The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-16

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The following is fdll text of tho
amended bill for free school books: -
Section l. The board of trustees or
board of education Of every school dis
trict in the state of Minnesota il hereby.
authorized and empowered to solect,
adopt or contract for the text books
needful for the use of the school or
schools under its charge; and sid board
ct trustees or board Of education shall
have power to purchase tie text books
selected or contracted for, and provide
for the loan, free of charge, or sale, at
cost, Of such text books to the pupils in
attendance at such school or schools.as
Provided that'no adoption or contract
shall be for period Of less than three
years nor more than five years, during
which. time the text books so selected,
adopted or contracted for shall not be
changed. <'.'E~ -.--ft
Sec. . Before any publisher or pub
fishers shall enter or attempt to enter
into any contract for the sale of text
books'as herein provided, they shall file
with the superintendent of public in
struction of the state of Minnesota a
list OF their books, and the lowest prices
at or for which they will sell any or all
OF such books to any board of trustees
in the state of Minnesota; and they, the
said publishers, shall deposit with the
superintendent Of public instruction a
sample copy of each book so listed,
which shall represent in style of bind
ing, mechanical execution, general
makeup and matter, the book or books
they offer to sell to the board of trus-
tees at or for the prices so listed; and in
no case shall prices be raised above said
listed price as filed.
Secs. It shall be the duty Of the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton to furnish a certified copy of the
list of books and prices filed in accord
ance with the provisions of section of
this act, to the district clerk of each
common school district in the state of
Minnesota.
Sec. 4. Whenever five or more legal
voters OF any common school district in
the state of Minnesota shall petition the
board of trustees to submit to the legal
voters thereof the question of provid-
ing free text books to the pupils attend
ing the schools under its charge. it shall
be the duty of the of said board of trus-
tees to call a meeting of the legal voters
OF the district, giving 10 days notice,
which notice shall state that the ques-
ton of free text books will be submit
ted at such meeting. Such question
may be submitted at any annual meet
ing, provided that notice shall have
previously been given in accordance
with the provisions of this section. In
case majority of the legal voters pres
ent and voting shall vote in favor of
free text books, it shall be the duty of
the board of trustees to provide for the
same.
Sec. S. All books purchased in accord
ance with the provisions of this act
shall be paid for out of the school funds
of the respective districts; and it shall
be the duty of the school district and
board of trustees to see that sufficient
funds are raised and set aside for the
purposes of this act.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after the first day
of June, 1893.
Representative Dunn has sent the fol-
lowing relating to election of state sem
ators and representatives:
The senators shall be chosen by sin
gle districts of contiguous territory at
the same time that the members of the
house of representatives are required to
be chosen, and in the same manner, and
no representative district shall shall be
divided in the formation of senate dis
trict. The senate districts shall be
numbered in regular series. There
shall be an entire new election of all of
the senator's and representatives in the
year 1896. Representatives chosen at
such election, or at any election there
after, shall hold their office for the
term of two years, and the senators
chosen at such election by districts
designated by odd numbers shall go out
OF office at the expiration of the second
year, and senators chosen by districts
designated by the even numbers shall
go out of Office at the expiration of the
fourth year, and thereafter senators
shall be chosen for four years, unless
elected to fill vacancy, except that
there shall be an entire new election of
all the senators at the election next pre-
ceding the year in which an emu ner-
alton of the inhabitants of this state is
taken under the laws thereof in pur
suance of section %, article 4, of this
constitution. And the senators chosen
at such new election by districts desig-
mated by odd numbers shall 90 out of
office at the expiration of the second
year, and the senators chosen by dis
tricts designated by even numbers
shall:go out. Of Office at the expiration
: of the fourth year. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
The committee on railroads recon-
mended the indefinite postponement of
the bill for an addition to the constitu-
ton of. the state making the Office
of the railroad and warehouse COM
missioners elective. The report was
adopted. =.
BY. resoluti on of Senator Craven, the
superintendent of public instruction
was asked to inform the senate how
much money would have to be raised by
taxation in case q free text book hill
passed.
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There has been Misrepresentation re-
garding the Mile Laos dam, the bill
which passed the house. The bill so far
fro'a being lumbermen's scheme has
been made necessary by the acts of the
lumbermen themselves in the past in
having dredged the lake outlet SO as to
lower the lake several feet, to the dam.
age of farms on the shores. The farm