The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

= Minnesota's internal improvement fund
!. was cut up by the legislature this morn
ing and the slices ranging from $3.50 to
8 50 900. Some legislators received several
small segments of the pie while others got
+ theirs in one big piece. Sherburne county
\ received s3,5OO, of which $4,000 was
toward a bridge across the Mississippi.
: Roseau county's share was $4,000.
4 AS, a general proposition, the newer
4 counties received the larger amounts.
Ordinarily the average to each senator
I was about $1,000, but the seven Henne-
! pin county senators get only $1,000 for the
8 whole county. The road and bridge bills
+ introduced in both houses of the legisla-
s ture numbered about $50 and called for an
s appropriation of 1921, 900. AS there was
z only $61,050 in the fund the items were
{ perforce cut down; the internal fund Is
+ apportioned among the various counties as
: follows:
{ Anoka county, $4oo, two items; Aitkin, $500,
Becker. $500, three items; Benton. 81 900, one
b item; Beltrami. 81 900, one; Big Stone, $500,
4 two; Blue Earth and Nicollet, $4,000 three;
wa and Lac qui Parle, $500; Chippewa and Yel-
4 Clay. $500, one: Cottonwood. $500, one; Grow
! Wing, $500. two; Crow Wing and Morrison,
iR; baSota $500. one; Douglas 5000, two; Dodge,
:Faribanit, s4oo. one; Fillmore, $500; Free
S ons n. erfn tsfes
Isantl, $500, one; Itasca. $1,000, one. :,
Jackson; $500. one: Kanabee sss $500. two; Kandi
eui farie' s,'S; 500 o. two; f. sueur $780, three
te sueur and sedS Mic4le @ $780, one; Lincoln $500
4 Mcleod, $3.50, three: Marshall. 5000, one; Mar
ST. Morsseh wo MomeT
tive; Murray syo $500 ene Me:n,. seoo o,s+ad
Pine. $500, three Pipestone, $4oo; one; Polk
sRe9 tEo 81 Ss $4S f%a %ed Lake. $780,
500: three Rock $4eS: one; Rossau. s. 600 900,
sSe ont S.' thTee siSlsy'
S. oq soS s%Si6 S 2
Sasha' s. 'ooS; one: Wadesa; $500: one; Wasses
800. one: wilkin, $500. one; winona, 5000, two
Wright, $500, two; Yellow Medicine, $500.
81 : Hennepin Water Bonds.
The senate passed the Hennepin delega
tion bill authorizing the city council o
Minneapolis to issue bonds in the sum o
100000 for the extension of the waite
works system. The money is to be use
In laying pipe lines.
t.> These Bills Were Killed.
The Stevenson bill authorizing indepen
dent school districts to refund thei
bonded Indebtedness was executed at tn
suggestion of the committee on judiciar,
49, Mr.. Eandlan's measure amending tn
Sunday laws to permit the sale 0
Sunday of meats, groceries, dry goods
clothing and shoes received its death
= blow fro mthe committee on judiciar,
the finishing touches being added by tn
senate. - 80
. The Tighe bill, H. F. 715, providing fl
the nomination by petition of politic
candidates affiliating with parties, who
polled les than a 10 per cent vote at tt
preceding election was Indefinitely pos
!. poned. -.-.-.. sa r ga,
Tom Girling's cherished infant, H..
639, providing for the temporary tran
fer Of judges Of one district to other di
tricts under certain conditions was thro
tied by the hard-hearted Judiciary con
mittee and the senate approved Wi
great pleasure. .
=. The committee on judiciary impose
the death penalty on, the Jacobsen b
providing a method for changing tt
names of persons and for the registratit
of names with the register of deeds. tt
verdict was sustained by the senate.
Wells Conveyance Bill Passed. g..
After a sharp skirmish the Wells, hi
H. F. No. 342, lega.lizing conveyances
real property under the provisions of Sc
tions 101 and 102, chapter 1, laws Of 49,
was passed. The senate committee:
judiciary recommended this bill for i
definite postponement but Senator La
bourn declared that if the report w
!, r adopted every county would suffer m
terial loss by being compelled to refu