The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-04-04

plan were both passed. The game law
was lost because not majority of the
entire senate voted for It's passage. The
vote was afterward reconsidered, how
ever, and the bill was referred to COM
mittee of the whole.
Mr.. Goodrich introduced bill reduc-
ing the inspection fees.
Friday, March 20.
HOUSE.
The house worked on general orders
last night and disposed of few bills.
Mr.. Ives bill abolishing struck juries
was recommended to indefinite post
ponement. Speaker Graves resolutions
in relation to congress were recommend
ed for adoption. ~ H.. ..-.
Mr.. F. G. Stevens introduced four bills
affecting the boundaries of St. Paul
One of them is a law validating. con-
firming and legalizing the act of 1885
extending the limits.
Mr.. Ives introduced bill authorizing
the city to issue 100000 bonds, un
der an ordinance of Jan. 8, 1873, al
lowing the city (if it desired to purchase
the street railway system under GER
tain conditions.
By bill offered by Mr.. F. G. Stevens,
the board of education of White Bear is
authorized to issue $4,000 bonds to fund
it's floating Indebtedness
Mr.. Harrington introduced bill pro-
viding that at the next general election
the representatives from the odd-num
bered districts be elected for two years
and from the eveu numbered districts
for four years, and thereafter all are to
be elected for four years.
SENATE.
A resolution was introduced by Mr..
Chapman for the appointment of a spe
cial committee to decide what day will
be the last upon which bills can be in
troduced. It was adopted, but attention
was Immediately called to the fact by
Senator Whiteman that the attorney
bills can be introduced after TODAY.
SENATE BILL PAssED.-To legalize the
organization of the Pope County Agri-
cultural association.
To incorporate the City of GAINESVILLE.
To regulate the catching of fish in
the lakes of Cass county.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.-To appropri-
ate $500 for the erection of bronze
tablet at Gettysburg.
To authorize the village council of
White Bear to rebate certain licenses.
Saturday, March 80.
HOUSE.
Saturday was the last chance afforded
for the introduction of bills, and from
the opening of the session to 100 p. m.
the entire time of the house was Occu-
pied with this class of business. Alto
gether lob bills were introduced. The
total number of house files now reaches
1874, the largest in the legislative his
tory of Minnesota.
MIR. Hompe, chairman of the appropri-
ations committee, introduced several
bills containing appropriations for the
next two fiscal years, amounting to
$780,, 48sS .
The committee on education intro
duced a bill amending the law relating
to the practice of medicine. 1t provides
that the governor shall appoint two
boards of examiners, to be known as the
state boards of medical examiners, one
composed of nine allopathic physicians
and the other of seven homeopathic and
two eclectic physicians. License to
practice medicine can only be granted by
the consent of not less than seven men,
bers of the board and the fee of exami-
nation shall be $40.
Eugene Hay desires to submit to the
people the question of calling conven-
ton to revise the constitution. and in
troduced bill with that object. He
also proposed an amendment to the con-
stitution restricting special legislation.
Another contribution to the bills re-
garding the employment of convict labor
was made by Mr.. Willrich. His bill
provides solely for the state account
system.
A bill introduced proposes to fix the
salaries of the surveyors of logs and lum-
Der at S., 800 a year, all the fees which
are now retained to be turned into the
state treasury.
SENATE.
There were about thirty bills put in in
the senate. The whole number of senate
files is GAG.
Mr.. Sampson introduced a bill that
was probably dictated by his own ex-
periences i'll connection with the Crook
ston bond bill. The gentleman's position
with regard to that measure did not suit
some Of his constituents and they sent
him White Cap letter and otherwise
threatened him. The bill he now puts in
amends the penal code by declaring that
any person who by threat, in writing,
VI uAtoAsohCu, HIldll
another with regard to the per-
Torrance or non performance of pub
lie act, is guilty of misdemeanor.
Mr.. Shields bill to regulate the hand
ling and warehousing of grain provides
that all elevators, excepting those at the
terminal points, that handle grain for
compensation shall take out licenses.
Nc. Hoar6's bill appropriating $500 for
the erection of a monument at Camp
Release passed general orders safely.
The bill put in by Mr.. Hixon relating
to soldiers monuments authorizes any
county to appropriate not exceeding
$4,000 for a monument or soldiers
memorial hall. The passage of the bill
is asked by the department of Minnesota
Grand Army Of the Republic.