The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-01-22
STATE LEGISLATION.
RECORD OF WORK DONE BY MIN.
NESoTA SoLoNS.

4 Comprehensive Summary of the Pro-
seedlings for the Week Giving List Of
Important Bills introduced, Referred,
| and Passed.
Thursday, Jan. Is.
In the house a resolution was
passed providing for the appointment
of committee of seven to investigate
the management of the state penitentiary
Bills were introduced: By Stockwell,
providing for free text books in public
schools; by Anderson, prohibiting
prairie chicken hunting before Dec. /;
by Reyes, for the calling of constitu-
tional. convention to revise the state con-
rstitution. Senate resolution for a world s
fair committee passed.
Mr.. Stockwell offered a resolu-
ton for a committee on taxes and
taxation and university lands, wiich
was adopted. The binding Irvine bill
was ordered printed. Adjourned.
In the senate President Ives appoint
ed the following committees: On
beet sugar, Senators Leinau, Day,
Hompe, Dedon and Bell; on manufac-
lures, Steiners, Dougherty, Leavitt, Nc
| MILAN and Donnelly; on mileage, Kelly,
II. II. Smith and LOmmen.
| ~ '.'':r Friday, Jan. 16.
| The senate devoted the greater por-
ton of the day to an executive session
for the consideration of Governor Mer.
RAMS appointments.
! In executive session the following
appointments We're confirmed:
| G. III. Smith, insurance commissioner;
d. l.. Klehle, superintendent of public
instruction; John HI. Mullen, adjutant
general; A. K. Finseth, dairy commits
| sioner; w. H, Fl. Taylor, state libra
rian; Charles E. Chapel, mill
| tary storekeeper; Jacob +. Hector,
| fish warden; j. P. McGaughey, commits
| sioner of labor statistics; Jacob Bean,
surveyor logs and lumber, First district;
| B. s. Brown, surveyor logs and lumber,
Second district; George F. Ash, sur.
| veyor logs and lumber, Fifth district;
Hugh Thompson, surveyor logs and
lumber, Seventh district; John W. Will
| lis, member of state board of corrections
and charities; j. p. McGaughey, George
E. Clark, and A. G. Fairbairn, medical
examiners; w. F. Getty, member of
state board of pharmacy; L. A. Han.
cock, trustee of state soldiers homer
Henry Fl. Sibley, o. P. Stearns and W.
Liggett, regents of state university; John
G. Cromb, W. s. Pattee, T. G. Kurtz
and William E. Lee, directors of Mime
sofa normal schools; George E. Skinner,
director of institute of detectives; o. w.
| Shaw, member of board of control of
state public schools; N. o. Werner and
Jesse McIntire, managers of state re-
form school: Robert A, Smith, manager
of stats refarniatorB. The nominations
Il <e al os1s w
| M. Liggett, of Benson, for railroad COM
missioner, w. P. Huntington for trus-
tee of the soldiers home, and few
others were not acted upon,
Bill introduced by Senator Sepatsen
providing for an investigation of the
heavy increase of taxes in the past five
years. Adjourned till Monday,
House; Bell offered a resolution, which
provides for the appointment of COM
mittee of three to investigate the prac.
ticability of raising flax in Minnesota
suitable for making binding Irvine.
Adopted.
/ 1t was agreed that each member should
be allowed 81 cents daily for newspapers,
Mr.. fuckers bill for the relief Of the
county commissioners of Cottonwood
county was passed.
Bills introduced providing for seed
grain for farmers whose crops were de-
stroyed, for an eight hour day, prohibit
ing marriage of divorced persons for one
year after the writ is granted, Ad,
journed till Monday at II p. M. :
| Monday, Jan. 10.
House committee on elections made a
report on the Bowman-J Jensen case from
the Fiftieth district and recommended
the seating OF Bowman, Adopted.
MIR. Currier, Of Blue Earth county,
brought forward measure to govern
and regulate railroads. It is modelled
after the Iowa law, and contains many
| changes of radical nature.
The committees appointed by Speaker
Champlin are as follows:
| Appropriations Bjorge, Wagner, Had
lund, McGrath, Stockwell, Harwick, Stone,
| Bell, Cross,
Ways and Means-Lynn, Sheets, Dear.
55udieiaEyN F FL r MeGniirs, i Ghesiay,
Tucker, Penno, Trip, Walsh, r. A, Darss
elius, Bull, Wacek, Bell, Reyes, Green,
ss Railrda asst Lynn, Roach, Bull,
bearing, Currier, Farlong, Mcclure, Ches.
ley, Bjorge, Lockwood, Caswell, Reyes,
Searle, Demo. ~
TuLmc accounts and Expenses-Walsh.
M, Helms, Walsh, r. A, Nelson, N. p,
Glider, French, c., Lawson, Turrell, searlss,
Public Lands Trip, christlieb, Bat
tley, Hemstead, McAllister, Kurtson,
| Ongstad, Wells, Gilmore, Koehnen, Feig,
Education = Currier, Tucker, White,
| CANTERBURY, French, A., Trip, Stockwell,
| Wacek, Stevens, Greer, Benner
Agriculture and Manufactures-Doyl
Green, Peterson, Moore, Wright, Reeys,
Aarwtek geatsss Sinclair, Oampionl
Tewns zs sad sesaIa e0fpI ssnns
| Foley, Hampstead Ongstad, Wilson,
Wells, Smout, Beiner, Booreen, Holler.
Military Acknowledgements, Carleton,
Sinclair, Helms, Bull, Demo, Erickson
| Interpretations Penny, Battley, Barrett,
White, Lewis, Englebert, Lloyd, Turrell,
Huset, =
| State Prison. CANTERBURY Koehnen,
| Darelius, McGrath, Capsar, Lomen, Church.
| Grain and Warehouse McG uire, Ches-
ley, Bjorge, Wagner, Koehnen, Helms,
| Harwick, Reeve, French, A., Sheets,
| Caneff. Feig, Reyes, Kendall, Setterlund.
sa5saee Foss ykd TgrIongg Petsrs9H
ment, Thompson, p: E.
Immigration-McGra Nelson, N P,
Nilsson, Ahlness, Wells, Wahlund, Weath.
erstoAe,
Normal Schools = Sinclair, Barrett,
Coates, Gurrier, Jensen, French, O., Searle,
| Stone, Church.
Hospital for Insane-Larson, Knudson,
Cole, T., Hampstead, Lang, Nelson, N. P,
Diepholder, Smout, Caswell
Temperance-Wacek, Battley, Hagney,
Capser, Gilmore, Starks, Booren, dep
Labor and Labor Legislation-stock-
| well, Long, Price, Cole, T., French, c.,
| Thompson, A., Nelson, j. r., Thompson,
| p. E., Boyd.
School for Detectives Richardson, Doyle,
Roach, Sirkorski Berning, Diment, Kendall,
State Reform SchOol-Roach, Ringwald,
| Green, Hadlund, Cross.
! Roads, Bridges, Etc.-Wilson, Peterson.
| Price, Hagney, Campion, Turrell, Zelch.-
| Banks-Capser, bearing, Walsh, NJ,
Doyle, Gilmore. Lyman, Holler,
| Printing lister, nilsson, Coates,
Tucker, Wright, Bonde, Wahlund
| Commerce Capser, Smith,
H0ller, Anderson
Public Buildings -Battley, Darelius,
Moore, DAILY, Setterlund.
Library = Knudson. Campion, Smith,
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