The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
NEAR THE END.
Some of the Closing Work OF
the Present Legislature.
Many Bills are Passed, While Many
Others are Slaughtered.-.-A
Tax Law Levy.

st. Paul, April 10. -There were four
teen bills on the senate calendar yes
terday. Only two were defeated, the
Potter medical bill and the Mallory
bill from the fraternal congress for a
law regulating the fraternal benefi-
ciary societies. Senator j. ID. Jones
said he thought the fraternal bill had
not received sufficient consideration.
Several other members were of the
same opinion, and in spite of Senator
Daughertys statement that Represen-
tative Mallory was member OF live
fraternities, and had found the bill
all right, it received only II votes.
Thirty-four were cast against 1T.
At the suggestion of Senators Hal
vorson and Schaller the vote by which
the Wilder bill, requiring that the
labels on baking podwer cans naming
the ingredients of the contents, be
printed in English, was reconsidered
and amended so as to take effect Aug.
/, instead of at once, and was then re-
passed.
The Ives bill, allowing the manufac-
ture and sale of cottolene, cottosuet
and lard substitutes under their true
name, was passed without opposition
Senator Underleak aroused Senator
Stockwell when he tried to amend the
house bill for detention hospitals, by
providing that the funds for their sup
port be taken from the general reve
nue. fund of the state instead of the
hospital fund. Mr.. Underleak said the
state hospitals had no money to spare
for this purpose. Senator Stockwell
said the amendment was designated
to kill the bill and protested against it,
Differences were settled by the adop-
ton Of substitute requiring cities in
which detention hospitals are located
to pay the expenses. The bill was
passed.
Senator McGovern found the Alley
bill, allowing county superintendent
to revoke the licenses of teachers, two
drastic and amended it by providing
that the licenses of teachers under
contract can be revoked only for cause,
to be determined by the courts The
bill was then lost, receiving only 81
votes, 80 being required There were
only 8 votes against the measure.
The tax levy for state revenue in
1902 will be IL mills the lowest in
the states history, and it is believed
that the present surplus will be in
creased to permit reduction to 1.2
mills for 1903.
The last bill of the session was in
troduced in the house Wednesday by
Mr.. Swanson. 1t carries an appropri
alton for state expenses for the bien
NAL period ending July 81, 1908, of
$780, 900. This will bring the total ex
pense for the two years up to So, $780,
0O0 The estimated revenue at 1.3
mills levy is Sc, 200, 600, which will
permit decrease of one-tenth in the
1908 levy and leave a surplus of $780,,
OO0
Minneapolis may have a special cleo
tion for the adoption of the next new
charter drafted. The }. A. Peterson
bill, as finally passed by both houses
today, provides that when 5 per cent
of the voters petition for a special cleo
tion the city council may, by two
thirds vote, call one to vote upon the
house, only required majority vote
of the council and the senate amended
it to require threefourtks. The con-
ference committee compromised on
two thirds vote.
The adoption of charter requires
four of all the votes cast at
that election. Heretofore but little
more than half those voting have voted
at all on the charter. The advantage
of special election is that all the
votes cast will be cast on the charter
proposition.
The Wilson bill to appropriate $40,
$685. Sc bounty to the st. Louis Park
sugar beet factory was defeated.
The Jackson bill making it felony
to abandon wife was passed after a
hot debate.
The Knatvold bill making each sena-
torial district an election district and
designed to break up the solid county
delegations in state conventions went
through without opposition.
The omnibus road and bridge bill,
carrying $34, 600 went through.
There were only eight votes against
the Lord bill prohibiting minors from
playing pool in public resorts.
The other measures passed were
chiefly local bills.
County attorneys must pay their
own expenses for travelling and other
purposes, as the house has killed the
Mccarthy bill to allow county COM
missioners to pay such expenses.
Mr. Sander and other members de-
clared it would open the door to all
kinds of expense accounts.