The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04
| TO FIX GAS PRICES
One Dollar Gas by 1907 Is Contem-
plated by Representative Chin ]
nock's Bill.
Kelly, Of Dakota County, Wants the
State to Pay a Crow
Bounty.

? Mr.. Chinook of st. Paul introduced a
bill in the house this morning fixing the
price Of gas in cities of 100000 or more.
The price is to be reduced gradually, be-
ginning July 1, 1908, when the charge is
to be $l.20 per thousand feet July /, 1904,
this is to be reduced to $l.15, on July l..
1905, to $1.10; on July l, 1906, to s1.05,
and on July l, 1907, to 81, where it is to
remain.
More Time for Revision. sa
The statute revision commission will
have an extension Of time and an in
creased appropriation. This morning the
house judiciary committee introduced a
bill providing for an additional appro-
priation of $4,000 and requiring the COM
mission to complete its labors on or be-
fore Dec. /, 1904. #
- In Interest Of M, D's. s@ /
Mr.. Chinook sent up a second bill of
importance to physicians. The measure
empowers the state board Of medical ex-
aminers in their discretion to grant Ii
censes to- physicians holding certificates
from other states without the formality
of an examination. A license fee Of $40
is to be- charged and special examinations
may be held. ~ i
-. Mineral Lands and Crows, 49,. ;
J. D., Budd projected himself into the
fight over the state auditors management
Of state mineral lands by introducing a
bill which sets forth exhaustively the
duties of the auditor with regard to the
lease Of lands. ~
j. B. Kelly Of Dakota, where the crows
go in summer, presented a bill authorizing
counties to pay a bounty for the killing of
the black-feathered pests. The amount
is to be left to the county boards. :
County Charge for State Wards.
Mr.. Burns sent in a bill requiring coun-
ties to pay SIS a year for patients sent to
the state insane aSylurnS or hospitals OF
to the school for the, feeble minded.
Mr.. Block presented a resolution calling
upon the heads Of the state normal
schools to report their receipts, attends
ance, salaries paid and 50 forth. The
matter was referred to the committee or
| normal schools.
Pension and Bond Votes Reconsidered.
Mr.! Helliwell of Henenpin secured re:
consideration of the vote by which the
Nolan soldiers home pension bill was de.
feated yesterday afternoon and the OLE
| soldiers may yet get their pensions.
Mr.. Haugen's bill, requiring a five
Fights vote to carry propositions involving
the issuance Of municipal bonds, will
yesterday. but this morning the vote wa
/ RECONSTRUCTED. Ti.. &z'~.,
Point as to Appropriations. ~ :,
Ambrose Tighe Of st. Paul raised al
| important point when the house took VI
! thess consideration Of Mr.. Ofsthun's bill
to appropriate 1000 for a second stat
fish hatchery in Polk county. This bill
was reported to pass by the COMMITTEE
on game and fish laws and came up ii
committee Of the whole. It was intro
| duced1 before the adoption of the rul
requiring all measures involving appro
priations to be sent to the appropriation
committee. = Mr.. Tighe called attentiol
to the. factithat Ibis committee had. no
| passed on the measure and asked tina
rit be referred. The house, however, woul,
not agree, but reported the bill for pas
sage. IT. = 49, !
The rule requiring appropriation bill
| to go to the appropriation committee wa
adopted only last Thursday, and, accord
ing to the chairman of that committee
t bills introduced. prior to that time in
! volve appropriations Of several millio
dollars. Mr.. Tfghe believed that al
these measures should be subjected to TIL
scrutiny Of his committee. Further trou
BILE is likely to. occur along this same line
The debate over the Ofsthun bill wa
4 brief. though heated, and Mr.. Ofsthu1
finally, carried his point.
! Torrens Law Extension. 5-l.,~
In committee of the whole the nous