Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
\ Representative Lay bourn Says
. Duluth Land Company
u Using Money. U
DULL DAY N BOTH HOUSES
6enats Kills the Stookwell Bill
Providing for County Sup
port Of Insane.

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ont settled down to the consideration Of
the 80 bills On general orders, md at 8
o'clock when the house adjourned Al
had been considered and only IA recon.
mended for passage.
In the committee Of the whole there
was lively debate over tho passage Of
8. F.'s 854, 355 and $50. by Mr.. Baldwin
Dem.) of st. Louis. Tho bills were to
cure legislation passed in 1897 relating
to forfeited tax sales. Mr.. Laybourn
said large land company, which did
not want to have the law changed 80 as
to take in certain local assessments. had
lobbyists on the floor in the person Of
paid attorneys, endeavoring to defeat
the bills. Notwithstanding, they were
recommended to pass.
The bill providing for the publishing
and printing Of 10000 additional copies
Of the Legislative manual this year and
5000 biennially thereafter was recon-
mended to pass, also the bill changing
the law 80 that children only between
the ages Of 9 and 81 years can attend
school.
Mosning Session Festurslesa.
The morning session of the house was
featureless, save for brief debate over
H. F. 27G. by Mr.. Deming, drawn to
prevent the fraudulent assignment OF
wages. The bill was indefinitely post
poned by the committee OF the whole,
but afterwards, when the committee
rose, was replaced on general orders.
The Gutterson memorial to congress
was passed in amended form. AS it
stands, LeSueur becomes the head Of
navigation OF the Minnesota river, for
congress is asked to permit the con-
strucrion of bridges without draws at
this point.
On general orders q trio Of bills were
voted ON az follows:
II. F. 276, Deming-Top prevent fraud
ulent assignment OF wages. To pass as
amended. ...
5. F. 1876, Schaller-To fix the COM
sensation of trier in the district conrt.
To pass. .:T f. .r.-
S. +. $50, Coller-Relating to munic-
ipal courts in incorporated cities having
speculation of less than 5000 inhab-
itants. To pass. AT. Ii
several Claims Heavily Cat.
The committee on claims established
. I. record for itself by applying the knife
to half q dozen claims, the reduction in
some instances amounting to 5Oper cent.
Fl. F. 176, appropriating money to reim-
burse Frank A. Lemon for expenses in
Cured by him during the prison inves-
tigat1on of 1897 .98 was indefinitely post
,poned. The bill to appropriate $3.50 to
Mcleod and Lanoreaux, architects Of
the Minnesota building at Omaha. was
another victim of the official axe. i
The Jones bill, H. Il. 81, to repeal
t1at section Of the law which permits
an offset of credits against taxable
property, was advanced to general Or
ders and ordered printed after some de-
bate. 49,
An amendment of moment was made
10 the Knatvold bill, S. F. 300, making
It possible to levy Is mills for the main.
tenan~e of common schools. The law
reads today 8 mills; thes original bill
made the levy IL mills. -
STOCKWELL BILL KILLED.
u Provided That Counties support Their
Insane Patients.
The senate session was slimly at
tended and little interest was shown in
proceedings. Senator Stockwell's bill
providing that each county having pa
tents in any of the state hospitals for