The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Items Regarding the DoinEs Of Legislstos,
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An appeal can be taken to this court
OF appeals in the following cases:
l. From q judgment in an. action COM
menced in the district court or q mu-
nlcipal court, or brought there from an
other court from any Judgment rendered
'n'such court, and upon the appeal from
such Judgment may renew any inter
mediate order involving the merits or
necessarily affecting the judgment. s"''a
z. From an order granting orrefusing
q provisional remedy or which grants,
refuses or dissolves or refuses to dis
solve an injunction or an order vacating
or sustaining an attachment. ~~'e1 -
3. From an order involving the merits
OF the action or some part thereof.
4. From an order granting or refus-
Ing q new trial or from: an order sus.
tanning or overruling demurrer.
D. From an order which in effect de-
termines the action and prevents a
Judgment from which an appeal might
be taken
=. From a final order affecting sub
stantial right made in special pro.
ceedlng, or upon summary application
IN an action after Judgment
There is to he one appellate judge
elected in each district, whose pay shall
be $4,000 per year, the first judges ap.
pointed by the governor, and the terms
to be six years. All district judges OF
the appellate districts are made mem.
bers OF the appellate court, but the dis.
tricts are so arranged that no district
judge shall sit in review of any decision
he has made. There are to be five
terms year of the appellate court.
The bill is offered, and will be urged,
as the means agreed to on all hands as
the best to relieve the overburdene
condition of the supreme court, which
is between one and two years behind in
its work,
The bill which Senator Hompe intro.
duced is of consiCera bic interest to Ger.
tain railroads in this state. 1t provides
that at the time of filing with the state
auditor the annual statement of gross
earnings of railroad companies, all the
companies in Minnesota having lands
granted to aid in the construction OF
the railroad which were unsold on the
first day of May of the year during
which the gross earnings covered by
such statement were earned shall make
and file with the state auditor state.
ment verified by the oath of the presi.
dent, secretary, or other officer of the
company, stating the number of acres
of such granted lands in each county on
the 1st day of May next preceding the
statement. Within 10 days after the
filing of such statement furnish and file
in the Office of the state treasurer a list
showing the number of acres of land SC
surveyed and remaining unsold. The
state treasurer shall annually pay out
OF the state treasury to the several
counties in which the lands are situated
a sum equal to cents per acre for each
acre of such land
Gov. Nelson has signed the following
bills:
To authorize town supervisors to is,
sue bonds or orders of their towns TO,
the purpose of refunding or paying GU,
standing bonds of said towns and regu.
latlng the issue and providing for the
payment thereof.
Authorizing the council of villages
and smaller cities to file a corrected
plat.
To provide for fixing and establish.
ing boundary lines by civil action.
To provide for doorkecpers, cloak
room keepers and pages at the opening
of the legislature.
Authorizing cities to complete or eff.
fectuatc vacation proceedings in cor.
tain cases.
Providing for the construction of side
tracks and switches on the right of way
OF railway companies to elevators,
warehouses, mills or factories located
on adjacent lands.
Legalizing subscriptions and contri.
buttons by villages for the encourage.
ment of agricultural fairs or for edu.
cational purposes.
In the house the committee on legis.
lative expenses recommended the in
definite postponement of the resolution
to reimburse r. C. Hinrichs, r. C. Tai.
boys, r. A. Walsh, Dr. Williams and u.
NJ. Sullivan for expenses incurred in the
contests for their seats in the house, and
recommended the passage of a substi-
tute allowing the successful contest
ants the following sums: r. A. Walsh,
s203.25; r. c: Hinrichs, $3.50; DR.. Win.
Jams, $125, and D. NJ. Sullivan. SOS. 95,
Mr.. Talboy's bill was disallowed alto.
gether.
The ladies seem to have won their
fight in the senate, for, by a vote of 20
to II, the bill giving women the right
of suffrage was recommended to pass
by the committee of the whole. 1t was
not the original bill that went through,
but much stronger one, which struck
the word ''male''out of the portion of the
constitution declaring who shall vote.
The senate committee on grain and
warehouses were addressed by ATTY.
Gen. Standish of North Dakota. MIR.
otandlshs object was to get the COM
mittec to introduce a bill to give the
state exclusive control over q site for a
state elevator to be built at the head of
the lakes. The North Dakota legisla.
ture appropriated 500, 600 for the cree
ton of the elevator. The committee
favorably viewed the request and
will introduce bill. The Probst-
field, Hompe, Keller, ct al, state
elevator bills were indefinitely post
ponel(,
The senate committee on education
have had the free text book bill under
consideration. At recent meeting
Supt. Kiehle addressed the committee at
length, giving history of free text
book measure as tried III the East, and
the growth of the sentiment in their
favor in this Estate. He said that the
cost to each pupil per year was about