The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-04-03
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

AEO1OLAx LIVE QUINN AK I.
The Transactions Of the Lawmakers AZ
81 Paui.---A Short Summary of
the Regular Routine
st. Paul, March Ex-senator H. ].
Gjertsen's bucket shop bill was killed by
the house yesterday, and in It's stead
there was placed on general orders Dill
the passage Of which would legislate out
of existence not only every bucket shop
in the state, but the Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce as well.
Senator Joh1sons bill on the calendar,
to regulate the suspension or cancellation
OF school teachers certificates, was rec
commended to pass.
After fighting about it in and out of the
committee, making II a special order for
yesterday afternoon and indulging in many
wise sayings anent the justice and equity
Of taxing all alike the house by a vote OF
bill yesterday afternoon. The Haugland
bill Incorporates nearly all Of the .sugges-
lions unsuccessfully offered by the gov
errors tax revision commission at the
special session.
The bill providing for state board OF
charities and corrections was introduced
by Senator Wilson at the afternoon ses-
sion.
Of the bills introduced in the senate
perhaps the most interesting. was sub
ICES the county commissioners of every
county to set aside from the road and
bridge fund of the county a sufficient sum
Of money for the purchase of road imple-
ments and machinery for building and re-
pairing roads. All expenses incurred in
the hiring OF men. etc, are to go out OF
the road and bridge fund Of the county.
The county surveyor must supervise all
road work.
Representative J. r. RandalPs bill re-
quiring all vehicles used for transporting
persons accused or convicted Of crime to
be covered was recommended for indefinite
postponement yesterday by the senate jul
dietary committee.
St Paul, March 26-At the conclusion
Of nearly two hours Of hot debate and of
vigorous shouting of AYE" and no, the
house decided by vote of 80 to "a yester-
day afternoon. that Public Examiner 3.
T. Johnson should be deprived of the
fees coming from savings and loans asso-
Citations, which his predecessors in office
have received for the past decade.
Senator C. M. Bucks bill to remove the
state university, the state normal schools
and the school for the deaf and blind at
Faribault from the management of the
board of control passed the senate yester-
day after a vote of 80 to %.
Mr. Tighe introduced bill which makes
every person, co-partnership or corpora
ton doing business in the state liable for
all damages sustained by any agent. serv-
ant or employee. except when due to con-
tributory negligence, in spite of any con-
ract to the contrary.
The anti cigaret bill is about to make
man who will introduce this bill will in
troduce another compelling the closing OF
saloons at o'clock Saturday night. SO
the laboring men may get home with
their weeks salary.
Osteopathy again brought house MEM
bers almost to swords points yesterday
afternoon during the discussion of M,
Stevenson's bill. designed to give osteo.
paths legal status IN Minnesota, and 1t
was only after the chairman of the jul
dietary committee had been badgered with
amendments and nagged almost into
frenzy by sarcasm. or what he believed
to be that, that the house consented to
recommend his bill for passage.
Senator Laybourns bill to amend the
constitution so as to allow OF the aool-
ishmept of grand juries passed the senate
by vote of 80 to 3d. Senators Fitzpatrick
and Wood made long speeches in favor OF
the grand jury and against the bill.
Senator Wilson's bill making railroads
responsible for all the acts Of their agents
relative to bills Of lading came up on the
calendar and after arguments lasting fully
an hour, was Killed.
st. Paul. March Ex-senator Torson in
troduced a bill to enlarge the powers of
the Dairy and Food Commission.
The senate committee on roads and
pared by the committee Of both houses.
creating a state highway commission to
superintend the construction Of roads and
bridges in the state.
The senate committee Of the whole rec
commended for passage Senator A. ID.
Stephens hail insurance bill. which aims
to abolish mutual companies that do not
operate on sound basis.
The senate committee on agriculture IS
opposed to offering a bounty for killing
crows. Representative j. b. Kelly's meas
ure authorizing the county commissioners
to offer bounty of 10 cents was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement by
the committee.
The house yesterday considered the
commended twenty-one for passage, which
will go on the calendar for today. Twen-
ty-nine bills were introduced and five of
the six on the calendar were passed. The
house adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning.
The bill providing for state board of
osteopathic examiners passed the house sc
nays The bill provides that all persons
practicing in the state must show di-
ploma from school of osteopathy recog-
niZed by the board, and pass an examina-
ton in the prescribed list of studies. No
person is to be allowed to practice oste-
opathy until licensed by the state board.
The house passed Peterson's bill estab-
fishing and maintaining farmers lnsti-
tutes.
The state board of control is directed to
establish a hospital for inebriates at one
of the state insane hospitals, by a bill
introduced in the house yesterday by
Representative S. A. Nelson, of Lanes
boro.
ST. Paul, March 2S.-The senate COM
mittee of the whole yesterday recon-
mended for passage Senator Albert Schal-
ler's bill requiring boards of health to
kill horses affected with glanders, as well
as those affected with tuberculosis.
The senate committee on the whole
recommended to pass the house military
bill providing for the erection of monu-
ments and tablets on the battlefield at
Vicksbarg in commemoration of the, Min
nesota troops. The measure appropriates
$40, 000
The combination of insurance compa-
mics for the purpose of fixing rates is pro-
hibited in a bill introduced yesterday by
Senator Albert Morgan. of Albert Lea.
A new way of preventing school teach
ers from breaking contracts indiscrir,-
inately is provided for in a bill introduced
yesterday by Senator J. T. Schain, Of
Browns Valley.
The house yesterday passed the bill ia
vored by the Retail Grocers' Associate
which requires all retail stores, except
such places as tobacco stores, news stands
and drug stores, to be closed on Sundays.
Railroad, express, telegraph and tele-
phone companies. more than 20 per cent
of whose stock is held by aliens. are al
the terms of a bill introduced by Sena tor
E. E. Smith, of Minneapolis.
Minnesota will hereafter have fifty
three boiler inspectors instead of one in
each congressional, district The house
concurred in the senate amendment to
the bill by Representative Nils NyQuist,
of Blue Earth county, which makes the
change.
One automobile in lieu of a wagon cart