The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-02-14
TO authorize independent school dis
trict No. Q, Worthington, Mobiles county,
to issue bonds.
To furnish seed grain in certain cases.
Relating to the city of Granite Falls.
SENATE.
Not In session
Tuesday, February IL.
SENATE.


SENATE.
Among the important bills put in was
one introduced by Mr.. Day providing
| that the railroad and warehouse commits
BiOners shall be elected as aye the gen.
eral state officers, at the regular election,
| for q term of years. A bill introduced
by Mr.. scheffer in amendment of the
law relating to the restrictions of real
estate ownership in Minnesota declares
that it is unlawful for any persons not
citizens OF the United States, or for any
/ corporation more than 20 per cent. of
which is owned by foreigners, to buy
! land adapted for grazing Oh agricultural
! purposes; and no corporation whatever,
! except q railway or canal company and
organizations of that character, shall
, hold over 5000 acres of land in the state.
The penalty named for violation of these
! terms 10 forfeiture of the land, and the
! attorney general may institute proceed
/ ings toa.lforce the forfeiture.
| The amendment to the libel law bobbed
up once again. 1t came before the SEN
ate on motion to reconsider the vote
wherel it was defeated few days ago.
| The mCtion was carried and MIR. Day
moved The passage of the bill. 1t was
not passed, however, but instead was
sent to the committee on printing.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.-To authorize
| Waseca county to issue bonds for the
purchase of land for the poor farm.
| By Csandall-To amend the charter of
the city of Owatonna SO as to permit the
! city council to purchase or condemn
lands for water works purposes.
| To provide that money paid into the
district court in Winona county as PEN
| 4. 60 ~ Ic
shall be given to the Winona County Bar
Association for the purchase of books
for its law library.
To authorize the city of st. Paul to is
sue bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the purchase OF site for a public
library.
To amend section II, chapter SO, Spec
ial Laws of 1881, relating to the powers
of the city council of St. Paul.
To provide for the relief of the poor in
certain cases in Carver county.
! HOUSE BILLS PASSED.-To fix the
time for holding terms of court in the
Second Judiciary district.
To authorize the village of Mapleton,
| Blue Earth county, to issue bonds.
To add to the school district of Maple
ton Independent school district No. 105,
Blue Earth county.
To authorize the county commissioners
of Blue Earth to issue bonds for new
court house.
a resolution was introduced by Mr..
HalvUson for the appointment of a spe-
cial committee of three to ascertain the
number of committee clerks on the pay
roll OF the senate: investigate as to the
necessity of having such clerks; and
make such recommendation as may
seem proper with view to the ecOnOmi-
cal conduct of Legislative work.
HOUSE.
The bill making the appointment of
old soldiers mandatory came up and was
passed by vote of II to ~.
When the Minneapolis municipal
court bill was reached Mr.. Benson gath
cred up his hat and papers and left the
house amid the applause of the house.
The vote was then taken on the bill and
it vas passed by a vote of rs to 8.
" hen the bill was passed every mem
Der Of the house breathed sigh of re-
lief. The sparring and quarreling of the
llennepin delegation over the bill have
made it a nuisance.
The following bills on the calendar
were passed without opposition.
Limiting time when mortgage fore
closures may be called in question; legal
iling certain foreclosures of mortgages:
legalizing past foreclosures of mortgages;
amend General Laws relating to en-
pipyment of honOrably discharged Union
SOlJierS and sailors; amend to General
Statutes relating to legal holidays; relat-
ing to municipal court of Minneapolis:
amend chapter 6S, section l., General
Statutes 1873: relating to judgments re-
covered against railroad companies.
In view of the fact that so many men,
bers desired to visit the Saltwater peni-
Tertiary, the house took recess till
evening to finish up the business on
hand.
Dir. Smith, of Hennepin called the
house to order in the evening, and it at
once went into committee of the whole
with Mr. Forbes in the chair, to con-
slider general orders. The bill providing
for the sale of the present reform school
site was postponed, as the same bill has
reached its third reading in the senate.
| Mir. Jacobson's bill changing county
seats was recommended favorably by a
vote of so to 10. The bill for the publ
cation of the military history of the state,
which was once reported unfavorably,
came up again and caused a long and
heated debate, which ended without &C
ton being taken.
The committee then arose and ad-
journed till Thursday morning at 10
| o'clock