The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-29

SENATE-The concurrent resolution memori
alizing congress for money to improve the Rod
River OF the North, the bill appropriating $2S,-
900 for the Minnesota exhibit at New Orleans
and tho house bill providing for o joint com.
mlttee on census passed; also the St Paul bills
for the issue of 3oOO, OUU water work bonds, and
consolidating and amending the acts relative
to the board of water commissioners. Bills wero
introduced, amending the charter of Fairbault:
creating : commission to care for the timbered
lands belonging 10 the state; providing for
storage OF baggage, merchandise and freight
md it's public sale whom unclaimed; providing
Tor compulsory education of children between
me age OF eight and sixteen; preventing the
safe or exposure OF indecent or obscene Dubli
cations, PICTURES etc; and memorial against
the reputation of harbor bonds by Duluth.
Senator J. B. Gilfilan, by request. intro
duced two bills of especial interest to the lum
bermen One Of these makes all the records
at Minneapolis legal records, and requires
the surveyor general to keep the same, and
proposes to reduce the price of scaling from
i've cents per thousand to three cents.
Inc compulsory education bill, introduced
by Senator Knudson, cnacts that all healthy
children between the ages of eight and sixteen
shall attend public or private school for
Twelve weeks during the year, at least six OF
which shall be consecutive. The only valid
excuses on the part of parents or guardians
are poverty, lack of school facilities within two
miles of residence, or proof that tie child has
the necessary education.
senator Fletchers bill providing for storage
u personal baggage, merchandise and freight
oy common carries Is closely modelled after the
existing laws affecting express companies The
rletcner OIL provides that tho carriers shall
provide suitable storage houses and shall have
lien on baggage and goods for charges. Per-
sonai baggage shall be held thirty DAYS and
merchandise or freight sixty days. at the ex-
piratlon of which notice shall be sent the own
aer or cOnsignee.
HOUSEHOLDS were indefinitely postponed,
relating to sommons of justices courts; relat-
ing to the pardoning of convicts; and EXTEND
ing the term of township supervisors Bills
we're introduced for state park, amend
ing statutes relating to pardons; emitting
women to vote for presidential electors;
ner's juries, amending general statutes
telaune to assignments and judgments
IN civil actions; amending statutes rela
hng to the satisfaction of judgments; giving
townships the Fight to vote on local option IN,
creasing the bounty for the killing of wolves to
g; amending the statutes fixing the time for
memoralizing congress for an appropriation
Tor the improvement of tho upper Mississippi,
and several local bills
Mr.; J; ". Peterson proposes that the bounty
TOT the Killing OF wolves be increased from
Is to %, and for cubs from % to $5
MIR: Collester introduced an exceedingly good
bill in the house-requiring coroners to keep
transcript of the testimony taken before
them. In most counties the Office of coroner
is little better than farce, and nothing is
made of record. That condition of affairs ex-
listed in Ramsey and Hennepin counties until
very recently.
Mr.. Muzzy, who was appointed chairman of
the suffrage committee, reported q bill propos-
ing to give the right of suffrage on the ques-
ton of presidential elections to women II
was sent to the judiciary committee which
will report it back a. unconstitutional, since an
amendment to the constitution is necessary tc
accomplish the object desired.