St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21

| tain caSeS-StebbinS. Passed, So to l.
| H. F. 7O4 providing that town SUI
J perv1sors may designate repositories
for town moneys, and requiring the
deposit of town moneys in such de-
| positories, and exempting town treas
urers from liability for such deposits
| Parker. Passed 80
| II. F. No. 210, to amend chapter 10
OF the General Laws. of 1887, entitled
IAN act to regulate common carriers
and creating the railroad and ware
house commission of the state of Min
nesota, and defining the duties of such
commission in relation to common
| carriers. "-JacobSon. Passed.
II. F. No. 341, appropriating money
to defray expenses in carrying out
the provisions of chapter Isl, General
Laws 1S91.-Robbins. Passed-34
II. F. No. 295, to prohibit railway
corporations doing business in the
state of Minnesota from charging ex-
cess for overlooking cars.-Jacobson.
| Passed-35.
III. F. No. 355, to amend section 80 of
chapter 10 of the General Statutes of
| 1873, relating to the powers and duties
OF town supervisors. and authorizing
them to license and regulate billiard,
| pool and pigeon hole tables and bowl
| ing aiieys.-Leach. Passed-32.
II. f. No. 472, relating to the GER
t1lcates of county auditors upon deeds.
plats and other instruments relative
to the payment of taxes.-Bickford.
Passed-35.
III. F. No. 497, bill to appropriate
$3.50 to reimburse Mrs. Mary Hoffman,
widow of John C. Hoffman, for serv-
| ices rendered by SAID John c. Hoff-
man. as first lieutenant in Capt. S.
| RandalFs company of Minnesota Vol
| unteer state militia, organized at
oauk Center, Mimi. Aug. %, 1862, for
defense against the Indians in the
war OF 1S62-3.-ChiShoim
II. f. No. 36S, to amend ali act en-
| titled AN act to authorize re-assess-
! mentS for local improvements by
cities, and to legalize certain of such
assessments, being chapter FOG of
| General Statutes of 1S93-McInnis.
Passed-39
II. F. No. SCI, to permanently estab-
Hsh and perpetuate the section and
| quarter-Section corners of the United
States government survey.-Sivright.
Passed-36
III. F. No. SO, to amend section of
chapter 16S of the General Laws of
| lSs9, relative to the drainage of lands.
| Swanson. Passed-37
H. f. No. SIS, to amend sections 62
| rs, 81, IS and 158 of chapter 4 of the
General Laws of 1893, relating to cleo
tions.-Dingman. Passed-33 to 1.
III. IL. No. 1855, to provide for the
treatment of inebriates by counties.
and prescribing rules governing the
same.-Robbins. Passed-29 to 7.
II. f. No. ST., to appropriate money
Tor the purchase of material and ma
chinery to be used for certain DUR
poses in the state penitentiary, said
appropriation being contingent upon
the adoption of the state account
system.-Soule. Passed-32.
ii. F. S79, to appropriate money for
additional clerk hire in the office of
secretary of state.-Baston. Passed
SO to 1.
II. f. No. 213, for the relief of John
ii. Mullen, and to appropriate money
therefor.-Foreman. Passed-39 to /.
Il. +. No. 431, bill to provide for
the discharge of sureties upon the
bonds of public officers, recognizances,
stipulations, obligations and undertake
lngs.-Littleton. Passed-S9.
II. E. No. S62, to amend chapter 10
Laws 1887. relating to common car
rlers-Passed-36 to l.
-. OTHER BILLS PASSED.
Fl. F. S55 was passed under suspension
1ofssrales. 1t provides for abbreyiatine,
the decisions of the supreme court in 4
the reports.
Ihe senate concurred in the house
amendments to s. F. 549, being the Gull
kin primary election bill, after Senator's
Schaller and Ozmun had been unable
to agree upon one of the amendments.
The bill was then passed
ii. h. 744, providing for inspection of
dairy herds and milk by city boards of
health and the licensing of dairymen.
was passed under suspension of rules
upon motion of Senator Potter.
II. f. 76f. for distribution of the gem
eral statutes of 1894 among state Of
hcers, and the purchase of the books
from the West Publishing company.
passed under suspension of rules.
GEN. MULLEN GETS IN.
When the bill to appropriate $4,000
for the relief of Gen. John Fl. Mullen
was reached on the calendar. Senator
Yale said that he had objected to the
bill being advanced from general or
ders to the calendar, and thought the
matter was settled for the day. Later.
and while temporarily absent. the bill
had been advanced on the motion of
the senator from Wabasha. Senator
Yale then went into the history of the
litigation over logs, for which the ex-
penses were incurred. He said that
Gen. Mullen had seized logs with a view
OF getting fees for scaling them. A
litigation was begun, which involved
heavy expense, and now he wants to
be reimbursed. The suits are still pend
ing, and two years from now more
money may be asked for the same
purpose. He opposed the bill
Senator Morgan argued that the state
could afford to be just in this case.
He also reviewed the history of the
litigation and the conflict between the
surveyor general of logs and the luna-
Der men leading up to the litigation.
Senator Morgan said that Gen. Mullen
had been advised by the attorney gem
eral that it was his duty to proceed
TO do his duty relative to seal
ing logs which lumbermen claimed
were not subject to inspection. He
wanted to resign rather than to go into
the contest, but his resignation was not
accepted, and he was urged by the
state to go on to discharge the duties of
| the office. Under these circumstances
1t would be an act of simple Justice to
| reimburse the man for the money dis
bursed when he was compelled to go
/ on. The advising officer of the state
| had told him there was no discretion
| and the chief executive had refused to
allow him to lay down the office.
Senator Stevens said the finance COM
mittee had found the claim to be Just.
| The facts show that an officer of the
| state had done duty. If he had not
| performed it he would have been liable
| to impeachment. He hoped there would
be no hesitancy in doing an act of
| justice.
! Senator Greer discussed the facts and
| urged the passage of the bill. He
thought Gen. Mullen should be, not
| only reimbursed, but commended for