints in civil actions and
repayment of taxes paid enormously by
mortgages. In the afternoon, on the
call OF the calendar, the following sem
ate bills were passed: Transferring
grant of Duluth & Winnepeg to ST.
Paul, Brainerd & Northwestern $50 to
15); appropriation bills for the state
normal school Especial and general).
House bills were passed, providing for
the location of a third hospital for the
insane (Sadley's billy; establishing a
municipal court in Mankato. Adjourn
ed until 10 a. m. Thursday.
HoUsE-Bills were indefinitely post
poned: Providing that no property
shall be exempt from lien for labor:
amending tax laws; relating to terms of
town officers. Bills were introduced:
To make election days legal holidays;
amending the election laws in cities of
more than $4,000; to abolish the office
of public examiner; to permit the de-
posting Of state funds in banks in St.
Paul or Minneapolis; to provide for the
care OF prisoners who may be related
to the sheriff; to legalize certain boards
OF trade; amending act relating to town.
ship insurance companies, to legalize
certain sheriff. certificates from exc
cution sales. House bills passed: For
commission to locate q second state
prison; regulating the practice of phar-
macy; making railroads liable for the
negligence Of company employees.
House bills lost: For the teaching of
hygiene and physiology in the public
schools. Senate bills passed. The
new penal code. Adjourned to $50 a.
m. Thursday.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26.
SENATE-House bills were Indefinite
ly postponed for 100000 bonds for q
park in West St Paul; amending the
laws relative to exemption of parson-
ages from taxation. Bills introduced:
Repeating the law relating to salaries
of normal teachers; ceding land for
government buildings in Winona. The
concurrent resolution calling on con-
gress to restore Gen. Grant to the armv
on the retired list was passed. In the
afternoon the Wilson valued policy bill
and the bill for graduated LIQUOR Ii
censes were recommended to pass; also
the bill appropriating $10O,000 for the
state agricultural society's permanent
buildings. Adjourned until 10 a. m.
Friday.
HoUsE-Bills were introduced: To
amend laws relating to town insurance;
relating to assignments for the benefit
OF creditors; to authorize towns, vii.
lagos, ETC., to establish voting places;
amending laws relating to the adoption
OF children. The senate railroad bill
was amended bY inserting several sac,