The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
THEIR LAST CHANCE
10 MORE BILLS CAN BE INTRODUCED
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The Law makcra Take. Advantage al
Their Last Chance and the Resuit
LIZ n Great Grint Of Bills Are IN
trOduccd iM the senate and House
-Busy Day In Roth Houses.

took advantage yesterday of their last
opportunity to introduce bills without
the consent Of the governor. AMI In
all eighty-twO measures were pre-
sent,,: and referred tu the respective
c0m:ii.treS.
The senate Went into committee of
the whole at I O'Clock in the afternoon
to consider bills on general orders.
with Sr.ntOr Stebhins in the chair.
The following bills We're passed:
To compensate county commissions
erS for caring for paulMrS: to lcgaliZe
Hastings city bonds.
Among the important bills iutru
luced were the following:
Rcla,iE:' ~ the incorporation of vii
lagos: t"'!..:.vidc for the destruction Of
weeds alGns: highways: to amend the
laws relating to the probate code: 10
amend the laws relating to the state
prison: 10 Iincnd the laws relating to
public schools; to authorize and regu-
late the business of commercial
agencies; relating tO the state land
tax; to amend the laws relating to the
operation of railroads: to amend the
laws relating to the practice of pllar-
macy: to amend the laws relating to
building and loan associations; relating
I" insolvent persons and concerns; re-
lating TO the expiration OF rrdelnp-
tions: t. provide for the manufacture
Of beet sugar; to protect the rights of
persons in highways and other thor
Onghiares: 10 appropriate $1.OtM for Il
monument for William X. Marshall.
ex-governor of Minnesota: relating to
elections: to repeal chapter ISL Laws
of lSS9. rlating to taxes; to regulate
the commitment of insane persons: re.
la,ng TO the care Of orphans; to reg
llate the Minnesota institute for the
deaf and blind; to provide for the al,-
pOintmcnt of II game warden; to pro-
vide for Il commission to revise and
HnnOtatc the tax laws: relating to
provide for the ~tahl lnlrnt % Iii
cycle paths.
In the HOUG".
The troubles over the proposed trip
OF The First Minnesota to Gettysburg
next July were settled SO far ms the
house can settle them by the passage
of the Wyman hill yesterday afternoon
witlmu, material change from the
form in which 1t came from the SEN
ate. with the exception of the addition
OF the name or Col. William GolvilIe
to the commission.
The Littleton bill, reducing the pen
atty for selling liquor without license
| imprisonment. or bOtll in the diScre-
tion of the court. was defeated 10y a
vote Of 10 to II.
The house broke the record for the
Introduction of bills yesterday, eighty
| 1.i Int
first reading occupied large portion
and then IL special session had to he
pose of finishing up the work in this
direction.
| Tho following bills were passed:
Giving IL bounty of cent per pound
on all line spinning fiber produced and
manufactured within the state during
the next five years; transferring to the
general revenue fund the uncXpendcd
balance in the school text book fund;
reducing from six years to one year
the time within which actions to en-
force liens muct he brought; providing
that mortgages shall bear the same
rate of interest after foreclosure as be-
fore; to provide for liens upon grain
for ,hreshing; legallZing bonds issued
by the city of Hastings to build a
bridge over the Mississippi river; re-
pealing chapter 200, Special Laws Of
1888, relating to the repairs of Il cer-
tain bridge over the Minnesota river
bet acen the counties of Chippewa and
Lac uui parle.
The following are among the most
important bills intrOduccd:
TO provide for abolition of municipal
courts in cities of less than 5000: to
amend the laws relating TO elections;
to appropriate money for the general
expenses Of the state government: to
amend the laws relating to mortgage
foreclosures; making hospitals for the
care Of destitute and abandoned moth
ers the guardians of the children left
with them; to legalizc sheriff crriiti-
Gates of sale where acknowledgment
thereof has not been recorded; Great
ing department OF labor, defining it's
duties aud approprlating money for its
support; providing for the taxation Of
freight line and equipment companies;
to authorize cities to borrow from the
state for five years without interest
for the purpose of giving employment
to persons without means or employ
mcnt. and approprlatng $S5,OOO for
such loans; to provide for the public
printing OF the State of Minnesota