The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
JUNKETS AS A BLOCK
ABSENCE OF THE MEMBERS PRE-
VENTS MARKED LEGISLATIVE
PROGRESS
HOUSE CONSIDERED EIGHT

Some Inroads Were Made on the
Lengthening Calendar, but the
Onward Course of Liquidation
Must for the Most Part Await the
Return of the Absentees Who
Are Now on VeriOus Junkets.
The house, with a slim attendance
day, but made but little Roadway with
business. OF the eight bills on the
| calendar three We're passed, two lost
and the others laid over until today
The bill introduced by Mr.. Heimer-
d1nger (Rop), of Brown, prohibiting the
practice of blacklisting and providing
a punishment, was defeated by vote
of 81 tc Is. Mr. FosS (Rep), of Grant,
changed his vote in order to move a
reconsideration.
The slim attendance was also reSpon-
sible for the defeat of H. T. 222, by
Mr. Elwell (Rep), Of AnOka, which pro-
vided for an annual appropriation of
81 900 to the Minnesota Stock Breeders
association. The vote on the bill was
So to &c.
The house passed S. F. so, by Mr..
GauseWitz CDem.), of Steele, amend
ing the act relating to the licensing Of
pharmacists.
The two more important changes
made by the bill are that in the flu
ture registered physicians will be re-
Quired to pass an examination before
pharmacists license will be issued to
them. The other provision confiscates
half of the S. deposited by applicants
for examination in case they do not
pass
-CORRECTS ONE 1897 MISTAKE.
Mr.. Laybourn (Rep.), of ST. Louis,
yesterday introduced three bills in the
| house, which are to prevent the loss
| to Duluth of something like half a
million dollars.
At the last session what was known
as the forfeited tax sale law was pass
ed, which applied to any counties with
80 mill delinquency tax. The law
applied only to ST. Louis, Pine, Kama
bee and Benton counties. The forfeit
ed tax sale law provided that In May,
1899, a forfeited tax sale should be held
following the regular tax sale. It now
turns out that the Duluth officials have
not been certifying the local assess
| ments, and that these obligations have
not been included In the tax judgments
rendered for the delinquent sale.
This makes it possible, under the law
as it now stands, to bid in property
for the amount Of the state tax, for
the reason that the local assessments
have not been entered up against the
holdings
Mr.. Laybourn insists that, if the
bills he offered are not passed, the law
will have to be repealed. The law
passed two years ago had worked eX-
actly the opposite to what had been
| expected. Instead of encouraging the
| payment of taxes, it invited the holders
of large property to not meet the taxes,
in the hope that in 1899 they would be
able to buy their property back for
the small sum represented by the state
tax. The failure to include municipal
assessments in the tax judgments
made it possible for the city to lose
about s500.0G0, and it was not the pur-
pose of the delegation Of the city tc
allow any such advantage to be taken
of the law.
All three bills offer amendments to
| the '97 law, and are designed to cure
it's defects. The first provides that
| when property is sold at the approach
ing forfeiture sale. it shall remain sub
ject to the municipal assessments. In
other words, the city is given a lien
upon the property for the amount OF
taxes. Notwithstanding the sale. The
second bill has been drawn with the
idea that prospective purchasers would
be encouraged by liberal conditions
/ surrounding the tax sales. Its chief
provision looks to a reimbursement o1
the purchaser with Z per cent Interest
on his money In any case where the
sale may be declared void. The third
bill permits the city council to com
promise such tax assessments as are
hopelesslv impossible of correction.
The bills went to the committee or
taxes and tax laws.
MUST NOT CATCH ON CARS.
I -
| Hennepin, was recommended for pass
age by the house in committee of the
whole. The bill makes 1t unlawful fol
any person other than passengers OF
employees to get on or off or attempt
to get on or off any street car while
in motion or being switched.
Mr.. Jacobson Rep.), of Lac qui Parle
held the bill simply acted as a bar fol
| street car companies. Mr.. DWinnel
said the bill had been handed him fol
Introduction, and was aimed to keeI
small boys from catching rides or
street cars.
JACOBSON FACED ABOUT.
Mr.. Heimerdinger's bill to reimburse
DR.. ]. S. Schoch, Of New Ulm, to the
amount of $235 for expenses as mem.
Der of the state board Of medical ex-
aminers in 1895 was indefinitely post
pcred. 1t was called to the attention
of Mr.. Jacobson, chairman of the com
mittee, that two years ago he hat
voted to pay the other four members
of the board their expenses. Mr. ia
cobson retorted that, because a mis-
take had been made at one session
there was no need to repeat it at the
next one. The law, he said, provided
that the members of the board be PAID
expenses from the fees collected ant
DR.. Schoch had no legal claim agains
the state. The report of the COMMITTEES
was adopted by vote of 26 to %.
PRISON INVESTIGATORS WAIT.
The bill providing for the paymen
of $500 each to the three commission
ers who conducted the state prison
by the committee on claims, with the
statement that there was no money
to pay the claim. 1t was referred t.
the committee on appropriations.
FOR MNAMARA'S HAND
H. F. IS, providing for the paymen
Of $1,000 to w. r. Mcnamara, wa.
amended by the committee on claims
so as to make the amount $4,000. Thu
money is to be paid $1,000 after tn,
passage Of the bill and $25 per month
for the next ten years. McNamars
was totally disabled while firing a sa
lutte when the Thirteenth Minnesota
volunteers left st. Paul last spring
The bill as amended was sent to tn,
committee on appropriations.
ANOTHER CHUCK SILENCED.
H. F. 1874 by Mr. DwinnelI Ren1 n