St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-09
MARES NEST FOUND
In Connection With the Bill
to Tax Unused Rail-
road Lands.
A VERY BRIEF SENSATION.
Which Was Exploded Almost
Before 1t Began to
Thrill.
A VERY BRIEF SENSATION,
REPRESENTATIVES WORKING
And Many New Laws Are Be-
ing Placed on the Stat
ute Books.

The session of the house yesterday
was productive of some good routine
work and the discovery of a mare nest.
The routine work consisted Of the IN
PRODUCTION of twentv-three bills and the
passage of eight bills. The mares nest
was the discovery that in drawing the
bill for the taxation of railroad lands the
author had neglected to incorporate the
formula This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage"
A member of the senate Is said TO
have discovered the omission, and
called the attention of Representative
Staples to the matter. whereupon the
latter, who is one of the most careful
and scrupulously particular members OF
the house, submitted an amendment
covering the omission, which was
quickly adopted. When the matter was
first called TO the attention of the house
there was little sensation for rev
minutes, until the true situation was
learned. when it all subsidized.
The reading clerk, Robert Deakln. IN
reading the bill. repeated the formal
clause which is the closing language OF
almost every bill in mechanical way,
evidently not noticing It's absence. and
when his attention was called to 1t was
as much surprised as any one. The at
tempt to make a sensation out of 1t was
a fat failure, for the omission OF the
| language in question would not nave
effected the validity of the act III the
least. An afternoon paper represented
| Attorney General Childs as holding
| that the omission would inValidate the
! bill, but the attorney general probably
| did not make such ruling. If he did,
| his Interpretation Of the law was not the
correct one. Sec. of chap. of the
| general statutes and sec. pa of chap. 4
| of KelIy'S statutes cover the case III the
| following language:
Every statute which does not eX-
! pressly prescribe the time when it shall
20 into operation shall take effect
| throughout the state on the 30th day
| next after that on which it is approved
by the governor CT otherwise becomes a
law. But no general law shall take
effect until published.
This settles any question as to the
| status OF the bill with the clause under
| discussion left out, and also precludes
| the brilliant conception that some per-
son with evil intent purposely left this
| clause out.
When the railroad companies get
ready to fight the bill they will know
where to go. havin been there before.
and will waste no time or money 9ulb-
bling over formal language.
After the bill had been passed, Rep
resentativo Feig moved a recOnsldera-
ton of the bill, and, with Representa-
| tive jacobson, nailed down all posi-
! bllity of any reflex action by voting
down any reconsideration of the meas
u1e. The fate of the bill now rests III
the hands of the senate where it rested,
| and where it was defeated two years
ago.
Representative Johns bill, making
| WenzelI's compilation of the statutes
| competent and prima facie evidence of
the law, was also passed, the author
making a brief and lucid state ment OF
the necessity for the bill.
Representative Robbins bill to pre-
vent state officials from lobbying in the
| legislature was passed after the adop-
! ton of an amendment which provides
| that the act applies only during Office
| hours, or from 9 a. IN. TO p. Ii. The
| following were the bills passed:
S. T. No. 31-A bill for an act to trans
| fer the school text fund to the internal
| improvement fund.-Greer.
II. F. No. asa bill for an act yacat-
| ing state and territorial roads through
| plated portions of clties.-Gerlach.
| Ii. E. No. IA bill for all act relating
! to the taxation of certain railroad lands.
Anderson.
II. F. No PA bill for an act relating
to the compilation of the General Laws
of Minnesota, by Henry B. Wenzel and
! otherS.-JOhns.
II. f. No. 49-A bill for an act to or
ganiZe a medical corps in the national
! guard Robillard.
II. T. No. 70, JudiciarY-A bill for an
act to prohibit wrongful practices by
! officials of the State-kobbins.
Ii. T. No. S5-A bill for an act relat-
ing to licenses TO sell intoxicating liz
| uors-VOgei.
II. F. No. GA joint resolution to
the senate and house Of representatives
OF the United StateS-GbbS.
Senator JohnsOn's resolution calling
upon the steward of the Rochester nos
| pital for an explanation is peculiarly
pat at this time. If il can be shown, as
claimed, that the steward has been GO
ing out of the state for the privilege of
paying 1919 cents apiece more for
| blankets than the same article can be
bought for in st. Paul, he is liable to
have some of the knapp" taken of his
own blankets.
OF the bills introduced comparatively
| few are of general or great Importance.
| Many Of them were fol road and bridge
| appropriations. while others provided
for amendatOry acts to cure defects in
| present laws.
Representative Knuteson's bill pro-
YldIns for Il lien OH farm products for
threshers and farm laborers Is one of
the bills OF more general INTEREST," and
will be one of the few steps ever taken
for the protection OF farm laborers.
Representative Gerlach has tWOsbillS
for the regulation of Justices courts,
and Representative ZIer two for the
| distribution of Insurance premiums to
fire departments.
Representative Feig has a rather inn
! pOrtant provision for the amendment OF
State franchises in which the conditions
are wholly or only partly fulfilled. :
Representative Wright has bill of
great interest to LABOR unions. 1t pro-
vdes 81 900 penalty for the BLACKLIST
ing system said to be III vogue on so
many railroads and which has been The
occasion OF SO much discussion in labor
circles. The biiiS Introduced are as
follows:
| By Representative Ferris. II. F. No.
254-To appropriate 1000 for wagon
road in Crow Wing county. Roads and
bridges.
BY Representative Gum, H. F. No.
255-To amend existing laws granting
certain power to county commissioners
OF an unorganiZed county. Judiciary.
BY Representative Gurn. Ii. i. No.
5G-IU appropriate IS, GEO to aid i'll the
obstruction or wagon bridge across
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