The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-25

jAssa IS. eoMnllttee OF the whole q great
lsgrlst of bills were disposed OF, many
lof them going on the calendar.
ore than forty bills were intro
3duced, q great many of them being Of
81 purely local nature The most inn
POI 70 ltant OF those OF general interest
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Providing an educational qualitica-
llOn suffrage after Jan. 1, 1900; to fur
ther protect the freedom Of the press:
70 provide for the maintenance of par
tltion fences between adjoining pas
lures; to detach Renyllle county from
TIC Ninth judicial district and attach
" TO the Twelfth judicial district; re-
latin !t to forfeiture Of lands irregular
iy held; to require railroad companies
70 provide Interchange mileage
tllckets at ? cents per mile; to authorize
ORGANIZED towns to prevent breaches OF
Ihe peace and the keeping Of disorder
iy places; to regulate the sale of cigar
ettes, cigarette papers, and tobacco; to
compel railroad companies to maintain
sheds for the shelter of live stock at
certain shipping points; relating to
municipal courts in cities having less
than 5000 abitants; to compel trans
Ter agents of foreign or domestic cor
porations to exhibit to stockholders list
Of stockholders; to make stockholders
liable for wages Of employees Of corpor-
atoms; to organize burglary insurance:
companies; to amend section go OF. the
Probate Code.
st. Paul Feb. 20. The remodeled
Potter BILL to provide for the semi
annual payment, Of taxes, was given q
general oyerhauling in the senate. 1t
was ord Nv tho
tax and tax laws committee as a sub
stitute for Mr.. Potter's bill Follow
ing a lengthy, and at times acrimoni-
Gus, debate, the bill was recommend
ed to pass. Several other bills Of
minor Importance We're considered in
committee of the whole The follow
ing bills were introduced:
p TO regulate the affairs and main
tenance of the soldiers home; relating
to civil actions; relating to foreclosure
OF mortgages; regulating the use Of
pound nets in international waters; to
amend the laws fixing a bounty for the
arrest of horse thieves; to establish a
medical corps in the state national
guard; regulating pharmacists; to reg
ulate the sale Of Intoxicating liquors in
hotels and restaurants; to provide for
the service of mortgage foreclosure
notices by advertising
B. The House.
The house spent the greater part Of
the day in committee of the whole on
general orders. The following bills
were passed:
10 allow savings banks to carry de-
posts in Chicago banks; to reimburse
T. r. Martin $3.50 for election contest
expenses; to reimburse Henry Johns
| $150 for election contest expenses; to
amend the election law so as to pro-
vide for new registration at the next
election in Winona
I The following bills were introduced:
i To amend the statutes relative to
| compensation of assessors for return
ing farm statistics; reducing the boun-
ty for the arrest Of horse thieves to
500; to amend section AZ, chapter 5,
General Laws Of 1873, relating to
roads; to amend the election law rel
alive to compensation of judges and
clerks; to- provide for the organization
of3unor ganized counties. 81
. ST. Paul, Feb. % %. u The legislature
broke a. state. record Saturday il the
matter Of rapid 81 legisla Ii. Senator
Z Stevens siIltrod eed clock in
the forenoon resolution commencing
the action Of the United States senate
in calling for an investigation of the
means by which Sylvester Scovel,
correspondent Of the New York World,
is detained i'll Cuban prison. 1t was
unanimously adopted in the senate
without debate, and was Immediately
transmitted to the house of repre-
sentatives, where it was unanimously
concurred, having passed both
branches Of the legislature and be-
come state record in the course Of a
half-hour. Bills passed:
10 compel prisoners IN county and
village jails to perform upon the pub
lie streets, highways, public buildings
and grounds, regulating the manner
OF performing such labor, and pro-
scribing the punishment for violation 81
Of the provisions thereof; to require all
railroad companies in this state to
whom lands in this state have been
granted by the State or Territory of
Minnesota or the United States Of
America to file a list Of said lands
with the auditor Of this state: to en-
power towns, cities, villages and
boroughs in this state to cause bodies
to be disinterred from abandoned, I'm
used and neglected public cemeteries
and reburied in proper and convenient
cemeteries. Bills introduced:
To prevent the spread Of contagious
diseases among domestic animals; to
provide for the investment Of the
school fund; to prevent shear1ng
horses in the winter time; to regulate
the taxation Of railroad lands; to reg
ulate primary elections; regarding the
collection of delinquent taxes. n
The House.
The attendance in the house was
small, but a good days work was put
in on the calendar, bakers dozen OF
bills being passed. 1t was the last
day for the Introduction of bills carry
ing road and bridge appropriations,
and large number of these measures
We're brought in. Bills passed. u
Relating to cemetery associations;
enlarging powers of village councils;
relating to the issue of bonds by cities
and villages; correcting the statutes
relative to redemption from tax sale;
to prevent the use of floating batteries \
or sunken boats in the pursuit Of
aquatic fowl; a revised military code;
to punish interference with electric
wires: to prevent the spread. Of disease
among swine; to allow special school
districts to fix the time for holding