The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-12

SENArE.-In the house the railroad confer
ence committee reported the senate bill with
few unimportant amendments, with rec
ommendation that the house concur in the
amendments The house adopted the report,
and the bill was then passed without debate,
and without hardly dissenting vote The
bill was almost Immediately reported to the
! senate, where it met with q similar recep-
tive. and will be enrolled, and will probably
reach the governor to-day. Where the word
railroad" was used @and warehouse" have
been added, and the governor can appoint
the commissioners without the advice Of the
senate Part of sec. 20, relating to the long
and short hauls was stricken out and the
following placed therein:
Provided. that no railroad company shall
charge or receive from any person HIGHER rate
per ton per mile for one car load Of freight than
Tor greater number of car loads, per car under
like conditions or circumstances
The following is added to Sec 20:
The consiRnor and railway company may, by
contract. signed by tho shipper or his deliver
ing agent, limit such liability. but 1t shall not
case to exempt itself for liabilities for its own
negligence by any contract. The sum of $2O,-
O00 Is appropriated to carry out the provisions
After one Of the most heated discussions of the
session the senate last night recommended for
passage the house bill cutting down the Knife
Falls boomage rates to 25 cents from As cents).
a
compromise reached in the house. Senator VIII
son was tho principal opponent Of the measure
and said that the amendments Of the senate
1ss1ss % dEs s iss sSs hs
luth iumbermen greater than the reduction in
bOomage. In this Senator Billson did not agree
with him. insisting that his constituents were
the Knife Falls company never did drive the
logs over the mile and quarter referred to.
HousE.-Among the bills passed were the
following.
Adding cross ties to the articles upon which
there mky be lien for labor.
Amending the statutes relating to Official
trusts.
Providing for q fourth Judge in the Second
Ramsey county, judicial district.
For weather station and bureau Of crop re-
Relating to the deposit of public funds
Amending the statutes relating to depositions:
INDECENT deaf, dumb and blind
Amending the charter Of the city Of st. Paul,
dividing it into nine wards. Yeas Sc, nays g.
Making Decoration day q legal holiday.
Relating to defense by the state in certain
railroad land cases.
Amending General Statutes of 1873 relating to
For board ID for the inspection Of steam boil
ers.
To amend the military code.
To provide for the extension of corporations.
The house had q tilt last evening over the
amendments to the medical and surgery law
The amendments proposed to require an exam
ination OF every physician coming into the state
BY the board Of physicians at the university.
Dr. Murphy was sponsor for the bill On a pre-
v1ous occasion the bill was amended so that the
board should be appointed by the governor. At
the session last evening the bill was amended sc
as to include two Homeopathic physicians
When the work had gone that far DR.. Murphy
lost all interest in it. and helped TO carry mo-
ton to indefinitely POSTPONE.
BENATR-Senator Wilson called up his reso-
luton appropriating money for Messrs. J. J.
Egan, J. W. Arctander and Attorney General
w. j. Hahn, the committee of the State Bar
association who prepared the penal code for
submission to the judiciary committee. The
amount was fixed ct $40 each, and the reso-
luton passed.
The senate has agreed to tho bill providing
for military instructor at the state universe
ty, who is to have the rank Of Colonel
By vote of II to II, the senate recommend
ed the passage of tho house bill which pro-
vides that incorrigible children sent to the re-
form school shall be charge upon the state
Tho senate has practically killed the house
bill extending the time for completion of tho
Mankato, Austin & st. Paul railroad two years,
by laying it on the table in committee of the
whole
Senator Pillsbury, from the finance commit
tea, has provided for three new judges whose
Offices were created by this legislature. by ap-
propriating 1850 each per annum, for pay
ment of their salaries
In committee of the whole, the senate recon-
mended the indefinite postponement Of the
eousa ply creating ~ additional Judge in the