The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-03-30
GRANT FORFEITED
THE HASTINGS & DAKOTA FOR
FIXTURE BILL IS PASSED.
Senator Young Gets His Famous
Bill Through the Minnesota Sem
ate-LobbSistx Are to BE Ex-
cluded From the
Senate.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
Several Important Bills Are Passed
and One 'IS Killed Without
Trouble.

ate reassembled it took up in a spe-
cial order Senator Young's bill, S. r..
No. 375 Substitute for s. F. No. 153),
to forfeit the rights of the Hastings 4
Dakota Railway company to select or
acquire title to any of the public lands
of this state. Senator Young. on Fri
day, presented the arguments in favor
of the bill, and it was put over in or
der to permit an argument against the
bill by Senator Sperry, who was away
on account of illness in his family.
When the bill was taken up Senator
Young restated briefly the arguments
he had previously made in favor Of the
bill. He then asked to have an amend
ment inserted exempting the right Of
way of the II. & D. branch of the c.,
NJ. & st. Paul road. This was done.
Senator Greer then presented an
amendment providing that it shall not
apply to any lands that have hereto
fore been illegally selected and ac-
quired." Senator Young objected be-
cause, he said, from Senator Greer's
attitude on the bill he assumed the
amendment was proposed only to en-
barrass the bill. Senator Greer's
amendment was lost, as was also a
subsequent amendment which he pre-
scented. The committee recommended
the bill for passage and the committee
rose.
Immediately after tn bill was given
it's third reading and passed. The
vote vas 33 to 6.
The Duluth Normal school bill. H.
F. No. 3S7, was approved without de-
bate. This is the more surprising
since an identical bill was defeated in
the senate some time ago.
The old trick of stealing bills in Or
der to defeat them was intimated in
connection with Senator Miller's bill
to place express companies under the
operation of the law creating the
board of railroad and warehouse COM
missioners and declaring them COM
nor carriers. The bill is missing.
Senator Roverud threw a little bomb
into the senate by a resolution against
the lobbyists who have been camping
around the capitol. The resolution
would probably have passed had not
Senator Keller gave notice of debate.
The resolution is very brief, but ex-
pressive, as follows:
Resolved, That lobbyists be hence
forth excluded from the floor of the
senate during the sessions thereof"
The House.
In the house fifteen bills were
passed, eleven introduced and one, Mr..
Johns measure for the protection of
human life from fire, was defeated.
Of the bills introduced the Torrens
land transfer bill by Mr.. Feig, is an
important measure which comes be-
fore the legislature rather late in the
session. Mr.. Dahl's bill making the
verdict of fivc-sixths of a jury in civil
cases the verdict Of the jury after six
hours deliberation is a measure that
has been before every legislature for
many years.
Mr.: Wright introduced a census bill
providing for the enumeration Of the
population which vas rad the second
time and placed at the head of the
calendar.
OF the bills passed the Thedcn hill
to prevent the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors to minors under any circum-
stances; the Wyman bill for the pro-
lection of employees; Mr.. McInnis' bill
to provide for the taxation of vessel
property and the Gibbs bill to codify
n amend the laws relating to coun-
try warehouses, are the more i'm
pOrtant measures.
On motion of Mr. Holman H. F. No.
664 was recommitted to the commit.
tee on agriculture for amendment and
retains it's position on general orders.