The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-11

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Amending law creating Office of state
entomologist. .z...
To repeal act Of 1895 regulating the
operation of traction engines. a.
To provide for the organization of
unorganized counties. ~~s.
To provide for seed grain loans to
farmers whose crops were destroyed by
drouth or storms during 1896. ~"
To provide for the erection of dor
mitory for girls at the state agricultur-
al college, and appropriate $4,000.
The house passed the Torson bill for
the election of railroad and warehouse
commissioners by the people. The fol-
lowing bills were introduced:
To amend present law requiring that
railroads shall supply suitable waiting
rooms at all stations.
Providing that mutual fire insurance
companies may be organized to insure
threshing machine outfits. etc. :t-'. :
Providing for connections between
intersecting railroads: new Y bill.
To appropriate $4,000 for further
equipping the state experimental farms
at Crookston and Grand Rapids.
To appropriate $4,000 for county
agricultural societies.
To amend the present law fixing the
fees of sheriff.
Providing that ha bitual drunkenness;
either by liquor, opium, cocaine or
other drug for one year shall be cause
for divorce.
Requiring that all officers and en-
ployes Of cities and towns shall be citi-
zens of the United States.
Establishing a state board of sur
veyors and to license all surveyors em-
ployed in the state.
To amend law providing for the in
corporation of villages.
st. Paul, Feb Gin the senate yes>
terday no important bills were intro
duced, except one to regulate liability
of common carriers. The following
were passed:
To repeal chapter 395 of the special
laws Of 1891, being an act relating to
the salary of county attorneys of jack
son county; passed, ayes 80, nays 1.
To repeal chapter 1913 of the general
laws of the state of Minnesota for the
year 1895, relating to struck juries.
Senator Spencer wanted the Reishus
bill repeating the struck jury law de-
ferred, but objection being raised it
was placed on its final passage, and
carried unanimously, 46 too.
The house passed the following:
Relating to replevin actions in JUS
tice courts.
Fixing the legal weight of a ton of
coal and legal cubic contents of cord
of wood.
The house in committee OF the whole
recommended the following bills for
passage:
Providing for executions for murder
to take place at the Saltwater prison.
To authorize villages to license and
regulate peddlers.
The Grondahl bicycle path biH was
ordered printed after an Intellectual at
tempt to Recommend it for passage.
The feature of the house during the
house during the afternoon was the
passage of the Foss bill to prevent s'the
fostering Of morbid sentimentality,"
by sending flowers to persons accused
of or convicted of felonies. and pro-
hibiting the general public visiting
such persons excepting their relatives
and ministers. = ~ -: +
St. Paul, Feb. s.-The senate Satur-
day morning killed the bill providing
for the appointment of tax commits
sion to revise the tax laws. The sena-
tors seem to think that they are per-
fectly capable of attending to the re-
revision themselves.
The bill to legislate conveyances of
real property made by husband directly
| to wife and the records of such convey
ances was passed; ayes, 80; nays, 0.
The following bills were introduced:
For the assessment OF taxes for school
districts.
Amending sections 90 and 1o1. relat-
ing to delinquent taxes.
Appropriating $1,000 for deficiency
in the last census.
Relating to the foreclosure Of mort
cages.
Requiring reports from private bank.
ors as well as from state banks
Relating to Items on threshing ma.
chimes
In the house the following bills were
introduced:
To appropriate $40, 600 to defray the
expenses of the dedication of the Get.
tysburg monument to the memory OF
the First Minnesota by the governor,
staff and veterans, and 10 companies OF
! state militia
To regulate the rate Of freight on
iron ore, making the rate not to exceed
mills per ton per mile.
To reduce the legislative mileage OF
members and senators from Is cents to
!! 10 cents.
TO appropriate $500 for bitches in
Clay county. ~.
Providing for the secrecy of informa'
ton acquired in a professional way by
physicians and surgeons.
| Substitute for H. F. 50, relating tc
chattel mortgages; general orders;
made special order for Feb. 16, at
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Providing for the drainageSof land.