St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-14
The Famous Duluth & Winni-
peg Land Grant Again Be-
fore the House.
Bill Legalizing the Valuable
Grant Strenuously Claimed
by the Railroad.
Railroaders Loudly Protest
Against the Iniquities Of
the Curpier Bill.
The Zenith City Howls at the
Proposed incorporation Of
West Duluth.

The ghost of the old Duluth & Winni-
peg fight was raised yesterday when Mr..
Boyd, of st. Louis, introduced in the
house bill relating to the debatable
land grant. The title OF tine bill reads:
An act condtionally granting swamp lands
to the Duluth IL Winnipeg Railroad company
il lieu of the lands conditionally granted
thereto by the act entitled IAN Act to Trans.
fer the Lands Granted to the Duluth d Iron
Range Railroad Company ana other pur-
poses" approved March 9, 1878.
A carefully prepared synopsis OF the
bill is given:
Section provides that to and on the COM
pletion of a railroad from Duluth. by way of
Cloquet and Grand RAPIDS, TO point on the
north boundary of the state west of Lake of
the Woods, and i'll lieu of the lands condi-
tionally granted TO the Duluth Il Winnipeg
Railroad company by the act of 1878, there be
and is hereby granted to said Duluth IL Win
npeg Railroad company, upon and subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter ex
pressed, all amount of the swamp lands
granted to the state by congress equal TO ten
sections per mile for each mile of said rail
road as now OF hereafter located and con-
structed.
Provided. however, that said Duluth "
Winnipeg Railroad company. i'll conSldera
ton of the grant hereby made shall accept
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granted thereto by the SAID prior act; and
shall effectually release and forever dis
charge this state of and from any aud all
claim under said grant of March 9, 1873; and
no lands shall inure to said company under
this act, unless and until said release shall
have been duly executed and delivered to
this state by the filing thereof with the secre-
taFy of state; and, further provided, that
nothing in this act shall be construed or OPP
crate so as to impair any obligation of this
state, or any right OF any grantee thereof un-
der any prior grant of swamp lands; and,
provided further, that all the swamp lands
hereby granted shall be selected by said Du-
luth d Winnipeg Railroad company from the
swamp lands belonging to the state at the
time of such selection and located within
ten miles of the lines of Its said
railroad as now or hereafter located
and constructed; but if they shall
not be. at the ime of such selection within
said ten mile limits. an amount of swamp
land, then belonging TO the state equal to
ten sections per mile of said railroad as
heretofore the said company shall have the
right to and may select from the swamp
lands. then belonging to this state, outside
of said ten mile limits other swamp lands
then belonging to this state equal to the
amount of such deficiency; and all swamp
lands which shall be selected as herein pro-
vided. either within or without said ten mile
limits shall be thereupon certified or pat
ented to said company by the governor of
this state upon the certificate of the State
lands have been duly selected under this
act
And provided further. That whenever and
as often as the board of railroad aud ware
house commIssi 1ners shall be notified by
SAID railroad company that any section of
said railroad. exceeding ten consecutive
miles i'll length have been completed, il shall
become and be the duty of said board to in
Spect and determine whether such section OF
said railroad has been constructed and com
IN hA Of
act; and upon the making ana filing with
the state auditor or state land commissioner
of the report or said board to the effect that
such section mas been constructed and COM
pleted in Il good and substantial manner,
and as required by this act it shall become
competent for said company 10 select the
swamp lands hereby granted to aid constrac-
ton thereof to the extent of ten sections per
mile for each mile of the section so III
Spected
The bill also provides that the company
shall, within one year, cause its entire line
to be surveyed and located, and file duplicate
maps with the state auditor and secretary of
state; also, that none of the lands granted to
the company shall be subject to taxation for
five years. unless sold or conveyed, a mort
gage not being deemed a sale or conveyance;
also, that at the expiration of five years
time the land granted. or any part of the
line, at that time unbuit, shall revert to the
state.
Executions.
Mr.. Penny's BILL relating to the mode
of inflicting the punishment of death,
calls for the execution of condemned
people within the walls of the state
prison. A permanent galloWs is to be
erected. and the John Day Smith law is
so amended that "a reporter for each of
two newspapers of opposite politics,
published in the state" are to be adj
mtted to the execution. The newspa-
pers are to be named by the board of
prison managers.
Liability of Railroads.
A Thompsot's bill, regulating the re-
ceipt and delivery of grain shipped
over railroads, provides that all COM
mon carriers doing business in this
state, transporting grain in bulk or
sacks, in carload lots or less than car
load lots, shall give receipt to shipper
for the number Of bushels received for
same. and shall deliver the same at des-
tinatiOn, or to connecting railroad.
When grain is shipped over several
railroads i'll joint traffic, the railroad Oh
which the grain was shipped shall be
held responsible. in the first instance,
to shippers for damages sustained, and
shall have the same right to collect
damages from connecting railroads, who
may have caused the damage, as
the shipper has from the railroad COM
pany giving the receipt. A railroad re-
fuslng to give the shipper a receipt is
made liable for double damages to the
grain.
Text Book Commission.
A. Thompson's bill to create state
text book commission, county board
of education, requires the superintend-
ent of public instruction in November.
1891. and every fifth year thereafter, to
draw ballots for members of the state
text book commission. Eligible men,
berS are the presidents Of the normal
schools, city superintendent of st.
Paul and Minneapolis, superintendt hts
of high schools and county superintend-
entS. The state text book commission
ers will select all text books and make
contracts with the publishers, who will
supply every county ordering the same
in quantities to supply the demand. The
county board of education will be made
up of the county superintendent, chair
man of the board of county commits
sionerS, superintendent of state
high school returning the largest
number of scholars entitled to
apportionment during the previous year
and one teacher The county board Of
education will select from the list of
books approved by the state text book
commission, one book or one series of
books on each subject pursued in the
public schools Of said county. below the
state high schools, and the books so
chosen shall be used in said schools to
the exclusion of any other book or series
of books for the full term of five years.
1t shall be the duty of the county COM
misSioners of each county to provide a
method of purchase. distribution and
sale of text books. The state text COM
mssoners shall receive no compensa-
ton for their services.
Bills Passed.
H. f. No. Asa bill to amend chapter &C,
| General Statutes 1873.
| H. f. No 154-A bill relating to qual1fica-
| tons of jurors.
| H. F. 10 5S-A bill to detach Itasca coun-
! ty from Aitkin county.
n No S5-A bill tn reDeal part Of chan