The Princeton union., 1895-02-28
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA LAW
t... MAKERS.
Condensed Report OF the Proceed
tngs I'm the Senate and House, Com-
prlsing n Brief Summary Of the
Weeks Business.

st. Paul, Feb. 22:-The senate did Il
large amount Of work, among the most
important bills introduced were the
following:
A bill to provide for the appointment
| OF three commissioners to consider and
| work for the uniformity Of Legislation
in the United States.
A bill to amend law regarding the
assessment Of personal property.
A bill to revise the laws regarding
banks Of discount in state.
A bill to regulate business Of mer-
camille agencies and to prevent them
making false reports.
A bill providing for the election of
town officers Of the state.
A bill to amend the law regulating
the duties Of village assessors.
A bill to amend the law relating to
township organization and providing
for the election Of town officers
A bill to extend the term Of corpora
tions.
A bill to give exclusive Jurisdiction
| to the district courts to entertain an
action upon any kind Of judgments.
cation Of 5000 copies Of the proceed
Staples bill to provide for the publi-
| ings Of the Minnesota Educational as
sOciation.
Johns bill making the complication
Of the Statutes by Henry B. Wenzel
| and others prima facie of the laws.
| Senator Stevens explained the prac-
| tice regarding complications of stat
utes, and that, although it contained
| a few errors, it was Of immense value
| to the state.
Johns bill to amend section 80, chap
ter "a, General Laws 1873.
McHale's bill relating to municipal
| bonds for certain purposes.
POtter's bill to amend law granting
additional powers to cities Of the
state and empowering cities to issue
bonds for school purposes.
Sperry's bill to allow town insurance
companies to change the location Of
their business office.
Douglass bill to amend section T.,
General Laws 1887, for the formation
and organization of drainage districts
for the drainage of wet and overflowed
lands for agricultural and sanitary
purposes.
The following bills were introduced
in the house:
To amend laws relating to interest on
tions whereby ballots are marked by
judges.
TO provide for the discharge of Ger
tain sureties of public officers on bonds
given by them.
TO revise the laws relating to banks
of discount and deposit.
Relating to commitments for crime,
| no confinement to be in any institution
| not directly under public control.
To AIMED laws relating to interest on
| money and usury.
TO provide for the recovery of dam
| age caused by any vicious domestic
| animal, it not being incumbent on the
plaintiff to show previous knowledge
Of the vicious temper Of the beast.
To appropriate $4,000 for a road in
Itasca county.
TO authorize cities to establish pub
| lie scales and the office Of Weighmas-
ter.
To re-enact certain portions of the
law relating to public printing, where
by provision is made for the printing
of laws passd by the legislature.
To amend laws of 1878 relating to
| collection Of taxes.
Defining what shall constitute q
newspaper for legal purpose.
Relating to sale Of syrup, sugar, mo-
lasses or candy and their adulterat;Ons.
Regulating the business OF mercan-
tile agencies and to prohibit the issu-
ance of false state3 3lents.
To amend laws relating to the pro-
bate code.
To establish a maximum rate of
freight on ore and other class "D'
freight.
The following bills were passed.:
| A bill for an act to amend section 81.
chapter &C, General Statutes of 1878.
To prohibit the posting of notices OF
the existence OF chattel mortgages, etc
To amend section 3, chapter 2D,
General LAWS of 1885, relating to stor-
age and disposal of unclaimed baggage
etc.
To appropriate money for safe and
fixtures in the vault of the state treas
urer's office.
To license peddlers and prescribing
penalties for the violation thereof.
The senate judiciary reported three
salary bills for county and city Of
f1cials in cities having over 100000
population. The bills were ordt ed
printed and referred to the delegations
from Hennepin and Ramsey counties
The common council Of such cities are
given authority to regulate the salar.
les, but not to allow any larger sal
aries than are paid at preselt. They
must reduce all salaries except those
Of mayor and controller for the terms
for which they are elected.
The surprise of the morning was a
favorable report on S. r. 234, Senator
Sperry's baking powder bill. The re.
port came from the committee on
manufactures. This bill is Of the well
known variety. 1t provides that the
constituents Of the baking powder
shall be printed in its label, and if it
contains alum that this fact shall be
stamped on the metal boxes in which
the powder is sold. The bill, if II
passes,, will go into effect ON Aug. 1
1895.
The committee on reform schools
recommended for passage s. r. 2S5
relating to the state schools. 1t pro
poses to change the name Of the Estate
reform school, to the minnesota state
training school for boys and girls
All statutes relating to the reform
school are consolidated and re-enacted
A full account of it's various sections
was published when the bill was intro