The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

! SENATE.-The house joint resolution in re-
spect to the memory of Schuyler Colfax pass
ID !; also the senate bill authorizing Swift coun-
" to take care of it's own poor Bills were in
roduced by Senators Clarke, Van Hoeson, and
Doran, regulating the receiving and shipping
ST wheat, and in the Van Hoesen bill provid-
ing for q board of warehouse commits
,,ionecs, chief and deputy inspectors;
Of school meetings from December to Au-
gust; by Senator Craig, amending the roads
highways and bridges law; by Senator. Hall,
changing the time Of holding court in Good
hue county; by Senator Sackett, to prevent the
abandonment of insane persons en- route to an
asylum.
Senator Van Hoesen's Gill to establish a
| board of railroad commissioners and to regu-
| late the inspection and handling Of grain, &C
! cording to his own statement embraces the
main features fSs of the plan proposed edtoray
ago. It is lengthy document, INCLUDES
are deluged with grain, elevator and railroad
| bills, which Immediately 90 to the committees
gested the reports Of the respective committees
will possess vastly more interest than the bills,
many of which are for boncombe
Senator Clarke int reduced his bill relating
| to the duties Of railroad companies in the re-
ceiving. transportation and delivery Of grain.
troduced by Senator Clarke, by order Of the
railroad committee, two years ago, and the
| first section is practically identical with that
introduced by Senator Greenleaf, except tor q
proviso which prohibits the erection Of any el-
evator or warehouse within 100 feet of one al
ready constructed.
T., The judiciary committee reported q subsh-
tute for Senator Steenerson's bill, relative to
legalizing the incorporation of villages. Sena-
tor Steenerson (setting forth that the bill is to
c,1re a posifivo that r111o l,o a11aDan6
ed and the bill passed The substitute, which is
much like the original blu except that it is not
so radical, was read and then passed by vote
| of yeas q, nays none
branches of the legislature are to leave for
Wlnona Monday afternoon, and will visit the
Winona school on Tuesday and the Mankato
school on Wednesday, returning to the capital
for the Thursday session. With the insane
asylum and normal school committees absent,
business promises to be dull this week.
HousE-The bill appropriatng $4,000 for
the Minnesota exhibit thew Orleans was pass
ed. Bills were introduced, reducing the rate
of interest on land sales from to S per cent;
proposing an additional article to the constitu-
| ton, declaring all grain warehouses public
warehouses;; extending the time normal school
graduates must teach in Minnesota to four years
and prescribinga penalty for failure to comply
with the requirements ; in reference to summons
III JuSG1c6 COuEtS AulouuluS Guo BaIAc 1aW1 Io6-
ulating the charges for the transportation Of
freight and passengers by railroads; providing
for the taxation of railroads, sleeping car lines
telephone lines etc.. providing for the ap-
pointnent of an assistant attorney for Henne-
pin county; changing the law regarding the
appointment of notaries; regulating the in
spection of grain. The principal committees
were given clerks.
Capt Joseph E. Osborne has been appointed
clerk of the house committee on finance, and
E. F. Lane clerk of the senate judiciary COM
mittee.
Mr. Turrell does not get discouraged. He
rate of interest on the sales of state lands from
& to 5 per cent, which was before the legisla-
ture two years ago. 1t proposes to cover sales
already made or which may be made.
Leland's amendment to the game law propos-
es that the shooting of prairie chickens, etc :,
shall not be commenced until Sept 1, instead
of Aug.15 It is the same as that introduced by
Christensen in the senate.