Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-04-05
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE,
we-lnesd sy. March 81.


The reapportionment. bill was recon-.
Inended to pass by the house in commit
tee of the whole with few changes, the
most important Of which was TO take q
representative from .Winona county and
give it to- Washington county and one
from Blue Earth county which went to
Rice. Goodhue county made q strong
hXht Tor this representative but lost it.
Qttnsted county wanted the extra
Winona representative but failed.
When the senate resolution providing
for an extra edition Of ., 00U copies Of the
manual came into the house it was first
lost by tievete Of :40ato Co.. It was
then amended to include the officers Of
the house in tha distribution. This was
adopted, and another vote was taken on
the resolution, and 1t was concurred in,
the vote being 81 to 20.
Among the balls introduced, was one
by Nh. Stehbins: providing for. the. com,
paRsatiea of3future lexislatuIes. Kgiyfs
the president Of the senate and. the
speaker Of; the house. 81, coo for each
regular session and $40 per day for ex-
ira sessions Members Of both branches
are to- have $500 for each regular
session and s. per day for extra
sessions. The chief clerk Of the house
and the secretary Of the senate are to
have IS day; the chief clerk Of the
judiciary committee, SO: the enrolling
and engrossing clerk, IS; the assistant
secretary and assistant clerks, -; all
ether clerks, door, gallery and cloak
room keepers, g, and pages 81.
BfLLs1ETRoDucED.- by E!Ingsozr-TO
cede to the United States exclusive
jurisdiction over the Fort Smelling reeer-
walton.
By Cross6sld-To authorize the pay
n1ent Of 500 bounty for the, srrest OF q
horse thief to II. J. Hassevold.
By Crossfield amend chapter IS Of
the general laws of 1873, to protect bona
fde occupants of real, estate.
By Kely--To amend section I, chap
ter 400, laws Of 1881, relating to the re-
laf Of the poor Of Houston county.
Passed.
BY Thoe-To authuffze the commits.
sioners Of Dodge county to offer bounty
for killing gophers: Passed.>
BY Brish-To incorporate the city Of
Barnesvi]le.
BY Thurber-To authorize the. village
Of Chatfield to issue bonds. Passed.
SENATE.
Tho final struggle over Mr.. Ives bill
prohibiting pool selling occurred. The
measure was lost.
Mr.. ScheGor introduced and had passed
under suspension Of rules bill prcvid-
ing for the appointment o. the st. Paul
water board BY the mayor.
MIR. Crandall introduced q bill propos-
ing constitutional amendment provid-
ing for ei2hty-day sessions of the legisla-
ture,. no bills to be introduced after the
sixty-fifth day. Referred to the judi
ciary committee.
A county option bill was introduced
BY Mr.. Hoard. It provides that when
one.f1fth Of the voters Of any county
shall petition for an election to deter
mine whether liquor shall be sold in that
county, an election shall be ordered.
Mr.. Dodge, Of Dodge county, also came
forward with little county option bill,
which, as it applied to Dodge county
alone, he had passed under a suspension
of rules, on the ground that it was q
local measure.
When the bill authorizing the transfer
Of the State Park lands to the City OF
Minneapolis came into the senate from
theshoase an effort was made to paaa it
inconvenience under. q suspension of
rules. A motion to suspend the rules to
paas the bill was lost by = narrow major.
ity, and then, on motion of Mt. Ives, it
was referred to the judiciary committee.
The.goyernerr transmitted to the son
ste q copy Of; the resolutions adopted by
q convention Of the governors Of the
thirteen original states. requesting ap.
preparations of the general government
aud the various states OF the Union for
the erection of grand national monu.
meat in Paramount park, Philadelphia,
to commemorate the signing Of the dec
laration Of independence.