The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-02-26

sENATE.-Bills were introduced providing
for general deficiency by appropriating $685.
77S: to provide for the dsp osition of estates Of
insane persons; allowing railroad companies to
relocate lines of road. House bills were pass
ed appropriating $l,500 for text books and
school apparatus for Spring Valley, Fillmore
county. A number Of local bills were passed
under suspension Of tho rules.
The bill making the minimum liquor license
throughout the state $500 was reached in COM
mittee of the whole. An effort to have it's con-
sideration laid over was lost by a vote of to
; II, Senator Houlton insisting that he wanted q
conclusion reached, and not last years expert
house and one the senate, but both too late to
have substitute agreed upon-repeated, as
ponemsnt was made. Many amendments
were voted down and the bill was recommend
ed by small majority to pass. Senator Pills
Der of signers asking that women may be CIV
en- the suffrage so far as presidential electors
, and county superintendent of schools are
concerned. and that the laws may be 20 amend
ed that wives can list personal property sepa-
rate from that of their husbands. Bills were
introduced as follows:
The senate refused to concur in the house
amendment to the bill reducing the rate of in
teresto on sales of public lands from ITO s. per
cent
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
sum for session of lands to the purchase of
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
Indians legal personality and protection as to
other races; fifth, rewarding their civilized in
dustries; sixth, increasing the salaries of In
dian agents.
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 & VIM
nipeg railroad; raising the price per description
for publishing the tax list to 20 cents; lncreas-
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 q 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 ofenses against property; appro-
priatipg .$1OO, OCO for the state fair ground
buildings. 7 e. 8 .s= 5@ 5 .ss e.
Just before taking tho recess ut the close of
the afternoons session in the house, the bill
to appropriate 4100. 600 Tor the Improvement