The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-04-09

and ancient system of road construction
will not be sacrificed, as the Burns bill
to provide for cash system of road
work has been killed.
The house has passed the Ferris bill
providing for an injunction against the
collection of taxes where county boards
have levied more than the law permits.
Senator Golfers bill providing for
county assessors was killed.
Senator Pugh's bill placing the State
grain department under civil service
rules has been reported in the senate
from committee, recommended to pass,
and it will provoke lively fight. If
the bill passes the present employees of
the State grain department will not be
required to pass an examination, as
they are excepted from the provisions
of the bill.
The house has passed the bill in
creasing the State capitol fund from
100000 to S4,50O,O00. The senate
has already passed the bill.
The substitute for Senator Hitler H,
Horizons bill creating a State immigra-
ton commission has been introduced in
the senate by the committee on immi-
grafton. It provides that the commits
sion shall consist Of the governor, the
secretary Of State and the State treas
urer, instead of one commissioner The
commission may employ necessary as
sistants and fix their salaries. Senator
Horizons bill fixed the salary of the
commissioner at S., 500 and allowed So
600 for clerk hire. Both the original
bill and the substitute carry an annual
appropriation of $15,O00 The duties
OF the commissioners are to compile in
formation as to the agricultural. COM
mercial, financial, educational, indus
trial and social features of Minnesota
and to disseminate the knowledge for
homeseekers
The house now gets around at $3.50 a.
III. and commences business.
Representative Lightly has intro
duced, by request of the governor, a
Dill to allow tax levy of two mills for
roads and bridges, in the discretion of
the commissioners of any county. The
present limit is one mill. The author
said he intended to amend the bill SO
that it would apply only to counties of
25, 900 people,
The house has passed the Peterson
weed bill. 1t amends the present law
requiring thistles and sundry other
weeds to be cut away from the high
ways before Oct. l of each year in or
der that they may not go to seed and
propagate, by adding the words land
all other grasses and weeds.''
The house game and fish committee
has recommended a bill allowing bull
heads to be caught at any time and
ship them out of the State. It also
recommended the bill by c. N. Haugen
of Otter Tail county, allowing the use
OF fish houses to catch pickerel and
redhorse through the ice from Dec. Is
to May l. The Bennett bill providing
that nobody may hunt in field of
standing grain without first getting the
consent of the owner, was killed.
The senate committees are wrestling
with the four per cent gross earnings
bill passed by the house, and also the
Haugland bill providing for a system of
franchise tax.
The Soule bill making weekly wages
garnishable and reducing the ex-
emption to So weekly wages was killed
IN the senate. 1t made a hot fight,
but the prevailing sentiment seemed to
be in favor of the workingman.
Maple sugar and syrup straight from
the old Vermont farm yard door to