The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-13
NOT In THE SPRING
SENATE PROHIBITS SHOOTING OF
DUCKS In MINNESOTA TILL, THE
AUTUMN.
GAME AND FISH BILL DRAWN
FINALLY IN A FORM TO SUIT A
MAJORITY OF THE SENA
TORS.
TWENTY-EIGHT BILLS PASS
By Virtue of a Vigorous Attack on
the Calendar, Which Had Been
Growing.
GAME AND FISH BILL DRAWN
TWENTY-EIGHT BILLS Pas

Among the twenty-eight bills which
the senate passed yesterday were some
important measures, such as the Dun
ham bill to abolish inebriate depart
ments at the Rochester hospital, the
Culkin bill to prevent and punish the
encouragement Of suicide, and Henry
Keller's sugar beet bill.
Besides, after hard fight in commit
tee of the whole, it recommended for
passage the game and fish bill with
some amendments of detail, chief Of
interest therein being the one to pro-
hibit spring shooting entirely.
This was introduced largely at the
request Of the city sportsmen, who said
If spring shooting was not permitted,
they would defeat the bill. 1t was,
However, stricken out, and the bin will
60 into the house without it.
The morning session was a dreary
routine. Over an hour was spent in
the discussion of a number of bills
whose sponsors wished them advanced,
either to the calendar or to final pas
sage, and it was just q little before
noon that a real vigorous attack was
finally made on the calendar.
The list Of senate files awaiting &C
tion was rushed through with.
The Wyman bill to regulate the de-
post of county funds was amended by
Senator Wyman to permit the deposit
OF funds to the amount of so per cent
OF the paid UP capital Of the banks,
instead of % per cent, as was provided
in the original bin. He explains that
this is due to the limited aggregate
capital of st. Paul banks, combined
with the requirement of the law that
the keeping Of county cash in the
treasurer's vault is a felony
The discussion Of the game and fish
bill, the afternoon special order, be-
came quite lively when section 10, fix
ing the open seasons, was reached. SEN
ator Potter offered an amendment to
prohibit spring shooting entirely. Sen
ators Morgan and Dunn supported this,
but Senator Keller said it was un-
reasonable to make the spring prohibI-
ton absolute.
Senator Itis said that it was not
right to permit the same sport now that
at was in the early days when fire arms
were primitive comparatively He
wanted the possession Of a gun in the
field a misdemeanOr
Senator Hanson said the spring
shooting clause had only been inserted
after threat by the advocates of the
provision that they would defeat the
bill if it was omitted.
The spring shooting was then pro-
hibited. Another amendment adopted
permits the shooting Of plover in the
summer
Section u was amended to permit
duck shooting from boats. Senator
POttgieser wanted Ramsey county
; q
the bill.
The open season for deer was fixed by
the bill as Oct. 25 to Nov. Is. Senator
Howard wanted the season extended
to Dec. 1 and the dealers then be al
loved thirty days in which to dispose of
the game. This was defeated and the
provision for personal conveyance Of
game was so amended as to permit the
accompaniment of the game by an en-
ploye Of any common carrier.
Senator Durham wanted ten days in
which to kill moose and caribou instead
OF five. This was beaten, however.
Senator Howard had section % so
amended as to permit fishing for pike
and pickeTel in international waters,
and other waters where there is no
other prohibition against food fish.
Section "a was the subject of a num-
Der of proposed amendments as to
pound nets, dip nets etc, but the first
one to get through was one to permit
the spearing of sturgeon, red horse.
dog fish. buffalo fish, cat fish, pickereI
and suckers in the Des Moines, Otter
Tail and Minnesota rivers, as we'll as in
the Mississippi The time for catching
white fish, etc, was extended to
make it from Nov. to Dec is.
The expectation of fish for private use
was permitted by an amendment to
section 81
The time limit for dealers to dispose
of game was extended to ten days.
Section "a was amended to make rail-
road companies and common carriers
report the possession of illegally held
game to the commission.
Section SO was amended so as not to
exempt the commissioners and wardens
from liability for unjust seizures.
Senator Stebbins wanted to recon
slider the vote by which the permits