The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01

the grain against the actual owner
thereof. Persons making false state
ments regarding the contents of eleva-
tors may be prosecuted for perjury
The law, if enacted, would greatly
simplify the work of assessors in such
cities as Minneapolis and Duluth. 1t
is expected that considerable litigation
will result, and active opposition from
grain men generally is anticipated.
Senator Halvorson found that his
radical anti-cigarette bill was too far
reaching, promising to run afoul OF
int rstate commerce regulations and
has been obliged to amend it in one
essential particular. 1t seems to be
outside the power of the state to pro-
hlbit anyone from bringing cigarettes
into the state. He has therefore, pre-
pared new bill which simply pro-
hibits the sale or giving away Of the
coffin nails within the state.
Schwarg's anti cigarette bill does
not prohibit smoking cigarettes, but 1t
is unlimited in the amount of fine i'm
posed for selling or giving away cigar
cites or cigarette paper. The penalty
must not be less than $50, but can be
as high as the law allows the trial
judge to put it. That would mean
800 in the municipal court and any
thing that the district court might see
fit.
Persons who are so indiscreet as to
pay personal property taxes will be in
terested in Representative Schurman' s
bill to raise the amount of personal
property exempt from 500 to $500.
Senator Dart introduced bill ex-
tending to the country judicial dis
tricts, the right now enjoyed in the
larger cities by litigants, to the affi-
davit of prejudice and secure change
of venue when they have reason to be-
lieve the judge before whom case is
called may be prejudiced.
The joint committee on drainage
yesterday recommended the pass
age of bill appropriating $50. 900 for
bitches this year, and similar
amount for 1902, making 800, 600 {.
The bill applies to the whole state and
its provisions are the same as those
of the measure presented two years
ago.
Mr.. Deming, of Hennepin, if after
the people who have escaped paying
taxes in past years A bill of his re-
quires the county auditor to dig up
the past records and find property that
has escaped taxation in prior years
This land sa.he is to enter on the tax
lists for the amounts that should have
been collected before hand, and to add
seven per cent per annum for all the
time that has interviewed. 1t is liter
ally thing to make the tax dodger
afraid or the country auditor rich. But
there is one favored class and he is
the innocent purchaser. He is not to
be compelled to pay taxes accrued be-
fore his ownership if he has managed
| to get his deed on record.
A short session of the senate COM
mittee on labor was held this morning
to consider Senator McGowan's eight
hour law. 1t was decided that the
representatives of labor organizations
should be permitted to express their
views on the proposed measure and
the committee thereupon adjourned
until Tuesday at s pm.
Thisswill be an open meeting and
the labor leaders of the state are cor
daily invited to be present. The
meeting will be held in the senate
| chamber
Considerable attention was given
yesterday afternoon to Senator . nder
leaks bill providing for the appoint
ment of committee to revise the tax
laws of the state by the senate COM
mittee on taxes and tax laws. Audi
tor Dunn spent about an hour with
the committee pointing out it's most
serious defects There are divergent
views in the committee as to just
what direction the reform movement
should take. After all those present
had aired their opinions the bill was
referred to a subcommittee consisting
of Senators Underleak, Somerville and
| Greer to be redrafted