The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-09

panies and introduced bill to tax them
nve per cent on their gross earnings.
Enc State Agricultural society had a bill
introduced INT appropriating $4,000 to build
an agricultural hall and an amphitheater
for the display Of live stock.
Senator Grindeland has decided to amend
MS commission men bill by eliminating
the requirement of bond and the re-
cording of the day, hour and minute
when sales are made. The bill still places
the commission under the charge Of the
railroad and warehouse commission to Be
investigated by them at their pleasure.
Senator Rowerud is the author Of re-
form measures. He added to his bill for
bidding Sunday theatrical entertainments
by introducing another, making 1t a
m1sdemeanor to sell or give away liquor
on Sunday.
notwithstanding the judiciary COM
mittee reported against the bill making
the insurance, labor and dairy commits
sioners elective Offices, and also the office
OF superintendent of public instruction,
senator Ryder got it sent to the COM
m1ttee OF the whole and It may be saved
by the action of the entire senate This
IS one OF the bills which has cropped out
because the governor, who makes the ap-
polntments, differs politically from the
legislature. The judiciary committee,
however. recommended the bin to pass
which provides for the election Of rail-
road commissioners. It seems probable
that this bill will become a law.
Ihere was hot contest in the house
over the bill making it misdemeanor
to throw bottles, barbed wire or any
other Objectionable articles upon cycle
paths. 1t was finally recommended to
pass, but not until the country members
had declared their hostility to the wheel,
"A bill introduced in the house COM
pelilng railroads to run daily trains over
STUB and branch lines is being strongly
opposed by the railroads. They say they
Will tear up their tracks going to many
places If such a bill becomes a law, as
they cannot afford to operate them daily.
st. Paul, Feb. 6.-This time it was the
House that took Saturday recess and
only the Senate was in session. The In
teresting feature of the session was the
debate in committee of the whole over
the Sonfervtlle corporation bill. This bill
is aimed at foreign corporations, and re-
quires them to pay the Incorporation fees
asked of domestic companies. This will
amount to $525 on a million dollars cap
ital AS this applies to insurance COM
panies it will create quite a revenue. 1t
also requires them maintain a business
office and a resident agent. The bill is
not only to apply to all foreign corpora
tions who come into the State hereafter
but to all who have come in since 1889.
when the original fee bill was enacted.
The only exception made was exemptfns
the shipping and steamboat companies
who do business at Duluth. The bill was
recommended so strongly to pass that IT
is sure of going through the Senate in a
day or two.
The osteopathy bills were made debata-
bic on Wednesday afternoon.
Ortonville, the county seat of Big Stone
county, is so near the line that it has
grown over into Lac qui Parle county.
and bill to take a slice off from Lac
qui Parle and give it to Big Stone was
offered.
Only one bill was passed and that re-
quires that the whole head of a wolf
must be presented to get the bounty,
instead Of the pelt alone.