The Worthington advance., 1901-03-01

are ", 600 or moro %peflyeAF, to be kept
open between trains and during all
business hours s5s. $55
Rather On odd bill was offered BY
Senator Thompson, which allows .
man who has served four consecutive
years in the Legislature 70 practice law
months Of which must be IN the Office
OF . reputable attorney. The bill is
supposed TO Be in the interest Of Sen.
.ator Knatvold. &. b III aS
y Another bill introduced allows man.
ufacturinR corporations to own more
than s, 600 acres OF land in the state.
At present Ill corporations are forbid
den owning morefthsn that amount of
land, but the Grass Twine company of
st. Paul needs . great many thousands
OF acres ofsswamp grass land to manu-
'facture twine. T. ..- .:<2< u
Senator Du Toit introduced bill
appropriating S1o. 900 for the purpose
Of erecting monuments on the posi-
tionsi occupied by Minnesota troops in
the attack on vicksburg in 1858.
= Another bill appropriates $7,eoo, to
give TO each high school in the state
800, to mako up for . deficiency In the
last appropriation, which gave them
$500, but only 500 were paid.
= There was quite q contention in the
house over the bill for constitu-'
tional amendment allowing the legisr
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 for
towns and counties and on cou3ty
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 S2
to s. per day and making their mile
age 10 cents . mile.
Speaker Dowling's bill increasing
the pay of county commissioners from
IS to 81 per day was passed.
There is evidently to be considerable
temperance agitation this winter, AZ .
bill was introduced in the senate ex-
tending the local option law of 1899 -
all cities in the state.
st. Paul, Minn., Feb. 22-The retail
grocers received a black eye in the
senate yesterday, as the bill reducing
the amount exempt from garnishee
proceedings lacked fivc votes of being
passed. As a little salve to the gro
GERS the bill allowing city and county
officials, other than school teachers,
to be garnisheed was recommended for
passage.
The "Bill for the relief of the Stand
ard Oil Company" was sent to the COM
mittee on illuminating oils. 1t has
been recommended to pass by the COM
mittee on illuminating oils. It has
been recommended to pass by the COM
mittee on retrenchment and from
there went to the committee Of the
whole. After that it will have to 20
to the finance committee and 1t may
be some before a vote on its passage is
reached. This is the bill placing the
state oil inspector on salary and
some of the senators are suspicious
that there is method in its delay.
A bill was offered in the senate maxi
ing two publications all that is neces-
sary for articles of incorporation and
allowing them to be printed in a paper
in the county where the corporation
is organized instead of at the capital.
The senate passed ten bills. all of mi
nor Importance.
The bill abolishing court commits
sioners provoked the most discussion
in the house and was finally recomend-
to pass. The most important bill in
troduced puts all live stock commis-
sion merchants under the supervision
and control of the railroad and ware
house commission.
Representative Peterson wants every
second class postoffice in the state to
have building and a memorial to con-
gress in favor of a federal buildings
for such Offices was passed.
Speaker Bowling introduced bill
taxing chattel mortgages and seed
grain notes.
Another bill offered abolishes the
chief grain inspector and gives the
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house commission.
As today is legal holiday, owing
to Washington's Birthday, and Satur-
day is the next day, day on which
no one likes to work (when working
for the state), both branches of the
legislature adjourned until Monday
evening. Monday evening nothing
will be done, so that it is practically
| an adjournment until Tuesday.
A PET FLAMINGO.
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