The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-23
SOLONS ADJOURNED.
RECORD OF THE CLOSING DAYS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.

| RECORD OF THE CLOSING DAYS OF
! THE LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday. April 15.
In the senate President Ives
Wednesday morning announced as the
committee on capitol sites, provided for
in Senator McMillan's resolution adopted
a week or two ago, Senators Mcmillan,
Dean and La Due. This committee is
to examine into the question Ola new
capitol site and building and report at
the next session of the legislature. A
resolution was afterward passed increas-
ing the committee to five members.
Senator John Day Smith moved to re-
consider the vote whereby the farmers
institute bill was lost Tueseay, and OBJ
tanned SO votes therefor. Then he
moved to have the bill put on general
orders, which was done. VIr-E ~
The house labor bill was indefinitely
postponed. G
bridges was passed. It appropriates
$50. $50.
The Keyes election bill, as amended
by striking out the provision for voting
straight tickets was passed.
The following bills were recommended
to pass: Senator Donnelly's bill limit
ing the amount of land that can be
owned by corporations to 5000 acres;
Senator Grinnell's bill relating to deeds,
mortgages and other conveyances. Nc
Hale's bill prohibiting Sunday amuse-
ments was, upon his own motion, in
definitely postponed, in retaliation, he
said, for the lack of interest in his other
great moral measure.
The attendance was very light in the
house during the first hour of the morn
ing. Reading of committee reports
took up much time, and majority of
them were in favor of indefinite post
ponement. |.
The senate bill was placed on general
orders and the house bill sent to the SEN
ate. " ~
The Leavitt income tax bill met its
fate when an effort was made to suspend
the rules and place it on the calendar.
The house voted it down.
Mr.. Bjorge, from the committee on
appropriations, submitted the general
omnibus appropriation bill.
The house, after little scrap over the
journal, went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Greer presiding. The Du-
luth and Winnipeg bill was then read,
and recommended to pass.
Zelch's free text book bill, Reyes bill
to abolish the contract system in the
Saltwater prison, Craig's superintendent
bill and an amendment regarding rape
were passed. The bill relating to age of
consent was taken from general orders
and placed on the calendar, which prob
ably insures its passage.
Thursday, April o.
The senators Thursday morning voted
down all resolutions seeking to compen-
safe clerks for extra service. The Searle
bill, allowing 33 per cent of the prison
ers at the st. Cloud reformatory to work
on cutting stone for sale was passed by
a vote of 81 to Is.
Senator March, of the joint committee
on waterways, recommended the i'm
provement of the upper Mississippi and
the Duluth Crookston system of naviga-
ton, but did not favor the Minnesota
valley scheme. Five thousand copies of
the report were ordered printed. A re-
cess until o'clock was taken.
The afternoon session of the senate
opened with general melee in the in
terest of local bills. There was special
order for o'clock, but there We're hosts
Of local bills whose authors were par
ticularly anxious that the rules should
be suspended and their particular bills
passed at once. Just one more" came
to be the saying. Among others passed
was the bill authorizing the commits
sioners of Hennepin county to take
steps to raise the level of water in Lake
Minnetonka.
When the special order was reached
It was agreed to take up the general app
preparation bill. The items were read
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bill occupied nearly all the afternoon.
In the house the committee on legisla-
tive expenses recommended that sala-
ries of door keepers, gallery keepers,
ETC., be fixed at 81 per day. The report
was adopted.
Mr., Bell sent up resolution that the
Duluth and Winnipeg land grant be cut
to five sections Of land to the mile. 1t
was laid over by notice of debate. The
balance of the forenoon was taken up In
hot discussion over the action of the
special committee to investigate the
| Duluth elevators. 1t was laid on the
table.
The senate amendment to the election
bill striking out the provisions for Yot-
ing a straight ticket by placing cross
opposite the name of the political party
was concurred in.
Among a number of other bills rec
ommsnded to pass was Senate File rs,
introduced Ia Che senate by Mr.. Hompe.
1t provides for the erection of public
Il warehouses and elevators on the right
of way of railroad companies in the
state, whenever petition is presented
TO the officers of any railroad company
by two or more persons who associate
themselves together and form corpora
ton. -
Mr.. Stevens bill proposing an amend
ment to the constitution exempting
from taxation for municipal purposes
corporations engaged in the manufacture
of articles composed of wood, wool,
hemp, iron, etc., for period of twenty
one years was also recommended to pass,
Friday, April IL.
After spending half an hour of the
morning in resolutions the senate had
another bout over the Reyes election
bill. An attempt to recall the bill from
the house was voted down, 43 to Z.
The senate bills requiring railroads to
make immediate selection Of granted
lands, and adjusting certain claims Of
railroads for swamp lands, were passed.
Then the house bill appropriating $780,
600 for the worlds fair exhibit was
called up, and after amendments raising
the figures to 100000 and SIS, 900 had
been defeated, the bill was passed by a
vote of 46 to 4, Just as it came from the
/ house.
] The senate opened proceedings in the
afternoon by passing the house bill pro-
tecting those having claims against par
ties injured by railroads and securing
damages.
House: The journal had been sent to