St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-22

of the Good Shepherd and all similar
institutions.
H. F. 429, introduced by Mr.. Jacob
son, appropriates $4,000 in each of the
years 1895 and 1886 for incidental eX-
penses of the railroad end warehouse
commission.
H. F. 490, Hartshorn, would change
the election law so far that disabled
voters may call on the judges to mark
their ballots.
H. F. 43l, Littleton, to provide for the
discharge of sureties upon the bonds of
public officers, reeognizances, stipula-
tons, obligations and undertakings.
H. F. 4S2, Jones, J. D., to revise the
laws relating to banks of discount and
deposit. This is identical with the SEN
ate bill on the same subject, and is the
measure drawn by the state bank ex-
aminer.
Mr.. Sander introduced H. F. 434, to
amend section of chapter &c, General
Laws of 1879, an act relating to inter-
est on money and usury. II differs
considerably from the present law, and
seeks to repeal all inconsistent acts.
H. F. 437, Blagik, is a bill to author
ize cities to establish public scales and
create the Office of Weighmaster.
NEW AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
H. F. 442, Dale, provides for submits
sion to the people of the following
amendment to section II of article 4
Of the constitution:
No money shall ever be appropriated
or drawn from the state treasury, or
from the treasury Of any county, city,
town, village or municipality in this
state for the use or benefit of any cor
poration, association, society, or any
other institution not under the direct
and exclusive control or management
OF the state, or some city, county,
town or municipality in said state as a
state, county, town or municipal in
Stitution
TWO NOTABLE BILLS.
Mr.. Mathieson introduced H F. 446,
to prevent the use of poisonous drugs,
colors or acids, or dairy ingredients
deleterious to health, in the manufac-
ture of sugars, syrups or candies.
Sale of syrup or nlolasses adulterated
with grape sugar or glucose, or any
substance not a natural product of
sorghum, sugar cane, the sugar beet
or the maple tree, is prohibited by
section 2. unless the barrel or package
is branded mixed goods" Violation
of the provisions of the bill is made
a misdemeanor.
One of the most important bills in
troduced is H. F. AL by Jones ]. N,
to regulate the business of mercantile
agents and agencies, and to prohibit
the making of false statements and
reports by them, or persons acting
for them, of the solvency or insolven-
cy, the amount or valuation of prop
erty, the financial condition, or of the
business ability, moral character, hon
esty or integrity of any person, per-
sons or firm doing business within
this state.
The making of any such false re-
port is made a misdemeanor, and sec
ton 4 provides that such reports or
statements shall not be considered
privileged communications in the
courts of the state. 1t is also pro-
vided that yearly license fee of $1,000
shall be paid into the state treasury
by each agent or agency, and said
money shall go into the school fund.
The other bills introduced are large
ly local in character and are unim-
portant
TO EXAMINE CAPITOL REPORT.
Representatives Feig, McGrath,
Downs, Zier, Barta, Parker, Gerlach,
Swanson, Jones J. D., Jones ]. N,
Scofield, Damp, Jacobson and Little
ton have been named by Speaker Van
SAINT as the house members of the
committee to examine and report on
the report of the expert architects who
examined the capitol plans. They will
act with the like committee from the
senate, and are instructed to report at
an early date.
COMMITTEE WORK.
The committee on public lands held
a session yesterday afternoon to con-
slider Mr.. Staples bill to regulate the
management and sale of public lands.
The bill will be amended in some par
ticulars and reported with favorable
recommendation.
Mr.. Feig's bill to fix maximum
grain rates has been made a special
order for next Friday at 8 o'clock be-