St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-17

lots of 1000 20 cents per LOCO; for lots
of over 100000 and less than 100000 Is
cents; for more than 100000 and less
than 100000, 10 cents; for over
1,50G 900, cents per 1,000 The au-
thor of the bill explains that under the
new plan of scaling, where man has
to go into the woods and scale the
logs as they are loaded onto the sleds
it is much more expensive, as it is nee
essary to have a scaler for every sec
ton, no matter how little there may he
upon it.. An innovation is instituted
however, in the manner of paying the
surveyor general. His fees are simply
added to the purchase price of the tim
Der and included in the draft drawn on
the purchaser, the state paying the
amount to the surveyor general.
1t is made the duty of the attorney
general to force the collection of all
sums due the state for stumpage, and
the land commissioner is empowered
to settle or compromise claims for
stumpage by the consent of the timber
commission, and he may, in the name
of the state, seize and sell any timber
unlawfully cut from public lands.
. A, number .of.specific acts and all acts
not conforming to this bill are repealed.
CLAUSEN'S BILL.
Another bill of considerable import
ance introduced@was that of the grain
inspection department, introduced by
Mr.. Gibbs and drawn by A. c. Clausen.
chief inspector, and contains such ad-
ditional provisions over the law of 1893
as the DEPARTMENT deems advisable. A
synopsis of the bill by the auditor is
as follows: Section l re-enacts the 1893
law, adding the words, depot
grounds to cure the defect of the
1awof 1893 by which it was held that
no elevators except those on the right
of way were subject to the operation
of the law. Section 2 provides for
licenses for these public country ele-
vators. By section 3 the railroad and
warehouse commission, before Sept. /,
each year, and as much oftener as nee
essary, is to make rules for the gov
eminent of these elevators and estab-
lish rates. By section 4 the elevator
owner is to keep correct accounts of
the grain received and shipped, stat
ing grade and dockage for dirt, etc
Receipts are to be given for all grain
received, and are to state on their
faces all necessary facts in connection
with the grain, facts which the owners
think they have hitherto had some
difficulty in having made public.
When the owner wants his grain he
presents his receipt and the elevator
company must turn the grain over to
him within twenty-four hours from the
time of the demand. Or, if the owner
wants his grain shipped to terminal
point, the elevator must make such
shipment promptly, and at as small
cost as is possible. mo receipt shall
contain language in any wise limiting
or modifying the liability of the party
issuing the same, and any such Ian
guage, if inserted, shall be null and
void"
Under section 5. if there is a differ
ence between the owner of the grain
and the elevator company as to grades,
ETC., the state department Of grain in
spection is to be appealed to as arbi-
traitor.
Section provides that in case of
complaint that the country elevator
does not give just weights and grades,
or is unfair as to dockage, etc, the
railroad and warehouse commission is
to make prompt inquiry, and to this
end is to have full access to all records,
books, ETC. Section says that all
country elevators shall, whenever re-
quested, furnish 1temized statements
and full reports of all grains received
and stored or shipped. Section pro-
hibits pooling on the part of the char
ter companies. Section provides a
penalty-$50 to $500 fine for violation of
the law.
BURKE BREAKS LOOSE.
Representative Brevig introduced a
bill to secure to women the right to
vote on the question of issuing munic-
ipal bonds. He was also father of one
of John Burke's forty-page stump ha-
rangues, which takes the form of a
bill to regulate railroad corpora
tons.
Representative Feig presented bill
to appropriate $346 to compensate Lug
ger. the bug man, for his services and
expenses in a crusade against chinch
bugs. He also introduced a bill pro-
viding for the establishment of an Of
fetal bugkilling department, to be
known as that of state entomologist.
Representative Matheson has a mea-
sure to appropriate $1,000 to be used
by the state dairy association in dis
seminating useful knowledge. The
knowledge is to be acquired in any
reasonable field of information and is
to be impaired at random to whoever
wants it, even the dairy and food
commission not being excluded from
the benefits.
Representative Meilicke would fain
have the people take a hand in the
selection of railroad and warehouse
commissioners, and to this end has
introduced a bill providing that in
1896 three such officials shall be elected
to serve one, two and three years re-
spectively, the term Of service of each
to be settled by lot at the first meet
ing of the board, and that thereafter
at each general election there shall
be one election of railroad and ware
house. commissioner to serve three
years.
DR.. Tier has a bill the purpose of
which is to prolong human life in
Certain GASES. IL PiONANSo Iiie'I liz
penalty for murder in the first degree
shall be imprisonment for life.
Representative Dressed would amend
the penal code relating to black
mail so that the professional collector
of bad debts who resorts to bulldoZing
tactics in letter writing may be brought
to time.
The establishment of board of par
dons, a provision by which cities can
bond contractors to secure payment of
labor claims, proposition to repeal
chapter II of the laws of 1888 relating to
the reporter of the supreme court, and
a plan to encourage the payment Of
back taxes by the abatement of penal
ties are the features of other bills of
the day. There were, in all, twenty
seven bills introduced, many Of them
being of minor or only local interest.
There was, as usual, a scrap over the
question of adjourning, Mr.. Jacobson
holding that members were here to work
and should grub away as many hours
as possible. A recess was taken until
o'clock, and at that hour a quorum was
secured only after repeated calls of the
house Finally an adjournment was
taken without transacting any further
business.
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