The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-17
PASSED MANY BILLS.
Upper House of the LegiSla-
ture DispoSes of Fully a
Score of Measures.
TO LET THE YoUNGERs GO
That Said to Be the Effect OF
a Bill Introduced by Will
son of Hennepin.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 1.-The senate made
record for itself yesterday, passing
score of measures. The bills We're
mainly local and very little debate was
INDUCED in. The list follows:
S. F. Relating to annual meetings
of county commissioners.
S. F. 157-- Relating to return on APP
peal from Judgment, order or decree
of the probate court.
S. F. 43-To authorize and empower
villages under certain circumstances to
issue bonds for the payment OF their
outstanding Indebtedness.
H. F. 59-Providing for the reim-
bursement of counties in which insane
persons are examined or committed TO
state hospital and whose residence is I'D
another county in the state.
H.. F. 22-To enable and authorize
cities having population of 10000 OF
less to issue certificates of Indebtedness
in certain cases.
H. F. 46-Providing for the election
of assessors in incorporated villages.
ST. 111-To amend the new capitol
act by making the amount reserved on
contracts discretionary with the capitol
commission.
S. F. 63-Making Jurors fees in JUS
tice courts the same as in district
courts.
S. F. 177-To legalize and validate re-
ports acknowledged by bank officials.
S. F. distinguishing the levying of
taxes by county commissioners in coun-
ties over 100000.
ST. 95-Defning the crime of forgery
in the third degree.
S. F. 66-Authorizing all villages in
corporated under General Laws to con-
struct and repair sidewalks.
S. F. 122-Relating to the establish
ment of section and meander posts I'M
der the direction and authority of the
county commissioners.
S. F. 19S-Fixing salaries of Henne-
pin county commissioners at 81 200 per
year.
S. F. 199-Directing the county sur
veyor in Hennepin county to superin-
tend the opening, construction and i'm
provement of county roads and bridges.
S. F. Officiating to courts of justice
of the peace.
H. F. 62-Relating to school meetings
in common school districts.
In the Interest of the Youngers.
One of the features of the introduce
ton of bills was measure sent IN by
Senator Wilson alleged to be in the in
terest of the Younger brothers now con-
fined in the Saltwater penitentiary. The
bill provides that any life convict who
had served full 20 years, obeying the
rules of the prison, may be paroled by
the board of managers of the institu
ton. The usual rules governing a
paroled prisoner are amended IN this
case so as to permit the prisoner to go
out of the state, the board having the
power to extend or reduce the geo.
graphical limits of the parole at its will.
There are only three prisoners at the
state prison, it is said, to whom the bill,
if passed, can possibly apply now.
These are James and Thomas Coleman
Younger, sent up from Rice county
Nov. 20, 1876, for their completely in
the famous Mortified bank robbery,
and Frank johnson, sent from Henne
pin county April II of the same year.
Lieutenant Governor Smith appointed
as the committee to draft new medical
bill Senators Reeves of Pope, Horton of
Ramsey, Greer of Wabasha, Jepson of
Hennepin and Schaller of Dakota.
Senator Horton of Ramsey secured a
favorable recommendation for his bill
TO permit the caplroI appropriation TO
continue beyond the original 10-year
limit, provided that it shall not expend
more than $4,000, 900 in all.