The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14

was devoted to the reading Of Num-
Der of bills and resolutions. Including
the passage, under suspension of tho
rules, Of House File "a. renealiny a
special law relating to the poor of
Renville county. The bill was passed
at the instance of. the representative
from that county.
In addition to the routine the MEM
bers got together informally and made
plans for the organization of the yari
Gus committees named. During. the
afternoon several of the committees
met ana prepared to take up the bills
already referred to them
Representative Shell introduced a. bin
III. F. I'D similar in purpose to one
which was introduced two wears ago
but failed of passage. 1t provides for
a graduated penalty upon overdue
taxes upon real estate on 1 per cent
a month. The bill' also provides that
one-half of the taxes may be paid be-
fore June l and if the remainder Is
paid before Dec. 81, then no penalty
shall accrue, but If the second half Is
not paid by Dec. 81, ithen the entire &
per cent upon the unpaid half shall be
due.
Representative Smith introduced. by
request. bill Oh. f. 30) exempting
one typewriter machine from execution,
Representative Torson introduced a
bill Oh. F.. 3D to relieve the severity
Of the nOXious weed law by permitting
q compromise between the official and
the owner of the lands.
Representative Douglas introduced
the bill to enact the provisions of the
pardoning board amendment To the
constitution adopted by the people at
the recent election. 1t makes the
board consist of the governor the chief
justice and the attorney general
Representative Davies, of the Henne-
pin delegation, introduced new pri
mary election law CH. F. 33). the di
rect object OF which Is to do away with
nominating conventions by means of a
primary ballotting, which determines
who is to be the candidate of each of
the parties by the largest number of
votes cast for each candidate for the
nomination. The primary elections are
to be conducted just as the regular
elections are now conducted, with reg
ular sworn judges and clerks and the
booths being open all day all over the
state, county, congressional, judicial
or legislative districts affected in the
nomination. Ballots are to be prepared
by the secretary Of state for the state
in blank, the name Of the nominee to
be written in by the voter, and there
are special provisions for cities of
over $4,000 population. The bill Is
based upon the system of elections now
in force in Australia, and while not
formally Endorsed by the Hennepin
delegation, has the approval of Repre-
sentatives Lovejoy, Snyder, Stockwell
and others. f.H
A bill Oh F. 2S) of considerable i'm
portance to the northern part of the
state was presented by Representative
Schmidt, Of Duluth, and provides pro-
lection not VOuchsafed under the pres
ent laws to mem enga aged in cutting
hauling, towing and performing other
labor on logs and'-timber cut in Mich
igan and Wisconsin and manufa ctured
in Minnesota. Its provides specifically
that contractors or those who do the
actual work on lumber taken into Min
neSOta shall file statements of sucn
work with the surveyor general of the
district in which the lumber is located
and, pursuant to the provisions Of the
act may enforce a lien for the amount
of the work done.
AS the new law stands there is no
protection for those who have done
work on lumber as soon as the same
has been taken into Minnesota for man,
ufacture.
Representative Lovejoy introduced a
bill Oh. F. 3D to provide for the pay
ment Of the salaries of the employees
of county offices. This is the bill pre-
pared by the Hennepin delegation for
the purpose of running the county of
fees on salary basis.
Representative Dunn introduced a
bill Oh. f. Sd, making a certified copy
OF any order or judgment of court prima
facie evidence of the. original order.
Representative Ferris is the author
of a file Oh. F. 49, which is intended
to shield the farmer from the unprinci-
paled seed merchant. 1t requires the
latter to mark on seed packages the
year in which the seeds We're grown
and makes it miSdemeanOr punisha-
bic by fine or Imprisonment for vio-
lation.
The voluminous military code drafted
by Gen. Bend and others was intro
duced by Representative McGiu. 1t is
known as H. F. 49, and the substance
of it has been printed in the Globe.
Representative Snyder introduced a
bill Oh. F. 400 increasing the levy for
the state school tax to one and three
tenths mills and apportioning the three
tenths of mill to the state university