St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-19
GROUND ITS CRIST.
The Senate Kept the Mill Go
ing Until the Hopper Was
Empty,
CHANGES In SCHOOL LAWS
Will Be Opposed by Those
Jealous of High School
Encroachments.
BUILDING SOCIETY FUNDS
To Be Used in Purchasing
Real Estate at Tax
Sales.
BUILDING SOCIETY FUNDS

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large amount Of work was dis
posed of.
There seems to be an opposition
growing up against the bills intro
duced at the instance of the state
educational association. One Of
these bills relates to a change in
the present school law. It's title in
dicates that it pertains to the du-
ties of county superintendent
Some of the senators fear that it is
tendents over high schools, and they
are opposed to such course; at least
some Of those living in smaller cities
are. The construction of the Ian
guage of the bill was in doubt, and,
at the request of Senator Sperry,
today, so that he could investigate
the matter further. The bill was in
troduced by Senator Thorpe, but
was prepared by the state educa-
tional association.
The bill relating to the Investment
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curities other than those in which
it is now invested passed the SEN
ate.
BUILDING SOCIETIES.
Senator w. E. Johnson offered two
bills to amend the law relative to
building associa tons. One bill provides
that in addition to the contingent fund
of the present law such associations
shall set apart out of the net profits of
each year, for contingent or reserve
fund, not less than nor more than 10
per cent of the net profits Of each year.
provided that the reserve fund shall not
exceed at any time per cent of the to-
tai assets of the association
The other bill provides that building
associations may invest their surplus
money in the purchase of real estate
at any tax sale, or to purchase of the
state lands bid in by it at tax sales.
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Senator Stevens introduced a bill to
amend title one of chapter thirty-four
of the General Statutes of 1878, which
relates to the right of eminent domain
by railroad and other corpora TONS The
bill provides for an amendment which
VIII include the same right to other
corporations as is conferred upon rail-
road corporations. They are all men
toned in the first section, but many Of
the other sections use only the words
railway company" The new bill is in
tended to construe those words, where
ever they occur, to include all the cor
porationS or associations which have
the right of eminent domain men
toned in the first section of the pres
ent law referred to.
Senate File 1856, introduced by Senator
Rlngdal, provides for transcribing and
transmitting judgments of the district
court to justices of the peace when the
actions were originally begun there.
Senator MaSterman introduced bill
to appropriate $1,000 for relief of Lieut..
William H. Game, surgeon of the First
battalion of artillery of the Minnesota
National Guard. He was injured by
being thrown from a horse.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS.
Senator Stevens introduced a bill
which was referred to the judiciary
committee, is designed to amend the
Laws of 1885, relating to the regulation.
of employment bureaus or offices. The
amendment requires the persons op-
Grating the bureau or office to fur
nish the person hired copy in dupli-
cate of the terms of such hire or en-
gagement, the rate of wages, the ad-
dress of the person or firm doing the
hiring as well as the full address of the
employer.
Senator Stevens presented, by re-
quest, communication from the Com
mercial club, stating that a meeting
there of citizens had passed a resolu-
ton asking the passage of the bill to
raise the age of consent.
A communication from the Mime
sofa Society Sons of the Revolution
was read asking the senate to be pres
ent at meeting to be held to celebrate
Washington's birthday,
ELECTION EXPENSES.
The senate, in committee of the
whole, with Senator Collister in the
chair, took up Senate File %, being a
corrupt practice bill, copied after the
Missouri law, and introduced by Sen
ator Ozmun, who moved that it be rec
commended to pass and made the same
speech which he delivered before on the
measure.
Senator Stebbins asked if there were
not other bills on the same subject, and
received an affirmative answer.
Senator Spencer said that he could
not let the opportunity go by without
expressing his sympathy for a meas
ure that has for it's object the stop
ping of leg-pulling.
Senator Thompson said that, while
favoring a measure that would put
restraint upon corrupt practices, yet he
regarded the bill under consideration as
being too complicated. He thought
few simple sentences would be suffi
cient for bill of this kind. He be-
lieved that the country districts did not
want such a measure. In his part of
the country the people are not corrupt
and do not need and want such a bill.
He offered an amendment which pro-
vides that the bill shall not apply to
cities under 10000 inhabitants.
Senator Stevens felt like Simeon of
old after hearing the speech of Senator
Thompson, and was ready to depart in
peace since he heard that there are no
centipedes in his part of the country
known as the ''leg puller." Senator
Stevens said that he was at first dis
posed to criticise the bill. Since then it
has been modified. Senator Stevens
then proceeded to speak at length in
favor of the bill. and concluded with
the statement that he feared the amend
ment proposed by Senator Thompson
would make the bill unconstitutional.
Senator Greer said that if there
should be any doubt about the consti-
tutionality of the amendment proposed
it would be well to defer action on
the bill. He said that there was a
disposition to let the cities test the
bill but he would not feel like SUD-