Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-23
sENATE.-A long discussion as to the hiring

~ oAAPAOy ue N uAou. Ol AIS were 1QLIOUuCou-
To amend the game law; relative to the draw
ing OF juries; concerning the transportation,
loading, and shipping Of gram; forbidding
removal of suits to federal courts by
foreign insurance companies; authoriz-
ing Rock county to issue $4,000 bonds
for court house; to establish the Thirteenth
judicial district; to prevent conspiracy for af-
fechng the price Of grain, House bills passed
Wilkin county to issue $50, 900 in
bonds; allowing Fillmore county to issue $50
0Oo IN bonds for improvement of court house.
Senate bills passed-Joint resolution relative
to to appropriations for the Red River of the
The title Of senator Greenleafs bill is a COM
prehensiye one, and reads: "An act regulating
and receiving, transportation and delivery of
grain by railroad corporations, and defining
the duties OF such corporations in relation
thereto" The bill, distracted, is as follows:
Section /. A railroad com pany, when de-
sired by any person wishing to ship any grain
over its rond, shall receive and transport such
grain in bulk within reasonable time and
load the same either on its track at ta depot or
at any warehouse adjoining it's track or side
track, without distinction, discrimination or
favor between one shipper and another, and
without distinction or discrimination as to the
manner in which such grain is offered for it's
transportation or as to person, warehouse,
elevator or place to whore or to which il may
be consigned. Every railroad company shall
pei COLIcClOL w Dc tllO
III reasonable manner with its track TO and
from any warehouse or elevator, without ref
erence to its size or capacity, where grain Is or
may be stored.
Sec. 2. Neglect or refusal to comply with tho
requirements Of this act ahall be reported to
the railroad commissioner. who shall nycsh-
gate; If the commissioner is unable to adjust
tho matter, he shall report the facts of the case
to the legislature
Sec 5. Railroad companies are liable TO the
parties injured for all damages which may &C
crue under neglect or refusal to comply with
the provisions of the act. whether such dam
ages result in the de preciation OF the value Of
property or i'll LOGS to the proprietor Of any eo-
vator or warehouse to which such grain IL or
dered to be delivered. For second ofense the
railroad compsny il made liable to pay tiue
OF IS, Uo0, to go TO common schools Of the state.
The usual provisions are made for the recny-
cry III civil courts, payment OF costs and attor-
ney's fees.
GRAIN i-oNspIEA CIEs.
Senator Doran's bill to prevent comhna-
lions and conspiracies, entered INTO with q
view to controlling or diminishing the mar.
het price Of grain, is short and reads as fol
lows:
Section l. That every person who shall con-
trive, confederate or consplre with any other
person or persons with view, in whole or in part,
by any arrangement, agreement plan, device
or continuance to control, limit or diminish the
market price of wheat, corn or other grain,
shall be deemed guilty Of a 1aisdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof before any court of
competent juris icton, shall be fined not less
THAI 81 zoo, nor more than $4,000
Sec 9. That the provisions of this act shall
extend and apply to every person ard corpor-
alton, as well as to every officer, agent and
servant thereof
DEMONSTRATIONS were presented for the ex-
tension of the right Of suffrage to women and for
the enactment of law regu !atnQ the railroads
A joint resolution was passed for the appoint
n,ent OF joint committee to act with like com.
mittce from the Dakota legislator for tn: regu-
ation OF the grain trade; also. joint resolution
concerning the death Of Schuyler Colfay. lht
house declined to order the printing Ut the mes
sage in a number Of languages. A joint com
mittee was ordered appointed on the census
The judiciary committee was directed TO draw
up general law for the incorporation OF town
and villages Bills were introduced-To cstab
fish a board Of railroad commissioners; amend
ing the grant of lands to the Cannon River In.
provement company; relating to matters o
practice in justice courts: proposing to amen'
the constitu ton, removing the sixty - li.ni
to the legislative session; providing FOR the az
sessmeDt of incumbered property; PR pus!ng
constitutional amendment giving the right o
sn1raee to Tomsp; Extendnc n" term Of 81
JuNkS ALL SoAAA ~AAA'A~
10 a. m.
Mr. Warner presented yester lays bill in
the house for the regulation of the railroads
which contains features Of the laws of Mas
sachusetts and Illinois. Its principal pro-
visions can be briefly epitonizcd 1t provides
for board Of three railroad commissioners,
who shall be elected by vote of the people,
aud who shall not be interested in any way,
directly or indirectly, in the ownership OF a
railroad or shall not have been in the EN-
plov of a railroad Provision is made for one
Of the three commissioners remaining IN
office. so that the commission shall not be
made up entirely Of new members. The
commissioners are given general supervision
Of the rates. but no arbitrary rates are fixed
in the bill If the commissioners find that
wrong or Injustice has been or is being done,
they can recommend to the attorney general
methods Of procedure. The commissioners
are given power to Investigate all accidents.
The bill provides for free transportation and
! elevator rights, and amends all the present
laws so as to transfer the powers now he
slowed on the railroad commissioner to the
commissioners The bill makes transit rates
elective with the shipper, prohibits the use
Of Intoxicating liquors by railroad employees,
and amends the law so as to put dining cars
On the same footing as sleeping cars for pur-
poses Of taxation.
Mr. Drake offered the following Joint reso
luton. which was adopted without opposa-
tion
Whereas, It is for the best interests OF the
nc0olc of the Territory of Dakota and State of
Minnesota that laws should he enacted by each
establishing uniformity Of grades IN grain and
rules FOR the inspection thereof, and for regulat
uy warehouses and transportation alike il both
81 ate and territory, therefore
Resolved by the senate and house OF repre-
scntativcs of the State of Minnesota, That any
committee or committees on railroads. grain in
spcctIon and warehouses OF the legislature OF
The Territory of Dakota, now in session, be in
cit ed to confer with the similar committees OF
The legislature Of Minnesota, with the purpose
If uniform legislation far as practicable.
Resolved. That nothing herein snail be con-
str,,ed to encourage or to justify delayta iegis-
atve action by either Of the legislatures.
Resolved, That the governor be requested to
send a copy OF the foregoing preamble and res
buttons to the governor of Dakota, requesting
That the same be communicated to the terrilo-
'ial legislature.
SENATE.--The house Joint resolution in re-
spect to the memory of Schuyler Colfax pass
ed; also the senate h1l authorizing Swift coun.
tv to take care of its own poor Bills wore In
PRODUCED by Senators Clarke, Van Hoeson and
Doran, regulating the receiving and shipping
of wheat, and in the Van Foosen bill provid-
ing for a board Of warehouse columns
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