The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-14
KICKED OVER TRACES
SENATE TURNS DOWN REPORT OF
RECEPTION COM
MTTTEE
SEVERAL BILLS INTRODUCED
Baldwin Would Tax Foreign Cor
pOratiOns-COunty Auditors
and Treasurers Have
q Hearing.

The senate reception committee
made its first report yesterday morning
after a considerable delay, and the first
thing the senate did was to overrule the
report The first portion of the report
recommended the indefinite postpone
ment of two bills that had been intro
duced. The authors of the bills objected
and the result was that they were re-
ferred to the proper standing commit
tee.
Although the senate at it's previous
meeting decided not to allow the en-
ployes mileage, another attempt was
made yesterday to secure this for them.
Senator McCusick moved that the mile
age resolution be reconsidered, but at
the suggestion of the senators in favor
of the move, the resolution was with
drawn until such time as it may have
a good chance Of passing.
There was more debate yesterday
morning than at any session since the
senators got down. to work. Senator
Benedict's bill to allow the Mankato
normal school to use the SIS, coo apro-
priated for heating plant and a library,
for the heating plant alone, was one that
was recommended for indefinite post
ponement by the reception committee.
Senator Benedict succeeded in having
this fate STAYED off, but only after con-
siderable discussion with Chairman Lord
of the reception committee and Chair
man Knatvold of the finance committee
who were both opposed to it. Senator
Benedict said that the lives of the stu
dents in the Mankato school were in
danger all the time with the present
heating system, and that the defect
should be remedied at once. In this ar
gument he was supported by Senators
Brewer Ives and DAILY. The bill was
finally referred to the finance commit
tee by vote of 80 to IT
one or two of the members of the
reception committee voted against the
action of their committee explaining
their votes by saying that they were
compelled by the rules under which they
were working to make a postponement
report, although they felt the bill should
not be thus treated.
Senator Baldwin introduced a bill pro
v1ding for the taxation of foreign corpo-
rations. which was referred to the tax
committee without any debate. The diff
ference of opinion between the Mime
apolis ice companies and the residents
OF Lake Calhoun were brought into the
senate by two bills, each of which was
referred to the reception committee.
Senator Smith introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the pollution of streams and
ponds or lakes within the limits of
cities Of 100000 inhabitants, and particu-
lar stress was laid on the sprinkling of
ice with OIL
No Ice Cutting.
Senator StockwelI came back with a
bill prohibiting the cutting Of ice on all
ponds and lakes within the city limits.
To do this Is to commit a misdemeanor
punishable by fine The latter bill nro-
yided that if passed it shall go into ef-
feet Oct /. 1902.
The senate tax committees assembled
lT1m66i2fRlV he i011V
senate to listen to the views of the coun-
~ treasurers and auditors. who spoke on
the administrative side of the question,
and how the proposed changes would
come into play in collecting and keeping
track of the taxes
County Treasurer Chris Schmidt or
Stearns county, was the first speaker.
He said that while some Of the smaller
counties would not object to the pro-
posed changes if changes were to be
made, that in the larger counties 1t was
feared that the changes would be i'm
practicable. The transfer of the work Of
collecting delinquent taxes from the
sheriff's office to the county treasurer's
office he did not think was good move
Tor several reasons. 1t would require the
treasurer to leave his office in the bust
est month of the year and make a trip
with team that would average at the
end some 1,500 miles. 1t would take very
much time and there was no adequate
provision made so that deputies might be
employed He stated that in his own
county there were APT delinquents, whose
taxes ranged from Is cents to $500. Like
wise there were S64 people whose sole
property was a dog. Collecting this dog
tax, the county treasurer thought, would
be losing proposition as when it came
to a question of preference between a
dollar and a dog the great majority
would side with the dollar and the county
would have a large supply of a various
breed of pups.
MetzdOrf Is Heard.
Z County Treasurer Metzdorf of Ramsey
county, was in favor Of allowing the law
to remain as it now is, so far as the
larger counties are concerned. he called
attention to the fact that there was no
provision made in the tax code for the
mileage for the county treasurer when
collecting the delinquent taxes, as the
sheriff now receives. and although he
was willing to believe that this was
merely the result Of an, oversight on the
part Of the tax commission, he contend
ed that it was one of the things that
should be remedied, otherwise there
would possibly be lack of county treas
urers.
County Auditor J. t. Brooks, Of Rem
vile county, spoke to some length on the
handling of the records of taxation. In
the beginning he stated that he was of