The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE.
Briefly Showing Bills Introduced and Bust
ness Finished.

Dill. Inc lOllOWlnB were 1nCrOuuceu'
Relieving school district treasurers
from liability for deposits in insolvent
banks, where they were made under
proper instructions.
Requiring boom companies to pay a
gross earnings tax of 8 per cent.
Amending the laws relating to the
sale of liquor.
Amending sections 5000 and 6,OO3.
general statutes 1894, relating to the
color line.
Amending laws relating to manage
ment of estates by drunkards
Authorizing deputy sheriffs to be no
taries public.
Authorizing county commissioners to
issue bonds to secure floating debts
For the preservation of game and
| fish.
Amending section 2,074, general stat
utes 1894. relating to appropriations
for county affairs, etc.
For per cent gross earnings tax
on telephone lines.
In the house the following were in
troduced:
To provide for care for voluntary pa
tients at state or temporary insane
hospitals.
| Amending section 1; chapter 6S gen.
eral statutes 1878, relating to exemp-
| ton.
Apportioning 5 per cent of the license
| fees of villages to aid in maintaining
public libraries.
Providing for the cost of surety bonds
required by counties and cities in GER
tuin cases.
| Amending section 2. chapter 206, gen.
eral laws 1895, relating to the use of
pound nets in international waters.
Amending section 4, chapter 143, gen.
eral laws 1895, relating to organization
and government of new counties.
Amending chapter 1913, general stat
! utes 1898. relating to the organization
and government of new counties, per-
hitting one petition of organization to
be voted at any one election.
Enabling counties, towns, cities and
villages to use automatic ballotting
machines.
Amending sections 5000 and s003,
chapter 1870, general statutes 1894, re-
lating to equal treatment of persons in
hotels, etc.
st. Paul, March 16.-The senate held
a short session yesterday afternoon.
! One local bill was passed.
The house had only one session. The
| following bills were introduced:
Amending law relating to elections.
To REIN burse Mcleod county for the
| capture and trial of Musgrave and
| Cingmars for the murder of Sheriff
Rogers.
Legalizing certain interpretations of
villages.
| To prohibit the taxing of fish in
streams in incorporated cities and vii
| lagos at certain seasons.
st. Paul, March Tin the senate
yesterday the following bills were
| passed:
Designating place of taxation of grain
IN grain elevators.
Providing for the dedication of the
monument erected by the state of Min
nesota on the battlefield of Gettysburg
To provide for a second examination
| of all persons committed to the Mime
sofa state hospital for the insane, by
| the probate courts or court commission
ers.
To amend the supplement chapter 1876
of the general laws of 1895, being San
act for the preservation of forest of
this state and for the prevention and
and suppression of forest and prairie
fires" Approved April IS, 1895.
To amend section and 8, chapter
376, General Laws 1895, relating to
primary elections.
Pottgieser. To prohibit certain
city and county officers from holding
any other Office.
To provide against the manufactures,
adulteration or sale of spices and con-
diments. to prevent fraud and preserve
the public health.
To amend the amendment to chapter
Is, Genaral Laws 1872, relating to the
state board of health.
To provide for attaching territory to
indie pendent or special school district.
In the house the following bills were
introduced:
Providing a system of taxing sleep
ing, drawing room and parlor car COM
panies based upon gross earnings.
Providing for taxation of insurance
companies.
Amending law relating to adulter-
ated or unhealthy milk and cheese.
To legalize and regulate cremation
of human bodies after death.
To amend section 2, chapter ,254,
general laws 1895, relating to sureties
upon bonds of contractors for public
work.
TO amend section SO, chapter IL, gen.
eral statute 1878. relating to penalty
upon delinquent taxes.
To repeal section 400, general
statutes 1894, relating to the collection
of agricultural statistics.
To amend chapter 253, general laws
1889, relating to steam boiler and in
spectors.
To amend section 1907, general
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