St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-24
WANTS FORT SMELLING.
Representative Gibbs Proposes to
Take 1t for a Museum.

Pending the great senatorial battle
in the house this morning. considerable
business of a routine character was dis
posed of. Representative Mallette
secured the passage of a bill placing
the county treasurer of Mile Laos
county Under the operation of the gen.
eral law covering the compensation of
county officials.
Representative KnutsOn introduced
the time honored and oft defeated bill
to abolish capital punishment.
Representative Tallman introduced
a bill providing an exemption OF $50
from gaTniShment for debt.
Several resolutions came in for the
employment OF various persons and
travelled the rock road to the committee
on legislative expenses.
Representative Gibbs introduced. by
request, a joint resolution calling upon
the national government to cede to the
state of Minnesota the original build
ings and grounds of old Fort Smelling
to be used as state museum. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved. by the Legislature of the
state of Minnesota, That the congress of
the United States be and the same is
hereby requested to grant to the state
of Minnesota IN perpetuity the Old
buildings and the grounds upon which
they stand, which constitute the Old
and original Fort Smelling. to be for
ever used by the state OF Minnesota as
museum of natural, military, civil,
botanical and archaeological history OF
this state;
Resolved, That our senators and rep
TeSentatiVes In congress are requested
TO urge this measure upon The attention
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Resolved, That the secretary OF state
Is hereby instructed to forward copies
of these resolutions to The vice presi-
dent of the United States, the speaker
of the house OF representatives and
each of our senators and representatives
i'll congress.
Representative Feig took fall out of
the telephone companies by Introducing
a bill TO regulate the amount which
may De charged and collected for the
use of telephone instruments and pro-
viding penalties for yin ton of the
schedule Of prices proposed, which is
So per month for private residences and
81 per month for business houses. These
are the only bills introduced which are
OF special interest, the routine showing
the following oils:
BY Representative HOetfkin. II. T.
y ~. o. Ill dCI " LCpCdL Casting laws
relating to civil actions. Committee on
judiciary.
BY Representative Littleton. II. f
No. 81, in relation to the sale and manu-
facture OF spices. Committee on Judi
ciary.
BY Representative Lee. II. F. No. IS,
to regulate the sale Of Intoxicating
liquor in a quantity of five gallons or
more. Committee oil temperance.
BY Representative Severance, II. T.
Nc. 50, TO amend existing laws relating
TO county commissioners. Committee
on Judiciary.
BY Representative Gibbs. II. f. No.
90 10Y Tequest), 10 amend existing laws
relating TO the establishment or a state
park. to 1e known as the IIasca State
park.
By Representative hnutson, H. F.
No. "a, to prescribe the punishment of
murder in the first degree Special
committee on capital ana other crimes.
b Representative Feig, Il. +. No SO
(by request, to provide uniform charges
Tor telephone service. Committee on
corporations other than municipal.
By Representative Tallman, II. Z.
No. 81. relating to the exemption of
property from levy or sale under pro-
cess or application under order. Conn
mittee on Judiciary.
BY Representative Staples, H. F. No.
/ 9S, to amend existing laws relating TO
roads. Committee on judiciary.
By Representative Gibbs. II. F. No.
/ 80, joint resolution 10 the house and
senate of the United States. Committee
! on public lands.
| The house took a recess at l1:40 in or
| der that members might prepare them
| selves for the senatorial ballot, and adj
! journed when the joint convention rose.