The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-04-04
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday, March 81.

HOUSE.
The reapportionment bill was recon-
mended to pass by the house in commit
tee of the whole with few changes, the
most important of which was to take a
representative from Winona county and
give it to Washington county and one
from Blue Earth county which went to
Rice. Goodhue county made strong
fight for this representative but lost it.
Olmsted county wanted the extra
Winona representative but failed.
When the senate resolution providing
for an extra edition of 5000 copies of the
manual came into the house it was first
lost by tie vote of 40 to 40. 1t was
then amended to include the officers of
the house in the distribution. This was
adopted, and another vote was taken on
the resolution, and it was concurred in,
the vote being 81 to 90.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Stebbins providing for the COM
pensation of future legislatures. Itgives
the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house $1,000 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 $5 per day for extra
sessions. The chief clerk of the house
and the secretary of the senate are to
have S. day: the chief clerk of the
Judiciary committee, $40; the enrolling
and engrossing clerk, s.; the assistant
secretary and assistant clerks, 81; all
other clerks, door, gallery and cloak
room keepers, 50, and pages 81.
BILLS INTRODUCED.-ByE llingson-To
cede to the United States exclusive
jurisdiction over the Fort Smelling reser-
walton.
By Crossfeld-To authorize the pay
ment of 5000 bounty for the arrest of a
horse thief to H. j. Hassevold.
By Crossield-To amend chapter 55 of
the general laws of 1873, to protect bona
fide occupants of real estate.
By Kelly-To amend section 1, chap
ter 400, laws of 1881, relating to the re-
lief of the poor of Houston county.
Passed.
By Thoe-To authorize the commits
sioners of Dodge county to offer a bounty
for killing gophers. Passed.
By Brush-To incorporate the city of
GAINESVILLE.
By Thurber-To authorize the village
of Chatfield to issue bonds. Passed.
SENATE.
The final struggle over Mr.. Ives bill
prohibiting pool selling occurred. The
measure was lost.
Mr.. Scheffar introduced and had passed
under suspension of rules a bill provid-
ing for the appointment of the st. Paul
water board by the mayor.
Mr.. Crandall introduced bill propos.
ing constitutional amendment provid-
ing for eighty-day sessions of the legisla.
ture. no bills to be introduced after the
sixty-ffth day. Referred to the judi
ciary committee.
A county option bill was introduced
by Mr.. Hoard. 1t provides that when
one-fifth 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 a
local measure.
When the bill authorizing the transfer
of the State Park lands to the City of
Minneapolis came into the senate from
the house an effort was made to pass it
in concurrence under a suspension of
rules. A motion to suspend the rules to
pass the bill was lost by narrow major
ity, and then, on motion of Mr.. Ives, it
was referred to the judiciary committee.
The governor transmitted to the SEN
ate copy of the resolutions adopted by
a convention of the governors of the
thirteen original states, requesting ap-
preparations of the general government
and the various states of the Union for
the erection of a grand national monu-
ment in Paramount park, Philadelphia,
to commemorate the signing of the dec
laration of independence.