St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-24

in defeat of the motion, and the
Dill was recommended to pass.
KELLER'S AXE.
4 joint resolution offered by Senator
Keller was recommended to pass with
little opposition. 1t is an important
measure, as will be seen by a perusai
OF its provisions as here given:
Whereas, By the General Laws of
1887 and 1889 it is provided that cor
porations other than canal, railroad
and turnpike companies shall not there
after acquire, hold or own in excess
of 5000 acres of land each; and
Whereas, A resolution has heretofore
been adopted by the senate calling on
the register of deeds of each county to
report all lands so held; and
Whereas, Said officials report the fol-
lowing lands held in certain counties:
By Gratwick, Smith & Frye Lumber
company,in Lake county, Is, 37S.S2 acres ;
by John Schroeder Lumber company, in
Lake county. 1,3S6.25 acres: by Vernil-
lion Range Lumber and Iron company,
In Lake county, 9,46S.02 acres; by Mile
Lac Lumber company, in Morrison
county, 1,520 acres; by Shevlin Carpen-
ter company, in Morrison county, 4,S2d
acres; by Frederick Weyerhauser &
Co., in Aitkin county, 33,O25 acres; by A.
Y. Weis, in Aitkin county, 1900 acres
by G. A. Smith, in Aitkin county, 1900
acres;
Therefore, be it resolved, By the SEN
ate and house of representative of the
state of Minnesota in legislature as
sembled that the attorney general
OF this state be, and he is hereby in
structed to investigate the facts here
inbefore set forth, and take all neces-
sary steps to enforce the provisions of
law to recover for the state from any
and all parties herein named or any
other who may have acquired any
lands in violation of the acts herein
named.
The McHale census bill was amended
in several minor particuarsl upon mo-
ton of Senator McHale, to the effect
that in counties where there is a
county assessor, the county auditor
should appoint an enumerator for each
ward and township. The blanks shall
be sent out on May 1, instead of April
15 The bill as amended was recon-
mended to pass.
as follows: S. F. 523, introduced by
Senator Yale, to limit to two years the
terms of aldermen in cities having less
than 100000 population; S. F. 434, intro
duced by Senator Young, to amend the
law of 1873, so as to provide for taking
appeals to the supreme court upon
original papers in place of certified
copies; S. F. 1872, introduced by Senator
Young, to amend the law so as to pro-
vide for substituting attorneys in case
of death, insanity or removal; H. f.
100. being Representative Lovejoy's bill
to regulate the employment of chill
dren; s. F. 526 introduced by Senator
Spencer, to regulate the hours of en-
ployment, so that employees in facto-
ries, mills and workshops shall not be
required to work more than ten hours
S. F. 554, introduced by Senator Ste
venS, to amend the election law so as
to prevent ballots being exchanged by
voters 8. F. AGA, introduced by Senator
Barr, providing for paying for prop
erty condemned by municipal corpora
lions out of the general funds.
Senator Hanna's bill providing for
electing the board of railroad and
warehouse commissioners has been
made a special order for Tuesday
morning at II o'clock.
Senator French introduced bill to
inhibit the commencement of actions
to recover an estate in dover by court
esy under any law existing prior to the
passage of chapter 40 of the laws of
1875, which abolished estates in dover
or by courtesy.
HpnNLCIIITI,sS REHORD