The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-03-12

that Representative Myers should present the
bill in the house and urge its passage, willie
Senator Wilson should be sponsor and pro-
moter in the senate In the latter body
there will not be any especial opposition, as
the bill is substantially that passed by the
senate. In the first section (the senate bill
being referred toy the words sand warehouse"
are added after railroad" as applying to
the commissioners The governor is to ap-
point, but not with the advice and consent
Of the senate; nor is the executive bound to
appoint an expert Verbal and unimportant
amendments are made to sec. z, and In
sec. 10 provision is made for visits of ex-
animation to different stations by the COM
missoners In Sec 20, which. as the long
and short haul section had by far the greater
proportion of attention, the following words
were stricken OUT
And all concessions Of rates, draw backs and con.
tracts for special rates shall be open and allowed
all persons, companies and corporations alike,
at the same rate per ton per mile by car load,
and upon like conditions and under similar cir
cumstances, unless by reason OF the extra cost
of transportation per car load, from a different
point, the same will be unreasonable and in
equitable.
The following was added in lieu of the
above:
Provided, that no railroad company shall
per ton per mile for one one Car load Of freight
than for greater number of car loads. per car,
under like conditions and circumstances.
planned by one of the members Of the
committee as mot meaning much of any
thing but killing the long and short haul
part of it." TO sec. 26 is added the clause:
Provided further, that the consignor and rail-
way company may by contract signed an6 6E the
bilty, but it shall not be competent for the rail-
road company, In any case to exempt itself foi
liabilities for Its own negligence by any contract
Sec. 20 is interpolated and appropriatef
IN n rYnviSlOna
act
SENATE-In the house the railroad confer
ence committee reported the senate bill with
q few unimportant amendments, with rec
ommendation that the house concur in the
amendments The house adopted the report,
and the bill was then passed without debate,
and without hardly dissenting vote. The
bill was almost Immediately reported to the
senate, where it met with similar recep-
ton, Senator Hall alone voting in the mega
tive. and will be enrolled, and will probably
reach the governor to-day. Where the word
railroad" was used @and warehouse" have
been added, and the governor can appoint
senate. Part of Sec 90 relating to the long
and short hauls, was stricken out and the
following placed therein:
Provided, that no railroad company shall
charge or receive from any person higher rate
per ton per mile for one car load Of freight than
for greater number of car loads, per Car, under
like conditions or circumstances.
The following is added to Sec 20:
The consignor and railway company may, by
contract signed by the shipper or his deliver
be competent for the railroad companies in any
case to exempt itself for liabilities for its own
negligence by any contract. The sum OF $2O,-
900 is appropriated to carry out the provisions
Of the bill.
After one of the most heated discussions OF the
session the senate last night recommended for
passage the house bill cutting down the Knife
Falls boomage rates to rs cents from As cents).
The bill, as has been set FORTH is the result OF
compromise reached in the house. Senator Will
son was the principal opponent OF the measure
and said that the amendments OF the senate
judiciary committee. by which the Knife Fails
Tvsa drying se fas sn hs
boom limits, made the imposition on the Du-
luth lumbermen greater than the reduction In
boomage. In this Senator Billson DID not agree
just 20 cents per thousand feet better of. since
the Knife Falls company never did drive the
logs over the mile and quarter referred to.
HousE.-Among the bills passed were the
following.
Adding cross ties to the articles upon which
there mSy be lien for labor.
Amending the statutes relating to official
trusts.
Providing for a fourth judge in the Second
ramsey county, judicial district.
For weather station and bureau Of crop re-
ports at Northfield
Amending the statutes relating to dispositions:
To provide the clothing and transportation Of
INDECENT deaf, dumb and blind
Amending the charter Of the city Of st. Paul,
dividing It into nine wards. Yeas So, nays %.
Making Decoration day q legal holiday.
Relating to defense by the state in certain
Amending General Statutes Of 1873 relating to
interest on tax Judgments.
For a board for the inspection Of steam boil
To amend tine military CODE
To provide for the extension OF corporations.
The house had tilt last evening over the
The amendments proposed to require an exam
ination Of every physician coming into the state
by the board OF physicians at the university.
DR. Murphy was sponsor for the bill On pre-
vious occasion the bill was amended SO that the
board should be appointed by the governor. AT
the session last evening the bill was amended sc
When the work had gone that far DR. Murphy
lost all interest in 1t. and helped to carry a mo-
ton to indefinitely POSTPONE.
EFNArR-Senator Wilson called up his reso-
luton appropriating money for Messrs. J. ].
Egan, J. w. Alexander and Attorney General
| w. j. Hahn, the committee Of the State Bar
| association who prepared the penal code for
submission to the Judiciary committee. The
! amount was fixed At 500 each, and the reso-
| luton passed.
The senate has agreed to the bill providing
! for military instructor at the state UNIVERSE
/ ty, who Is to have the rank Of a Colonel
| By vote of IA to II, the senate recommend
| ed the passage of the house bill which pro-
| vides that incorrigible children sent to the re-
/ form school shall be charge upon the state
/ The senate has practically killed the house
bill extending the time for completion of the
Mankato, Austin & St Paul railroad two years,
by laying it on the table in committee OF the
/ whole.
Senator Pillsbury, from the finance commit
/ ten, has provided for three new Judges whose
Offices we're created by this legislature by ap-
! propriating $500 each per annum, for pay
| ment of their salaries
In committee of the whole, the senate recon-
mended the indefinite postponement OF tho
houae- bill creating N additional Judge in tho