The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-16
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81. PAUL, March Quite number Of bin
resolved their final passage In the senate today.
md the calendar Is almost clear. Tho bills
passed without opposition were: Transferring
any balance in the soldiers relief fund to the
general fund; TO suthorise lions to change
their articles Of Incorporation in certain cases:
requiring cities to let franchises Is ths highest
bidders; allowing Duluth IN additional Judge;
relating to the establishment of boundary lines;
Felattng to the salary Of managers OF state ine
situations; allowing the state board Of health to
establish quarantine Inspection on tho boundary
ines OF tho state; penalty for publication Of OBJ
scene literature; increasing tho bounty Tor car.
ture Of female wolves. The following new bills
were introduced: Amending Law relating to high
schools: limiting time for opening streets and
alleys to 10 years, except by condemnation pro
ceedings; to amend tho law relating to duties Of
county commissioners; TO amend the law relat.
ing to the levy and collection Of taxes. : u
The following bills were introduced In the
house: Detaching Of parts Of school districts:to
prevent frauds by pretended, banks; relating to
relating to labels on bottles;
smendatory Of the penal code; relating to town
j.
assessment Of taxes; material and material mca
on public contracts; relating to public GENE.
teries; relating to practice Of medicines; relating
TO probating of Wills; rights Of way over state
parks; to prevent adulteration Of spices; to pro-
vide for increase In size Of organized counties
amendment to constitution, limiting sessions Of
the legislature to 50 days.
Mr.. Abbott, by consent, offered resolution
instructing tho judiciary committee to prepare
. bill to punish incest. Adopted. :
ST. PAUL. March SIN the senate Joint res.
olution referring to railroad rates was read the
second time and placed on the calendar. Sen.
ator March introduced bill to amend the law
to punish drunkenness. After considerable dis.
cuss1on the grain and warehouse committee was
authorized to employ clerk. Lammens reso.
luton relating to the improvement of closco
Of the Red river was passed.
There was only one bill on the house third
reading calendar and the farmers were particu.
larry interested in 1t. SO the bill was taken III,
and passed. It Is Maguire's bill to compel rail.
roads to construct side tracks and switches to
elevators built on switches or within aO fee,
therefrom.
The senate went into committee of the whole
and resumed the consideration OF Days game
and fish bill, where they left OF yesterday. ;
In the house an unusually large number Of pc.
t1ttons and circumstances were presented and
referred. Among the latter were several
against the pending new capitol bill; also an
increased number against any religious legisla.
ton. Tho committee made two reports OF
Winston's election bill. After considerable
discussion the majority report was adopted.
New bills were introduced as follows: Relatins
to dams and mills; boards of county commits.
stoners and printing contracts; fixing the price
Of handling railroad ties and cedar poles IL
booms; for care Of free text books; limiting the
service OF sheriff to two two-year terms; relat.
Ing to marriage; relating to incest.
Tho eight-hour bill was brought up again,
only to be defex ted.
ST. PAUL, March Gin tho senate bills wer<
Introduced: Amending the law of municipal
corporations; fixing the bonds Of state treas
urer at u 900 600 and making his salary 5000
and amending tbe law relating to security fol
costs. The balance OF the day was spent in
committee Of the whole. The bills relating to
good roads was the bono of contention. There
were two bills on the subject, but no decision
reached.
The house had busy day. Bills were intro
duced: Relating to fees Of clerks Of district
courts; improving frogs and switches on rail
roads, and bill for the election of senators and
representatives. The following bills were
passed: Construction of side tracks and
switches; control Of non-navigable streams b.
county commissioners: relating to soldiers
home; to cure irregularities of private corpora
tons: reassessment OF local improvements; for
fetturo Of tho Hastings & Dakota land grant;
regulating weights and measures: timber pro.
lection In state parks When tho bill provid.
Ing tot FREQ text books was reached. Mr.. Wins
ton demanded q call Of the house and main
tanned it until 81 members were present in thei,
seats. AS tho vote proceeded, MI. German and
Mr.. L1nnemann of Stesrns explained their neg
alive votes, Mr.. German on tho ground that the
bill was not optional a. applied to cities: Mr..
Linneman, that his constituents did not wan,
1t. The bill was passed, II to IL.
ST. PAUL, March 10.-The senate met at 10 q
m. Tho order Of petitions was burdcned with Z
covered old ground. Three were in favor Of thu
Markham bill and half dozen for municipal
suffrage for women.
Senator Craven onered<a resolution request
Ing the superintendent of public instruction tt
report to the senate an estimate Of the cost te
the state Of furnishing free school text books
Adopted
Senator Tawney offered q resolution ORDERING
the printing Of 50 much Of the municipal char
ter bill sis now proposed by the charter com.
mission.
Two bills were introduced. One relating t.
ices OF clerk OF district court, and the othe,
providing for revision of municipal laws.
Senator March's bill instructins railroad
commissioners to revise freight tariffs wal
passed.
In the house the following bills were intro
duced: Relating to partition fences; to license
the sale Of cigars and cigarettes; relating to ex
penses OF probate judge relating to fees OF state
treasurer; Minnesota hospital Of insane I,
confines the location ot Rochester and Ferpus
Falls.
The bill relating to defective execution Of
deeds was passed.
In committee Of tho WHOLE among important
bills recommended for passage was the Mark.
ham bill, to provide q general law under which
the counties outside OF the large cities may is.
sue bonds for the erection OF public buildings
The northern counties Of Aitkin, Wadesla, Hub
bard and 1tasca will be particularly interested.
1tasca county Is on the eve Of erecting full set
OF new buildings Mt Grand Rapids. Park Rapids
wants some new buildings and also Wadcna.
ST. PAUL, March 11.-There was barely .
quorum present today in the senate and the
business transacted was mainly unimportant
routine. In committee Of the whole han q
dozen bills were recommended to pass Nearly
An hour was spent discussing Rogers bill f1xinc
q legal classification for boilers. ::
Senator Dean and Senator Mcmillan reached
an agreement on their election bills. Each had
two measures-one prohibiting corrupt practice
and tho other regulating primaries. Each rec.
ogn1zed that contest would endangcr both
measures, and accordingly they made o com.
promise whereby MCMILLAN W1thdraWS his cor.
rupt practice bill and Dean his primary Injection
two to unite their forces in the other
two bills.
The house had hard work to get quorum
At no time during the day was the number sum.
Gent to attend to the calendar. The following
bills were introduced: For the consideration
and revision Of the laws Of the state; manage.
ment of county jails; to regulate the appoint.
ment Of state ofacers; register of deeds to
require taxes to be paid before transfer is re.
corded; relating to heirship of real estate;
relating to Intoxicating liquors. It requires, in
villages Of 900 population and less, tfit one.
half the fee be deposited in advance OF time Of
application.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE United States rank seventh - .
naval power.
!. The street railway postal delivery
1ystem is q success in St. Louis
In Finland and East Turkestan thun.
der storms are wholly unknown.
IT has been colder in Constantinople
this winter than for fifty years past
In Pennsylvania . man has been fined