The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-21
STATE LEGISLATURE
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA LAW
MAKERS.

inEs I'm the Senate and House, Conn
Weeks Business.
st. Paul, Feb. 17.-Gov. Clough sent
IN a communication to the senate de-
Ginning to send in the report Of the
capitol experts to the senate. The gov
arnor suggests that the senate appoint
4 committee OF not more than fifteen
to examine the document and report
to the senate
The senate decided to have the COM
mittee appointed. The senate passed
the following bills, among others:
10 amend section 6, chapter 81,
Statutes of 1873, relating to divorce.
1t makes excessive use Of drugs and
narcotics a ground for divorce
To authorize organized towns to
build fences for the purpose Of pre-
venting the spreading Of the Russian
thistle
10 amend section 467 Of the penal
code, relating to receiving deposits in
insolyent banks
Senator Iltis offered a resolution for
the appointment Of a joint committee
to investigate the matter of locating
the Birch Coulie monument The res
olution was adopted. The senator
from Carver also submitted a COM
muntcation and some resolutions from
the Sixth Regimental association, an
nouncing that the monument had been
located in the wrong place.
In the House.
Representative Staples, who occu-
pied his seat in the house instead of
one Of the trains to Red Wing, intro
duced resolution instructing the
chief clerk Of the house to procure
badges for members of the legislature
who 60 on legislative junkets to state
institutions.
Robbins-To appropriate $500 for the
distribution Of the printed histories of
Minnesota troops in the Civil and In
dian wars.
Blagik-TO provide for taxation of
mortgages on real estate.
Sederberg-To provide the manner of
bonding counties to raise money for
Indebtedness for in provements.
Sander-Regulating the amount of
license for the sale of cigarettes, said
license to be $500.
Lockwood - TO establish a normal
school at Pipestone and to provide
buildingsg for the same by an appro-
priation Of $4,000.
st. Paul, Feb. 1.-THE senate held
two sessions. The large number of
bills that had accumulated on general
orders furnished lots Of work, and
many of the bills were Important
Three of them provide for changes in
the constitution; one relating to tax
Ing sleeping car, telegraph and tele-
phone companies, and another to au-
thorize the investment Of the $12,0OO,-
900 school fund in county, city, village
and town bonds. The morning session
witnessed the Introduction of several
bills of general interest and a protract-
e3 discussion over the Potter resolu-
ton, directing the finance committee
to hold all bills requiring an appropria-
ton until an omnibus appropriation
bill could be prepared and introduced.
The resolution was shelved Temperate
ly, but further move in the same d.
rection is, predicted for this week.
Senator Morgan introduced a stringent
bill forbidding discrimination against
members of labor organizations. Sem
ator Yale introduced a bill that would
enable railroad and other corporations
to condemn streets in the same man.
ner as they may private property.
Senator Theden proposes to prohibit
the employment Of drinking men by
railroads and other transportation
companies.
In the House.
The pine land investigating COM
mittee's bill was introduced by Mr..
Staples and ordered printed. 1t is a
complete revision of the land laws of
the state, and has been carefully pre-
pared. DR.. Tier proposed constitu-
tional amendment providing for a
board Of pardons, and in another bill
seeks to abolish the death penalty as
punishment for murder.
Mr.. Mathieson introduced H. F. 3G5,
to appropriate $1,000 annually to be
used in encouraging the dairying in
dnstry ty disseminating information
making exhibits of dairy products,
paying premiums and publishing the
annual reports of the meetings of the
state dairymen's association.
Mr.. Feig introduced II. F. No. 372
to provide for the appointment of 4
state entomologist at the state expert
ment station and to appropriate $4,000
annually for it's support The salary
of the state entomologist is limited to
81 1000 per year and is to be filled by a
board of regents Of the state universe.
ty. His principal business is to de.
stroy the chinch and other bugs and
insects that are injurious to the crops
Of the state.
Mr.. Brevig introduced another fe
male suffrage bill, this one to give the
women the right to vote on bonds is
sued. for municipal or school purposes
H. r. No. 1913, introduced by Mr.
Cross, seeks to amend the law relating
to the salary of the supreme court re.
porter by cutting off the increase in
his emoluments which were added in
1898.
H. F. No. 1862, introduced by Mr.
Rrevig, is long document proposing
changes in the railroad laws, which,
it is understood, was prepared by j
H. Burke. 1t is an extreme measure
1t was referred to the railroad commit.
tee, and will probably never be read.
Mr.. Gibbs introduced bill which is
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