Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-07
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
A"s Iran"acttons of the Lawmakers at
b. Pa"i---A Short Summary OF
the Regular Routine

the Regular Routine
r,o St. Paul. Feb. p:
Inc senate passed the following bills: !
10 repeal the corrupt practice law.
ing 1g at the pr mary election and signing !
the petition of an independent candidate. |
70 authorize the probate court to ap-
point special guardians.
To prevent the destruction Of crops by
grasshoppers.
TO require the fling of wills relating to
To. provide that stockholders holding
one third of the stock of corporation
may may call an annual meeting where none
has been held for two years.
10 allow religious corporations to ac-
quire and dispose of cemetery lands
Jointly or separately.
blennially in school districts containing
more than ten townships:
The senate passed the following:
Allowing mutual retail hardware deal
ers hre insurance companies to insure
dwelling houses and contents owned and
occupied; ns'1I by owners of hardware stocks
insured in such companies.
Adding 24O acres in Hubbard county to
the ltasca state park.
Providing a fee Of IS for court commits
SlOners for the examination and commit
ment Of insane persons.
Prohlbltlng common carriers from in
regh Wtho%t te Wrten Of
the railroad and warehouse commission.
Amending the law relating to appeal
from the probate court.
St. Paul. Feb. Ex-senator H. F. Bark
er's bill raising the standard for the APP
portlonment Of state school aid among
cussion IN the senate committee as
whole yesterday.
The senate committee on hospitals for
the insane yesterday decided to recon-
mend for indefinite postponement Sen
ator Charles Johnsons measure estab-
fishing an eight-hour day for nurses and
The senate committee on labor and la
Dor laws Yesterday approved Senator A.
r; Fetrls' measure, providing that no To-
duty on an engine longer than fourteen
hours without an opportunity to rest
Sesterday bin Of to pTo-
hibit any hunter from entering or allow
his hunting dog to enter land on which
out the permission of the owner Of the
Representative ]. R. Randall. Of Duluth.
yesterday introduced bill recurring ev-
cry school district in the state to own
a United States flag for each school house.
which shall be displayed on a suitable
| staff in the assembly room each day
| the school is in session.
st. Paul, March 2.-The board Of con-
troll fight will be a special order in both
the house and the senate this week. The
measures to be discussed are identical in
Of fnn tsa from the iS
university, the state normal schools, the
schools at Faribault for the blind and
deaf and the state public school at Owat-
| onna
An effort may be made to remove SIM
ply the state university from the board
Each Of the other institutions. however.
has a following which will vote against
letting any institution ~ 10 out unless al go,
enough to control the action Of both
| branches Of the legislature.
The house now has before it 487 bills,
fully third more than at this time two
| years ago, and the committees will be
busy from now until the end Of the ses-
sion, which will probably be about April
| 15
The Fosseen bill to codify the health
| and sanitary laws Of the state and ex-
plicity providing for compulsory vaccina-
iteadvisable, and the Gregory bin to for
bid compulsory vaccination will be consid
cred as special sno order in IT. the house the
will have almost no opposition, except as
to the vaccination section.
St. Paul, March 3.-The state railroad
senate yesterday it's report in response to
the resolution passed at the special ses-
| sion ordering an investigation of the pas
senger rates in Minnesota, with view
to ordering a reduction Of the rates if
feasible. The commissions that in view Of
the conditions in Minnesota, the passen-
|
Senator A. V. Rieke. Of Fairfax, intro
| duced bill to regulate the eSta blish-
ment and maintenance Of public libraries
laws avs With several an1endments. 's
Representative A. L. Cole, Of Walker
yesterday introduced a resolution taking
Minnesota. The resolution seeks to pro-
hibit non-taxpayers from voting on bond
| issues.
A bill authorizing the use Of voting ma
| chimes at all elections in Minnesota was
introduced in the house by Representa-
tive George W. Armstrong, Of Mime
apolis.
The house committee on public health
yesterday considered the bill of Senator
William Harrington, of Mcleod county.
relating to the standard of purity for
left at AZ per cent by weight and that of
solids at per cent.
A non-partisan state board of railroad
and warehouse commissioners, nominated
| at the primary election and elected by
the people. is provided for in Dill intro.
duced by Representative A. L. Cole, Of
Walker, chairman of the house committee
The house received an opinion from
holds constitutional the Dorsey. bill, al
| lowing claimants Of sugar bounties under
| the law of 1895 to bring action against the
state to recover the amount they claim Is
The bills introduced by Representative
A. J. Lohren, Of Waseca, and Senator A.
| b. Cole, or ferguS rams, establishing
bounty for killing wolves, were referred
to a special committee.
| St. Paul, March 4.-The senate COM
mittee on finance yesterday decided to
recommend for passage Senator G. b.
Minnesota exhibit at the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition. The measure repeats
the the. law passed at the o special session OF
Senator A. r. McGills bill to create q
state art society for the promotion Of art,
for passage. The bill originally carried
an annual appropriation of: $4,000, which
was reduced to $4,000 by the finance COM
I mittee. ~'.--. -.
"A Bill compelling railroads to issue