The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-21
IN THE HOUSE.

The house went into committee of
the whole at the opening of the
morning session with Mr.. Turrell in
chair and disposed of the following
bills:
H. F. 139-Election of commissioners OF
highways; Indefinitely postpon d.
H. F. SS2-Relating to parties in civil ac-
tiOns to pass as amended.
II. f. 669-Building and loan associations; to
pass.
H. F. GA Relating to capital punishment;
to pass
H. F. 54O-Relating to annual statements of
county commissioners; to pass.
II. +. ITO authorize county commission
ers to appoint supervisors of assessment; to
pass.
H. F. 725-Relating to town officers; to pass.
II. F. STR lating to town protection
against fire; to pass
H. T. 79O-Amending the suffrage law; to
pass.
H. F. S65 Inc reasing power of park boards;
to pass
H. F. 667-Making liquor licenses personal
property; Indefinitely postponed.
II. +. 500 Improvement OF railways: indef-
nitely postponed.
II. f. 5SS-R elating to drainage of land; to
pass.
H. F. 7;9-Salaries of insurance commission
ers; to p SIS.
II. +. 735-Park board certificates of indebt-
edness; to pass.
II. F. $50 Labor on streets and public high
ways; TO pass.
II. F. S94-Interest on deferred pay ments on
contracts; to pass.
H. f. S52- Material building associations; to
pass.
H. F. 651-Extending the school age of chill
dren, as to distribution of school funds, TO 4
years; to pass.
H. f. 23,-Regulating transient vendors; to
pass.
H. F. Attachment of counties morgan
lied to counties organized; to pass.
III. F. S50-Pa'tition fences to pass.
H. +. $50 TO substitute S. +. ia therefor
carried, and the senate bill, the Leavitt consti-
tutional amendment to tax inheritances, was
recommended to pass.
H. F. 72l-Taxatio of drawing Car and other
companies; to pass.
H. f. s31-For normal school at Tracy; to
| pass.
H. F. 9O5-Sale of dairy food and products;
to pass.
H. F. S42-Recording of marriage certificates;
to pass.
Afternoon Session.
Mr. Dunn, from the special commit
tee to investigate the sale of pine and
school lands by Auditor Bierman, stated
that there were two reports, one signed
by himself and Mr.. Fleming and the
other signed by Mr.. German and Mr..
Cole, T. Mr. Zelch did not sign either
report. Both were ordered printed.
| The house then resumed work in COM
mittee of the whole and considered the
following bills:
H. F. SOTO establish grades of grain; to
pass.
H. F. 741-Relating to terms of office of
! county officials and to make said terms four
! years after the next election; to pass.
| H. f. 7C6-Providing for licensing and con-
troll of peddlers; to pass.
H. f. 703 Providing for election of railroad
| and warehouse commissioners by the people;
to pass.
| H. f. 643-Providing for taxing logs where
located on the LIST of May of each year; to pass
H. F. Embarrassing to $500 the salary OF
the supreme court reporter; to pass.
| H. f. 26-Providing for formation of school
districts; to pass
| H. +. Establishing time of holding an
nual town meetings; to pass.
A large number of minor measures
were disposed of before the committee
rose.
Bills Passed.
At the evening session the house took
up the calendar and passed the follow
ing bills:
S. F. S2-Appropriating $4,000 year for
four years to drain land and open streams in
the Red river valley.
S. F. 129-Amending laws relating to man.
agement of state reformatory and abolishing
corporal punishment.
S. f. 500-Providing for election of street
commissioners by villages.
HI. F. 7S2-Providing for appointment of ex-
| ira baliffs by sheriffs.
| III. f. 906-Defining what constitutes legal
| newspaper.
H. F. el9-To prevent mixing of grain.