The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-06

There were but three house bills on the
house calendar Yesterday. the other nine
teen being senate files After the house
measures had been disposed of the work
of clearing off the senate bills was COM
menced and at o'clock all Of the senate
bills had been disposed of, eighteen being
passed and one defeated
The house then went into the COM
mittee of the whole and put in two hours
on the game and fish bill, which amends
the present law in several particulars.
There was considerable debate over the
bill. Mr.. Foss (Rep.), of Grant insisting
that the poor farmers be given
chance to catch fish all the year round II
they so desired.
The principal changes made in the law
are that spring shooting is restored and
actual hunters are allowed to shoot ducks
and other aquatic fowl, but none can be
offered for sale or sold. The season for
deer is changed from Oct Is to Nov. Is
to Nov. and Nov. 20 and no venison can
be sold in the first five days Of the open
season. The license section limits the
shooting to elk, deer, caribou and moose
and makes the license SIS for non-resi-
dent hunters and Is cents for resident
hunters.
AS amended the bill was recommended
to pass.
STREET RAILWAY BILL.
The fifth of the series Of bills relating
to proposed interurban street railway
lines was passed by the house yesterday
under suspension of the rules. The hill,
H. F. 372. by Mr. Hillary (Rep.), Of Wash
ington, reads as follows:
Section l. "AnV cornora fiop apj1o1
under the laws of this state, for the pur-
pose of constructing street railway in
this state, wholly or partly without the
limits of any city or cities shall have the
right to acquire and occupy private right
Of way throughout any portion of it's
route outside the limits of any city or
cities whenever deemed necessary by
such corporation, and for that purpose
shall have the power to exercise the right
Of eminent domain, including the crossing
Of intervening highways when necessary,
and the provisions of section 1905 to 2616
both inclusive, and section 2642, Statutes
of Minnesota 1894, so far as consistent
herewith, shall apply to and govern the
exercise of such right"
Section 2. Every corporation availing
itself OF the provisions Of this act shall
thereby become subject to the laws Of
this state, relating to the board of rail-
road and warehouse commissioners, 80
far as concerns the traffic which such
corporation is or may hereafter be au-
thorized by its articles of Incorporation
or by law to engage in
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
TO GOVERN CHILDREN.
Bills by Senators Potter and Snyder, of
Hennepin, were passed by the house yes
terday. The one by Senator Potter pro-
vides for the employment Of truant Of
ficers in school districts, the official to
be selected by the school boards at
salary fixed by the boards.
The one by Senator Snyder provides
for the appointment In each county with
more than $4,000 inhabitants of a proba-
ton officer. The official is to be nomi-
mated by the state board of charities and
corrections and confirmed by the judges
Of the district court in the county Judges
in any court of record may stay execu-
ton of sentence in cases where children
under Is years have been convicted OF vio-
lations Of ordinances, incorrigibility or
vagrancy, for one year and commit the
child to the care of the probation officer.
The salary of the probation officer is
to be $500 in counties Of more than 100, 900
Inhabitants, and $500 in counties of less
than that number, and is to be paid out
of the county funds.