The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-03-07
LAWMAKE

4 county commissioners, to construct and
maintain cycle paths along any street
or road. n 55
Representative Rich introduced a bill
appropriating 500, 400 for new buildings
and other improvements for the state
/ fair grounds. S
| An amendment proposed for the pure
! food law provides jail penalty of
| from thirty to ninety days where the
law now only provides fine.
| "A bill regulating corporations that
have not made settlement within five
years. whereby the proceedings may be
taken through the district court, in.
stead OF through the attorney general,
was introduced by Representative
Grass.
| In the Senate.
| Il Senator Snyder presented a bill to
appropriate S307,500 for the academic
| department of the state university. OF
| this sum $4,000 Is for new physics
| building, $4,000 for a new hall for
mines and mining, $500 for an artesian
well and the balance divided among.
| the various departments.
! Senator Gausewitz introduced q
measure to create a state immigration
board OF five, the governor and secre-
| tary OF state to be additional members
/ eX-officio. It's intent is to induce imlni~
grafton to unsettled lands Of the state
4 and cause their cultivation.
| Among the bills passed was that Of
| Senator Meilicke. making Illegal the
selling OF aquatic fowl in this state,
/ and also that of Senator Jepson, max
! ing 1t a crime of forgery in the third
degree to falsify a labor organization,
1 certificate or card.
| In the House.
st. Paul, March 2.--A bill to estab-
| lish a liquor dispensary system In
Minnesota similar to the South Caro-
| lima dispensary system in counties
| having no cities Of 10000 inhabitants
was introduced In the legislature yes
teriay by Representative Johnsrud.
| The bill provides that in those coun-
| ties having no cities of 10000 the ques-
| ton of granting liquor licenses within
I the counties shall be submitted to a
4 popular vote on the second Tuesday
| in March, 1902. II the county votes
against licenses, dispensaries may,
upon petition Of two-thirds of the
| voters be established in any city,
town or village within the county on
| and after May J., 1902. The proposed
/ dispensaries are to be stocked and
| controlled by the municipalities in
which they are located. Cities or
| towns of less than 10000 inhabitants
may maintain only one such establish
ment. The liquors dispensed are to
be sold in packages of not less than
one-half pint each, and all liquors
must before purchase for dispensation
have the approval of the state dairy
and food commission. The dispensaries
are to be under the control OF the city
or village councils. The bill, II enact
ed, would affect all the counties in the
i state except Ramsey, Hennepin, St.
! Louis. Wincna, Washington, Stearns
I and Blue Earth
The Jacobson resolution for joint
committee to investigate the sale or
/ the st. Paul & Duluth railroad to the
Northern Pacific was defeated In the
! house, The resolution was not de-
/ feated without q bitter struggle, in
4 Which the leaders on both sides ex-
| changed remarks caustic rather than
complimentary.
| Representative Rich of Ramsey In
\
, of members Of the railroad and ware
house commission from $4,000 to 5000
per year. s5 ~ .-.a
! 'gf5 In the Senate. .l< .
! The opponents Of the Burns tele-
| phone bill won victory in the senate
! in preventing its passage, and refer
/ ring it to committee consisting of
| the delegation of the three large cities
and Senator Thompson for revision.
| All the road and bridge bills. before
| the senate were killed on the recon-
mendation of Chairman Underleak OF
I the roads and bridge committee. The
action was taken on an opinion OF the
attorney general holding such' appro-
! priations invalid.
Senator Jepson introduced bill
fixing coroners' fees at the, rate al
| lowed sheriffs. For viewing body the
coroner Is to be allowed SIS and for an
! inquest SO. Mileage at TO- cents mile
! Is; alloWaa. ..n.
| Senator McGovern introduced a bill
prohibiting the use of torches in spear
ing or catching fish.
| The state library Is given $500 for
| 1901 and every year thereafter by
bill Senator McGovern introduced.
The Hunt wolf bounty bill passed
the senate without opposition.
4#I a,5a In the Senate.