Warren sheaf., 1891-03-12
and also provides for nil ANNUAL appropria.
tion cf s., 800 fSr maintaining the same.
FRIDAY March. q
SENATE

SENATE,
Senator Crapdall presented resolution
declaring It to be- the sense o. the senate
that all bills appropriating money should
lie Introduced be. orc March is. Senator
Davis moved to amend by making the date
March 70. The amendment was agreed to,
and the resolution as amended was adopted.
Senator Dean called attention to the
deadly ais OF the scnate chamber, which,
had already sent more than halt a dozen
senators home sick while several iNofe
wers just on the ctdivi,linv line aud oifered q
resolution providing for tho appoihtMent
Of a committee to Investigate the subfett "
ventilation, to see II II could not be i'm
proved. The reselMtioh Was adopted. and
the chair aplWihte,l as the committee Sena-
tors Dran, Bell and Mayo.
= Ter % .hs order OF reports OF committees
Monday afternoon ut o'clock,
The committee ,th MILITARY affairs hiade
long teppft 70 the house yesterday hiSrh-
~. nh The bin introduced by. MI. nsiyefs
providing lor the coMpil0tioi. of a history
o. !he Minhesc,e esoops during the Indian
and Sisil wars Of 1861 aud 1865. The report
stated that such publication would cost
SSa, which the bill proposes shall be
taken iron, tho public prt{iihE fund. The
number Of copies 10 be printed is 10, 900. In
recommending the bill to pass the commits
tee discussed its merits at great length.
Mr.. \. 4. Walsh Of Ramsey introduced
Dill, II. \. 7aS which provides that every
common carrier shall be liable for AL dam:
ages sustaincdin this state by, any Agent tor
servant thereof by feaeun Vi. The negligence
OF any other agent or servant thereof with
OUT cohtrlbutory negligence on his part,
ana no contract rule or regulation between
tho agent or servant and the common car
rier shall impair or diminish such liability,
DFOVlN0ti that nnfhSnO in fIio m s1 II ~
plytO damages sustained oh Il heW road
under construction hot open to public
travel.
Mr.. sinclairs bill relating TO town super
visors was also recommended to be relegated
to obscurity. And having done these
Mr.. Furlong drew attention to the shock.
ingly bad ventilation of the house, which
is simply moving the representatives down
in swaths.
Saturday. March7.
Not in session.
Petitions were received opposing. the
passage of the Currier railroad bill and fav-
the age of consent and female municipal
suffrage.
Mr.. Weatherston introduced u bill to pre-
vent the dissemination of 'qnitch" grass.
A resolution was adopted for the ap-
pointment OF i committee to investigate the
sanitary condition of the house of represen-
tatives.
Several bills, mostly ofalocal nature, were
introduced and referred to committees.
The house adjourned until Tuesday
morning.
Monday. March, 9.
SENATE.
Senator John Day Smith called up the
matter of the claim Of Platt b. Walker for
services in obtaining from the United States
q retshdfng Of money collected from Min
nesota as direct taxes. The resolution OF
Senator Leavitt for the appoint commit
tee of three to investigate the claim was
adopted. and Senators I.eavitt, Tawney and
Barr were appointed as such committee.
When general orders were reached the
senate went into committee of the whole.
with Senator Sanbofn in the chair. SEN
ator Ihenau's bill providing for state teach
ers' certificates was recommended to pass,
and also the bill raising the age of consent.
According to the bill as recommended the
age of consent Is fixed at sixteen years.
The penalty is graded, so that it the girl is
under ten years it is imprisonment in state
prison for Lie; if ten years OF age and under
:ourteen, imprisonment i'll state prison not
less than seven years nor more than thirty
years; if fourteen years ofage and under
sixteen, Imprisonment in state prison not
less than one year nor more than seven
years, or imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than three months nor more than
one year.
HOUSE
Not in session.