The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE.

LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE.
Briefly Showing Bills Introduced and Busi-
ness Finished. F&t $f1 >.
st. Paul, March 2.-In the house yes
terday the Hicks bill relating to for
estry reserves, after discussion, was re-
ferred back for another amendment.
The following bills were introduced:
10 repeal the grant of swamp lands
to the Duluth & Iron Range road.
To provide for establishment of a
commission of representatives and SEN
ators to investigate the Mountain Iron
mine and other land claimed by other
parties
To require notice of claims against
municipal and other corporations be-
fore beginning an action. =
To prevent private persons from rep
resenting themselves of deputy sheriffs
or wearing badges of deputy sheriffs.
For displaying United States flags
over every school house. - .:-..
To amend law so as to permit sher-
ifs and deputies to be notaries public.
Establishing primary elections and
providing for nominations for Offices
without conventions.
Fixing the maximum of IS cents per
description for publishing tax list; =
To amend law relating to homestead
exemption so as to exclude buildings
in villages and cities valued at over S.
600, unless the same is used exclusively
as residence; also that if the house is
on plated property it shall have at
least so feet frontage.
The senate ordered the continuance
of the investigation of the labor bu-
reau. The following bills were intro
| duced:
Designating the place of taxing grain
| in elevators
Legalizing proceedings for extending
the corporate existence of organiza-
tons.
Legalizing deeds, mortgages, ETC.,
heretofore made with but one witness.
To amend laws relating to public
schools.
St. Paul, March 3.-The senate yes
terday passed the following bills:
Amending insurance laws SO as to
authorize insurance for burglary or
theft, or both.
For reorganizing or adjusting the af-
fairs of insolvent corporations invested
with banking powers.
For establishment of a new judicial
district, to be known as the Seven
teenth judicial district, and to fix date
for holding courts therein.
For a local improvement fund for
Winona.
To authorize street sprinkling and
assessments in Winona.
To recodify the laws governing the
state public schools.
| Relating to terms of court in Red
Lake county.
| In the house the location of the
fourth insane asylum came up and was
made a special order for Friday.
Two important bills were introduced.
One, by Mr.. Mcdonald, seeks to re-
quire alicense of at least 81, 900 year
for every theater in any city of the
state of $1,000 or more population The
bill is to go into into effect at once, but
it is not to affect licenses already grant
ed.
The sons of Veterans of Minnesota,
by a bill III. F. No. 699) are to be rec
ognized as a part of the military re-
serve of the state. They are to be
mustered in companies of 80 or more,
and make application to the attorney
general, who is to attend to their in
spection and enrolment and furnish
orms and equipment.
st. Paul, March 4.-The senate spent
nearly all day yesterday in committee
of the whole. The Thorp bill provid-
ing for civil service in the grain inspec-
ton department was defeated.
The house passed the anti.trust bill,
after having stricken out the section
ply to agricultural products and live
stock in the hands Of producers, nor to
labor organizations meeting in orderly
and peaceable assem- blies, for the pur-
pose of regulating wages.
Bills were introduced as follows:
To establish Offices of coroner and
deputy coroner, and providing for the
appointment of medical examiner.
To require payment of interest on
money given as bond by employees to
corporations.
TO require county aud itors to furnish
certificate of taxes and assessment.
To establish county asylums for in
sane and feeble-minded.
To amend law relating to the publ
cation of legal notices.
To regulate election of clerks of the
district court so as to make all terms
begin Jan. l, 1891.
To amend laws relating to powers
granted to cities to issue bonds.
To amend law relating to assess
ments for special improvements.
To exempt from taxation all widows
and single women over 20 years of age.
st. Paul, March SIN the house yes
terday the following bills were intro
duced:
y To provide for incorporation and reg
ulation of flexible premiums of assess
ment societies.
To prevent more than one agricul-
tural society in each county from re-
ceiving state aid.
Providing that the supreme court
shall decide the constitutionality of