The sun., 1893-04-06
FRIDAY, MARCH 81.


The vote by which Senator Streiss-
guth's reassessment bill was Lost yester.
day was reconsidered this morning on
motion of s. ID. Peterson and the Dln
placed back on the calendar.
On motion of Senator Allen the COM
mittee on judiciary was discharged from
the further consideration or III. T.. 4ll
the Markham county ponding Dill, anu
the bill ordered placed on general or
ders.
On motion of Senator Leavitt the judi
ciary committee was instructed TO pre-
pare bill cutting down the enrolling Zee
to cents. Senator Mcmillan moved q
reconsideration of the vote by which
III. f. No. 1872, the Hennepin county
court house bill, was lost This pre-
vailed
Senator LeaYitt introduced s. #. No.
SAT a bill proyiding that the state treas
urer's report shall be printed in but one
newspaper. It will be remembered that
q bill had to be passed a few M DAYS day 9 age
lication in four newspapers. Senator
Leayitt moved a suspension of the rules
to give the bill its passage. Senator
Lienau OBJECTED, but a roll call suspended
the rules, 3S to 4. Senator Stevens then
moved to lay the matter over until after
noon, but the temper OF the senate was as
for economy, and the bill passed-33
to 6.
Senator Mcmillan moved to suspend
the rules and take up HI. +. 70, the uni
versity tax bill; but the senate would
not allow everything elseto besidetraced
for this bill. which has already passed
one body, and the motion was lost-29
to II.
en- motion of Senator O'Brien the sen.
ate concurred in the house amendments
to S. +. No. 452, and repassed the bill as
amended.
A resolution of Senator Donnelly, call.
ing upon the finance committee to report
the amount of appropriations now called
for by bills before the committee, was
passed
Senator O'Brien introduced q bill
transferring the remainder of appropria
ton for the tub and pail factory at the
prison to the binding twine plant. Sen.
ator Crate got in bill amending the
penal code by providing punishment for
putting dangerous substances in un-
thrashed grain. Senator Geissel intro
duced a bill relating to sheriffs and
sheriffs' fees.
S. Il. 35S, Senator Eatons bill pro-
viding that none but legal newspapers
shall publish the laws passed by the leg
islature, that is to say, none but those
which have been published ut least
twelve months, awakened considerable
discussion. An amendment offered by
Senator Donnelly was accepted reducing
the requisit limit to six months. The
bill was passed-37 to 3.
House.
Mr.. Horton introduced a joint resolu.
ton, which was passed under suspension
of the rules instructing the senator's and
representatives in congress to ask an
appropriation with which to make a sur
vey of the much-talked-of canal from
Duluth. to st. Paul.
The house then went into committee
of the whole. s. +. No. 234, relating to
the distribution of the Minnesota war
records was recommended to pass with
out opposition, as was Senator Tawney' s
requiring street railway companies
to vestibule the front platforms of elec-
trio cars.
Senator Keller's bill to prevent the
sale of adulterated coffee was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement.
Senator Sanborn's bill submitting ia
the people a constitutional amendment
exempting church parSonages from taxa.
ton was debated for half an hour and
then recommended for indefinite post,
pOnement.