The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-05-02
Thursday, April Is.

abolishing the state geological survey and
also the office of state geologist.
Thursday, April Is.
SENATE-The senate took up the day
and half the night in discussing the gen.
eral appropriation bill, and has substi-
tuted the senate measure for that of the
house, except the part down to the enact
ing clause. The third reading of the
measure will send it to the house for a
concurrence to the amendments. The
amendments make deductions OF 81, 100
and additions of SCI 900, or net gain Of
$4,000.
HOUSE-The house, as special order.
considered and passed the general appro-
priation bill for the p. esent session,
amounting in all to grand total of ST.
y31, 1874.
By Industrious application to business
the house disposed of ~ bills at the even
ing session, IL of which were recommended
to pass. Among the number were Mr.
Feig's bill to provide corps for the pre-
vention of forest fires, Mr.. Jones' bill pro-
vidiag for lien on g .ain in favor of the
thresher, and Mr.. J. NJ. Smiths bill to re-
quire persons appointed on the police force
to give bond:
Culken's election bill was killed.
Friday, April 10.
SENATE-The Stapl pine land bill
was passed, 20 to 49,
H, f, 753, the state census bill, was
pas ed under a suspension of rules at the
request of Senator McHale.
Tue omnibus appropriation bill was
finally disposed OF at TIE morning session
after a few amendments, the chief one be-
ing the reconsideration of the vote by
which Duluth was given SIC, 600 for nor
NAL school. The bill was then passed.
HOUSE-Amongt the bills passed blythe
house were the following:
Relating to city Repositories and inter-
ests on balances therein.
To promote practical foqestry.and to ap-
pr0priate money therefor.
To provide for u lien for the,owners and
operators of threshing machines.
To provide for the incorporation of the
grand lodge of Minnesota, Independent
Order of Good Templars.
To provide for examination of certain
amount of grain mortgaged in certain
cases.
To provide for assessment of taxes upon
grain and its products stored in elevators.
10 limit the fees in cases of contested
| elections before the legislature of this
state.
Relating to the state board of health
and vital statistics.
Relating to the compensation for the
enrolment and.engrossment of bills.
! For the relief of G. M. Hiuman and to
appropriate 50 500 therefor
saturday, April go.
SENATE-Work ON the calendar occu-
| pied a great part of the day. Among the
| bills passed were the following:
To regulate and iegaline primary cleo
tioNs.
Relating to the inspection of milk and
of diaries and of dairy herds.
| TO appropriate $30,OyO for building 9
cottage at the Minnesota soldiers home.
To establish state normal school at
| Ldtchfield, NJ ecker county.
To appropriate $50, coo for the purchase
Of machinery and materials to be used for
certain purposes in the state penitentiary,
HOUSE-There was quite a, fight over
the Mathieson bill to provide for the in.
spection of milk and dairy herds in cities.
but DR.. Xier made speech which showed
up the danger from tuberculosis SO plainly
| that tbs opposition wilted and the bill
was passed.
The anti-pOol rOoan bill also passed.
! The house concured in the senate
amendments to the Staples land bill and
| the Wright census bill
The Ck1lkin PRIMARY election hill was
| passed by vote of SO to Il.
Monday. April 22.
.SENATE-Over half hundred Bjiags he.
came laws through the laborious efforts
of the senate in it's last legislative day.
! The time was we'll utilized, and a llisposi-
tlOn to do effective work was manifested
during the day and night.
Among the measures killed in the sen
ate was S. F. 24S, the age of consent bill.
The bill Froposing a constitutional con-
vention was passed by a vote of 81 to IA.
Other bills passed:
Regulating guaranty corporations. l.
eensipg peddlers; licensing non-resident
hunters; providing for an Interstate mark
at the Dalles of St. Croix; creating a board
of pardOns.
HOUSE-Senator Lloyd's bill to trans
fer biennially $50 900 from the General
revenue fund to the internal Improvements
fund for roads and bridges was beaten in
the house By one vote.
The tax levy bill was passed. It reduces
the levy from IL mills to is mills
Bills wer. passed to tax parlor and
sleeping cars; limiting election expenses.
providing for settling differences between
emplo, ers and employees.
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