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In the House.
st. Paul, Feb. 5.--Eighty-se law
makers Of the lower house answered
the first roll call OF the week last night
and settled down to IAN hours work
which encompassed the passage OF
three bills.
Mr.. Dunn of Ramsey introduced q
bill authorizing the acquisition OF
lands for park purposes by the park
boards of cities having population Of
$4,000 or more.
The bill for the repeal of the broad
wagon tire law was passed with but
two negative votes.
Mr.. Sweets bill fixing the maximum
penalty for kidnapping at twenty years
imprisonment passed without opposi-
ton, and the memorial to congress ask
ing for constitutional convention to
draft an amendment comforting upon
congress the power to define, regulate,
control or dissolve trusts and monopo-
lies met similar fate.
st. Paul Feb. 6.--seven bills were
recommended to pass by the senate
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the most important being the Wilson
bill for an act proposing a convention
to revise the state constitution. Three
bills We're passed, the substitute plll
relating to records Of log marks
Representative Jaekson's bill relating
to chattel mortgages and the Wilson
bill relating to re-entry by landlords.
The senate refused by vote Of
90 to 10, to dispense with the services
Of ]. s. Vandiver as clerk Of the senate
section of the reapportionment COM
mittee.
In the Honse.
& That the veterans of the soldiers
home are suffering for the lack OF
coats which the board of trustees has
not funds to buy them with, was
brought to the attention Of the house
lin resolution by j. A. Peterson Of
Hennepin, which was passed after
some objection by Mr.. jacobson, who
wanted it referred to the committee on
soldiers home. New bills introduced
provide for poll tax on dogs, an in-3
crease in the bounty paid for female
wolves, to abolish days of grace and,
for / constitutional amendment max
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state school fund in bonds Of school
districts. An insurance bill by Mr..
Morris provides for the organization
of companies on the stipulated pre-
miuE1 plan.
In the Senate.
st. Paul, Feb. 7.--Senator DAILY of
Otter Tail county yesterday intro
duced an antitrust bill. The bill de-
elares illegal all combinations for the
purpose of controlling the price Of
any article, makes prosecution the,
duty of the attorney general or any
county attorney, and provides that
any one suffering from such combi-
nation shall recover three-fold dam-
ages. sl 5ss
Senator Thompson introduced an
important bill for the entire revision
of the state insurance laws, correcting
all omissions and errors. Senator.
Somerville presented an insurance bill
permitting district court to appoint
three referees to arbitrate disputed
sadjustm ents. I III III j5
Senator Halyerson presented bill
raising the age Of consent from sixteen
to eighteen. tstt u.s.; M t5 IL. Al
Senator Snyder presented an impor-5
tant civil service bill for cities Of over
$4,000 inhabitants. controlling APP
pointive employees.
Senator Miller again introduced a.
resolution to dispense with the services
of J.. S. Vandiver as clerk of the sem
ate reapportionmsnt committee. Un-.
der the rules the resolution must lay
over a day. Senator Daugherty gave
notice of debate.
Senator Golfers bill establishing
standard central time as legal time Of
Minnesota, was passed. 81
In the House.
Representative George Fl. Laybourn
of ST. Louis county entered a protest
against the shelving of his bill pro-
viding for 3 mill annual tax for
normal school purposes.
Tho action of the committee was
sustained by a vote Of 46 to &C., on Mr..
Laybourns motion that the report Of
the committee be laid on the table.
Mr.. Deming managed to save one of
his three bills pertaining to redemp-
tions after delinquent tax sales SO far
as to have it printed and placed on
general orders. 81 rs
Mr. Plownan secured the reference
of his bill for the taxation of non
resident mortgages to the judiciary
committee, but Mr.. Deming's other
bills, with the Schurman bill to in
crease the personal property exemp-
ton to $500, fell by the wayside.
The new bills include the Hemp
stead measure for a state sanitarium
for consumptives, the new insurance
code by Mr.. Laybourn, and civil SER.
vice commission to control appoint
ments in cities of over 1900 popula-
ton, to regulate the sale of renovated
butter, and to prevent the spread OF
disease among domestic animals.
Mr.. Moves introduced a bill appro-
priating $1,000, or as much thereof as
might be necessary for the purchase
of a portrait Of Former Gov. Alexander
Ramsey.
The bill to abolish the fee system in
the state oil inspectors office and fix
ing salary of $2,400 for that officer
was recommended to pass in commit
tee of the whole.
In the Senate.
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