Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-11
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
Tn" T'"""acef"ns 1T the uawmakess .s
g. fsssi---A Short summary Of
the Regular ksutineL
St. Paul, April 4.-The senate yester-
luton calling for a joint committee to
draft bill placing county and state OFF,
GERS on salary basis Senator Samuel
Lord Of kassan. objected on the ground
that it was too late in the session to take
up the matter.
tn The following we're passed:
inha bitants to acquire lands for park
purposes.
oe0 bonds to complete the construction Of
the court house and city hall
+, TO regulate the commencement Of &C.
eonr Of ana tho
To enable municipalities to establish
and acquire building line easements along
The house passed the following:
Park. e " '
Permitting county boards to lay out
roads within organized townships where
the supervisors fail to act. Repassed with
senate amendments.
religious or charitable purposes.
To allow perpetual trusts for library.
cemetery ana other PURPOSES
Providing for assessing Of logs in the
county in which they are cut.
ships.
TO establish the state live stock SAM
tary board Of Minnesota.
Prohibiting the sale, of berries in case
or crate, box or basket which has pre-
| viously contained other berries.
Providing for the inspection OF vinegars
by the state dairy and food department.
ST Paul Anil 6-prae;da,+ pa..a..,4
addressed both houses in joint conven-
ton.
Senator Rieke led the fight on the his
ttorical society bill, appropriating $1,000
for the compilation Of the New Orleans
exposition records The bill secured but
26 votes and was lost.
Senator MCGOWAN revealed the secrets
OF the mysterious bill IS. F. 41), which
provides simply for the Incorporation Of
6ranch or subordinate lodges of \ bene-
The Buck BILL making it misdemean-
or to to al tPe IN any
thing that deteriorates from the strength
or quality of the same shall be deemed
an adulteration.
the Dorsey bin allowing the Minnesota
Sugar Beet Company to bring suit against
the state for the purpose Of testing the
1898. and to compel. if possible. the state
to pay pay the company the s2o.oee bounty
Speaker Babcock Yesterday appointed
Representa- ives A NJ Schroeder And
Gregg and Craig committee to investi,
Schroeder resolution adopted Friday
The house committee on appropriations
bill by Representative James r. Hickey
of St. Paul: appropriat ting $1,000 for the
of h art Papngb5 Of Ge0rgs
hanging in the hall of the house of rep
resentatives.
scented to the house yesterday. asking for
the passage Of the bill by Representative
J; R. Randall, appropriating 1000 for
Home for veterans wives and widows
The house committee on appropra tons
yesterday recommended for passage the
North Branch providing for a state COM
missioner of immigration. but struck out
the appropriation clause:
Representative D. F. Kelly. Of North
field. yesterday offered resolution pro-
viding that the regular time for the house
o'clock to o'clock in the forenoon. The
resolution went over under notice OF de-
bate. 49,, ,.t
stearns county. providing for the aoate-
ment Of taxes of farmers whose crops
were destroyed by storms in 4so2 Wa:
put back on general orders.
St. Paul. April THE senate began
us week s Work yesterday with a night
over Representative Soule's garnishment
bill The judiciary committee had rec
commended it for indefinite postponement,
and this started the trouble. Senator
Laybourne moved that it be placed on
general orders, but the motion was lost
and the report of the judiciary commit
tee sustained.
Among the bills passed during the aft
ernoon was Senator Wilson's bill fixing
Hennepin county at 400:
s25oo for the printing Of 1000 copies Of
the Minnesota Horticultural Society re-
port was also passed and the Ramsey
for it's bill increasing the salary Of the
Ramsey county judge Of probate from
Among the other bills passed were Mr..
ination fee paid by savings banks to the
state examiner. and Senator Eberharts
bin allowing the =, majority Of Of owners gsT Of
opening up stone quarries.
Representative S. D. Peterson made an
energetic but unsuccessful attempt to Sc
cure reconsidera ton Of the vote by
which his bill making the maximum rate
for telegraph messages anywhere within
the state rs cents per ten words was
The Rullifson dog tax license bill Is
dead, the house having decided that the
time has not arrived when it is necessary
that a license fee shall be paid on all
one other bill was killed by the house
during the session. that by Mr.. Simons
regula ting the practice Of public account
ants in this state and providing for their
examination and supervision by the fac
ulty of the State University.
St. Paul, April S.-The anti-vaccination
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 cons itutionality.
Among the bills passed by the house
were the Peterson bill, making 1t 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.
Among the bills on the senate calendar
passed were the following: To require
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
/, chapter 312 general laws 1897, entitled,
IAN 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