The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-25

provided for failure to comply with
the provisions of the measure It was
referred to the committee on general
legislation.
ANTI-TRAMP LAW.
Mr.. Schurman Rep.) of Ramsey, in
II. F. 1874 defines as tramps and va
grants male persons over sixteen years
who. without visible means to sustain
themselves, wander abroad and lodge
in groceries, beer houses, outhouses,
sheds or barns, or who beg on the
streets or from house to house Upon
convictions such persons are to be pun
ished by imprisonment not exceeding
ninety or less than thirty days
The concluding section of the bill ap-
pears to have reference to possible coll
fusion between officers and magistrates
regarding the on-puhishment of va
grants, for it reads as follows:
ANY officer who shall make or cause
to be made any complaint against any
person who he shall have reason to be-
lieve is guilty of an offense against the
provisions of this act, whereby lesser
offense is charged, shall be punished by
fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$500. Any officer or magistrate who
shall conspire with any other officer or
person for the purpose of increasing
the emoluments of his office or to
eVade the provisions of law concern
ing the arrest, trial and conviction of
persons charged with being tramps or
Migrants, or who shall encourage any
ttanlp or vagrant to come or remain
within his jurisdiction shall upon con-
viction thereof be punished by fine
of not less than $500 or more than $500,
or by imprisonment in the states pris-
on for not less than one year, or by
both fine and Imprisonment" District
q 1ifiYl ,,.tc hro T.
state are given concurrent jurisdiction
with justices of the peace OF the pro-
visions of the act. 1t went to the ju-
dietary committee.
TWINE BILL NO. T.
Another binding Irvine bill, the sew
enth of the house SERIES was intro
duced yesterday by Mr. Hymes (Rep),
of Olmsted. 1t provides the Irvine man
ufactured at the state prison shall be
sold at cost to residents of the state
No order is to be for more than 1000
pounds and only one order is allowed
the same person or association of per-
sons. If a purchase or attempt is made
to purchase Irvine for use outside the
state or more than the amount speci-
fled all orders are thereafter to be re-
fused the purchaser or attempted pur-
chaser The measure went to the COM
mittee on binding twine.
HISTORIES FOR VETERANS.
Five thousand copies of volume two,
Minnesota in the Civil and Indian
Wars are to be published if the bill
introduced by Mr.. Stevens Oem), of
Crow Wing, goes through. The sum of
$4,000 is appropriated for the publca-
ton and $500 to be used by the ad-
into of legS tot re in d:c+ ih,1t
ing the books. The author of the bill
said the measure was drafted at the
request of the old soldiers and it was
sent to the committee on military af-
fairs.
TO PREVENT MISAPPREHENSIO
Mr. Morris Rep.), of Hennepin, pro-
vides in H F. 147 that all insurance
companies doing business on the as
sessmeEt plan in the state shall have
Assessment plan printed in bold faced
type on the face of all policies, circu-
lars and applications. The insurance
committee will investigate.
MILEAGE BOOKS REQUIRED.
A bill by Nh Hymes Rep), of Ohm
sted makes it the duty of railroad
companies in the state to keep on sale
at all stations in towns of over 500 in
-hahitants mileage hooks. The books
are to be sold at $40 each, and the pur-
chaser and any member of his family
or all of them, are allowed to ride at
the same time on such mileage A fail
ure to comply on the part of the rail-
road company with the provision re-
garding the placing on sale of the
| books is to be punished by a $500 fine
for each offense, and every day the
company fails to keep the books on
10 je,, do To rff< rT,I..
measure went to the committee on
railroads.
RAISES IT A HALF.
Mr. Larson Rep.), gof Redwood, in
H. F. No 135, seeks toiincrease the APP
preparation for first grade rural schools
by providing $4,000 toIbe appropriated
for this purpose. Under the law of
1897 only $4,000 was appropriated
MISS GUYER NAMED.
A report of the legislative committee
recommending the appointment of an
assistant clerk and stenographer to the
judiciary committee was adopted. and
the speaker named Miss Harriet Guyer.
of Minneapolis, as such appointee.
ADOPTS FEDERAL PRACTICE.
The bill introduced by Senator
Thompson Rep.), of. Fillmore. and
passed by suspension of the rules, pre-
vides that civil actions must be prose-