The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-22


Yesterday was the thirty-fourth leg
islative day of the house, and the bills
introduced up to the hour of adjourn
nent numbered 375. In this regard the
present house session is great i'm
provement on the record made by it's
predecessor two years ago. On the
| thirty-fourth day in 1897, 563 bills had
| been introduced
Eleven new measures We're introduc-
| ed yesterday and nine passed.
| In the committee of the whole the
| house recommended for passage H. F.
2I3, by Mr.. McCollum (Rep), of Kilt
! son. The measure provides for the ap-
| pointment by the governor of boards
of appeals, who will fix and establish
the grades of grain and also hear ap-
pealS from the decision of grain inSpec-
tors. The provisions of the bill are
highly commended by the farmers and
shippers of grain, and if it passes it's
friends claim it will be of incalculable
| benefit to the farmers of the state. 1t
! reads as follows:
| Section /. The governor shall appoint six
suitable, competent persons. on or before
| July 10, 1889, after the passage of this act
three of whom shall constitute a board of
| appeals for the inspection of grain at Min
neapolis, and the other three to constitute a
similar board at Duluth, each respective
board to consist so far as may be of one
practical or representative producer of grain.
one practical or representative grain COM
mission merchant, and one practical or rep
reseptative grain merchant, exporter or mill
er Not more than two members of either
of said boards of appeal shall belong to the
same political party, whose terms of Office
shall commence Aug. l. 1899 and who shall
hold their office for period of two years
ana until their successors are appointed and
qualified. Every two years thereafter and
within thirty days prior to the expiration of
their terms of office. the governor shall ap-
point six such suitable competent persons
to succeed those whose terms will expire on
Aug. l, who shall hold their Office for two
years and until their successors are appoint
ed and qualified. Any vacancy which shall
occur In the office of any member of said
respective boards of appeals shall be filled
by the governor for the remainder of the
term, when successor shall be appointed
for the full term of two years. The gov
ernor shall have power in his discretion to
remove from Office any member of said re-
spective boards of appeals at any time and
fill vacancies thus created by the appoint
ment OF any suitable person or persons.
Sec. 2. In all matters . Foiving doubt
on the part of any grain inspector as to the
proper grade of any lot of grain under the
standard or rules of inspection, or in case
any owner, consignee or shipper of grain
or any warehouse manager shall be dissatis-
ned with the decision of the chief inspector,
or any of his chief deputy inspectors or other
inspectors. an appeal may be made to the
SAID beard of appeals, in the district where
the inspection was first made and a decision
OF majority OF the said board of appeals
shall be final. The railway and warehouse
commissioners are authorized to make all
necessary rules governing such appeals and
to flX the fees for the same All notices re-
qulring the services of the board of appeals
shall be filed in the Office of the chief deputy
inspector in whose district the grievance or
dispute arises, who shall in turn deliver the
same promptly to said board. Provided
however: that the party appealing shall pay
to the chief deputy inspector with whom he
serves notice OF appeal sum not to exceed
one dollar per case before said case be en-
tertained which sum shall be refunded
should such case be sustained
Sec. 8. The entire six members consti-
tuting the two boards of appeal shall meet
together, or majority of said six members
not later than Sept. Is, each year and pre-
scribe or designate standards for grades,
and when grades are so prescribed. designat-
ed and published, the same shall not be
changed during the crop year from one
annual meeting until the next except on ap-
proval of at least five members of the two
joint boards.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of either
branch of the board of appeals when of the
unanimous opinion that any inspector is in
competent. indifferent, intemperate or un-
trustworthy to report such fact to the rail-
way and warehouse commission.
Sec. 8. Either branch Of the board Of
appeals shall hear and it is hereby made
the duty of either branch to whom an ap-
peal shall be made, to hear and determine
all questions at issue to grades of grain,
made by any inspector or made against any
public country warehouse. All such appeals
shall be made to either branch of the board
OF appeals hereby created in section one of
this act.
Sec; 6: Each of the members of said
board of appeals shall before entering upon
the duties of their office take an oath of
office as in the case of other officers, and
shall execute a bond in the penal sum of
of Minnesota with good and sufficient sure
ties, to be approved by the governor condi-
toned that they will faithfully and impair
tally discharge the duties of their Office ac-
cording to law. such bonds to be filed with
the secretary of state. The suretfes required
by this section shall not be interested in nor
connected with any elevator or grain COM
mission, business firm, corporation and
surety bonds may be received from any
surety company, approved by the governor.
which is authorized to do business in this
state.
Sec. T. The salaries of the members of
the said boards of appeal shall be fixed by
the railway and warehouse commissioners
by consent of the governor and shall be paid
from the grain inspection fund and all
necessary expenses incurred in carving out
the provisions OF this act shall be paid out
of the said grain inspection fund upon the
order CT the railway and warehouse COM
miSsioners
Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage
INSPECTION ON HOOF AGAIN.
Mr.. Bush Rep.), of Olmsted, in H.
F. 369, provides for the appointment of
| inspectors and deputy inspectors by
the state board of health for the in
spection of cattle, sheep and swine.
both before and after slaughtering The
resident inspectors and deputies are to
be appointed and the inspection in force
in all counties of the state having more
than 1000 inhabitants and in all oitiaS
and villages of more than 1000 inhab-
itants outside the large counties. IN
spectors and deputies are to pass an
examination as to qualifications Own
erS of cattle, sheep or swine desiring
to have them slaughtered for food pur-
poses are to notify local inspectors and
have the animals inspected before and
after slaughter 1t is made the duty of
Inspectors to make double examination.
whether the owners request or not If
the animal is diseased. the inspector is
to condemn 1t, and the carcass is to be
burned, buried or rendered Each ami
NAL examined or piece of meat passed
by the Inspector is to be tagged as hav-
Ing passed inspection, and the inspec-
tors are to keep record and make
weekly report of fees collected to the
state board of health The fees under
the act are: For cattle, 10 cents before
slaughter aud 5 cents after; sheep and
swine, 8 cents before and cents after:
for cattle inspected only after slaugh-
ter, 20 cents, and for sheep and swine
after slaughter, 10 cents; for each 100
pounds of beef not marked as having
been inspected, cents, and for each
LOG pounds Of pork, mutton, lamb veal
or smoked meats not marked as hav-
ing been inspected, 10 cents. Seventy
per cent of all fees collected by any in