Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-23
Senator Truax, from the committee ON
mileage. presented the 70 lowing report:

Kick man. .......... SO! w ellis ......... 'orso
Huultou ... SOIWheat. ...-.........40 G
John SON 1901 wilkins. .......... 200
Knndson ......... - wilson. az 20
Lsnsaon:' 800 '..'''.'1 ~ 'es'o'D'
Lawrence. .149l
Senator vollmar's bill for the incorporation OF
towns aud villages so amends the laws as TO
give the powers vested In the district co urls 10
county commissioners ms cnanKe' ~ ~ t
powers to u municipal body, but 1t is not llkey
The VolInar bill will pass-certainly not without
decided amendment. The question Is regarded as
one OF the most delicate 10 come De1ore IAe JUL
ciary committee
Senator Christiansens bill to regulate the fare
of passengers railroads is very short ana
pointed Under penalty of from $1Vo 70 S}4v
any railroad company doing business III the
states from charging more than three Genus
per mile or fraction OF a mile, over any OF It's
lines in the state
Senator Sergeant's bill amending the cemetery
laws allows absent owners of lots to vote ny
proxy. and clothes the trustees OF the cemetery
with authority to compel floral OF other I'M
provements, recalcitrant owners to be liable to
have their lots sold to pay for the Improvements
made
of CHALLENGES in jury trials which involve capital
punishment at seven each for defendant and
state. and in other trials at three each.
HoUsE-The standing committees were an
nounced; bills were introduced declaring the
municipal court Of saltwater legally created;
appropriaying $1,000 year for five years, for
the support of the Mississippi river commission;
amending the law relating to assignments; In
creasing the saloon license in country towns and
villages to from 500 to $500; appropriating
s2e, 900 for the state exhibit 1t New Orleans;
for the establishment of township high schools:
giving railroad employees the right of action
against railroads for damages; providing for tho
mum bcrinV Of irregular pieces OF land; to regu-
late the handling of grain; amending laws re-
lating to appeals from the probate to the district
court: to organize religious corporations; re-
lating to the taking Of dispositions in the state;
authorizing the county commissioners and town
supervisors to offer premiums for the killing OF
blackbirds: detaching Aitkin county from Grow
Wing for judicial purposes; increasing the ex-
emptton from taxation to $500; prescribing that
no foreign corporation shall transfer actions
from the state to the federal courts; prohibiting
the killing OF prairie chickens before Sept
THE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The chair announced his standing commit
tees as follows:
Finance--Drake, Snider Knox. Warner, Lee,
Observation-Disclosures, Cornish, Griffin, Burlin-
game, Thompson, McKusick, Potter, Valentine,
Railroads Burlingame, snider
Peterson. J. W, Thacker, Carson, Sadley, Biorge,
Drake Brown. Reese. Knox, Durant. Warner,
Martin.
Public Accounts and Expenditure-Hush, Wall,
Bean, Daniels, Thacker, Fiddes, Smith. r A.
Public Lands-Snlder, Holmstrom, Wigley
pie, Ilts, Canning, Mcguire, Maland, Deike
Martin. Dyrne.
Federal Relations-Peterson. j. W., Byorum.
Haroldson, Case, Holmstrom, Murphy, CaniT.
Educate Carson, Dyer, Morse,
Bradford, Lienau, Downs, D.
Towns and Counties-Fiddes. Caine, Howes
Snow, Plaisance, Lightley, Fezer.
Military Afairs-Gorman. Muzzy, Maland, Nc
Kinney, Peterson, 7, Baumgarten, Felzer:
poratious-Thompson, Plaisance. Mason.
Naeseth, Olson, Shechan, Casper.
Agriculture and Manufacturcs-snow,M Mason
saettree, Coulter, Holland, Skinner.
State Prison--Wall, Pratt, Byoluln, Smith, j.,
Leland, Reinhard, Skinner
Claims-Turreil. Rlackman Coulter. Hampel.
spaulding, Times, Simpson.
Insurance-Griftin, Warner, Myers, Webster
@Snds Rp1snt pesc
rum. Hnnpel. Caniff, Casper
State Normal Schools-Spaulding Downs, Il,
Dyer, Meyers, Stephen. Terrell, Simpson.
Hospital for 1nsane-Daniels, Webster, Evans,
Howes, Bruce, Byrne, sheehan.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind-Howes, Pratt, Sweet
ser, Batchelder, Downs D:
State Reform School-Murphy, Lightley, Nc
Laren, Martin, Baumgarten
Roads. Bridges and Navieabe Streams--knox.
Lewis. Mckinney, Wear, Johnson.
Banks-Lee. Black1nan, Leland, Turrel], Smith,
Printing-Bean, A1ichner, Myers, Lieneu. Rein
hard.
Elections-Morse, Edmond. Murphy, lIol,
strom, Becker.
Commensurate, j. McLaren, Drake Case
Holland.
Pubic Buildings-Portcr, Downs, H. Bjo"sc
Brown, Teubert.
Rules and Joint Rules-Carson Dyer. Bean
Ende. L;n"au.
State, State Lihss5 2y-rr stordook, E7ans Hen
Mines and Minerals -sadley, wigley, McKin'
ney. Simpson, Becker.
Observation-Disclosures Case, Morse Nacn-
bar, Pattce.
Grain Observation-Disclosures, Canning, Oleac,'
Edmond. Maenra Haroldson. M"z7v ''''
Wear Wear, Hush, Peterson, p. Teubert. Smith, L A.
Fiynn and Nachbar
Temperance-Leland, Collester, Peterson, j.
w.. Alt1s, Ende, Smith, r. A.. Skinner.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
~ laxes and Tax Laws-Cornish, Porter, NC
hqsick, Stephen, Valentine.
r, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Warner, Wendelshafer,
denkrickson, Flynn.
son. moTfs sis Gaafa Bruce Coulter Erok
Mr. Leland's bill providing for the paying OF
premium for the killing Of blackbirds leaves the
amount and method of paying the same to the
county commissioners and supervisors, wlth
whom the payment Is made optional
The bill introduced by Mr. Bjorge in the
t nouse to amend the game law proposes to change
De shot from Aug. Is to Sept. ], and extend the
time to Nov. l.
1t is very dull day now in the legislature
when one or more bills proposing to correct
the evils believed to exist in the conduct of
the grain business are not presented One OF
these numerous bills was presented in the
house yesterday by Mr.: Bradford, and an en-
dorselnsnt of the same by the officers of the
state grange indicates that the bill is the one
which has been considered in that organiza~
ton and which will be favored by it The
bill is very voluminous and differs but little
in essential particulars from others
number of bills of peculiar interest to
! the legal fraternity were presented in the
house yesterday. One of these was intro
.duced by Mr.. Griffin. and provides for the
assignee and bondsmen being relieved from
liability in case an assignment is set aside
Mr.: Collester introduced bill for general
law empowering religious corporations to
hold property of oil kinds, amending the
| practice in the matter of appeals from the
| probate to the district court and still