The Tomahawk., 1903-04-09
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The Tranr~::tions 0f the Lawmakers at
81 ftss.l.---A Short Summary Of
the Regular Routine,


81. ftss.l.---A Short Summary Of
iAe Regular Routine.
ST. Paul, Feb. 1.-THE senate yesterday
made short work of it's general order list.
The following bills were passed.:
Allowing villages, towns and school dis
urers and pay a reasonable sum for the
Fixing the state bounty for the appre-
| hension and conviction of horse thieves at
5000.
Allowing the incorporation Of lodges Of
tn, Modern d,a Wo9dmsn W nrs OF America ana
Allowing life professional teachers Ger
| tificates to be granted graduates Of the
without further examination.
Providing for the election of town school
| superinte ndents in Cass, county.
trustees biennially in Cass county.
Relating to notaries. public in newly
organized whose ach ions
The house judiciary committee yester-
the following constitutional amendment
on the subject Sa Of taSat ton: ls,n:+ ho ton+ ~
felows fol psaeeS the II recommendaton Of the house
coTl'feIH The Following vii i''sses Bills We're passed
TO provide that the 2 per cent tax paid
by. fire insurance companies be appro-
tions for pensioning tiremen retired be-
| cause of long service.
TO, extend the provisions OF the act
for water works and lighting plants to all
Villages "that shall hereafter be organ
aad to to the peope in one
70 provide for the disposition Of un-
| fairs of corporations subject to the super
vision Of the public examiner.
| st. Paul, Feb. 12-Senator Samuel Lord,
! of Kasson, yesterday held up the senate
| for an hour and forty minutes on mo
tion to adjourn Two recesses S o.; OF tWensy MY
out the parliamentary tangle
|. senat tor Henry, Gjertsen, Of MINNEAPOLIS.
Cities Of more than $1,000 inha bitants to
| issue certificates for national guard ar
mories. :,
nesd 1S~do it, 20 senator A EisFe: ef Eairiax; :
June June the time during which the twine
manufactured at the state prison may be
sold exclusively to customers. The pres
en- Representative pre- eni i've Mis- Nyauist. of Blue
Earth county, yesterday scored victory
in the house committee OF the iio Whole by, by
| his bill which provides for a state boiler
| Inspector in each of the sixty-three SEN
Representative m A. J. Lohren. of Waseca
ali counties Of the state the Torrens sys-
'eR Represesntative Or Sentative r. T. Lewis, Of Duluth
yesterday introduced in the house his bill
for daaa sf hangns by
Allowing wives to testify against their
Previdng IN for the Pappointment of H.
brary boards by the mayor, instead Of
election by the he city SGuncii' in cities OF
st. Paul, Feb. 14.-To appropriate $S4,-
| 900 for improvements at the state prison.
TO require that cabooses on freight and
| live stock trains be at least thirty four
feet in length with SepaTate apartments
To provide that the summons issued by
! the justice Of the peace may be served by
! any person not party to the action. Ju-
| dietary.
! To amend the constitution so as to al
low an annual tax on growing crops for
an insurance fund against damage by hail
s'G!si The following bills were passed: .
To change the proceedings from q court
county and township relative to expenses
incurred for quarantining,, and to provide
that the party losing shall pay the judg-
To require the registration of mining
| lands.
| the same method in condemnation pro-
| ceedings for inserting pumps, water mains
| and reservoirs as is used for opening and
widening streets.
ties whose organization is questioned to
be registered in the original counties
J To reduce the maximum penalty for de-
: stroying or interfering with telegraph or
telephone cables from $500 fine to five
years Imprisonment to $100 and ninety
| days.
st. Paul, Feb. 1.-THE following bills
! TO repeal the law providing for the re-
| state lands of 25 cents per ton.
| Schain-To provide for the nomination
of congressional candidates by the old
convention system.
To establish the salaries (. ooo Of all district
To change the time of the primaries to
! four rather than seven weeks before the
| election and to remove the nomination of
| judicial and congressional candidates
from the primary system.
The following. were introduced IN the
house: Submitting. to the people for
| adoption an amendment to the constltu-
ton on the subject Of taxation.
Requiring all personal property pur.
chased or ACQUIRED on the first day OF OF
| May to be listed for taxation by or for
the person acquiring the same.
| Allowing wife or other person injured
by the intoxica tion of any person to bring
| civil suit for damages against any per
| sons selling liquor to such person after
having given written notice not to sell
Allowing co-insurance clauses to be
placed in fire insurance policies in con-
sideration of reduction Of the rate
| Providing that no drug clerk shall work
more than seventy hours a week, and
that he shall have at least one day on
| in two weeks.
did not poll / Der cent of the total vote
at the preceding general election shall p be
| entitled to a party designation on the
! ballot.
Authorizing the appointment of agents
| by the governor to act for the state In
| bringing back from other states fugitives
| from justice
vide a contingent fund of $500 to $1,000 fo1
the use of the county attorney IN IN
vestigating and trying criminal cases.
Allowing registers of deeds to receive
conveyan noes Of land owned by railroads
| and not taxable prior to 1900. without q
| statement from the county auditor reia-
tive to the delinquent taxes on such prop
| erty. ,,,
| The senate passed the following bills:
To permit the incorporation of Subordi-
nate lodges of the Masonic order.
Providing that Judgment can be secured
in garnishment cases for any sum IN eX-