Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
The ThiFty-thiTd Session Of .LaWmokefD
Closes with the Usual HurrAh and
Confusion.

became laws, the net results Of the Ses-
sion have not been great
The cost of the session was $4,000,
and the total number Of bills considered
by the two houses was 1.487. of which 915
were introduced into the house and $50
into the senate.
OF this record-breaking number over
35e have either been signed will soon
be signed by the chief executive Of the
state. OF these new laws few have any
more than local importance.
Yesterday will be remembered by the
senators and representatives as the BUSH
est day Of the session. Both houses were
in session morning, afternoon and even
ing, with short recesses for luncheon at
noon and dinner at g. Each house had
large general order list and a fair sized
calendar and many committee reports
were submitted A good many Of the
measures were important and were killed
or passed after long discussions.
AS bills began to accumulate IN the
morning session the house and senate
each adopted a resolution allowing each
member to call up a. local bill in which
he was particularly interested and move
the passage Of the measure under suspen-
sion Of the rules. More bills were dis
posed Of in this way than were passed
under suspension Of the rules during the
preceding days of the session Later a
resolution was adopted by the house pro-
viding that a collection OF forty bills,
generally agreed upon, should have the
right Of way.
While the houses were at work con-
! ference committees were internationally
in session during the entire day. Five
dlnerent committees met and cons dered
the disagreement over the tax amend
ment. without avail. A conference CON-
mlttee considering the senate amendment
to the inheritance tax law. increasing the
exemption from $1,000 to $4,000, like
wise failed to agree.
| Most Of the important bills. with the
exception of the tax amendment and the
inheritance tax law, were disposed OF at
IL o'clock at night. Then it was that
the senators and representa- ives aban-
doned their usual dignihed mien. Some
lay back in their chairs and threw paper
wads al their neighbors. Others tore up
their Journals and bills and hurled
them at speaker who laboriously
working for the passage of a local BILL
Among the important bills passed by
the senate were Representa- tive L. c.
StevenSOns measure creating state
board OF osteopathic examiners: Repre-
sentative J. p. Morleys bill estabis hing
a state live stock sanitary board: S. A.
Nelson's measure imposing a tax on
freight line companies; J. D. Budd's
measure providing for a bounty Of 10
cents for dead crows; Representative T.
T. Ofsthuns bill prohibiting the use Of
.
measure creating a state bureau Of child
and animal protection; Representative
Frank Clague's increasing the state aid
| for graded. semi-graded and rural
schools.
| Several important bills were killed
Among them are Senator George P Will
! sons bills facilitating state prosecutions
against conspiracies in restraint Of trade,
! Representa- tive ]. A. Shephard's bill re-
curing strawberries. blueberries, rasp-
berries and blackberires to be sold in
| boxes Of uniform size; Representative E.
district to have jurisdiction over Chisago,
| Pine and kanabec counties; George q.
| Ferleys measure removing the university
| control.
Among II bills that died in senate
committees or n general orders are Rep
ing for an ad valorem tax on public serv-
| ice corpora tons: Senate George P Will
son $ mea sure creating a state board Of
A. L. Walkers bill requiring logs to be
| taxed in the counties where they were cut
| and Senator L. O. Thorpes bill prohibit
Of trade.
The house yesterday threw down the
oars that had been closed SO assiduously
for ten days and suspended the rules
bills Most of them were senate files. be-
cause there was little hope for house files
frivolity that made its appearance several
GAYS ago was kept pretty Well in control
until late hour
The principal features of the day in the
mouse was tht' Passage OF t!l- trading
stamp bill and the deadlock hetwean the
senate and house over the tax amend
ments to the constitution. The new game
and fish code called up and passed
by the house and sent back to the senate
for its concurrence in the house amend
ments.
The day was more renarka BILE for the
OILS that failed than for those that got
through: Among the more Important bits
that failed in the house were the follow
C. W - M2rley.s bill providing for civil
se I'VE Tor the dairy and food department
for state highway commissioned.
Inc sera5e bill creating irnmigrat ton
u F, Rosenwalds maximum grain
A large crowd, including many women,
session. though the proceedings were not
marked with more than the usual amount
OF pyrotechnics. The house set its teeth
and plunged into the work ahead of it
silently: The program laid out by the
steering committee provide to be a GOOD
s s6sac da for t work and there was little
up less favored measures
The senate. just before adjournment
Teconsldered the vote by which it killed
tance tax law and passed the bill With
the original senate amendment fixing the
exemption at SO. 900. The exemption in
the bill which was killed vas placed at
S. 900. a.
The senate refused to suspend the
rules and pass Representative w A. Hin
tons bill prohibiting the sale of kero-
sene OF greater density than 46 degrees
Beaume at so degrees Fahrenheit
The state university and normal schools
will not be removed from the Jurisdiction
OF the state board of control during the
next two years.
The senate passed, under suspension Of
the rules. the house judiciary commit
tees DILL regulating the speed Of automo-
bileS.
Free text books for independent school
districts, II the voters want them, are
provided in a bill passed by the house.
The bill is by Senatorial F. Ferris, OF
Brainerd. and it provides for the sub
mission of the proposition to the voters
Tor their approval. :
The house passed bill by Senator F.
H. Peterson designed to give shippers Of
farm products ample time in which to
load them. 1t provides that cars must be
left long enough to give the Shippers
thirty-six hours in which to load their
freight.
The senate killed Representa- tive
George R Smiths bill allowing state
banks to do savings bank business,
Senator Frank E. Putnam, Of Blue Earth
argued against the BILL
MINNESOTA BRIEFS.