Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-04-24

upon motion of Senator NJ, johnson,
call OF the house was ordered orc and pro.
in their seats but three. The main ques-
ton was put and the forfeiture carried by
vote Of Is to 49, In view of the
action Of the house In the matter
Of this grant 1t Is ot. safe Ito to say
that hs the Ss sense @ no %
concurred in. Crandall's bill making the
legislative sessions so days was amended
to so many calendar days and passed.
In committee of the whole. Bowen's bill
proposing a constitutional prohlbitory
of 81 to 8. After q long debate Eastman's
bill reducing the statute of limitations.
with respect to land titles, from 20 to 10
years was recommended to pass.
In the house after report of committees
had been presented the calendar was
taken up. The Senate bill establishing q
board of inspectors OF steam boilers was
passed without debate, also the bill to pro-
vide for management of state prison. 1t
provides for s inspectors and fixes the
the salary o. o. tn the warden at 5000, the
ng 70 was bill ass;
without dissenting voice. The
bill allows any part es to organize
and do boom business in any of tho
streams Of the state without encroaching
upon the vested rights Of Companies al
ready doing business. Diment's bill reg
ulating freight charges for grain, brought
out an earnest debate. The main ques-
ton being put the bill was defeated, AZ
yeas to AZ nays. Estes bill to establish
and maintain farmers Institutes was
passed rc The only .hS to the bill
Shortly after dinner the house went into
committee Of the whole. The afternoon was
spentin discussion Of the bill presented by
Fleming, House File, No. $40, bill that
allows the railroad companies to appeal
sioners in the establishment OF 9Rtes and
fares to the courts of the state. The orig
nal bill was drawn by the ra load EN-.
ployes association. Under the old law the
orders of the railroad commissioners are
final aud railroads have no appeal The
and at times personal. The bill
came back y from the Judiciary COM
mittee with two reports. The majority
report favorng the bill, the minority re
port was in the shape OF substitute. The
objection ratsei to the main bill was that
it allowed the courts to suspend the COM
missioners rates and classi ications after
a hearing. The bill was lost by close
vote. TT e substitute was taken up Searle
succeeded in amending it, making it much
similar to the original. AS amended the
bill was recommended to pass.
It was announced in the Senate the 18th
that Gov. Merriam had signed the Scheffer
meat inspection bill making the same
law. When the Keyes election bill come
up, Mr.. Daniels proposed an amendment
allowing councils in cities of 5000 or more
to adopt the Rhines voting machine which
was voted down. Hoard followed with a
speech against the Australian system of
voting: basing his opposition on the
grounds that it was questionable whether
country and recommended a postponemcnt
for two years during which time they
could see how the law worked in other
states The bill was put upon its passage
and was defeated by unanimous vote.
Mr.. Daniels after hard fight secured the
usual appropr alton OF s., 900 for the South
ern Minnesota Fair association. When it
came to the reap ortionment bill passed
by the house, Senators Bowen, Clark,
Nelson and Hayden made vigorous efforts
to have 1t. amended in the interests of
their constituents but in each case there
was large majority against them ami on
the final question the vote was 80 yeas to
IL nays. making reappo 'tionment fixed
fact. The democratic senators filed
protest against the bill based upon uncon-
stitutio1ality and had the Same spread
The house committee appointed to in
yestigate the railroads, especially the
Manitoba made report which stated that
the officials OF that road had refused to
allow the committee to see the books of
the company, and refused to give any in
granted them by the state or the money
derived from the sale thereof Hereupon
arises a nice question of law to be settled.
Has the legislature the right to demand
the books and rapers of a corporation
and are the officials OF a corporal on
gu lty OF contempt in refusing to produce
the books and papers requested by a com
mittee delegated by the legislature The
house and Senate both adopted resolutions
of thanks to Gov. Fillsbnry for rs NUM-
fcent gift to the State University. The
18th was the last da, that committees can
report bills. The day was spent in routine
work. The bin fixing the sal ry Of oil in
spector at $1,000 was passed When the
Senate bill FORGETTING the grant to the
Duluth IL Winnepeg roa1 was read t era
was wild yell from the northern
was made to have it placed upon general
orders but this failed and it was sent to
the committee on public lands. The bill
sanctioning the issuance of 100000 Of
bonds to destroy state expenses was
passed. The bill of A. Davis prohibiting
treating was lost. Eastman by perm s
sion of the Governor, introduced 4 bill
exempt!ng Anoka county from the law
PROHIBITING corporations from owning
more than 5000 acres of land. The object
Of the bill is to allow the formation Of a
company to reclaim some 60 900 acres OF
swamp land in Anoka county. A bill was
passed appropriating $50, 600 fer legislative
expenses. This makes the cost of the
present session about $50, 600.
THE pool selling bill came up again in
the Senate the 18th, and Senators I've, and
Smith had their usuaI tussle which ended
as bef,re with nothing being done. The
Brown bill calling for constitutional pro-
hlbition was defeated by u vote Of - yeas
to 20 nays. The civil service reform bill
was recommended to pass. The following
house bills were p used. Relating to the
University of minnesota To continue
state banks tor certain purposes. Relat.
ing to civil actions. TO amend law regu-
lating organization OF annuity safe de-
posit and trust companies. TO authorize
counties to change their system Of caring
for county poor. Relating to society
badges. Relating to sale of Intoxicating
liquors to minors, students and drunkards.
To amend Penal Code relative to cruelty to