New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-03-04
Legislative Notes.

the House making May ~, Decoration
day, legal holiday, as it is in several
other states. The day is generally re-
cognised as such.
The road and bridge committees of
the two houses have agreed upon the
bridge bills, and the total amount ap-
propriated is $4,000. A large proper
ton of the amount goes to frontier
counties.
The bill providing for q central
weather bureau at Mortified, which
shall be charged also with the duty of
gathering crop reports, makes an ap-
preparation of 81, 900 for clerk hire on
~. The bill does not propose to make
any appropriation for the benefit of
Prof. Payne, who conducts the time
station.
Senator G. D. GilfilIan has introduce
ed two bills which propose the submis-
sion to the people at the next general
election of amendments to the constitu-
ton. The first bill provides that the
governor or state treasurer shall be eli
gible to election but once during peri
Cd of four years, and that no deputy to
the state treasurer shall be eligible as
successor to his chief. The second bill
provides for an amendment forbidding
the increase of salary of any Judge (su-
preme, district, probate or municipaD
during the term of Office of such judge.
Late Wednesday afternoon the Judi
ciary committee of the senate introduce
ed bill providing that all elections for
supreme, district, or probate judges
shall be on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, and in case
a judges term expires between elections,
his successor shall be elected at the BIZ
ennial election next preceding the time
of such expiration. The bill was re-
garded as so fair and necessary that 1t
was passed under suspension of the
rules.
Representative Downs has introduced
in the House novel measure to regu-
late roller skating. 1t provides for IL
censing them and then prohibits admis-
sion of ladies and gentlemen together,
aims to keep the sexes separate at all
times, under penalty. Mr.. Downs claims
that in this respect consists the great
evils complained of from bad female
characters going to the Kinks with
equally bad men.
Upon the report of the committee on
taxes and tax laws, the senate last Fri
day indefinitely postponed the house
bill exempting parsonages from taxa
ton. There is still an opportunity for
friends of the bill to move reconsider
alton, but it is generally believed the
hill has met ira 6oath hlnw
The second states prison bill got q
black eye in the senate when it came
to first reading from the house. Sena-
tor Waite moved to refer the bill to the
committee on public buildings. Sena-
tor Peck moved to amend by referring
it to the committee on states prison
and the latter prevailed Is to -. Sena-
tor Castle, who is chairman of the
states prison committee, says he favors
the location of a second one as the fell
low favored the location of q boil-on
another fellow. He wants another
prison located in another state.
The bill to increase the salary of the
Governor to $4,000 per annum passed
the House last Saturday without vote
in the negative.
The olemargarine bill which passed
the senate is copy of the New York
law. 1t provides that olemargarine
shall not be sold as butter. There is nc
objection to its being sold as olemar.
garine.
The house bill allowing women to
vote for county superintendent O
schools passed the senate Friday by 8
vote of "a to II. A call of the senate
was necessary to secure q full expires
sion of opinion.
The bill to abolish the contract sys
tenn Of convict labor passed the Hous,
on Friday, ap parently to the surpris,
of the House itself, and by vote which
was still more surprising 81 yeas t
26 nays.
! The House has passed the bill outh
orizing increase Of the State levy from
l to l e mill for 1886, and reducin,
same to mill, or $3.50. 900 for 1887.