Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-14
PASSED MANY bills
3
Upper House Of the Legisla-
ture D,sposes OF Fully a
Score Of Measures.
TO LET THE YoUEeERs GO
That, Said to Be- tho Effect Of
: = Bill Introduced by VIII
~ son Of Hennepin.


. record for itself yesterday, passing
score Of measures. The bills were
mainly local and very little debate was
INDUCED in. The list follows:
s, F. 28-Relating to annual meetings
of county commissioners.
s. F.. l57 Relating to return on ap-
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 REIN"
bursement of counties in which insane
persons are examined or committed TO Il
state hospital and whose residence is in
another county in the state.
H. F. 22-To enable and authorize
cities having q population of 10000 or
less to issue certificates Of Indebtedness
in certain cases.
II. F. 46-Providing for tho election
of assessors in incorporated villages.
S. F. 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 Us in district
courts.
s. F. TITO legalize and validate re-
ports acknowledged by bank officials.
S. F. distinguishing the levying IF
taxes by county commissioners in coun-
ties over 100000.
ST. 5-Defning the crime of forgery
in the third degree.
S. F. 66-Authorizing all villages in
corporatcd under General Laws to con-
struct and repair sidewalks.
S. F. 122-Relating to tho establish
ment of section and meander posts I'M
der the direction and authority OF the
county commissioners.
s. F. 1YS-Fixing salaries of Henne-
pin county commissioners at 81 200 per
year.
S. F. l99-Directing the county sur
veyor in Hennepin county to superin.
tend the opening, const uction in-
provement of county roads and bridges.
s. r. y7-Relating to cOur 3 Of jusllce
of tue peace.
Ii. +. G2-Relating to school meetings
in common school districts.
In tho Interest Of the unEer~.
One of the features of the introduce
ton Of bills was 4 me, sure mt in by
Senator Wilson alleged to b in the i'll.
terest of the Younger b. others 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 insti;u-
ton. The usual rules governing a
paroled prisoner are amended in this
case 50 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,
it 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
a. the committee to draft u. new medical
bill Senators Reeves OF Pope, Horton of
Ramsey, Greer of Wabasha, Jepson Of
Hennepin aud Schaller of Dakota.
Senator Horton of Ramsey secured a
favorable recommendation for his bill
to permit the capitol appropriation to
continue beyond the original lO-year
limit, provided that it shall not expend
more than $2,OOO, 600 in all.