Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-27


@ SENATE ~ flls were introduced providing
for general deficiency 81 appropriating 4s5,.
77S; TO pIovide Tor tho disp osition Of estates q
Insane persons; allowing railroad companies K
relocfAtes lines Of road House bulls were pass
ed Appropriat;ns 1850 for text books anG
school apparatns for spring yslley, Fillmore
cgunty. a number Of local bills we're passed
dnder suspension Of the rules. S sAs +
The bill making the minimum liquor license
throughout the state $500 was reached in com
smittee fthe whole. An effort TO have it's con
Gideration laid over was lost by q vote OF . "a
IL, Senator Honlton insisting that he wanted 1
conclusion reached, and not last years expert
ence--when one high licance bill passed the
have q substitute agreed upon repeated, as
it was likely to be il further post
ponement was made. Manv amendments
were voted down and the bill was recommend
ed by q small majority to pass. Senator Pills
bury presented a petition from large num-
en- the suffrage 80 far as presidential electors
and county superintendent of schools are
concerned, and that the laws may be SO amend
ed that wives can list personal property sepa-
rate from that Of their husbands Bills were
introduced as follows: All 81 5 !. 81: #
amendment to the bill reducing the rate of in
terest on sales of public lands from Ito per
cent as4 t@% E$s
Senator Billson has introduced joint reso-
luton calling upon Minnesota members Of con-
gress to further the following matters relating
to the Indians: First, appropriating the unpaid
stock, farming implements and tools for Indian
manual labor schools: second, to set apart q
portion of the proceeds Of the sale Of Indian
lands TO create permanent education fund;
third, giving Of lands in severalty and providing
for citizenship for Indian youths who. have
graduated from schools; fourth, granting all
other races; fifth, rewarding their civilized in
dustries; sixth, increasing the salaries Of In
dian agents. s,5 @l5@ r..
HousE-The grain bill was slightly amended
and reported favorably for passage Bills were
introduced: For an inspection of gas meters;
to provide for notice Of expiration Of time of re-
demption; to determine the heirship of real
estate; to legalize certain Instruments; making
it possible to place liens on ties for labor; for
the relocation of the line of the Duluth Il Win
nipeg railroad; raising the price per description
for publishing the tax list to 20 cents; lncleas-
ing the number Of school boards to seven
Bills were passed. Giving women the right to
vote for county superintendent of schools; for
the protection of dairymen; giving a lien on
horses for their care; the amendments to the
divorce law; giving check on county treasur-
ers; in relation to the place Of trial Of civil &C
tons; in relation to bonds in probate courts;
relating to olfenses against property: appro-
priating 100000 for the state fair ground
buildings T.. d, .. 1.i-.
Just before taking the recess at the close of
the afternoon session in the house, the bill
to appropriate $1,000 for the Improvement
of fair grounds was reached. After G. long
debate. The question being taken on the pass.
age Of the bill, there were yeas 81 and NAYS
SENATE. senate railroad bill passed by
. vote of 80 to 2, and the high license bill was
recommended to pass by % to IA. Bills were
introduced for inspection of gas meters; regu-
lating boomage on logs below the. Falls Of St
Anthony. Senate bills passed, appropriating
morley for insurance on state buildings; to So
cure civil rights to co1ored citizens; consolidat-
ing and amending the acts relating to chattel
mortgages; to prevent deception in dairy prod
ucts; to prevent pollution Of sources OF water
supply; for amendment to constitution as
to investment of permanent school fund.
The nays on the railroad bill were Hall,
Hickman. - .- g.. 5sS- = -"
Absentees ]. B. Gilfllan, ,Sha-
leen, Buchanan, Crosby, Vollmar. ~ ,.4
The nays on the $500 license bill were.
Christensen, Doran, Fletcher, Gilillan, @. D.,
Goodrich, Griggs, langdon, Morrison, PECK,
Peterson. Rice, Sa ckett, Waite, WEIGH
:entees-A ckerman, Buchanan, Castle,
Crosby, j. B. Gilfillan, O'Brien, Shaleen, Steen-
erson, Voll mar and Wheat ~
The bill to regulate the practice Of dentistry,
prepared by the state dental association as a
protection Tor the profession against quacks,
was recommended to pass the senate committee
of the whole. x p Fl -. N'*2f's''
Senator c. D.. Gilfllan's bill to secure civil
rights to negroes, (already discussed at lengthy
passed the senate. OF the eleven democrats in
the house. Griggs and WEIGH were alone in
voting aye. Rice, Stevenson and Peterson, re-
publicans, voted against the bill. ~. : :e
HousEt-BilIs were Indefinitely POSTPONED
amending tax laws; for state entonlologist;
for a correct spstem of surveys; for third hos
pital for the insane; for tho assessment and
taxation of omitted property; relating to chattel
to incorporate Martin Luther COL
lege; relating to tolls that may be taken by Gus
tom mills. Bills were introduced: For fourth
Judge in the Minneapolis district; amending
statutes relating to official trusts; making it a
to permit wild mustard to go to
seed; for the taxation Of policies Of insurance
companies not authorized to. do business in
this state: to provide for the destruction Of
burdock; to legalize' defective organizations
of corporations relating to inmates of the deaf,
dumb and blind institute; amending game laws.
The house has had 605 bills thus far intro
duced in that branch. This is more than a
hundred in excess Of the number at any pre-
vious session. The senate has 497 bills intro
duced. making total of 1,1O2 ~'''s'@ =