Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-04-10
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

~ In the Senate, there was not On. unu stlal
large number OF bills prese.tea, Dut some
Of them Of them were, QUITE important
A few bills were pa~.ea, ~ OF tnem un-
important or l9Sh i h tns ssIn pre- e.
giving aw~a Of liquor at any bali, dance
~ N.Y. Senator Hoard sent up a bill
au,-dding the law relating to the publcA
,~1a6n OF legal notices and Mr.. Bowen pro-
posed bill to regulate the amount Of IL
9uor business. 1t means an pro rating. Mr.
Hixon desires to authorize county COM
missioners to appropriate money to erect
soldiers monuments or memorial halls At
1:S0 the senate adjourned to join the house
in the trip to Duluth.
tation Of bills and from the time the gavel
fell in the morning until tho session closed
there was a constant flow OF measures to
the speakers desk. Altogether there
were 1O3 bills presented in tho house and
II there had been more time there would
members were pretty we'll cleared out.
From now out the time of both branches
will be occupied in consideration and pas
sage or rejection Of the measures already
Introduced. The total number of house
files has reached 1874, by far the largest
and embraces almost every phase of leg.
tslative enactment from building foot
bridge over some unknown creek to vital
amendments, to the constitution. One
6 ha,t OF these bills tlis.oa are in the
is safe to say that many of them
will never be heard of again. Early in the
morning the speaker presented an invita-
ton from the officials of Duluth asking
the legislature to visit that city as their
guests, and announced that q special
train would be at their service and would
leave St. Paul at 3p. m. The legislature
promptly. accepted the invitation. Mr..
Hompe OF the appropriation committee in
troduced several bills containing addi-
Gonal appropriations, amounting to 1901,
4es for tne next two fiscal years: 1900
University; $4,000 deficiency in the
Supreme court fund; S13, 900 for re emp
ten of wolf bounties; $4,000 for printing
binding and advertising: Hay OF Henne-
pin i9trodmced Two 9lls relating to the
vention to revis the whole document and
the other proposes an amendment pro.
hlbiting special legislation. Mr.. Ben
son presented a bill to enable tho
owners OF land to construct public roads
when the same cannot be done without
affecting the lands of others. Mr. Ives
measure authorizes husbands or wives to
convey their property without the sigma
ture of the other. Mr.. Eastman desires
to have commissioner appointed to ex-
anime sites for the location OF state cap
itol building in the city of st. Paul. Mr..
Diment introduced measure prohibiting
the killing of game for the market and
pot hunting. Mr.. Crosstie!d's idea was
that measures should be taken to provide
for system of inspection of the liquors
drank Throughout: the state also to enquire
into the adulteration Of food products in
the state and report to the next legisla-
ture. There were of course the usual
number OF bridge and local bills.
The honorable senators did not meet at
the capitol on the lst. The house met at
1870 p. M. and found the members in
hours while the clerks were busy reading
house and senate files the second time. to
playing practical jokes on each other.
Members were called to all parts of the
building. only to learn that the
notes which had summoned them were
1st of April, all fools day. The session
was purely routine one, devoted entirely
to placing senate and house files upon
general orders. Fleming's bill prohibiting
minors from playing pool or billiards ir
saloons, came from the senate with
concurred in and the bill goes the Cover
nor. The senate resolution petitioning
Congress to establish national farmers in
stitutes was passed. Petitions were pre-
sented from Red Wing, Winona and other
places demonstrating against the passage
OF the meat inspection bill, while petitions
We're presented praying that it be passed.
w hen the Senate Assem- bled on the 2nd,
and had got settled for work, the commit
tee on banks and banking reported back
the Sevatson bill with the recommendation
report of the committee was adopted with
out opposition. This is the bill that passed
the house reducing the rate Of interest
from 10 to per cent and Furnishing usury
bya forfeiture of principal and interest
The house bill authorizing the board
of education to issue 100000 bonds
Ths the rest only of general sae D day pas,ea
spent in COMMITTEES of the. whole in con-
sideration Of the Scheffer bill for the in
spection of meat. Several amendments
of minor Importance were adopted and the
o TO f. pass BY yrohs
the sale of fresh beet, pork and mutton.
except that the same shall have been in
spected by authorized inspectors before
being slaughtered. The inspection must
be made in the state It means that the
city shall not ship their dressed meat into
the state for sale and consum rtion.
After the standing and special COM
mittees had made the rep orts, the house
went into committee OF the whole. The
first taken into consideration was the bill
of c. R. Davis, abolishing capital punish
ment and placing the power of pardon in
the hands of a board of commissioners to
act in connection with the governor. The
bill was supported by j. D. Smith, Hay
and the author. The committee recon-
mended that the bill be indefnit elypostpon
ed. Keyes' bill relating to elections was
next taken up. The bill is q very important
one being in fact almo st an exact copy of
the Australian law, and nearly Identical
with the law recently enacted by the Wis
consin legislature. After discussion for
an hour or more the bill was deemed too
important to be disposed of summarily so
it was made special order for the 5th.
Crossfeld's bill extending the term of
county officers to four years and making
half Of them alternate with the other half
in election, was the next upon general or
ders. After various amendments had
been tackled on the house by an over
whelming vote, killed it.
The Senate on the Sd took up and passed
the appropriation bill after several amend
ments had been adopted The amount for
the state institutions was increased from
t260. $50 to s295. $50. Fergus Falls insane
hospital was benefited by an increase Of
$15.001, making the total amount $65, 0O0
The soldiers home was increased from
s3O, 900 to $50, 600. The $4,000 for state
weather bureau was stricken out The
Morgan House bill appropriating money
for deficiencies in certain funds was
passed. The bill establishing a standard
Of admission To nPacfica law was a19O