Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-18
LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

0CAUOCs
ST.. PAUL, March 5.-House bills passed.
Establishing a school district in Jackson
County; amending the statutes rela ting to
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors (graded
license billy; providing for the location of a
second states prison; increasing the gov
ernor's salary from 50, 800 to $4,000; reg
ulating the taking of tolls at grist mills; APP
propriating 81 200 to reimburse Marshall
County for expenses incurred in prosecuting
murder trials; providing that railroad cor
porations must provide suitable waiting
rooms for passengers; providing for cloth
ingf for destitute inmates OF deaf, dumb and
blind asylums; regulating the speedy deliv-
cry OF kilograms and providing that the
company shall be responsible for actual
damages in case OF neglect; extending the
time for the completion of the Mankato,
st. Cloud & Austin Railroad, and for earn
ing it's land grant, two years. Senate bills
passed: Increasing the salary Of the state
land commissioner (the state auditor is
such ex-officio), to $500 per annum;
amending the charter Of the city of lie
Sueur, as to executive officers. Died by ad-
journment: The following House bills died
by reason of adjournment OF the Senate:
amending general statutes of 1883, relat-
ing to improvements for the state prison;
amending laws OF 1878, and fixing the sal
ary OF the insurance commissioner clerk
at 81 ,5OO legalizing the record Of certain
sheriffs' certificates on execution sale;
amending general statutes 1881, relating to
the publication of lis pendens; to secure
better school privileges to the inhabitants
of sparsely settled communities.
ST. PAUL. March 6.-The session was
taken up principally by the passage of a
number OF burlesque resolutions. The gov
ernor sent a message stating that heha no
further business to lay before the Legisla-
ture. The customary votes OF thanks were
passed, the bills awaiting engrossment were
looked after, and the Senate adjourned.
House
ST.. PAUL, March 5.-Senate bills passed:
Authorizing the destruction OF certain
bonds held by the internal improvement
fund; to legalize the incorporation OF GER
tain villages: amending statutes rela ting to
insolvent debtors; appropriating $1S, 900
to pay the salaries of. additional judges
authorized during the session; to prevent
the pollution OF rivers and the sources Of
water supply; to prevent the establishment
Of trades and employments which shall be
nuisances; to prevent the spread OF con-
tagious diseases among animals; regulating
evidence in civil actions; to amend the char
ter of Pine City; to amend the sta tutes re-
lating to the discharge of mechanics liens;
prohibiting justices of the peace from hold
ing court in saloon; to provide for the
publication OF the penal code; to amend the
charter OF LIE Sueur; providing for profess
sors OF military science in the state univer-
sity and other institutions of learning; to
prevent the catching of fish in Olmsted
County. House bills passed: To author
ize the board of county commissioners OF
Ramsey County to issue $4,000 for road
purposes.
ST. PAUL, March 6.-Only small amount
Of public business was transacted by the
House, including resolutions OF thanks to