Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

THE Transactions nt the Lawmakers at
81 fani.--A Short Summary of
tine Regular Routine
st. Paul, Feb. Ex-senator A. B. Coles
wolf bounty bill was approved by the
senate committee on towns and counties
measure appropriates SIS. 900 annually and
wolves from SIS to S. 1t fixes bounty
and male s' cubs at s., 81 ana s. respective-
ly.
Senator Henry Gjertsen's bill to pro-
hlblt bucket shops was approved by the
senate committee on judiciary. The meas
use has been twice before the COMMITTEES.
It was reported without recommendation
A bill allowing notaries public to per-
form marriage ceremonies was introduced
Bemidji
The permitting voters of any township
to hold their elections within an incor-
pOrated city or village, located within said
town was passed.
Representative Ambrose Tighe Of st.
tons the b.
ennial deficiency bill, which aggregates
introduced a bin providing that logs shall
which they are, cut. The county com
shall assess the logs cut in the county,
no matter where their owner may reside,
or where they may be shipped or manu-
The following bills were passed:
To increase the Heo state al: aid for high
TO legalize bonds issued by counties for
the construction of roads and bridges.
To amend the law with reference to
inheritance to title to real estate.
v st. P EeS Ee
for improSements repairs and current ex-
penses of the institutions under the State
Board Of GSntrol during TIE aoo next two
a6ie July 81, 1908; s1,i7s'550 in 1904, and
The senate passed the following bills:
10 cede Barron island in Houston coun--
ty, town Of La Crescent, to the city Of,
La Crosse, Wis.
To legalize the commissions Of notaries>
public in newly organized counties.
10 PROVIDE for the transportation of
school children from one district to an
other.
To amend the constitution allowing,
school loans to be made to an amount
not exceeding Is per cent of the assessed
To authorize cities to acquire property
by gift or devise and manage it for public
The special committee of the legislature
yesterday made a report to both houses
recommending an additional appropria-
The original appropriation was s5O.:s,r
The house passed the following bills:
Permitting building. loan and savings
associations to change their names.
Relating to the finances of Ramsey
county.
Relating to the jurisdiction of justices
of the peace in case of forcible entry and
unlawful detaner.
Authorizing county commissioners to
appropriate not more than $500 per year
to aid county fairs
Requiring the filing Of an affidavit stat
ing the full name. address and occupation
of the Judgment debtor before the judg-
ment is recorded
Submitting to the people an amendment
to article 8 of the constitution on the
subject of taxation.
Authorizing Minneapolis to issue $780,
! 600 in bonds for paving street intersec-
lions.
Authorizing Minneapolis to issue $780,
| 600 bonds for a revolving public improve
Providing for changing county sea is and
providing notice OF when such change be-
| comes effective.
Authorizing villages to exrend money in
Prohibiting newly organized counties
from mourning eNtraocdinary liza bilities
| Validity OF their organization.
St. Paul. Feb. 23-Mainly because many
of the house members went home Friday
night. instead OF staying over at the re-
guest of Speaker Bahcock. the session
| Saturday was not largely attended and
the business TRANSACTED was not large, al
though the house did dispose of most Of
the bills on general orders
which, if it becomes a law. will work
radical changes in the present system.
The bill provides for direct primaries
for the nomination of all officers who are
candidates in any one city or county.
Congressional nominations are, therefore.
| excluded for the scope Of the law except
| in the Of Hennepin county. and like
wise Judges of the district court except
in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
the proviso that the primaries for each
party shall be held separa te days, in
stead of on the same day, as at present.
| The party that cast the highest vote for
| governor at the previous election is to be
allowed the first day for its primary.
St. Paul Feb. 24.-Several amendments
| to the law providing for the extermina-
ton of domestic animals afflicted with
contagious disease are contained in bill
Schaller, of Hastings.
Senator B. E: sundberg: of Kennedy,
| yesterday introduced a bill to place the
farmers institutes throughout the state
| on a sound basis. The measure estab-
| fishes a board of administration and APP
propriates $4,000 annually for expenses:
| the county petition of 500 residents
and taxpayers, according to bill intro
duced yesterday by Senator A. o. Eber-
| hart of Mankato.
passed:
| Authorizing city councils and park
| boards to establish building line not
| more than fifty feet back from the mar
| gin of the street, and to acquire an ease
| ment over the land between the same.
| Allowing the deposit of a will during
| the life Of the maker with the probate
| court.
| Authorizing directors of banks to fix a
| maximum amount which may be to the
| credit of any one depositor.
| Allowing savings banks to invest in the
| bonds of dividend paying railroads.
| Requiring all cans holding from one pint
| to six gallons, in which gasoline, benzine
| or kerosene is kept to be painted red and
| labeled with the name of it's contents.
| Allowing villages of less than 1900 in-
habitants to grant franchises to street car
| companies by ordinance and legalizing
! franchises so granted.
St. Paul, Feb PA state veterinary
| board of health, vested with power to
| condemn domestic animals afflicted with
! contagious and infectious diseases and to
| quarantine those that have been exposed,
| is provided for in a bill introduced yester-
| day in the senate.
| The measure provides that the board
| shall consist Of three licensed veterinary
| surgeons to be appointed by the governor.
The county commissioners Of each coun-
ty are required to appoint a county vet
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