The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-10
COMMITTEE REPORTS.


Judiciary
H F. lis committee on general legislation
TO prevent fraud in the sale of garden and
grass seeds. To pass as amended.
H. F. 1904 CLelmann)l-Regulating the as
signment and levying upon licenses for the
sale of intoxicating liquors. Referred to au-
thor.
H. F. 1874 Collaborating an additional
judge for the Fourth judicial district. Re
ferred to Hennepin county delegation, to be
considered with S. F. GIT.
S. F. 81 Culkin)-Establishing a new judi
cial district. Referred to. the-delegations from
Wright, Isanti, Anoka, Sherburne and Hen
nepin counties.
S F. 1872 CWhitneyl-Annexing certain ter
ritOry in Wadena county. To pass
H. F. 934 (GOar)-Relating to the enlarge
ment of organized counties. To pass as
amended.
H. F. 925 (McElhaney)-To prevent the des-
ecration of the United States flag
H. F. 396 (Smith)-ReIating to uses and
trusts To be indefinitely postponed.
H. F. ISL (Vigen)-Re1ating to foreclosure
of chattel mortgages. To pass as amended.
H. F. TIC (Smith)-Relatfng to manufacturing
companies. To be indefhiteiy postponed;
S. T. 543 Domestic perfect the record evil
dence Of title to certain lands. To pass.
H. F. 1913 (HendersOn)-Relating to tncorpo-
rated villages. Indefinitely postponed for the
reason that it was unconstitutional.
H. F. 2S3 (Ferris)-Providing for the employ
ment of district court reporters. To pass.
Amended so as to exclude Hennepin and Ram
sey county districts.
II. +. - tSm1tnl-ReIaIfnR 10 chaIL6l mort
cages. To be indefinitely postponed.
H. F. So Dunn)-Relating to chattel mort
cages. To be indefinitely postponed.
H. F. 61O (TOrson)-Relating to the payment
Of witness fees. Indefinitely postponed.
H. F. $40 MISUNDERSTANDING municipal
courts in cities Of less than 5000 inhabitants.
To be Indefinitely postponed.
S. F. 479 (Sperry)-Relating to probate code.
Indefinitely postponed.
S. F. Ill (Cronkhite1-To amend the penal
code. relating to the crime OF larceny. To
pass.
Municipal Legislation
H. F. 957 CFerrisl-To authorize villages
to change their names To pass as amended,
requiring petitions from majority OF the
voters
H. F. 76s Dunnl-To authorize cities of
over $4,000 to appoint commissioners to pre-
pare and adopt their own charters. To pass.
Agriculture
ton Of San Jose scale. To pass. and re-
ferred to the committe on appropriations under
the rules.
Stockyards Investigation
H. F. e66-To prohibit stockyards from pre-
venting the owners Of swine, cattle or other
animals taking their hay and feed into these
yards for their own animals. To pass
General Legislation
H. F. 162 CFeig)-To inaugurate the Torrens
system Of land transfer and titles. Placed on
general orders.
General Statutes 1894. relating to highways.
Referred to its author.
H. F. III Oloyd)-To regulate the rentals
and charges Of telephones and requiring i'm
partial service. To be indefinitely postponed.
Placed upon general orders upon motion of
the author.
H. F. 1908 (Scribnere-Te amend section
665, chapter s. General Statutes 1894, relating
TO the payment Of county commissioners.
To pass Laid on the table upon motion of the
author.
H. F. 947 fLsarson)-To7 regulate and license
commercial agencies and Guaranty associa-
tons. To be indefinitely postponed. Placed
on general orders upon motion of the author.
Mr.. Snyder and Mr.. Dunn and other lawyers
on the committee claimed that the bill was
unconstitutional, because the state had no
power TO tax except as provided in the con-
sttution or the amendments. Mr.. Larson
claimed that such q law was in force In
South Dakota and worked satisfactorily. Mr..
Feig, with illy-disguised sarcasm. urged the
country members to kill the bill He said
the city members were always anxious to kill
bills which the country members wanted
passed, while they were not adverse to urg-
ing country members to pass the bills which
benefited the cities. Mr.. Snyder deprecated
this attempt to divide the country and city
members, but the country members stood to-
gether and the familiar bill went on general
orders.
H. F. SIS CYatesl-To provide for the licens-
ing OF pawn brokers. To be indefinitely post
poned.
H. F. $50 Ferrisl-To repeal chapter 24s
General Laws 1895, relating to the estab-