Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE,

ton Of censure from the table and d spose
otit by pass lge or rejec ion. Upon mo lion
the matter was lef6 upon the table to die.
Senator Holmes introduced two bills max
ing additional appropriations of 5000 to
Winona normal schools. 81, 600 each to the
Mankato and st. Cloud schools, and $l2,-
900 to Moorhead. Several House bills Of
local Importance were passed. No business
or eneral Importance was transact d.
The House opened with a mum or of
vacant seats but sfore the session had
been in progress an hour the members
were nearly all present After the presen-
tatlon of petitions. Of which good num-
Der were for coustitu 1onal prohibition, the
passing of n few minor resolutions and tho
read ng of Senate files, G m the in troduc-
ton of bills Tho most important are: BY
Estes, legal ng the sales by weights and
measures In counties where the officers had
not heretofore been supplied with the stand
ards; SO 'ppropriating $1O,O 900 for the
maintenance OF a farmers, institute By
Ives, bills to modify the contract for publ sh-
ing Sta reports and supplying the same to
county ottic rs By Hay, bills 10 make valid
former ass gnments made by tie State
auditor and authorizing him to make as
signments for the State in the future. Day.
EXPORT introduced bill which, II it be-
comes law, will be important and valuable
in the G Sc of fires in the cities. The bill
provides that fire departments shall pro-
cure guns that VIII carry an arrow over any
ordinary building. also flexible chu' wi b
flexible arrow attached In burning
blu lding where the escapes are
cut off the arrow with the line
could be shot in window. the
chute and ladder drawn up and attached
to the window sill and a safs avenue of
escape quickly estab 1shed. Davenport h I'd
another bill to regulate the practica of
den tistry. The House then went into a
committee of The whole, after WHICH it adj
journed until 10 a Ill. Of the sob.
There was a usual opening OF the Hous,
on the 3Oth; calling the roll, dispensing
with the reading OF the journal, presenta-
tion OF prohibition and other petitions, re-
ports OF the standing committees, suspen-
sion OF the I'll es for the passage of purely
local bills, all OF which is very hum drum
matter: The members are generally busy
reading their mail, answering to their
names in perfunctory manner, and
apparently totally d. fferant to tueir sur
roundings. But let some one spring a reso-
luton for the appointment of special COM
mirtee or report a bill of general
importanc, and the charge is quic;
Everybody is wide awake aud alert
The committee on Prison labor presented
from each branch OF the legislature be con-
so.idated After considerable disl ussion
the resolu ion was tabled A resolution
was adopted author zing the speaker to APP
point days for the several committees to
visit state institutions. Ben son of Anoka.
desired to have the whole legislature visit
the ms situtions at the House held differ
We're: by Hopper Repeating the law grant
ing land to the Duluth and Iron R .nge
railway; by Perren, appropriatns 500, 900
for improvement on the several normal
schools; by FIalh ers, auJhoring trustees Of
reli yious so, tiles to sell and mortgage
church property. A bill was introduced
making The bounty on wo'ves $15 and IS.
At ~ o'clock the House Went in % a COM
mi -tee Of the whole for the consideration
of the bill amending the divorce law, max
ing the period of deser ion 2 Years instead
offs. The bill was supported by Ives Nor
gan and Lane and opposed by Hoyt and
Smith. The disposition of the bill was that
the same be rel orted to the House to puss
The committee arose. A resolution by
Flynn that all appropriation bills be re-
ported within the next 20 days WIS
adop Led.
Eastman presented a bill for the bet er
preservation of fish and g ,me in Anoka
county. Smith introduced bill TO prevent
the use OF opium. Lane asked for the re-
peal of the famous libel law.
There were II bills introduced into the
Senate on the 3Oth most of them being of
local importance and the session was a
routine one. The citizens of Jackson
county, through Senator Durant asked to
have the game laws amended 80 as to allow
the shooting of wild fowl until April 18Th.
Mr. Childs and Mr.: Pope both had bills to
kill off t g State P.rk. Mr. H yden pre-
sented a bill to prevent the spread of con-
tageous diseases and the appointment Of a
State veterinarian. Senator Bowen intro
ducei bill Regulating the exercise of
pol ice powers" The bill is aimed IT the
Pinkerton detectives and their like The
passage of the bill is asked by the organi-
zations of R 'ilway employees Mr.. White
man asked to have the law regulating sum-
monses changed in civil case.
In the Senate on the 31s+, the Doodle in
vestig ltion in the senatorial matter came
up egain on q motion of Dur mt to dis
charge the commit &c. The debate was
general and closet by discharging the COM
mittee. A motion to p int the evidence
was lost: The most important bill inlro-
duced was by Senator H llverson directed
az inst tru is, making them illegal and i'm
posing heavy p ma i.s. Swenson present.
ed bill prohibit ng the sale OF cigarettes,
cigars and 1obat co to minors Oswal g
bill is to amend the law of savings banks,
limiting the loan to any ona pei son 10 IL
per cent of the deposits o. the bank The
House bills passed were all of local char
acter.
About the first business transacted in the
uouco oftor tho r1ann1 ronfino oyoon}nor n,