The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-09

porat ions doing business IN. Minnesota
TO have a public Off ces or place ia this
state at which to tran sact Its business.
The real purpose Of the proposed law
is 70 place foreign corpo rati tons on the
same footing with regard to paying a
license for the right to do business in
the state as those ineorp orated in Min
snesota under the terms of the law OF
1889. The question was discussed
pro and con but no action was taken.
~ lumber Of other bills OF minor inn:
portance were disposed Of in commit
tee Of the whole. @ 4,
S#. q bill was passed to legalize certain
deeds, mortgages, satisfactiOns and re-
leases OF mortgages or other liens upon
lands, powers Of attorney and the rec
ords thereof, heretofore effectively .ex-
#ecuted, acknowledged or made.
The following bills were fntrod uced:
$ 10 prevent fraud in the sale of gar
den and grass seeds. To prohibit
theatrical plays, etc, on Sunday. - 10
legalize and make valid certain deeds
transferred by husband to wife.
The House.
The fact that the house went down
the line with it's list of general orders
and disposed of all the bills ready for
consideration, practically without de-
bate, may be taken as an evidence that
the committees are doing their work
with more care than usual. Fourteen
bills were recommended to pass and
one was killed, and the whole opera
ton consumed hardly an hour.
The most important bill Of the lot
hVy M r. III 11rp
that testimony be taken before the
railroad and warehouse commission,
may he certified into court upon appeal
and shall there have the force and eff.
feet Of evidence taken by the court.
The bill was recommended to pass.
The following bills were introduced:
Relating to clerk hire of probate
judges In certain cases. = Authorizing
pledges Of personal prc~crty to pur-
chase at public sales of :h property.
~ =. Establishing a board of appeals for
the inspection Of grain. To repeal
sections 1926 and 1927, General Stat
utes of 1894, relating to the deduction
Of Indebtedness from credits listed for
assessment. - To provide for the Sc
lection Of grand and petit jurors. = Re-
latiEg to work upon public highways.
= Providing for the selection of candi-
dates for election by popular vote.
+. st. Paul, Feb 4.-One of the pref
test senate fights OF the session is
that over the Somerville bill, placing
foreign corporations doing business in
Minnesota on an equal footing with
Minnesota concerns, requiring them to
establish a local business Office and
Zee, as provided by the law Of 1889,
when they file articles Of incorpora
ton. Senator Horton of Ramsey is
leading the fight against the measure,
ably supported by Senators Wilson
and Stockwell Of Hennepin, while Sen
ator Somerville is supporting the
measure. The bill is on general orders
and has been under consideration two
days. It occupied half day yesterday
and will be taken up again to-day, the
senate being unable to decide whether
to adopt or kill the measure.
The senate put in another busy day
yesterday, holding two sessions, and
will also work to-day. Among the
bills passed were the following: Il
Providing for the distribution in each
county to farmers by county auditors
OF the sugar beet seed now in posses
sion Of the state. To appropriate
money to defray the expenses of the
Minnesota exhibit at the Omaha ex-
position. = A bill FOR an act to author
ize counties to purchase land to be
used as agricultural fair grounds on
approval Of electors Of such county,
and to improve, sell and lease the
same. = Relating to the sale of for
felted property on tax sale and the
disposition Of the proceeds thereof. =
A bill for an act to repeal chapter PIT,
General Laws of 1895, entitled an act
to prevent corrupt practices in cleo
tons, etc. ~. ,.s.s.. a-
The following bills were introduced:
To prevent delivery Of liquor on the
Sabbath which has been sold the day
previous. Amending the law relating
to bonds given by contractors on pub
lie work. - Amending the law relating
to savings banks and fostering said
institutions. - Providing for a poll tax
on dogs. Providing for punishment Of
violators of law relating to non-sup-
port. = 10 erect live stock amphi-
theater at the state fair grounds.
~: The House.
The house put itself on record yes
terday afternoon in a manner diamet-
really opposed to the position taken
by the senate on the divorce for deser-
ton proposition. The issue was made
over Mr.. Fosnes' bill to increase the
period to three years The bill was
Identical with that offered by Senator
Wilson in the senate and which was
killed after hot fight. Before the bill
was. debated ut any length Mr.. Fosnes
offered an amendment making the
period two years. The amendment
prevailed by a vote of SO to 49, Mr..
Foss spoke briefly in favor Of the bill.
Mr.. Umland was opposed to it on the
ground that the present law was in the
interest of morality. Mr.. Deming took
the ground that the causes for divorce
We're too easy and too numerous He
offered two further amendments to the
bill and to existing law, one providing
that impotency to be a ground for di-
vorce must have existed before mar
riage and the other amending the i'm
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