Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-27
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| the normal scnools at Winona, Man
kato, st. Cloud, Moorhead and Dnlntb
was introduced. The amount ammo
! priated is $214.O0o, Of which $40. 600 Is
for new building at Winona. ss7. 600
for building at St Cloud. and $40 600
for new building at Moorhead.
| Another bill of Importance Offered
in the house transfers SIS, 900 from the
general revenue fund every two wears
to the road and bridge fund,
| A joint session of the senate and
house was held to pay tribute to the
late Senator C. K. Davis. Eloouent
eulogies were pronounced by Lieut..
Gov. Smith, Senators Snyder, Meow
ern and Mccarthy. and Representatives
Roberts, Hurd, Riley and Pennington
| st. Paul, Feb. 20:-The' bill offered
at the instance of the State Grocers,
association was the leading feature in
the session of the senate Yesterday
The bill allows mans wages above
50 per week to be garnisheed. This
does not really reduce the amount
which was before exempt, but allows
the garnishee to be made weekly.
There was good deal of opposition
to it, on the ground that the WORKING
men should be protected, but the bill
was finally recommended to pass nv
80 to &c.
! The other bone of contention was
the bill cutting down the fees OF coun-
t. clerks. The bill has been having
pretty plain sailing, but the clerks
have seemingly rallied to protect their
Interests, and the bill went over with
out any vote indicating its strength.
The house spent its entire time in
committee of the whole and almost all
of that time was devoted to discussing
Speaker Dowling's bill raising the paw
of county commissioners from So to 81
per day. The bill itself was not d.
rectly acted upon, but a motion to in
definitely postpone was defeated by 50
nays to 81 yeas, which indicates its
probable passage.
A bill was introduced putting all the
employees of the grain department un-
der civil service rules. A civil service
board is created by the bill. which is
to examine applicants for positions,
having fee of $40 day while on duty
and charging each applicant 81 for
being examined.
The greater portion of the legisla-
ture went to Red Wing in the after
noon to visit the state training school.
i St. Paul, Feb. 21.-The ate passed
! the bill creating tax commission bv
vote of so to 4. The negative votes
were cast by Senators knatvold, Nc.
| Govern, Viesselman and Schaller. The
commission is to consist of three mem.
bers with salary of So, 900 each and
appropriates $4,000 to pay the sala.
ries and expenses If the bill should
pass the house it would probably end
Representative Jacobson's bill increas.
ing the gross earnings tax on railroads
from to per cent. If that bill
should pass the house, the senate,
which killed similar bill two years
ago, would probably refuse to pass i,
on the ground that they had already
passed the tax commission bill, which
is to report law covering all kinds
of taxation. A possible deadlock be-
tween the two houses may occur anc
both bills be lost. but at present the
chances seem to favor the tax com
mission bill.
| Another commission was created b1
the senate by the passage of the JOIN,
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of one senator and two repre-
| sentatives to meet similar commits
sion from Wisconsin to agree upon {
plan for taxing the shipping interests
on Lake Superior.
The senate passed the house bill
Furnishing the crime of kidnapping
making the maximum penalty twenty
years imprisonment. 1t only lack!
the governors signature to become {
law.
A bill was introduced which require!
railroad stations, where the receipt.
are $4,000 or more per year. to be KEEP,
open between trains and during al
business hours.
| Rather an odd bill was offered by
Senator Thompson. which allows 3
man who has served four consecutive
years in the legislature to practice Law
after he has read law a year, 81,
months of which must be in the office
of reputable attorney. The bill i:
supposed to be in the interest of Sen
ator Knatvold.
Another bill introduced allows man
ufacturing corporations to own more
than 5000 acres of land in the state
At present all corporations are forbid
den owning more than that amount o.
land, but the Grass Irvine company O.
st. Paul needs great many thousand:
of acres of swamp grass land to manu-
facture Irvine.
Senator Du Toit introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 for the purpose
of erecting monuments on the posi-
tions occupied by Minnesota troops il
the attack on Vicksburg in 1868.
Another bill appropriates $1,000, t.
give to each high school in the state
500, to make up for deficiency in The
last appropriation. which gave then
$500, but only s70o-were paid.
There was quite contention in the
house over the bill for a constitu'
tional amendment allowing the legis'
lature to fix the term of probate
judges at any number of years it may
see fit. After long debate the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
The bill making an eight-hour day
on public works was passed, after be-
! ing amended excepting work done fol
| towns and counties and on county
! roads.
The bill allowing country merchants
to indulge in auctions was indefinitely
postponed.
A bill was introduced increasing the
fees of grand and petit jurors from s.
! to So per day and making their mile
age 10 cents mile.