New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-25
In Ii the Legislature.

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n Speaker Dare aroused much interest
in the house Tuesday last week when lie
named the committee that is to investi
gate the state railroad and warehouse
commission, the grain inspection depart
ment and the twine factory now at the
state prison. The members of the com
mittee are as follows: Jacobson, Pugh
O'Neil!, Neubauer and Pennington.
| Senator Somerville introduced bill
in the senate last week which provides
that foreign corporations doing business
IN Minnesota accept exactly the same
conditions as home concerns. Foreign
companies must provide state public of.
fees aud maintain local agents upon
whom service in lawsuits can be gotten.
They must pay a license of $50 for the
first 1000 and SIS more for each $IO,-
900 additional, which fees ale the same
as those charged to home corporations.
The bill is considered to be of much i'm
portance and will have wide effect if
carried through.
The following appointments have been
made by Governor Lind and confirmed
by the senate:
Adjutant- general, George L. Lambert
of Ramsey comfy.
Superintendent of public instruction,
John H. Lewis of Dakota county.
Member of the board of managers for
hospitals for tile insane, Dir. A. w. Dan
iels of Nlcollet county.
Surveyor general of logs, Minneapolis
district, E.S. S.Corser of Hennepin county.
Surveyor-general of logs, Saltwater
district, e. J. Mosier of Washington
county.
There was some opposition by the
Minneapolis Press to the confirmation of
Corser's appointment but the Legislators
at St. Paul did not take it seriously.
The nomination was confirmed on a
viva voce ballot.
Two bills have been introduced in
the house which will show the railroads
how to ''cough up.' The first increases
the gross earnings tax and makes it 4
per cent instead of 8. The second cuts
railroads fares from cents per mile to
2t cents.
The Fosnes bill entitled "To change
the rule of evidence in certain cases.
was passed last week. The measure is of
much Importance and will effect hundreds
of settlers inCnlppewa, Swift, Stevens and
Big Stone counties. Settlers own much
land in these counties-remnants of the
Hastings & Dakota land grant of 1866
The title to the land being in dispute
the act was brought forth to protect the
settlers against Russell Sage. The Fl. &
broad wound mp Its affairs in '66. Three
years were allowed it to discharge it,
obligations. At the expiration Of tha
time an assignment was made to Russell
Sage and all the lands in question wer,
affected. Sage secured leases to th'
lands from the settlers in possession
The act provides that where possessor
of any of said land at the time dispute tn
landlords titles the fact that leases hav
been given shall be made no defense.
| Last Friday Mr.. Heimerdinger, B Iowl
county, made a stab at the railroads will
a bill making the practice Of blacklist
: ing discharged employees felony. TIL
fine provided is to be not less than $50
or more than $1,000. BY the wor,
"blacklisting" is meant the abominabl
practice Of injuring persons by verbal 0
written statements and thereby prevent
ing them from securing employment.
| Representative Fosnes, demo pop, IN
troduced a bill in the house Friday whic
) is important. He would prevent pei
. sons or corporations from suing on note
bonds, cts, unless said instrument ha
been listed among taxable properties.
The judiciary committee reported 0
: the Biermann deed last week. 1t recon
: mended that the attorney general immt
! dlately bring the matter into the court
The report recited that further legislatio
Z was not necessary. ...
1t appears that the company held til
a swamp land grant under special la
: which was approved March 5, 1856!
: The railroad was constructed accordin
e to requirements and at the time thel