St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-19

! The salary bill was passed under suspen sion
of the rules. The changes are as follows:
Judge OF probate, So, 900; assessor 81, 900 f0l
odd umbered years and SS, 900 for even;
auditor. Sc 600; attorney, So, 500, and treas.
urer sc, 900. These amounts are to include
all clerk hire. A bill was also passed amend
Ing the act regulating the fees of the Sheriff,
by which his allowance for boarding prison.
ers Is increased from 50 to 50 50 per week.
Some slight advances are also made in fees
| for arrests of criminals, and for service OF
| papers in civil cases. The changes were REG
commended by committee Of tie delegation
after thorough examination Of the business
Of the office for several years past. Just be-
fore adjournment for the day the committee
on towns and counties reported the St. Paul
eXtens sion bill back with q recon incubation
| that it pass. which settles all doubt as to the
fate of the bill. 1t will pass by large ma
jority.
The arst volume of the state geological
survey was distributed among the members
| yesterday.
The workhouse and grain committees bill
will be taken up at IL a. m. to-day as the
special order.
BLACKBIRDS.
Mr.. Lelaud's blackbird bill afforded the
house another twenty minutes hiarity yes
terday, during which there was a number Of
buncombe speeches, amendments, etc. The
amendments were all voted down but one,
that offered by Mr.. Michener, providing that
not more than oue-half the backbirds Of
any county be killed in any one year. This
done Mr.Spaulding moved the com mittee re-
port progress on the bill and ask leave to sit
again, in support of which he said it was
about the only measure before the bouse
tvh hnrc
to speak, and he thought it would be unfair
to shut them off. The suggestion was so
pat that the committee adopted his motion,
and the blackbird bill still has life.
CHURCH PARsoNAGEs.
The bill of r. A. Smith to exempt church
parsonages from taxation called out short
discussion. Mr.. Drake opened business by
Offering an amendment limiting the exemp-
ton to 900 as the value Of buildings alone.
Mr.. Warner moved an amendment to the
amendment making the limit $1,000. Mr..
Durant, Mr.. Hendrickson and Mr.. Burlin-
game joined Mr.. Warner in support of his
proposition, but the other speakers, Messrs.
Colester Myers, Drake, Turrell, Patser,
Cornish, Daniels, Evans and Mcmillan op-
posed the amendment, Messrs. Turrell, Cor
nish aud Daniels taking the ground that tax
alton of this kind ofproperty was uncousti-
tutional. Mr.. Hendrickson opposed the bill
entire, asserting that he believed in taxing
churches and church property just the same
as other property, and that such taxation was
justified and imposed by the constitution.
To gain light upon this point he moved ref
| erence of the bill to the Judiciary committee.
The motion to recommit was defeated, as
were also both am G ailments, and then the COM
mittee voted to indefinitely postpone, which
was carried ,43 yeas to SO nays. When the com
mittee rose the house refused TO accept the
bill from the report, and then Mr.. Turrells
motion to reconsider was voted down, which
killed the bill beyond resurrection.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The bill of Mr.. Batchelder for an amend
ment to the constitution allowing woman
suffrage was reported for indefinite postpone
ment after a short discussion, In which Mr..
Pratt of Washin gton was the only member to
speak warmly in its favor.
The bill of Mr.. Daniels to compel district
judges to file decisions within sixty days, or be
prohibited from drawing their salaries during
the period the limit Is exceeded, was also in
| definitely postponed.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS.
The bill appropriating 500, 900 to improve
the grounds recently donated the state by
Ramsey county for permanent location for
the State Agricultural society met with the
opp position of Mr.. Snider of Hennepin
county, who read dgures showing that the
| standing appropriations, support of state in
stitutions, general expenses, interest on bonds,
overdraft, ETC., would leave deficiency on
estimpted resources Of 81, ,130,500 for the
year 1856 of S36, ,315, and or 81, ,l57, 500 for
1897 of $267, 715. On these figures Mr.. Sni-
der submitted members should hesitate before
voting on appropriations which would require,
in accordance with the decision OF the sem
ate and house finance committees, an in
crease in the rate Of taxation Of from one to
one and one-hslf mills. The bill was sup
ported by Messrs. Drake, Lee, Durant, Stor-
dock, Canning, Turrell, Warner, Daniels and
Pattee, Mr.. Drake calling attention to the
fact that the proposed increase in taxation
would be but 25 cents on each 81, 900 Of real
estate valuation, of which St. Paul and Min
neapolis would pay 121S cents. The vote to
recommend the bill for passage was almost
unanimous.