The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
STATE >LEGISLATURE,
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA LAW.
MAKERS.
Condensed Report of the Proceed
anEs In the Senate and House, Com-
prisinE II Brief Summary OF tho
Weeks business

st. Paul. March %. The senate
spent most of the day in passing bills
upon the calendar. which involved
many roll calls. Several Of the bills
caused debate. 4 rather unusual thing
when bills have passed through the
committee Of the whole. The bill pro-
ductive Of the most discussion was
Senator Coles proposed distribution
or portion Of tho gross earnings tax
by giving > cents IN acre to each cOun-
ty containing unoccupied railroad
lands. At the end of the debate the
bill was referred to the finance COM
mittee
Fl. +. No. 3:3S-To require the publ
cation Of the annual statement of re-
ceiptS and disbursements Of incorpor-
ated villages, towns, bOrOughs-caUSeu
debate. Senator Greer started the
fight against the bill. stating that 1t
was 4 job in the interest Of country
papers. Other senators followed in
the Same line. Senators Miller. Fuller,
Day and others insisted that the pub
LEGATION Of the financial condition Of
villages and towns was matter in
which every citizen was Interested
'Ehe bill was lost, the vote being IS to
rs, several Of it's friends changing to
no in order to be in position to move
n reconsideration
Bills Passed-lo amt nd chapter 20
General Laws OF 1S:r} (ictjlling what
snail constitute newspaper for publ
cation Of laws If the state and legal
notices, and to legaliZe publications
heretofore made.
TO change tho name of the MinneSo-
tn state reform sc hool to state TRIM
Ing school for boys and girls. and to
consolidate the vurOlS acts relating
Thereto.
tzmun-'Fo improve the ci il ser, lice
of the State of Minnesota and the
cities thereof. and to regulate the
same.
johnson. W. E.-To amend chapter
13l, General Laws 1891. relating to
building. loan and savings associa.
tions doing Il general business.
Johnson. w. E.-Authorizins build
Ing. loan and savings associatio do
ing general business to invest money
and receive deposits in certain cases.
Theden-To amend chapter POO, Cen
eral Laws 1889, the mechanics lien
law, by making such lien prior to an
unre, 'orded prior mortgage.
Rovrrud - TO define vagrancy and
provide punishment therefor. and to
authorize cities and Incorporated vii
lagos to provide for the punishment
OF Migrants.
CroSS-A bill for an act to allow vii
klses to separate themselves from
township government etc
4oung-To amend section II. chap
ter S., general statutes 1878. relating
to the appointment Of attorneys in
case Of sickness, death, etc.
Spencer-To amend section /, chap.
ter n. General Laws 1878. restricting
hours or labor to ten in certain eases
In the House
the question of prison labor was dis
posed Of by the passage or the Schur-
meier bill, which was amended to be
employed and limiting the number OF
convicts engaged in any industry to
25 per cent Of those confined in the
Institution. The detailed vote follow s:
For-Ahlstrom, Barta, Baston. Boo
bar. Brevig, Cant. Chisholm. Dahl.
Dale, De Laittrc. Dingman, Douglas,
Downs, Ellinssen. Feig. Ferris. Fin
ney. Gerlach, Gibbs. Grondahl, Gum,
Hartshorn, Hendricks. Holman, Johns
Jones, J. D.; Kendall, Knuteson,
Leach Lee, Lovejoy, Mellicke, Met
calf. Mclnnis, McKenney, Nash, Mel
son. Nieman. O:Reilly. Post Reeves.
Rice. Robbins, Robillard, Sander,
Schroeder Schurmeier, Sederberg.
Smith. +. E.; Smith. ]. NJ; Tallman,
Underwood. Warner, Wright, Tier,
Mr.. Speaker-57.
Against-Anderson. Bckford, Box
fud, Brainerd, Bulke. Christensen,
Craig. Cross, Dailp, Dressed, Forman.
Foss. French. FurlonS. Geissler, Gore,
GGttersen. Hoeffken, Jacobson, john
son. E.: Johnson, e. c.; Juliar. Kelly.
"A, r.; Kelly. p. H.; Littleton, Lock-
wood. Mansfield, Martin, Mathieson.
Mickles1n, Moore. Mullin. Oils, Park
er, Sampson. Scotield, Severance, Shell
Slvrisht. Smith. c. A.: Soule. Staples,
Strang, Sutton. Swanson, Taylor. Ter
son. Unuerleak, fistn, Voyel. w >oi-
r'dge-51
The Dahl bill providing for an adj
ditional judge for the Fourth judiciary
district was taken from the table and
passed by vote of 60 TO D.
st. Paul, March 29.-The age OF con-
sent bill, raising the age to IS. was
pe1t'oSN1 III LllC Sclltltc llc FOlc "dS.
For-Allen, Barr, Collister, Cronk-
hite, Cull1in. Day, French, Fuller,
Greer, Hanna, Hanson, Heneman
Hodge, Howard. Jones, Johnson, A.
G., Johnson, W. e.. Knatvold, Larson,
Lloyd Masterman, Miller, Morgan
Macarthur, Ozmun, Peterson, Reishus,
Ringdal, Schaller, Sevatson, Sheehan
Smith. Spencer. Sperry, Stebbins,
Stockton. Sweningsen, Theden, Wing
Thorpe, Wyman, Yale, and Young-4433
Against-Iltis. Keller, McHale, Pot
ter. Pottgeiser and Roverud-6
The bill making national building
and loan associations subject to the
usury laws of the state produced a
repetition of the fight of Monday,
when it came up on the calendar. The
debate lasted for nearly an hour, and
when the vote was taken the bill was
defeated by an overwhelming ma.
FORTY.
The senate defeated Senator Lar.
sons bills. T. No. 5O-providing tina
the public examiner shall examine
private banks and other institutions
receiving deposits as we'll as state
banks. The bill had a stormy passage
In the committee of the whole. and