Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-04-02
Bounty Of q Cent Z Pount.
on Spinning Fiber Favored
by the House.
Annual Outlay Limited to $26.-
600 for Not More Than
Five Years.
Massrs. Lochren and Colvllle
Aaded to the Gettysburg
Commission.

whole. Much Of this was spent on The
bill, H. +. 437, proposed BY Mi. Kelley,
offering . bounty for long live spinning
fbers and spinning tows .aced md
manufactured within the state. The
bill was amended SO as to cover period
Of 1--WE years and the bounty was malia
! cent o pound. 8 7. Il ri
The debate covered both the consti.
nationality and the policy Of the propo.
sition. Mr.. Schmidt attacked the con.
stitutionality Of the bill, limited @ il
was to residents Of the state. He DE.
MED the power Of the state q dis-
criminate against non-residents but
the 9th er lawyers disagreed with him.
Mr.. Stockwoll and Mr.. Scott opposed
the policy, but Mr.. Kelley, Mr.. Staples
and others thought that it would open
mp further means Of liberalization d
agriculture in the state and an expert.
ment we'll worth trying. The amount
which should be paid in any one year
was lin tied to $25, 900 and the bill rec.
commended to pass.
The Gettysburg Commissios. &
Judge Hicks called up 8. r. lS9.
Senator Wyman's bill appropriatinRI
81, 900. to take the survivors Of the
First Minnesota to Gettysburg aud
moved that the name Of Judge Loeb
rem be added to the commission having
the matter in charge. The motion
was debated at some length, several
members vigorously opposing such -
ton because of Judge Lochren's record
as pension commissioner. The bill
was further amended by adding the
name Of Colonel William Colville and
recommended to pass.
On Judge Hicks motion, the primary
election bills, introduced by himself
and Mr.. Davies, n. F. 6S6s and II. j..
8S, were made q special order foG
Wednesday next at 2 80 O. clock.
Other sIsasurss Acted On.
Seventeen bills were disposed Of III
committee Of the whole, the following
being recommended to pass
II. F. GA, McGill-Transferring to the
states general revenue fund the unex-
pended balance In the school text book
fund. s .35s Duo. a,
III. i. 8e5, snyder-A Adding the habitual
use Of morphine, opium, laudanum and
choral to the causes for absolute di.
vOrce. 6 s Z. ,#
& II. +. 610, Schmidt Reducing the time
within which actions must b brought to
enforce liens from six years to one year.
H. F. tS6, Johns-Legalizing fore
closures Of mortgages on church prop
erty. ..s555s5a
n. +. sl7, Finney- Giving lien upon
grain for threshing the same.
n. F. 681, Littleton-Ch Changing the PEN
atty for selling liquor without license
from fine and imprisonment to fine or i'm.
prisonment zt
These Were Passed.
n. +. csc, Douglas-To create . board Of
state drainage commissioners and pre-:
scribe their duties. t@s
81. +. Gel, Laing-To dx the time for
holding court in jackson county.
ii. F. 8e9, Laing-To fix the time for
holding court in Cottonwood county.
n. +. 9O8, .Snyder-To allow persons
contributing not less than $4,000 to the
university to endow professorship.
S. F. $50, Masterman-To fix the time
for holding court In Washington county.
II. F. sol, Stockwell- To prevent fraud
In the sale Of adulterated sacharine food
products.
B ii. +. 897, Donnelly % provide for ex.
summation and licensing Of civil engineers
BY state board.
H.sF. SIS, Bruslette Relating to food
adulteration. Ss