Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-02-27
STATE EG1SI1TION
;aEcohD OF WORK DONE sX MIN
NEsoTA soLoNs. y
AComprehensive Summary Of the Pro-
seedlings for the Wsek Givins !. List Of
Important Bills Intrsdaced. Referred,
and Passed. -
"Wednesday, Feb. 10.

and Passed. sr,a Iss$ 3
. a "Wednesday, Feb. 10. n
!. In the senate President Ives an
! nounced that he had appointed Senators
: Tawney, Bell, Sevatson, Donneily and
Davis q committee to investigate into
the advisability OF establishing courts of
Cancellation. :s.
Senator Leavitt, from tie special COM
Mcmillan and Dean, to which was re-
ferred the three election bills by the
members Of the committee, presented q
report recommending the passage Of the
Mcmillan bill, with alnendlnents.t The
amendments were certain features Of
Senator Deans bill. The report was
signed by Senators Leavitt and Nc
MILAN. ~. 49, -~ g..
Senator Dean presented minority
report, recommending that all of the
bills be referred to the Judiciary com
mittee, with instructions to form Iii,
from the three. which was finally done.
The debate on this question: was wax
ing warm when the announcement of
Gen. Sioley's death caused an interrup-
ton. Senator Stevens introduced series
Of resolutions of respect, which were
adopted by rising vote.
The Judiciary committee reported
back Senator Donnelly's bnl repeating
the libel law Of 1881, with All ameld-
ment Including in the provisions of the
bill the law OF 1899, on the same subject,
and recommended that the bill rs
amended pass. 90, .,s..ss ~ 81 - i
At 1880 the senate adjourned for the
day out of respect for the memory Of
Gen. Sibley. ~ -
Roll call in the house found nearly
every member present. Death OF Gen.
Sioley was announced and resolutions Of
respect adopted.
Mr.. Reeves sent up a bill which
IN general way reorganizes the state
agricultural societies. BY its provisions
the money appropriated for the main
tenance Of the agricultural societies
shall be equally divided among the agri-
cultural societies of the state, one society
for each county, the same to be the old
est strictly agricultural society in the
county II two or more counties hold
joint fair, each of the counties shall re-
ceive the appropriations it is entitled to,
as though it he'd Il separate fair, proyid-
ing the joint fair pay out in premiums y
sum equal to the joint appropriation.
and that no portion Of the appropriation
be paid out for horse racing. The final
clause of Mr.. Reeves little billet in
creases the amount Of the appropriation
Tor the maintenance OF county fairs,
from ST., 900 to 81 200.
ing to passing local bills then adjourned.
Thursday. Feb. 10.
When the senate opened Chaplain
Savage gave the senators roast regard
Ing profanity, and urged the senate as a
body to support and preserve its dignity
by using its influence against the habit
OF using lightly the name of the Al
mighty. His remarks were interpreted
to apply particularly to Senators Dom
nelly and Keller.
Among the communications read was
letter from Capt. Judson N. Cross and
N. F. Griswold. of Minneapolis. Offering
the state 100 aires Of land one mile from
Norcross, Grant county, on condition
that the state establish there beet sugar
works, as already contemplated.
In the afternoon Senator Tawney's bill,
passed. and then Senator McMillan's
franchise bill came up and was passed.
Senator Hompe's bill providing for
the erection of public grain houses and
elevators on the right of way Of railroads
was next taken up. The bill was rec
commended to pass. ......, -.
House: File 80, relating to waterways
snd the appointment of q joint commit
tee to inspect and report upon them, was
passed under suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Greer's bill to revise the general
statutes WAS favorably reported upon.
Mr.. Kinney's hill to incorporate the
town of Ely was also passed under sus-
pension of the rules, and i number Of
other bills were recommended by the
Judiciary committee to be Indefinitely
postponed. The committee on banks
and banking reported favorably upon
Mr.. Bulls Till as amended relating to
rates of interest. Mr.. Kendnll's bill
amending the city charter Of Duluth
was passed. On the motion of Mr.. Nils
son, Mr.. Bells Till, House Fl 9 1913. was
taken from the calendar and placed in
general orders.
Senator Lienau's bill. repeating chap.
ter 500, Special Laws of 1885, the act
creating the b ard of levee commissions
ers of the City of st. Paul, also passed,
and only needs the governors signature
before going into effect. s~,s-
After clearing up the calendar and
passing the sixty local bills it contained,
the house adjourned until 10 q. m.
Ho"' ""' is
Senate: Nine bills Of local or minor
Importance were introduced, and then
committee reports were taken up. iOc-
casionally some Of the reported bills
would be passed. Among these was
House File 40, the bill appropriating
money for the purchase OF seed wheat
d for the iarwers Of certain northwestern
COUNTIES ct the state. *">
tee on resolutions upon the death Of
Gen. Sibley, reported. and the report
WIS adopted by a rising vote.
House: A resolution by MIR. Lockwood,
requesting. the speaker to appoint COM
n1ttee OF three to act with two from the
senate to visit the beet sugar plant at
saan. tsia a Neo., wene ever on notlce
Bills were introduced 70 nrotect farm.
ers. dairymen and others fron, loss in
Shippinv milk by railroad companies, II
provides that the companies shall b.
liable for the full amount OF milk shin
ped; to reimburse John Daly in the sum
8. q $i1i for expenses incurred in his con.
tested election case: to amend section q.
chapter eOj. relating to the preservation
. Of game. The bills provides for the elec-
ton II a game warden in all towns,
citie;, and villages: to provide for the
erection Of public warehouses and eleya-
tors on the right of way owned by any
= railroad company in tie state.
The Joint resolutions on the death Of
Gen. Fl. Fl. Sibley were read and adopted
House File No. 10. Mr. setterlund,s
bill to provide for an appropriationA Of
$4,000 for seed wheat in various cot,n.
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