Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-03-30
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
The Doings of the State Law Makers at St,
Paul.

The Doings of the State Law Makers at St.
Paul.
ST PAUL, March 22.-In the senate petitions
were presented asking that the powers of the
grain and warehouse commission be rot ex-
tended. The following bills were introduced:
For bridge across the Mississippi; to amend
the law relating to the incorporation of vii
lagos; compelling contractors to give bonds for
moving school houses; settlement of differences
between employees and employers. The bill was
drawn by Commissioner Powers, and provides
shat when 25 employees are affected the differ
ences shall be arbitrated.
The bill providing for the publication Of
treasurerS' reports in newspapers was recon-
mendod for indefinite postponement and the
bill for the distribution to counties of the gross
earnings tax was recommended to pass
The senate met at 2:30 and took up the free
school text book bills which were special or
der for that hour H. F. 592 was passed after q
long discussion and the senate then adjourned
to Thursday.
AS soon as the house had settled for business
resolution censuring Judge Brill of the Ram
sey district court was introduced and adopted
A Commute was appointed to investigate the
matter. The following bills were introduced:
Relating to damages by beasts; to provide for
| coal and mineral leases: satisfaction of judg-
ments; requiring record of marriage certin-
Gates: relating to incorporation of villages; to
! amend law prohibiting pools and trusts. It
adds Imprisonment to the present penalty; re-
lat1ng to plats lost or.destroyed relating to
salaries Of coanty attorneys.
In the afternoon, in committee of the whole.
Cairns bill amending the probate code relating
principally to the wifes dover in estates was
| Indefinitely postponed. The Craig land grant
forfeiture bill was tak.n up and finally recon-
mended for passage.
ST. PAUL, March 23.-The senate held busy
session and transacted some important bust
ness. The Minneapolis morgue bill was passed
and, being house bill, will now go to the gov
crnor. McMillan's primary election bill was
| lost, but afterwards reconsidered and referred
| FOR amendment, and subsequently passed.
| The following bills were introduced: To
| amend the laws relating to farmers mutual in.
surance companies; for normal school at
Tracy; asking congress for $4,000 for the i'm
provernent of Blue Earth river; to promote the
keeping OF records at county seats of old SOL
diers and of building monuments; relating to
the descent of lands to surviving husband and
wife; relating to conveyances by husband and
wife; making liquor licenses personal property
subject to transfer, etc.; providing for lien on
lumber and timber to remain on lands where
they float longer than nine months; making the
spi:iing Of logs penal offense.
The house passed the Craig land grant for
fixture bill, the Merritt bill fer opening and
operating mines and quarries, and the import
ant bill Of Mr.. Smith of Becker, relating to the
abandonment and vacation Of railways and col
lection Of assessments. The SanbOrn parole
bill for the states prison and reformatory also
went through, and now, when signed by the
governor, will be a law. It introduces the sys-
tenn of parole recommended by the governor in
his inaugural address. But three new bills
were introduced. In the afternoon Cairns pri-
mary election bill and Bjorge's bill abolishing
capital punishment were recommended for pas
sage.
ST. PAUL, March 24.-In the senate two new
bills were introduced, one by Senator Donnelly
to amend the libel law, and the other by Dedon
authorizing towns to issue bonds to pay out.
standing Indebtedness. Under the head Of
committee reports several measures were rec
commended for indefinite postponement-among
them being the bill to establish the 'City of
Blaine the state forestry bill, the bill to pro-
vide the defenders OF Fort Ridgeley with med
ais and the bill to provide armories for the ma
tional guard
Senator Ladue's vagrant law Wyman's fac
tory inspection bill, Hammers bill relating to
electric light companies and Seyatson's grain
bill were among the bills passed by the senate.
In the house the following bills were intro
duced Relating to titles of land; relating to
the ownership of personal property; actions to
recover real property.
The house concurred in the senate amend
meuts to Abbott's bill relating to the adoption
of children.
The house calendar was dispatched at the af-
ternoon session and only one bill was defeated,
the Turrell city and village lookup bill. The
Cairns primary election bill went through with
D whirl, and the bill abolishing the death pen
Rlty was passed with votes to spare. A sfngu-
lar point regarding the latter bill was the fact
that the most enthusiastic opponents were the
clergymen OF the house, Rev. Wahlund of Isanti
and the house chaplain Rev. Mr.. FOrtin There
a scene of deem interest attending the vote
brief explanation of votes, pro and con, being
attended with expressions of applause, es-
pecially those that denounced judicial murders.
and appealed for their abolition.
ST. PAUL March 25.-In the house the regu-
lar order brought but a few new bills and the
list of long bills from the senate consumed the
balance of the morning hour. Among them was
the Peterson grain and warehouse bill, whose
friends were anxious to advance it on it's way
to passage. The effort was made, by motion
of suspension of the rules, but an opposition
developed, and the bill was allowed to lie over
till resolution can advance it to the place de-
sired.
The senatorial reapportionment bill was re-
ported from the committee and made the spe-
cial order for Tuesday, 2 p. m.
The house, by resolution introduced by one
- the Hennepin delegation, called for the ju.
dietary committee to report the Dean anti-pool
bill, which is required to be reported on Mon
day. The bit4S in the subcommittee on con-
stitutional law. of which Mr.. Wilson of Good
hue is chairman, and it will probably be re-
ported for indefinite postpOnement, on the
ground that it is unconstitutional.
In the senate Keler's bill for the manage.
ment of the state reformatory was amended in
| committee Of the whole so as to prohibit whip.
pings, and then sent to the calendar with @ IA
| vorable recommendation.
The senate devoted the greater part of the
session to the discussion of Leavitt's bill to
provide for bill to amend the constitution to
cover the taxation of telegraph, telephone
gross earnings.
Queer History of Some Words.
Speaking q the strange, eventful his
tory Of words, the Hartford Courant
notes that ''queen" originally meant
simply woman, but now designates
the most glittering place which the
earth can bestow, while with the slight
~ different spelling of ''quean" it
stands for woman of different sort;
so, too, 'ssnave'' at the start meant
only boy, as in the German form,
'knabe;" but rs boys go wrong some
times the word in time obtained an un=
pleasant meaning. The word imp
might have been added as having very
much the same history Of '.'knave," for,
meaning, first, scion or shoot, it next
stood for a child, and now it means an
inferior devil. Lord Bacon spoke OF
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