The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-03-30
MINNESOTA Laws
THE PUBLIC EXAMINER WILL Ex.
ANIME PRIVATE BANKS.
ate, hut ls Approved-The Reso.
luton to Exclude Lobby.
lists In Voted
Down.
THE sEcrARIAx INSTITUTIONS
Are Opposed by the House As Place
Of Detention Of Persons Charged
With Crime.

st. Paul, March %. - Senator John
son Of Douglas presided over the
morning session Of the senate commit
tee Of the whole. The first bill to
cause debate was s. f. No. 50, Sen.
atOr L.arson's bill to put private banks
under the supervision Of tie bank ex.
aminer. Senator Wyman secured an
amendment to the bill by striking out
section 2, which provides certain days
In which reports should be made. He
thought the banks should net know
on what days reports would be called
for. The bill was then amended to
take effect Jan. 1, 1896, instead of af
ter it's passage and approval.
When Senator Rov erud called up his
resolution which denied the lobbyists
the right to intrude in the senate
chamber, 1t was opposed vigorously
and voted down by vote Of IL to 16,
as follows:
For-Day, Greer, Hanna, Heneman,
Knatvold, Lloyd, Mastermah, Miller,
Paterson, Pottgeiser, Roverud, Sperry,
Seveningson, Theden, Thorpe, Wing
16.
Aagainst-Allen, Cronkhite, Hanscn n,
Howard. Johnson, A. G.; johnson. w.
f.; Keller, Morgan, Ozmun. Potter,
Rindal, Sheehan. Smith, Stcbbins,
Stevens, Wyman, Yale-17.
Senator Allen presented bill relat-
ing to the due observance If Memorial
day that will interest all citizens il it
becomes law, since it will regulate
what sports may be practiced.
All gaming, horse racing, bicycle
racing, boat racing, bicycle tourna-
ments. base ball games, foot ball
games or other public sports or shows,
previous to the hour of 5 o'clock in
the afternoon Of any 3Oth day of May,
commonly Memorial day. are prohib.
tied. Any violation of the provisions
OF the act is a misdemeanor punfEh.
able by fine not less than $40 nor more
than 500, or by Imprisonment in q
county tail not less than ten days,
and not exceeding thirty days, or by
both.
In the House.
The house kept up its reputation for
hard work, and at the present rate
will be even with the boards at the
close OF the session. During the after.
noon In committee of the whole, Mr..
Staples, who was in the chair, pushed
business, and one fourth of the bills
on general orders were disposed of.
There were two interesting debate 8,
one on Mr.. Mellicke's freedom of traf.
fic bill and the other on Mr.. Sanders
to prevent the commitment or deten.
tion Of persons charged with crime In
any institution not under the direct
control Of public officials. The latter
was recommended to pass.
Tie judiciary committee handed in
report on seventy-five bills. OF
these twenty-eight were recommended
to pass, nineteen to pass as amended,
twenty-five to be Indefinitely post.
poned, three to be referred to other
committees, one to go on general or.
ders without recommendation and
two were substituted by bills prepared
by the committee. OF the bills report.
ed back twenty-three were senate and
dfty-two house files. As many of tho
members had gone to Taylors Falls,
the prison labor bills, which were a
special order for 2 p. m., were laid
over.