The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
THE LEGISLATURE
The Grind OF the Minnesota LAW
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The Grind OF the Minnesota Inv
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st. Paul, April Yesterday the up
per house of the state legislature rec
commended for passage the Douglas
house bill to allow women to vote for
library board officials as well as for
schaal board officers. The bill will
be on the calendar for final passage
Thursday along with fifty-eight other
measures that the senate advanced
to the calendar yesterday The sena-
tors have a way of working when they
once get started that is astonishing.
Bills on general orders We're reached
yesterday at 1870 o'clock, and from
that time until 6 in the evening, with,
of course, the usual time for reccsses
taken out, the senate worked on gem
eral orders without rest or respite. I'M
til the whole list of 1913 bills had been
gone through with.
The House.
The Douglas distance tariff bill went
to a vote in the house, under a special
order, shortly before Z o'clock last
evening after q discussion lasting from
II o'clock in the forenoon. 1t was de.
feated by q vote of CT to ~. 1t de-
veloped early in the consideration OF
the measure that its friends We're less
strenuous of the rates fixed by the
bill than OF the principle Of legislative
control ovec rates necessarily embodied
in the bill. The first move of the day
was to insert an amendment providing
that the bill should not operate to
raise rates existing March 1. Then fol
lowed an amendment offered by Mr..
Grordahl. amending the rates to con-
form to those in the contested Steiner
son rate case.
The following. bill was passed under
suspension Of the rules:
TO amend sections 2 and 8, chapter
3O2, General Laws 1895, and to repeal
sections Is and 10, General Laws OF
1895, relating to the construction Of
public roads.
st. Paul, April Spy substantially
unanimous action the house yesterday
passed four bills taxing corporations
adopted last fall. If these bills are
passed by the senate they will produce
a new revenue to the state probably
aggregating at least $75, 900. The bills
provide for {; 5 per cent tax on the
gross earnings Of express companies,
5 per cent tax upon the gross earn
ings of sleeping car companies, draw
ing room cur and parlor car owners; a
per cent gross earnings tax upon the
telephone companies, and 2 per cent
tax upon the assessed valuation Of
freight line and equipment companies.
The forestry committee presented a
majority report opposing the repeal Of
the law. creating the Office Of chief fire
warden and minority report fayoring
the same. After some discussion the
house adoi,ted the minority report.
The bill providing that trust COM
panies must give bonds as individuals
when acting as assignees, guardians,
etc., was, after a short discussion,
passed by a vote of 76 to 10.
The bill TO prevent sectarian instruc-
ton in public schools and prohibiting
the wearing of sectarian garD was
passed by a vote Of GO to g. There
was considerable opposition to the
second ella use of the bill.
A number Of bills were reported from
under the constitutional amendment
committees without action being taken
on them.
At the evening session the following
Oils were passed.: --.sE
Fixing the salary of the secretary Of
the state board of health at So, 800; pro-
viding for the issue of bonds by coun-
ties for certain purposes; to legalize
bonds heretofore issued under chapter
297, General Laws of 1895; to repeal
the act of 1895 authorizing county
commissioners to acquire land for park
purposes; to exempt farmers elevator
n a n los f1so1o f1,o
poration fees; providing for the pay
ment into the village treasury of half
the license received by county for a
saloon established within 100 rods. Of a
village Which has voted no license; re-
quiring the construction of cattle sheds
by railroads at all stations where thir-
ty cars of stock has been shipped in a
year; providing for the justification OF
sureties on replevin bonds in municipal
court.
The senate disposed of three special
orders yesterday. One was the Wing
bill to provide for the payment of
$4,000 in state training school loan
Ctrtlficates. Another was the Shee-
han bill to amend the Sheehan home
rule constitutional amendment adopted
last tall, and the third was the Shee-
han enabling act to provide for the
application of the home rule law. both
OF which were passed after a pro-
loneed discussion. The senate also
took up and went big distance with
the Theden anti-department store bill,
Which was special order for yester-
day, final action on the matter being
postponed until to-day, when it will be
taken up again. The senate also
PASSED a dozen or more Hills, and, TAX
Tn altogether, the upper house put in
an exceedingly busy day.
The following bills were passed:
10 authorize citiec to frame their
own charters; to authorize cities to
frame their own charters-an enabling
act; to fix the time for holding terms
OF district court in the Twelfth judicial
district; to amend the laws relating to
banks of discount and deposit: to
amend the laws relating to actions to
test tax titles; appropriating money for
the improvement, protection and pres
eryation of the grounds of the State
comprising the former site of Fort
Ridgely and the monument on said