Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-02-22

ing jackson and Cottonwood counties.
from its provisions relating to drainage.
4; To amend the Special LAWS Of 1881 re-:
lating to powers Of the common council
Of st. Paul to purchase real estate. y
q Saturday, February 10.
i SENATE. I, q +. &. t.s.,
> There was warm fight in the senate
over FIR. Whitemanfs bill creating an
additional judge for the Eleventh judi
icial district, which has its court house
at Duluth. The measure was opposed
on economical grounds. The measure
was first considered il committee Of the
whole without result. In regular session
there was little more ''scrappingn over
the bill, and finally it was re-referred to-
the committee on the Judiciary without
Instructions. = '..s IS 8. e q:
e A message was receiveds from Cover
nor Merriam containing q veto Of the
militia bill. a<..,,rss.sS .s.;.>-,a =.
The senate again locked itself into its
chamber to consider the report Of the
committee that was appointed to inves-
tigate the case Of w. P. Huntington.
appointee to the soldiers home bsard.
The report was accepted and the appoint
lnent confirmed. sfa 4 ;sS
Among the bills, introduced was one
put in by Mr.. Scheffer which is very So
we're upon drunkards. It provides that,
persons convicted of the crime Of drunk
enness snail be punished for the first Of
Tense with ten days imprisonment in
Jail; for the second offense, thirty days:
for the third offense, ninety days, and
for the fourth offense, not less than six
months nor more than one year. The
fifth grand drunk il q state prison Of
tense and the term Of imprisonment is
Not less than one year nor more than two
years. : 49, r.
Among senate bills passed were; p
To exempt engineers from grand jury
service.
Toprohibit the sale Of liquor within
HOUSE BILLS lNTkoDUCED.--Tol legal
Litchfield in issuing certain liquor IL
censes. >.
: 10 repeal tho act authorizing town
ships in Swift county to support their
own poor. 800 I'd
10 authorize the town Of Grand Mead
ow, Morrow county, to reissue railroad
bonds. 4 T. ..y
To authorize the village Of Bird Island
to issue bonds for village hall.
fy, HOUSE.
The governor referred the question Of
Minnesota's part in the proceedings at
New York in honor of the centennial of
Washington's Inauguration to the house,
and askep the appointment Of a commit
tee TO consider the matter.
= The Hay bill, reducing the grand jury
to seven was reported favorably by the
judiciary committee.
The Broadway bridge bill was recon
sideredi aud sent back to the Ramsey
delegation and amended by cutting the
amount of bonds authorized from $780,
900 to $3.50, 900, after which it was again
passed -
: Speaker Graves announced two special
committees Us follows: To Investigate.
building and loan fleming,
Estes, Williams. Morris and Hanke; 10
investigate the cost Of rail,oads--Flynn,
Guam, Sevatson, Farley, Philips, Ives
and f, G.. johnson.
Bills PasSsD.--To atuend an act in
cooperating the village Of Minneota.
To fix the time OF holding court In
Hennepin county.
To change boundaries Of certain school
districts in Grant county.
SENATE BILLS PASSED. ---Legalizing
acknowledgements and conveyances and
other Instruments and the record
thereof.
Legalizing conveyances Of real prop
erty effectively acknowledged.
Monday. February 1S.
SENATE.
There were only two or three bills in
troduced. The most important one WAS
a bill put in by Mr.. Chapman providing
that no marriage shalt be contracted
with persons who are permanently blind
or dumb, OF" between parties who are
nearer kin than second cousins.
The judiciary committee reported back
Mr.. Scheffer's bill to. punish drunken
ness, amended 80 as to be hardly recog.
nizable. 1t provides in its present shape
that the first oifense shall be punishable
with fine or Imprisonment, while the
highest term OF" imprisonment mem
toned is ninety days.
The house bill authorizing a bond is
sue for jail III Ramsey county and the
appointment Of a commission to select
site and build a Jail was referred to the
Ramsey county delegation in the senate.
The Broadway bridge bill was concurred
in under q suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Edwards called up the resolution
to pay the expenses of the bribery inves-
tigation committee, amounting to 1926.
The resolution and accompanying &C.
counts were finally referred to the com.
mittee on claims, to be investigated.
SENATE BILLS PAssED.--To amend the
railroad law, 80 as to allow railroad COM
panies to issue half fare tickets to minis
tiers and sisters of charity. T..
To authorize the county commiss' oners
of Wabash county to place to the credit
Of the school funds of the towns III said
county all moneys derived from liquor
licenses.
HOUSE Bulls PASSED. To authorize
the city Of St. Paul to issue bonds to the
amount of $3.50, 900 Including bonds
heretofore authorized) for. the construc-
ton Of the Broadway bridge.
To authorize the village Of Eicollet to
appropriate moneys received for liquor
licenses for the use of the trustees OF
School District No. ST.
To authorize the township Of Preston,
tHimore county, 70 issue bonds to fund
us rallroad lndeoledneasS Il
..3.. :, Il HOUSE sogsl.t ~,
About all the house succeeded in doing
yessesaay was 70 III. lime. S II ....iE
u: An interesting Asste seance occurred
over MI. Underwood's bill to allow ex.'
soldiers ana ,i sailors ore. to pedd.e goods,
wares ana msrchandtse without securing
q license; BOD Dunn, q Mile Laos,
tanought; there YVES 700 much pickering
spont tne oid SOLDIER business. DE
aldn pelieFe tne DIG soldiers wanted to-