The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-25
sfor more than sixty-f1ye senators and

Of them going on the calendar.
More than forty bills were intro
sduced, IA great many of them being Of
y purely local nature The most inn
spoltant of those OF general interest
We're:
Providlng an educational qualitica- 4
ZION suffrage after Jan. 1, 1900; to fur
Their protect the freedom Of the press;
70 provide for the maintenance Of par
Stltion fences between adjoining pas
lures to detach Renv1lle county from
the Ninth judicial district and attach
It to the Twelfth judicial district; re-
slating to forfeiture of lands irregular
~ held; to require railroad companies
g provide interc Manageable mileage
tickets at ? cents per mile; to authorize
organized towns to prevent brea ches OF
the peace and the keeping Of disorder y
~ places; to regulate the sale of cigar
cites, 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 inhabitants to compel trans
Ter agents of foreign or domestic cor
poratiOns to exhibit to stockholders list
OF stockholders; to make stockton ders
la bic for wages Of employees of corpor-
atoms; to organize burglary insurance.
companies; to amend section go of the
Probate Code. n
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# st. Paul, Feb. 20. The remodeled
Potter bill, to provide for the semi
annual payment Of taxes, was given
general oyerhauling in the senate. 1t
was on general orders, reported by the
tax and tax laws committee as sub
ctSf ~, n 1
ing q lengthy, and at times .acrimoni-
Gus, debate, the bill was recommend
ed to pass. Several other bills Of
minor Importance were considered in
committee of the whole. The follow
ing bills were introduced:
II 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
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.
The House.
z The house spent the greater part Of
the day in committee Of the whole on
general orders. The following bills
We're passed:
10 allow savings banks to carry de-
posits in Chicago banks; to reimburse
Il. r. Martin $3.50 for election contest
expenses; to reimburse Henry Johns
| $3.50 for election contest expenses; to
amend the election law so as to pro-
vide. for new registration at the next
| election in Winona.
I The following bills were introduced:
/ To amend the statutes relative to
compensation Of assessors for return
| ing farm statistics; reducing the boun-
| ty for the arrest Of horse thieves to
| 500; to amend section AZ, chapter 5,
| General Laws of 1873, relating to
roads; to amend the election law rel
I alive to compensation of judges and
| clerks; to provide for the organization
| of unorganized counties.
81 ~ "a -8 ss n
ST Paul, Feb. 20. n. The legislature
broke a5$state record Saturday ill the
! matter of rapid legisla tion Senator
Stevens sintrod ueed at lO :330 sao' 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. It was
unanimously adopted in the senate.
| without debate, and was immediately
transmitted to the house of repre-
sentatives, where it was unanimously
| cOncurred. having naSspd both
| branches Of the legislature and he
come a state record in the course Of q
half-hour. Bills passed.
| To compel prisoners n county ana
| village tails TO nerform mon the NH
lie streets. HIGHWAYS. nnhiic ,hnildinps
| and grounds. reguiating the manner
of performing s11ch, labor and nra.
scribing the punishment FOR vinla tinns
of HE provisions thereof. r. ran,1ira a =
railrnad commands n This sta+a +n
whom lands n tl,is state 19 hoS ea eoe ~
granted Nv tha state or ,rarritory ~
Minnesota or Tho Initial s+ato s of
America to flo > list IF said lands
With the auditor Of this STATE. "a am.
mower towns cities viiiaoas ana
hornnols IN this state ~ ca,,sa hod;as
f. he 41lisinterref1 from =. ndonod IN.
nsad and naoiactad n,,h1io1 oon,ato,.;as.
and rahnriad n nrnna,. ma conTani ia
con, a+or;ns Ri,1s ;ptrod,,aa A. - 800
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