The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-02-09
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
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Z -. l'Aul., Jan. sQ-The lea1slature transaeee,
e BUSINESS To-Day out q respect TO tho memoe.
Of James @. Dlatns, bat both houeos moi IN
Joint session q Ans n the afternoon ana L.
teaed . the report Of the Joint committees ap
pointed 70 draft resolutions =
The resolutions were read, but not sdopted
until several Of tho members q tho legislature
had taken the opportunity - pay tribute 70 tho
creat aoiuV ana other characteristics Of Tie
dooeesed.
81. PAU, Jan. 3l.-ln the senate, upon mo
ton Of Senator Stockton. committee Of avo
was appointed TO which all food and dairy bills
ehall be referred. The following bills were IN.
troduced: To provide for the government q
municipal corporations; amending the law gov
oTntng county superintendents Of schools; In.
creasing BY u 600 the standing appropriation Of
the Moorhead normal school; appropriating
5000 to open tho closed waterways 0e MOI.
man and Polk counties; creating IN onicisl in
spoctor Of steam craft On inland waters; pro
viding that hve-sixths Of . jury may return .
verdict in civil cases After six hours delibesa-
ton; preventing tho sale Of intoxicants to
minors; authorizing the establishment Of coun.
" poor houses and work houses: providing for
the erection Of beet sugar factory ct tho agrt.
cultural college; making IRE insurance compa-
MES liable for the full faco Of . policy. The
rest OF the day was spent In committee OF tho
whole.
The house held but one session, tho greater
portion Of which was occupied In hearing 10.
ports OF committees. The following bills were
introduced: Relating to incorporation OF VII.
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sioners; relating to roads, cross-ways and
bridges; to establish the once OF examiner Of
telegraphers and train dispatchers. Mr.. Turrell
moved to take up the world fair appropriation
bill. notice OF passage Of which was given BY
the senate, but It was defeated.
Both houses adjourned until Thursday.
ST. PAUL, Fob. 2-Both branches tried %
o1rn their salaries today. Two sessions were
held and much routine business was completed
duced: TO mako married women responsible for
her debts, the same y unmarried women, and
empower her to convey property to husband or
Vice versa: amending the law relating to exami.
nation OF teachers by county superintendents;
to provide that al farmers who use 3inch
wagon tire after June, 1894, shall have ono.
fourth OF their road tax abated; to require all
county odicers to a!o with tho county commits.
sioners sworn statement Of fees received. Tho
following bills were passed: Daugherty's bill to
lezalizo certain documents transferring real es.
t3ta executed by married women under DOW er
o: attorney prior to 1850; Stevens bill making
proceedings for vacation Of streets and alleys
legal II such proceedings have net been pro-
tested against for 1--WE years. Stevens bill to
plete foreclosure sales after their terms Of Of.
dee expire
In the house, the following bills were intro.
duced: Requiring railway coaches to he heated
by electricity; relating to inspection OF steam
boilers: free school text book bill; to regulate
the wholesale ttaftic of liquors; relating to the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors to minors; regulat.
Ing political caucuses and conventions: requir.
Ing passenger trains to stop at all county seats;
relating to divorce, either husband or wife. who
have been insane for 10 years may be divorced;
opproprtatins 500 600 to open the atercourses
In the Red river valley; creating new counties.
tho same not to be less than 400 square miles;
to provide armories for tho national guard: to
regulate tho employment Of children; to exempt
public lands used as roadways from taxation;
relating to damages against railway companies
BY employees
ST. PAUL. Feb. Sin the senate resolution
was introduced by Senator Sanborn call1n. for
tho appointment Of special commission Of nvo
senators and nine representatives to take in
charge matters pertaining to the Itasca state
pork. Bills wore introduced to regulate tele.
phone charges: relating to construction Of fish.
ways in dams; to prevent pool selling.
Senator Aliens bill requiring the publication
Of proceedings OF village councils was amended
to provide that the charge shall not exceed the
legal rate for such work, and then passed.
Senator Smiths amendment to the cruelty 70
animals law was lost. receiving only q votes.
Among the bills that safely ran the gauntlet
Of tho senate roll call were Stevens general law
for tho Equalization Of defective deods and mort
CAGES: Stevens bill relating to uses and trusts:
McHale6 hill relating to rocognizsnces In GRIM
inal prosecutions: Stevens bill amending tho
law relating to roads and bridges; Sanborn' q
bill relating to summons In actions 70. divorce.
In the house the following measures were pro-
posed: Relating to weights and measures. to
tax sleeping cars; appropriat1n9 Els GOO for geo
aphical survey OF the state; authorizing VII
to punish pawntrokcrs for charging more than
10 per cent; to mako mortgages and contracts
for sale OF real estate, to make same payable at
some bank or express oface 1t is made unlaw-
full to take popor not so stating, to place Of
payment; relating to the sale OF intoxicating
liquors III towns vote against license it sh u
not be changed until the general eloction); ia
prevent thu manufacture and saIe Of hoop
skirts
ST. PAUL, Feb. 4.-The senate had nothing tc
do until it reached the calendar. When tina,
arrived the following bills were passed: Pro
vidfng that liquor licenses may be issued ut any
tue of the year for o full year, and that a pre-
rata proportion may be refunded II licenses are
cancelled; adding sections to the penal code re-
ating to cruelty to children; relating to cruelty
to animals. The bill OF the committee on print.
ing calling for an edition Of 6 600 instead OF
5000 copies Of the legislative manual the bill
for the revision Of the statutes caused some lit.
tie debate, but the roll coll gave it 81 affirmative
votes to 2 IN the negative; lesalizing the ex
penditure Of e 5000 as interest by the state
reformatory board; governing the operation Of
traction engines on the highway; relating to
suits in courts Of justices of the peace.
In tho house the following bills were intro
duced: To repeal the tax on Minnesota mort
cages; to provide for the erection of o new
capitol building; to regulate common carriers
and define the duties OF the railroad commits
sion; compelling railroads to furnish transfe.
facilities between the lines Of the different com
pantes and to make reasonable Joint rates;
amending chapter 80, laws OF 1873, relating ia
chattal mortgages; to amend the laws Of 1879
relating to public libraries. providing for the es
tablishment Of free libraries and reading rooms
in villages upon q two-thirds vote Of the people;
to provide for On assistant state bank examiner
and for the payment Of fees into the state by
banks and trust companies, the salary Of the
assistant public examiner to be 81 SOC per year;
to amend tho law relating to the time Of pub
uouLk AAotS VI OcAA04uout luAcS' HuoHuln8 Tue
game laws altering the timber hunting; to re
quire persons convicted Of mlsdemeanor to labor
on streets or other public works.
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THE ARTS.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARE1soN's statue In
bronze, of colossal size, will be unveiled
in Newbury port next Fourth Of July.
Ex-PREs1DENr HAYES portrait, It Is
thought, will be placed on the govern
mcnt treasury notes before many
months. The faces of Grant and Gar
field have been so used.