St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-15
BATCH OF BILLS.
The House Paving the Way for
Legislation Binding Twine

The House Paving the Way for
Legislation = Binding Twine
Bill.
C.N. Bell, of Ramsey, is the intro
ducer of ''a bill for an act to encourage
the manufacture OF binding twine in the
state of Minnesota" 1t provides that
So shalt be paid from the state treasury
for every 100 pounds of binding twine
of standard quality manufactured by
any individual, company OF corporation
in the state from material exclusively
grown in Minnesota, the bounty to con-
tinue for five years. The N anufact-
ured twine is to be inspected by a COM
mission at the expense of the producer,
to be composed of the secretary of the
| state agricultural society, one practical
| farmer and one of the regents of the
university. This commission will fur
| niSh the manufacturer certlfl cate.
| upon which he can draw on the state
| treasurer.
For the WageEarners.
RI. Penney of Hennepin, introduced
! several bills of interest to Wage-earners.
| They are:
First-A bill to prevent employers
| from making a deduction from the
wages OF emplnyes by reason of the pay
nent of such wages at an early date.
Second-A bill to prevent the with
| holding of wages from employees who
| quit work, regardless of an agreement
! of notice before hand entered into.
Third-A bill requiring individuals
and corporations, excepting municipal
corporations, to pay the wages of their
| employees weekly
| of Cr1Fl
| plemented the bill of Mr.. Penney'S reg
ulating the payment of wages. Mr..
Stockwell's bill includes municipal
corporations.
To BE Abolished.
w. Fl. Lynn, of Hennepin, was the
introducer of House File No. /. The
bill was one repeating the police CON-
mission of Minneapolis. and passed the
| house under suspension Of the rules.
| C. n. Bell, of Ramsey, fathered bill,
| the main provision Of which makes it a
misdemeanor for any person, company
or corporation to offer for sale articles
| manufactured in this state, or outside
Of the state, by convict labor, unless the
words 'Prison Made" are legibl Y
stamped thereon.
S. A. Stockwell, of Hennepin, intro
duced an antl-Plnkerton bill. Under
its provisions no one not a citizen of the
state can make any arrests in Mime
sofa. The penalty for violation is $50,
or Imprisonment from three to twelve
months.
III. Feig. of Kandiyohi, proposed an
| amendment to the constitution, limiting
the length of the session of the legis
lature to eighty days; no bills to be in
troduced within twenty days of the end
of the session, except by written articles
of agreement.
A. B. Dareulis had bill referred to
Judiciary committee, which abolishes
struck juries.
Go to the People.
Eric Erickson had read first time a
bill requiring the election Of railroad
commissioners. The commission is re-
duced to two members, and their sala-
rieS fixed at $4,000 per year. A secre-
tary is provided for the committee,
whose salary will he 81, 500 year. The
bill went to the judiciary committee.
The law under which the manager of
the reform school is erecting a new
building at Red Wing restricts the ex-
penditures to 100000. w. F. Cross is
the author of bill amending the law,
whereby the cost of the new building
is to be provided entirely from the sale
of the old reform school property in
Ramsey county. Part of this property
has already been sold, for which S177,-
600 has poured into the state treasury.
A. B. Darelius, Of Hennepin, is to the
front with bill carrying cut the spirit
of the jury constitutional amendment,
carried last fall election. 1t is provided
that the verdict of five-sixths of the
jury in civil actions may be accepted by
the court, if the jury fail to unani-
mously agree after having been out not
less than six hours.
A. Setterlund introduced a bill Great
ing the position of an agent to prose
cute the claims of Minnesota against
the federal government. The claims