St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-14

money may be loaned on such notes.
Fifth-The remainder of the deposits
may be invested in stocks or loaned on
| collateral security.
A HEALTH MEASURE.
/ Senator Pottgieser has offered a bill
to make it a misdemeanor to offer dead
game for sale in the market or at any
| store or shop which has not been
drawn and all offensive and objection
able matter removed therefrom.
ASKING FOR MONEY.
Several bills to appropriate money
were introduced, as follows: By Sena-
| tor Barr, 81, 900 for a bridge in Blue
| Earth county across Blue Earth river,
and like amount for a bridge over
| WatonWan river, in the same county;
also $1,000 to build a bridge in the
counties of Nicollet and Blue Earth
| across the Minnesota river. By Senator
| Jones, $1,000 to aid in bridging Pomme
de Terre river in Stevens county. By
Senator Durham, $4,000 to aid in build
F.! ing an iron bridge across Rum river
| in Anoka.
Senator Stockton proposes to amend
the law so as to provide that on change
of subdivision of a government sec
ton by a surveyor he shall set up
| proper marks.
FOR Shooting HORSES.
A bill to relieve Peter Barbeau, a
| private in Company G, Sixth regiment
Minnesota volunteers, who was a
blacksmith in the Indian war of 1852
was introduced by Senator McHale
.Barbeau was a private. and worked at
| Mankato under the order of Col
| Crooks at shoeing cavalry horses. He
! worked extra work for several months
| in the years 1862 to 1863, working at
nights until about midnight The
| bill names $500 as the sum to be ap-
| propriated.
| Senator Thompson presented a bill
| which is designed to make county sur
| veyors ex-officio members of the boards
| of county commissioners and township
| supervisors whenever any road or
| bridge improvement is under consider
alton.
! Senator Smith introduced a bill which
was passed under suspension of the
rules, and which changes the terms Of
the district court in Becker county so as
to begin on the first Mondays OF June
| and October
| Senator Collister proposes a bill to
amend the law relative to insolvency,
so as to provide that an assignment
| shall be vacated if made within ten
| days of any garnishment or attach
| ment of his effects.
Senator Stevens introduced a bill de-
| signed to transfer the real property
held in trust for any Baptist church
that has become extinct to the Mime
sofa Baptist state convention 1t also
provides that any Baptist church that
has not held its accustomed religious
services for two consecutive years or
has less than thirteen resident mem
bers, paying an annual pew rental,
may be declared extinct by order of
court.
Senator Stevens introduced a bill to
increase the salary of the chief clerk
in the office of the state treasurer TO
81 500.
Senator Stevens has introduced an
other bill relating to making it the
duty of corporations to appear in court
within JWenty-four hours after service
of a warrant by the sheriff in criminal
| cases and plead to any Indictment If
no appearance is made the clerk of a
district or municipal court or Justice
of the peace shall enter a plea of mot
guilty" and the trial may proceed.
This takes the place of a similar bill
introduced by Senator Stevens and
recommended to be indefinitely post
poned.
Senator Rirgda1 has introduced a Hill
| appropriating $4,000 to tablish two
more experiment stations under the
management OF the state university.
one to be located in The pine regions
and the other in the Red river valley.
TAX LAWS DEBATE.
The afternoon session of the senate
began with the habitual call of the
senate to secure a quorum and then
| proceeded to take up general orders.
with Senator Thompson in the chair.
Senator Greer called for the special
order, being the consideration of S. F.
10 and S. F. 26, known as tax bills
Senator Cronkhite moved that the
committee recommend the passage of
his bill, which amended the law rela-
tive to the time OF payment OF taxes.
Both bills being considered, Senator
Potter argued in favor of his bill.
1 per cent per month beginning on
Jan. 1, and continuing until a lump
penalty of per cent is added to the de-
linquent taxes. He opposed a lump
penalty of 10 per cent added. as at
present, or on Oct. 1, as proposed by
the bill of Senator Cronkhite
In support of his bill. Senator Cronk-
hite made an argument in favor of re-
tanning the penalty as being an induce
ment to people to pay their taxes He
had correspondent with about thirty
officers and found that they all favor
a penalty. He found that there are
plenty of men willing to pay u per
cent for the use of money. He held
up a copy of the DAILY GLOBE. and
spoke of it having nearly thirty-two
pages of a delinquent tax statement
His conclusion was that the Potter
bill was unwise in it's provisions, be-
cause it practically removed the pen
atty.
Senator Greer said that while the
purpose of the Cronkhite bill is good,
yet that a change from June to No
vember for the time of adding the pen
atty would be better for the farmers.
yet it would leave a shortage in money
to pay current expenses. He opposed
the reduction of the penalty as pro-
vided in the Potter bill. He alluded to
the custom of the state officers abat-
ing all but state taxes because many
land owners have political pull. The
penalty at present is avoided by
shrewd land owners, who dodge the
laws.
Senator bcHaIe argued in favor of
heavy penalty and claimed that
even an actual sale of property would
be desirable. He favored imposing a
penalty early in the year.
Senator Wyman said that banks
would naturally favor a graduated
penalty and not have the penalty all
come at once. The banks in which
taxes flow don't like big deposits at
one time of such money. which they
cannot use. and on which they have to
pay interest on daily balances. Speak
ing from his interest in banks. he
would favor a graduated penalty, but
he did not believe it good for the state.