The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-15

for the erection of two bridges over the
Minnesota river at Long Prairie, Todd county.
from the internal Improvement fund.- Roads
and bridges.
H. F. ~ (By Commissioner on State Train
ing SchooD-To appropriate $4,000 for new
buildings at the Red Wing state school. APP
preparations.
H. F. 43 Lampson)-To amend mechanics
lien low. extending time when liens may be
filed to three years. Judiciary.
III. F. Al (Fosness)-To repeal existing laws
for bounties for the capture of horse thieves
General legislation.
II. F. 40 (Schmidt)-To legaliZe the aeknowl-
edgement of notaries public in certain
and the recording thereof. Judiciary
H. F. 46 (LovejoyCTo amend existing law
relating to savings banks. Banks and bank
ing.
Fl. F. At dicks. by request}-To appropriate
$1,000 for the encouragement of practical
forestry and the planting of trees on the
prairies. Forestry.
H. F. Hayterl-To provide for the redemp-
ton and extending the time of sale of lands
forfeited to the state. Taxes and tax laws
H. F. 40 (Boutele}-To amend existing laws
relating to the sale Of intoxicating liquors.
Temperance.
II. F. so Fosness}-To amend existing law
relating to punishment for grand larceny.
Crimes and punishments.
II. F: 81 tJohns}-To regulate the prac
tee of barbering and license practitioners OF
the same. General legislation.
H. F. 81 tSmith, by requestl-To separate
the three departments of the state schools
at Faribault and provide for separate boards.
Education.
H. F. SO GdcGim-To provide for the in
spection of meat in cities Of over $4,000 pop
ulation. Public health.
II. F. 81 (Snyder)-To amend existing laws
relating to treatment Of inebriates by coun-
ties. General legislation.
II. F. 80 dahl. by request)-To amend ex-
tsting law relating TO the provision of free
text books for schools. Education.
II. F. Sc CMeGrath)-To amend existing law
relating to civil actions concerning real prop
erty. Judiciary.
H. F. 81 (StockwelD-To compel all corpor-
atoms including cities: to pay their en-
ployes every week. Judiciary.
Fl. F. 5S (Headl-To leganze certain bonds
heretofore issued by county commissioners in
certain cases. Judiciary.
II. F. SO Hicksl-A joint resolution memoir
ialiZing congress to establish a national park
at Vicksburg, Miss. Passed under suspension
OF the rules.
BILLS PASSED.
s. F. - (Jones)-Fixing the general terms
OF court of the Sixteenth iudIciai district
The bill was passed under suspension of the
rules by special request of Representative
FosS.
MORE IN DETAIL.
Chairman Dare, of the appropriations
committee. yesterday announced the
names Of the members Df the subcom-
mittee as follows: Representatives
Jackson. Snyder, Douglas. Staples and
Scott. Chairman Dare will act as
member ex-officio.
This subcommittee is an important
one, as the chief function is the prepar-
atiCn, with similar committee from
the senate, of the omnibus bill which
Will be presented later il the session.
Most of the members named have en-
joyed considerable legislative cxper-
fence.
Judge Hicks, of Minneapolis. would
promote practical forestry on the open
prairie, and to that end would have APP
plopriated the sum of $4,000 10 be spent
by the State Forestry association for
the purpose of raising forest trees of
various kinds on the prairias OF Mime
sofa and continuing the water and for
est interests of the state. The bill
III. f. 40 contemplateS the free distri-
button of forest seeds and plants for
trial, the gathering of facts and figures
concerning forestry, the proper cooper
alton with the people for the observance
of ArhOr day, and finally for the PUB
liC3tion Of a planters manual for free
distribution, which shall contain con-
else information for the people upon
forestry. and its climatic and agficul-
tural benefits. This money is asked for
- in two Jumps, one of $500 during fiscal
year of 1898, and the balance the fol-
Lowing year. The bill is in the hands
of the forestry committee.
One of the bills which has gone to
the judiciary committee is that present.
ed yesterday by Representative Thomp-
son touching on the law Of mechanics
lien. Representative Thompson seeks
to have the present law amended 50
that the time in which to commence
action is changed from one to three
years. .
H. F. As. introduced by Representa-
tive Hayter provides for the extension
Of the time for the redemption of lands
forfeited to the state for the non-pay
ment of taxes for two years from the
second Wednesday in May, this year.
The bill which Representative Fos-
ness introduced provides FOR a decrease
in the minimum punishment for grand
larceny from five to one year. The
bill went to the crimes and punishment
committee.
Representative McGraths bill (H. F.
So provides that in suits a law involV-
ing the title to real estate the person
holding the same may show the value
of improvements made and taxes paid.
ii the possession is under an official
deed, and the claimant may set up the
rental value without the improvements
so made and the value Of the property
without Improvements, which facts shall
be considered material in the adjust
ment of disputes.
If H. F. 90 becomes law the Mime
sofa Institute for Detectives, estaD-
lished at Faribault will be divided into
three distinct institutions each with
its own autonomy and board Of admin
tStratlOn. The move comes from sew
eTaI graduates from the school for the
deaf who contend that the schools for
the deaf and blind are not correctional
institutions and should not be under
the supervision of the state board of
corrections and charities The bill asks
that the three schools be called the
Minnesota School for the Deaf of Min
nesota, the School for the Blind of Min
nesota, and the Minnesota Home School
for the Feeble-Minded. Each school is
TO be managed by board of five di,
rectors to be appointed by the governor