The Ely miner., 1903-04-17
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
Ths Transactions nf the Lawmakers at
81 Paula Short Summary of
the lteg ular Routine.

Thu Transactiona or the Lawmakers at
81. raui.---A Short Summary of
the Iieg ular Routine
bill was recommended for passage by the
senate yesterday.
The Dorsey anti-bucket shop bill was
finally and formally introduced into the
house, was placed on general orders and
then referred to the judiciary committee
which is to pass on it's constitutionality.
Among the bills passed by the house
We're the Peterson BILL making it mis-
demeanor for any one not an employe or
the owner or his agent to sweep out grain
cars; the Wilson bill. relating to abandon
ment of wife and children, and the Tighe
bill. authorizing cities of over $4,000 in
habitantS to build sidewalks and assess
abutting property without a petition.
the ps fba on the senate
the surveyor of logs and lumber to inspect
and survey cedar posts poles and farm
poles, cedar electric light, telephone and
telegraph poles and to provide for the
compensation therefor; to amend section
l, chapter 312 general laws 1897, entitled,
An act to amend section 2, chapter los.
general laws 1895, relating to the sale and
lease of mineral and other lands belong
ing to the state of Minnesota
Senator Wilson's bill relieving holders
of stock in companies other than manu-
featuring companies from double liability
was passed.
L.
mittee of the whole yesterday recon-
mended to pass Representative Nils Ny
quist's bill to allow old soldiers to ''vend
and peddle goods, wares. fruits and mer-
Representative S. A. Nelson's measure
imposing a license fee on the sale of oleo-
margarine, butterine, or imitation butter,
wholesale or retail was one of four meas
ures recommended for passage by the
senate committee on public health.
The bill fixes the license for a whole
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at $48. The license is to be issued by the
State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
The committee. recommended for pas
sage Representative George NJ. Gillettes
bill requiring the State Dairy and Food
Commissioner to inspect all vinegar
brought into the state. The bill does not
apply to vinegar in less quantities than
fifty barrels containing from forty-five to
fifty-five gallons each.
Representative George E. Perley's
measure prohibiting the adulteration Of
favorabiy reported.
The house passed the following:
To limit the term of office of the field
and general officers of the national guard
To provide for the isolation of juveniles
charged with crime from adults so
charged, and to provide for the isolation
of said juveniles at their trial from pub
lie idle gaze.
Authorizing the organization of mutual
creamery fire insurance companies and
mutual dwelling house Insurance compa-
MES.
To amend chapter 25s of Ithe general
laws of 1901. an act providing for the
scribing the duties and power of country
commissioners mad other officers in the
premises and appropriating funds for the
payment of assessments against state
lands affected thereby.
The movement for a training school for
girls separate from the one at Red Wing
for girls and boys, was defeated yesterday
in the house.
st. Paul. April 10.-The senate yester-
day passed fifty bills, the largest number
General orders was taken up and no bills
were introduced. The senate will meet
at 10 o'clock this morning.
The senate indefinitely postponed the
bill by Representative H. w. Stone, of
Morris, which prohibits railroads from
raising rates without the consent of the
railroad and warehouse commission.
Senator Il. M. Pugh'S measure estab-
fishing civil service commission to ex-
anime grain inspectors was passed by the
senate by vote of thirty-two to seven
teen.
The senate judiciary committee will
recommend for passage, as amended, the
house judiciary committees bill propos-
ing constitutional amendment to the
taxation code. The bill to be reported Is
practically a new measure.
Representative j. III. Dorsey's bill au-
thorizing the Minnesota Sugar Company
to sue the state to test the validity OF the
sugar bounty law of 1895 was killed by
the senate yesterday by vote of 25 yeas
and 80 nays.
that it believes automobiles are too rich
a species of property to go in the exempt
class.
The house killed the bill by Ole Peter
son. of Nicollet county, creating a state
highway commission. 1t received fifty
four votes, six less than was necessary,
and there were fifty votes against it.
Seyerer tests of kerosene and new
facf eaS SOlina DrOVldod A.
Hinton, of Martin county. which the
house yesterday in committee of the
whole, recommended to pass In addl-
tion to the present tests on kerosene the
bill provides for a density test, requiring
that oil must not have more than 46 de-
grees Beaume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The investment of state school funds In
bonds issued by counties for. drainage
purposes is permitted by bill by SEN
ator A. D. Stephens, Of Crookston, which
the house passed.
Yesterday recommended for passage with
amendments the bill by Senator A. F.
Ferris. of Brainerd. providing for a san
atorium for conSumptiveS to be built near
Walker CasS county.
ST. Paul, April 11.-Representative Joel
Gregory's bill prohibiting boards OF
health from requiring the vaccina tion of
school children failed to pass the senate
yesterday by five votes. The roll call was
IS yeas and 27 nays.
ne senate Coiiiiiiittee VI uto witoIC iof !,
orably reported the measure introduced
by the road and bridge committee which
creates a state highway commission to
superintend the construction of roads and
bridges.
The senate decided to make a special
order for IL o'clock Tuesday morning OF
three important house bills. One intro
duced by Representative II. f. Fryberg-
er, of Minneapolis, raises the gross earn
ings tax on railroads from to per cent.
The second, by the house judiciary COM
mittee, proposes an amendment to the
constitution relating to taxation. The
third, by the committee on elections, re-
quires proposed constitutional amend
ments to be printed on a separate ballot.
The house yesterday passed thirteen
bills and waded through all its work in
time to adjourn at noon for the day.
There were several bills left on the calen-
dar that were not touched, but 1T was
considered doubtful whether enough
members could be brought back to an
afternoon session to pass them, so they
went over to today, when the house Will
meet at $50 o'clock.
The house disposed Of the dog tax bill
by H. w. Ruliffson. of Lyon county.
which had been killed and then revived.
When it was amended Thursday so as to
provide that towns and villages should
vote on the question Of having the law
apply to them it looked somewhat as
though the measure were going to pass,
but it failed, getting only forty nine
votes There were thirty-four against it.
The bill by w. A. Hinton, of Martin
county, adding a density test to the pres
ent requirements on illuminating oils,
passed the house. 1t had been amended
the day before in committee of the whole