The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-02-16
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
The Doings Of the State Law Makers ut
st. Paul

The DoIngs Of the State Law Mixers 1t
st. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Feb 6.-The senate did not meet
until p. m. Most Of the time was spent In
committee work. Only two bills Of general in
terest were introduced One was to amend the
laws relating to state lands, reserving mineral
rights to the state, and the other to amend the
law relating to state lands in relation to pay.
ments for pine lands.
In the house Mr. Cairns introduced resolu.
ton to investigate charges of whipping and cru.
city in the ST. Cloud reformatory: joint com
mittee of five of the house and senate to be ap
pointed, three from the house and two from the
senate. Adopted The chair appointed as house
members Messrs. Cairns, Fuller and Skinner
The chair appointed the following members of
the joint committee on Itasca park: MeSSrS
Markham, Abbott, Farlow, Greer, Turrell,
Fleming, Schoteld, German and Moore
The following bills were introduced Relating
to mutual building associations, making office RS
subject to control Of state examiner: increas-
ing the bounty on wolves; relating to roads and
highways
ST. PAUL, Feb. SIN the senate Mr.. McMil
Ian introduced resolution calling for final ad
journment of the legislature March q. No &C
ton was taken Senator Leavitts measure to
tax inheritances w.s passed by a vote of "a to
8. Sanborn's bill providing that certain costs
In CIVIL cases snail De taxed against ADVERSE
parties was lost by a vote Of Is to rs.
In the house the following bills were intro.
duced: Relating to forestry fund tax and apprO.
priating $40 GOO for state forestry; relating to
settlement between state treasurer and county
auditors; changing the penalty of delinquent
real estate taxes from 10 to l per cent per
month to prohibit the spraying of fruit bear
ing trees while in bloom and being worked by
honey bees: to encourage bee keeping: to apply
HOuOr license n roads
and bridges: to regulate horse racing at county
fairs. == ne..-
McGuire's bill relating to railway sidetracks
and switches was passed; also the bill by Mark
ham taxing railway lands.
ST. PAUL, Feb Sin the senate the follow
ing bills were Introduced: To prohibit attorneys
taking cases on shares: to regulate the organi-
zation Of school districts; requiring railways to
build s1 s. to e.a:.atcrs; ras-.sting the re-
2,452 acres of the Northern Pacific railway in
1tasca state park; relating to the formation Of
farmers mutual fire insurance companies. COM
pelllng street railway companies to protect en-
ployes from the weather.
Davis bill reducing the time which actions
for the recovery OF real property may be begun
from 81 to Is pears was lost, Craig's swamp
land bill was passed without dissent.
The house, under suspension of rules passed
the joint memorial to congress for popular elec
ton OF United States senators. Bills were in
troduced creating an additional judge in the
14th district; making the salaries of officials,
city and county, subject to garnishment. Also
several bills appropriating small amounts for
bridges In committee of the whole. Horton 8
pool room bill was discussed and finally recon-
mended for passage.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 9-The senate did not have q
very lively session. The first matter of interest
to come up was Sanborns silver resolution.
Two amendments were defeated and the Origi'
nal DOnnets S county evatol
resolution was also sent to the house. The fol.
lowing bills were introduced: Authorizing
counties, towns or villages to refund their out
standing Indebtedness: amending the boiler in
spectiOn law, providing for seven instead Of five
deputy inspectors; amending the school laws;
amending the law relating to appeals in justice
cases: a bill to provide for memorial medals for
the defenders of Fort Ridgeley; creating COM
mission to distribute them.
In the house but four bills of importance were
introduced. The principal one was to appro
pirate SIS 600 for seed grain to farmers whose
crops were destroyed by hail or storm in 1892
Other bills were: To allow villages to separate
themselves from township government: to per
nit tivesixths of a jury to return a verdict in
civil cases: to prevent blindness in children.
Mr.. Underleak called for a report of the ex
penditures by the worlds fair commission OF
the state appropriation.
Mr.. Fleming offered a joint resolution to ex.
anime into the reason why the state geological
reports have not been delivered to the secre
tary of the State Historical society
1t called for joint committee OF three from
each body. The resolution. WIS adopted. The
chair appointed Flelcing. Nc.SE. nd Williams
as members from the Ii use
Mr.. French. as persO.- Il reques ID t.
take up and pass, ul,>er s-S,e. ou OF II.
F. No. 149, to refund 'ey asses H. 60.
in certain cases. me rules eIr W. Al. ,uv.ion
suspended, and the III Was Ia.
RAUL Iv. s3..a.~ ad =,
prosy time this morning ere Wa, little
life over the bill relating to 'iln.ta'u of
actions for the recovery of real ia cry il.
! yesterday. which was r. 'o.SiuerIu ana erred
to the committee on judicl.-s Tut Lo.ni.i: owe
| of note occurred uh.'l Leavn.'- III. ONE ta-
| proposition taken :? in ,oE.- &c OF the
| whole. After a hard fight u il W.. IT in
| the committee undl. -osed o. !; II lev g
we're introduced. the imp. TAM o., { cling:
| appropriate $65 O02 Tor imp VIZ / g tie re-
! form school, amending the nr.. -. g iv e.
claring all prohibited I.arrii cs ~! o"A
authorizing towns and sch. i dis'r. 70 r.,
lieve their treasurers from l.. lily g
| money is lost through deposits III 70, t:i'h L..
| insolvent banks; authorizing the iOr.. ~ o.
| societies to procure homes fof " ans -n.
viding rules for their government
In the house, sundry additional Pc & fol
passage of the railway ticket and an. u
bill: also against new capitol and Tor -.
| grain warehouses instead, were presented an,
referred. Mr.. Greer sentup q bill to proven
the destruction Of timber on leased minera
lands; to establish state elevators at Dulutl
and St. Paul The session was enlivened b!
the member from st. Paul, p. H. Kelley, whel
he introduced bill prohibiting the smoking .
cigarettes. The bill was passed The rest o
the day was spent in committee work.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 1.-THE senate was in kill
ing mood today and disposed of two measure
that have been hanging fire since the early day
| of the session. They were Sanborns silve
coinage resolution and Leavitt's proposition
amend the constitution by providing for an IL
come tax. Both we're defeated There was
hard fight over the income tax proposition an
it died hard. The vote which killed it stood
to2,
Senator Smith introduced bill to perm1
women to vote and be voted for at municlpa
elections and Senator Donnelly gave notice tina
he would introduce, Monday, bill to prov1d
1 for the trial by jury of questions on issues
usury.
The house, il. the morning hour, took anothe
swing at the anti-pool room bill, on an attemI
| IN reconSider the vote which the Horton bl