The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-03-05
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE,

! MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
sENATE-Bills were introduced amending tho
election laws In cities Of moro than 10000 in
nanitants: proposing amendments to the state
constitution relating to eligibility for Offices of
governor and state treasurer, and as to increase
OF salary of judges: several bills amending the
bills passed the senate by agreement and were
sent into the house The senate bill regulat-
sSs
peg to the St; Paul. BrsineTd & Northern was
and IN the senate committee the grain inspection
ana warehouse bill was considered. and, after
the adoption Of numerous amendments progress
was reported Late In the evening session SEN
at1r @ wilson tntroduceda graduated liquor license
| Dill which was referred to the Temperance COM
iSs TSis 4s'40rq;a new aueq sa' Iii 5S m provides 70,
graduated minimum license fee-the sums
are left blank, but the intention Is to fix
them at from 800 In small towns to $3.50
In incorporated villages and thence to $500
IN cities OF 600 or more inhabitants
! Senator Peck secured the indefinite postpone
ment OF tho bill providing that townships could
Sa ny vote s secure hieA schools He claimed that
and found highly perntcious.
Senator C. D. Gilhllan has introduced two bills
which propose the submission to the people at
the next general election Of amendments to tho
/ constitution. The first bill provides that the
governor or state treasurer shall be elegible to
election but once during period of four years,
| oe eligible as successor to his chief. The
ond bill provides for an amendment forbtdding
the me increase OF salary Of any Judge tsupreme,
OF office Of such judge
| HoUsE-Bills were introduced relating to in
: tsrest on tax Judgments: requiring the sale Of
! property taken on ohattel mortgages at public
auction; relating to town plats; for a board for
the inspection OF steam boilers; amending the
military code; to provide for the extension Of
the term of corporations. House bills were
passed amending the charter of the Knife Falls
Boom co nnany: making minimum banking cap
ital $4,000: for the levy Of state tax; the
judicial district; to legalize foreclosures
forsclosed by ~ administrators: @ 1 for 'k"tbs the
Ing psrsonases from taxation: amendins ent % stat
utes relating to the cultivation Of timber: Sem
ate bills were passed: For an additional judge
| latin9 to accounts Of administrators; amend
Ing statutes relating to guardians; to punish
offcnses on railroad cars: to legalize religious
election law: to prohibit tho killing Of game
birds by artificial light: relating to the times
Of holding court in the Ninth district; relat-
ing TO the plats of towns and Cities House
bills lost: For an additional clerk in the public
examiners Office.
SENaTE-The morning was taken up In routine
proceed1ngAS A number of local bills were intro
duced, and three from the judiciary committee
amending tho statutes relative to terms Of
county auditors and treasurers, filing of COM
plants in civil actions and repayment
OF taxes paid erroneousy by mortgages.
In the afternoon, on the call of the calendar,
the following senate bills were passed: Trans
ferring grant of Duluth & Winnipeg to st..
Paul, Brainerd & Northwestern go to 15):
extending the limits Of St. Paul (as amended);
appropriation bills for the state normal school
Especial and generaD. House bills were passed,
providing for the location Of third hospital for
the insane (Sadley's biD; establishing munic-
ipal court In Mankato. Adjourned until 10
, a. m.
Late yesterday afternoon the Judiciary COM
lnhtee of the senate introduced bill provid-
lnG that all elections for supreme, district. or
probate judges shall be on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, and in case
Q judges term expires between elections, his
| successor shall be elected at the biennial elec-
tion next preceding the time Of such expira-
| ration The bill was regarded as so fair and
necessary that it vas passed undce suspension
of the rules, and goes direct to the house.
HousE-Bils were Indefinitely postponed
Providing that property shall be exempt
from lien for labor: amending tax laws: relat-
ing to terms of town officers. Bills were intro
amending the election laws in cities Of more
than L, 900; to abolish the office of public ex-
aminer; to permit the depositing Of state funds
| in banks in St. Paul Minneapolis; to provide
fer the care Of prisoners who may be related to
the sheriff: to exalize certain boards Of trade:
amending act relating to township insurance
companies: to legalize certain sheriff's cert1f-
Gates from execution sales House bills passed:
For commission to locate a second state
prison; regulating the practice of pharmacy;
making railroads liable for the negligence Of
company employees. House bills lost For the
teaching of hygiene and physiology in the pub
lie schools. Senate bills passed: The new penal
code. Adjourned to 9:3O a. m
The committee on public accounts introduced
bill yesterday which proposes that the funds
of the state may be deposited in any bank which
shall be approved by the usual state officers and
shall give sufficient bond for the safe custody
of the funds. It is obligatory that the funds
shall be deposited in the banks of St. Paul. and
the m cdn Ts fS
interest shall not be less than per cent.
SENATE.-The senate passed to aIthird read
ing what is known as the graduated high license
bill The graduation is from $500 in cities
over 5000 inhabitants, to $50 in rural towns
The senate cOncurred-by a vote Of IS to 2
IN tho house resolution calling upon congress
10 restore U. s. Grant to the retired list, and
tho result, by clause in the resolution, will
be telegraphed to congress. The two voting no
we're Hall and Christensen, (democrats) Cas-
tie, Doran and Peck did not vote. Sackett,
Vollmar Weloh, and Wilson voted aye
Senator Clarkes bill reimbursing counties for
extra tax out Of the tax on railroad gross earn
ings was indefinitely postponed in senate COM
mittee of the whole.
The Senate passed joint resolution relating
10 lands claimed by Minnesota Southern rail-
road Authorizing the lease for fifteen years
Of certain school lands.
Upon the report of the committee on taxes
md tax laws, the senate indefnitlv postponed
the house bill exemptng parsonages from tax