Little Falls transcript., 1885-01-30

not less than sixty days, nor moro than one
year. Said fine shall 60 TO the general school
fund Of the county wherein such felony is
committed vi 49,. a, :. @1A
kAI 1s1,'s; - w &1s..s, s.ss.
SESATE-The concurrent resolution memori-
alizing congress for money to improve the Red
River of the North, the Din appropriating s2s,-
Goo for the Minnesota exhibit at New Orleans.
and the house bill providing for joint COM
mittee on cenBus passed ,salso the 81 PAM bills
for the isst,e Of $500, ,OUo water work bonds and
consolidating and amending the acts relative
to the board Of water commissioners. Bills were
introduced, amending the charter Of Fairbault;
creating a commission to care for the timbared
lands belonging to the state; providing for
storage Of baggage, merchandise and freight,
ind its public sale Yhen unclaimed; providing
for compulsory education of children between
the age OF eight and sixteen; preventing the
sale or exposure OF indecent or obscene publ
cations, pictures, ETC, and Ia memorial against
the repudlation Sofg harbor bonds by Duluth
Senator J. B. Gilfiilan, by request, intro
duced TWO bills OF especial interest to the lum-
bermen- One Of these makes ell the records
noYs kept in the surveyor generals office
asgdinneappolh legal records, and requires
the surveyor general to keep the same, and
proposes to reduce the price Of sealing from
five cents per- thousand ,stos three, cents,
by Senator knuQson, enacts that all healthy
children hetr reen the ages OF eight and sixteen
shall attend public or private school for
twelve weeks during tho year, at least six of
which shall be consecutive The only valid
excuses on the part Of parents or guardians
are poverty, lack Of school facilities within two
miles of residence, or proof that the child has
the necessary education + B A - g.
senator Fletcher sbbil providing for Storage
9 Of personal baggage, merchandise and freight
by common carries il closely modelled after the
existing laws affecting express companies. The
Fletcher bill .provides that the carriers shall
provide suitable storage houses and shall have
o lien. on baggage and goods for charges Per-
Z sonaigbaggage shaA be held thirty days and
merchandise or freight sixty days, at the e1-
piration ofwhich notice shall be sent the OWL.
ner or consignee. b = r Aa&&3&fE ,}aa
SHoUsE-Blls were indefinitely posponed,
relating to sommons Of Justices courts ;relat-
ing to the pardoning of convicts; and extend
g,the term Of township, supervisors bills
wers introduced for / state park, amend
ing statutes relating to pardons;. emitting
providing for tie testimony before coro-
ncfs juries, amending general statutes
relating to assignments and Igjudgnlenth
! in civil actions; amending statutes 're1a-
| ting to the satisfaction OF judgments; giving
townships the right 70 vote on local option; ln-
creasing the bounty for the killing of wolves to
| SO; amending the statutes fixing the time for
kthe killing of trout Senate bills were passed,
memoralizing congress for an appropriation
, for the improvement of the upper Mississippi,
| and several local bills.
Mr.. Collester introduced an exceedingly good
Dli in the house-requiring coroners to keep
transcript of the siestllnony i taken before
them. a1n most counties the Office Of coroner
! is little better than a faree,e and nothing is
! made of record. That condition Of affairs ex-
sted in Ramsey and Hennepin counties until
MIR. Mazzy, who. was sappointed chairman of
the suffrage lconi1pittee, reported ablIpropos- \
| ing toy give tho night Of suffrage on the guess
ton Of presidentials elections to women rs
was sent to tie Judiciary COMMITTEES, which
will report it back as unconstitutional, since an
amendment ITO the cons stitution is necessary TO
accomplish the object desired. -, q f. i
SENATE Judge Wilson, Of Winona re- intro
duced the bill for an amendment to tie consti-
ton to be known at sec. IS, art I Of that docu-
ment The amendment reads:
l. No county, city, town, township or other mu-
! nicipalty or subdivision of this state shall
ever subscribe to the capital stock of any rail
road company or Of any private corporation,
or make any donation or loan it's credit in IA
i,:vor of any such corporation.
! Senator Hickman called up his resolution
that no bills should be introduced after Feb
ruary g. Senator Clarke moved to Indefinite
ly postpone, which motion prevailed by . vote
of 10 ayes to 6,noes +
| Bills, were passed providing for the
| commitment of judges of probate to a
hospital for the insane; increasing the limit Of
salary for county attorneys to $4,000; provid7
ing that persons ordered committed to an in
sane hospital shalinot be- abandoned en- route !;
amending the charter of Mourhead Bills were
! introduced to regulate the drinking and selling
OF Intoxicating liquors by the issue Of permits
| relmbursing Dakota Wynona, Whasiugton and
Hennepin counties for care of state prisoners !;
providing for condemnation OF overaowed lands
to create water power
HousE.-Bills for the taxation Of real estate
mortgages and requiring all foreclosures under
chattel mortgages to be done by the sheriff were
indefinitely postponed A bill was intro
duced to prohibit the sale of dime novels.
DR.. Evans moved to suspend the rules and
put the bill through, but Nh Turrell said the
state had got along twenty seven years with
dime novels and thought it could stand it
another year. Mr. Myers was about to say
something when DR.. Evans raised the point
that his motion had not been Seconded. Mr..
Daniels, who in the chair, said the point
was well sustained, and sent the bill to the
committee on insane
The house reached general orders for the
first time this session, and went into commit
tee, with Mr.. Turrell in the chair. There
were twenty. one bills for consideration, nearly
all of Which were recommended to favorable
consideration. Mr. Burlingunle's bill for a
constitutional convention was deemed to be Of
go much importance, that it was temporarily
laid aside, and there was good deal or good
natured debate upon Mr.. BatcheldeTs bill" to
submit to the people q constitutional amend
ment extending the right of suffrage to women.