The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-14
BILLS INTRODUCED
Quite a Number Make Appear
anCe in the House.
Several of Them are Passed.---Repre-
sentative Nyquist Wants the Dog
Tax Repealed.

st. Paul, Feb. S.-A grist of new
bills was dropped into the hopper OF
the legislative mill in the Minnesota
house of representatives yesterday.
Three were ground through in short
order-one appropriating $40, 600 to pay
the expenses of the session, one intro
duced by Representative Riley, fixing
the dates for the meeting of the Sew
enth district court in Jackson county,
and one introduced by Speaker BOWL
ing, curing law making an appro-
priation over Hawk creek, in Renville
county.
For these measures, the rules were
suspended, and they slid through by
the unanimous vote of the ninety-one
members in the chamber.
Representative Nyquist, of Blue
Earth county. offered bill repeal ng
the dog tax law and he wanted the
same privilege for that, that had been
accorded those passed. He WAS getting
along swimmingly, when it dawned
upon the legislators that it was not
local legislation, nor yet an appropri-
alton of funds for the Legislature, and
it was speedily referred.
J. G. Sweet of Hennepin, offered a
resolution providing that the members
of the tax commission be invited to
the hearings on the tax code bill.
Mr.. Lsybourn of Duluth gave notice
of debate. and the resolution went over
under the rules until today.
Speaker Bowling introduced a bill
to amend section 275, of the general
laws of the state for 1901. Its object
is to provide a means for determining
the heirship to the government home
stead oe a deceased homestead settler
in cases where the heirs make the final
proof and to assign the homestead land
and make record of it.
He also offered bill to authorize
villages in Minnesota to issue bonds to
take up floating indie btedness.
A third bill, introduced by the
speaker, is intended to legalize certain
floating Indebtedness in villages, and
authorizing the issue of bonds to re-
fund it.
Representative E. F. Afford of st.
Louis, introduced a bill amending the
primary election law relating to cleo
ion districts in counties, so as to make
the first day of registration coincide
with the date of the primary.
Mr.. Burns of Fillmore offered bill
amending section 1, chapter 46, of the
general laws, relating to highways in
townships. 1t makes the levying of
pole tax or the election of overseers
optional each year with the voters of
each township, and places the repair
and construction of roads in such
townships in the hands of the super
visors.
]. 81. Morley of Steele introduced a
measure amending section 10, of chap
ter 2l6 of the general laws of 1S1, re-
lsting to elections. 1t provides that:
"The polls in several election dis
tricts in towns, villages and cities of
less than 1000 inhabitants. shall be
opened at o'clock in the morning
and kept open until o'clock at night.
sin cities of 4, 900 or more, and
less than 12, 600, the polls shall be open
at clock in the morning and shall
be kept open until 6 O'Clock in the
afternoon. . .
SIN cities of IL, 900 aud over, the
polls shall be opened at o'clock in
the morning and remain open until
8 o'clock at night