Warren sheaf., 1897-02-04

of the public examiner and to increase
An act to regulate commercial agen-
cies. ~.
To prohibit the desecration of Mem
orial Day. ~'. 81.
The British arbitration treaty occu-
pied the attention of the house. The
following bills were introduced:
Fixing salaries of county attorneys
for counties of certain size. -.
Providing for payment of commits
sioners for laying out roads and boule-
wards when such action has been ap-
proved.
Providing for school trustees, desig-
mating repositories for district school
funds.
Appropriating $4,000 for the con-
struction of highway in Washington
county.
Authorising probate Judges in coun-
ties OF $4,000 to appointed assistant
clerk, fixing their compensation.
Amending law relating to incorpora-
tion of villages, defining their power.
Defining qualifications of the men,
bers of the state board of pharmacy.
providing for filling vacancies on that
board.
Regulating the registeration of tho
various log marks used in the lumber
district of this state.
Repeating law relating to salary of
Jackson county; passed under suspen-
sion of rules.
st. Paul, Jan. 30.-The senate yester-
day morning opened the routine pro-
ceedings by deciding that when it ad-
journed it would not meet again until
Tuesday. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows:
To provide for the loanine of the
state school and university funds to
county school districts.
To authorize the board of invest
ment Of school and university funds to
sell bonds and securities.
To provide public libraries in viii
lagos.
To amend laws relating to title in
surance companies.
TO legalize official certificates of fore
closure sale as evidence in court.
To repeal laws relating to bounties
for horse thieves.
To- prohibit the employment of in
temperate men by certain corporations.
To amend laws of 1895 codifying the
insurance laws.
Permitting cities to compromise dam
age suits. *<.' i" -. 1%
To regulate the business of retail
liquor dealers; lost, 25 to "a.
In the house the following bills were
introduced:
Amending the law relating to action
against corporation, associations etc.
Amending the law relating to the
amount of appropriations to certain
institutions.
Providing for payments for legal
services to the state to w. NJ. Jones.
Fixing the cost to be allowed to tho
prevailing party in justices courts in.
in actions to recover money.
Providing for the formation for de-
partment of anthropology in the State
University.
Relating to actions upon judgements
of the courts of this state.
Appropriating $1,000 for the relief Of
settlers of Rosseau county.
Amending law relating to the organ
ization of annuity. safe deposit and
trust companies and defining powers
and duties OF the same.
To provide for further pu blicity as to
the financial condition of banks doing
business in this state.
st. Paul, Feb. 1.-The house had on
general orders, Saturday, Represents. :
tive Torson's bill, Il. F. No. 81, provid-
ing for the election by the people Of
members of the railroad and warehouse
commission. but owing to the absence,
on account of illness. of Mr.. Torsou,
the bill was not taken up for consider
alton. 1t had been reported for pas
sage by the grain and warehouse COM
mission. Mr.. Feig also has bill, Fl.
F. No. 1873, to cover the same points
which had been referred to the railroad
committee, which had not been so
fortunate, as it is still in the commit
tees pigeon holes. Mr.. Feig made
strong plea to have those two matters
considered together, and he asked
either Mr.. Torson's bill go back to the
railroad committee or his bill, 81. F.
No. 1873, be placed on general orders
with the Torson bill. There was some
sparring back and forth, but Mr. Feip
carried the day. The following bills
were passed: =.
bill for an act to amend section
2o5, title Z, chapter: g. general statutes
of 1873, relating to sheriff, the Bleck
bill. .-...@>$
A bill for an act to exempt husbands
from liability for torts committed by
his wife :
Creating . board of pardons.
The committee of the whole consid.
ar nd 4 u. = 49,.