St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-17
Such Measures Awaiting Ac-
tiou in the Closing Leg
islative Days.
REVISE INSURANCE LAWS.
The Tenor Of the Important
Bill Which Passed the
Senate.
FEW MORE APPROPRIATIONS
Hearing Had On Bill to Regu-
late Gas aud Water
Plants.

The senate passed seventeen bills
Yesterday One of these is the bill
to revise and codify the insurance
laws of the state. Another amends
the election law so as to give more
protection to the official ballot. To-
day there viii be two special Or
ders In the morning the pine land
bills of MIR. Staples and Senator Pot
ter will be taken up together. The
general appropriation bill will be the
special order at the afternoon sit
ting.
When the bill of Senator Wyman
providing for revision and codifi-
cation of the insurance laws was I'M
der consideration, Senator Greer in
sisted that it be read as an entirety.
This would have required sew
eral hours. The reading proceeded
until Senator Greer stepped into the
postoffice, when Senator Wyman
suggested that a phonetic reading
might be had. This idea was car
fourths OF the bills was disposed of
IN lew minutes.
Senator Greer asked consent to
amend section So, but objection was
made by Senator Keller, thus pre-
venting any change in third read
ing. Senator Greer called attention
TO other sections which he claimed
should be amended. He also said
hhat some amendments agreed to in
committee Of the whole did not an
pear in the printed bill He asserted
that one of the bad features of the
bill is that which adopts the Massa-
chusetts plan of policy in place OF
the New York plan, which would be
better for the people. He also said
that the clause which allows people
to go out of the state to secure in
sunance, without requiring COM
panies to come into the state, would
result in a loss of taxes upon the
gross earnings.
Senator Wyman replying to Sena-
pof Greer, claimed that the Massa-
chusetts plan for mutual insurance
companies is the best known plan
IN the country. He expressed salts
faction with the bill.
senator Thorpe sent up an amend
ment, but it was not considered
owing to objection from the Rose
qua statesman from Stearns county.
senator Wyman consented tn
amendments being made to Sections
90 ana % SO DIS to meet the objections
of opponents to the bill. There was
no objection to this. Senator Fuller
wanted to know if Senator Keller
withdrew objection, which led Soma
Tor Keller to say: You cannot die
tate. We are the ones to dictate ,,
I'nls remark caused general laugh
ter
Ihe amendment by Senator Wv
man to section 50, so as not TO re-
qulre written consent of a comnanv
TO additional insurance. and tho
amendment to section SO, a mere
clerical one, were both adopted
me roll being called rnon
the passage of the bill there ware
- IN favor and against it's passaga
senator Schaller, of the conference
COMMITTEE upon S. F. 40, reported that
the mouse had receded from it's amend
ihehI. The bill was restored to its
original condition and passed.
senator Greer moved to refer s r.
az 10 a special committee to see if
all the amendments were properly in
corporated in the newly printed bill
ms Is the measure introduced nv
senator Wyman to codify and revise
the insurance laws. The motion TO re-
fer was lost by tie vote.
5. F. 264 was placed upon general
orders without recommendation as re-
ported by the committee on grain and
warehouse. This is the MeiJiclxe hin
to prevent restraint in trade of food
products motion to indefinitely
postpone the bill was lost.
BILLS PASSED.
>. f. GS3 was passed under a sus-
pension Of the rules. 1t repeats chap
ter 255 of the Laws of 1891.
The bill to remove the Birch Coulie
monument and to change the inscrip-
ton passed the senate under suspen-
sion of the rules.
). f. III passed under a suspension
OF rules. 1t relates to proceedings to
disbar husband or wife from interest
in property of the other.
S. f. 6S3 passed the senate under
suspension Of rules. 1t authorizes the
city of GAINESVILLE to pay half the
liquor license to Waseca county
II. T. S14, to abolish the municipal
court of West Duluth, was taken up,
on motion of Senator Spencer, and
passed under suspension of rules. In
response to questions Senator Spencer
said there was a demand from nearly
every one to pass the bill, and he