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


LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Items Regarding the Doin9s q Legielasse
1t the Capitol.
Mr.. Bleecker has introduced . BIZ
making incurable insanity on tho par.
IT husband or wife Q cause for divorce.
It requires that the insanity shall be o.
% years standing before the bill Il
fled
Statesman J. H. Smith thinks the
legislature should by law compel rail-
way companies to heat their cars BY
electricity. and has introduced bill for
that purpose.
The friends of the measure to tax the
railroad lands of the state are very
much elated at the prospect of their pet
bill passing the house at IN early date.
The bill, which is that of Mr.. Markham,
of Aitkin, hos been agreed to by the
house committee on judiciary, under
the order of reports of committees, rec
commended to pass The committee
came to this conclusion unanimously,
and after having considered every point
which has been raised against the bill,
including constitutional questions and
the more important one whether the
bill would operate to repeal the gross
earnings tax, which was feared by
some who would otherwise have
favored the bill. The committee find
especially on this point that it does not
SO operate.
The same committee have agreed to
report recommending for passage the
Hopkins bill to tax inheritances, which
has been the subject Of much discussion
in the same committee.
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Senator Tawney has introduced . bill
for government of cities and repeal spe-
cial laws relating thereto. The prep
aration of the bill, which consists of 23O
sections, has involved vast amount of
labor from various sources, and is be-
lieved to meet the emergency resultant
upon the adoption of the constitutional
amendment prohibiting special legisla-
ton. 1t embodies the provisions and
suggestions decided upon by the city At
torneys Of the state at their recent meet
ing.
Cole, E., introduced bill designed to
mitigate the rigors of the tax collectors
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delinquency in the payment of personal
or real estate taxes. that the state shall
collect only per cent interest on the
taxes until paid. The bill thus does
away with with the penalties of 10 per
cent added on the list of June, and the
further penalties added on the LIST of
the following January on delinquent
taxes, and reduces the interest collect
able from IL to per cent.
The matter of printing bills is one
which causes trouble from time to time.
No bill can be printed without the vote
OF the house until It has been reported
by committee and placed upon gen.
eral orders. But members are continu-
ally bobbing up with motions that their
bills be printed, and unless some one
| wants to make himself disagreeable by
opposition it goes through. There are
reasons for printing some bills ahead Of
time, but most of them are campaign
literature, said one member recently,
and the only object in printing them is
to fire them out among admiring con-
stituents to show that the scion is
alert.
Mr.. Bleeclzer Of Hennepin proposes to
solve the hoop-skirt question and has
introduced the following bill:
Sec. l. It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture or sell, or to of.
fer for sale or use, or to permit the
manufacture, sale or use of any hoop
skirt or hoopskirts, or anything like
thereunto, within the limits of Mime
| sofa.
Sec. 2. Any person violating this act
or in any way assisting the violation of
any provision of this act, shall be pun
ished by fine Of not less than SIS for
each offense, and in default shall be
imprisoned in the county Jail for a
period not exceeding 80 days.
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Senator Mcmillan has introduced a
bill in the senate proposing an amend
| ment to the constitution, which pro-
| vides that naturalized citizens must re-
ceive final papers before voting, with
the proviso that no person who now has
the right of suffrage shall be deprived
| of it by this amendment, but that it
shall 60 into effect five years after it's
| adoption, thus avoiding working any
hardship on the men who have attained
the right of suffrage under the present
system, which permits any man who
has declared his intentions to vote, pro-
vlded he has been a year a resident of
the United States and four months a
| resident of Minnesota previous to offer
ing his vote.
Some of the Eastern insurance COM
panies have discovered that q pending
house bill which prohibits corporations
from insuring their employees is designed
to cut them (the companies) off at one
! sweep from doing business in this state.
The bill is before the insurance commit
tee, and c. A. Severance appeared be-
! fore the committee IN behalf of one of
the companies.
The house committee on labor and
labor legislation has asked the attorney
general to pass upon the eight-hour
law, and if lie reports favorably the
committee will doubtless report recon-
| mending that bill.
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