The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-13
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The Transactions of the Lawmakers at
81. PAULA Short Summary of
the Regular Routine.


81 PAULA Short Summary of
the Regular Routine
St Paul 3-Senator Charles
Johnson of ST Peter yesterday intro
duced a bill to appropriate 81, 500 to re,
lieve the famine sufferers OF Norway ano
Sweden.
adjustment of a state reformatory Tor
women is called for in bill introduced
by Senator George P Wilson.
which allows women to testify against
their husbands in cases of non-support
and makes non-support misdemeanor
A bill allowing the removal of the Min
neapolis law library was passed.
The house yesterday killed its first bill
introduced by Representative J. D. Budd,
of Two Harbors, which allowed town and
school district officials to require surety
bonds of treasurers, and to pay a reason Snd
able amount for surety bonds furnished
by officials The vote was 81 to %.
The following bills were passed:
Legalizing mortgage foreclosure sales
Providing for the sale of heat, light,
water and power by villages to other mu-
inequalities before the same is sold to in
Legalizing instruments authorizing at
torneys to foreclose mortgages by adver-
tisement.
Limiting the time for the foreclosure Of
mortgages by advertisement to fifteen
years from their date without extension
for any cause.
st. Paul, Feb. 4.-The movement among
the manufacturers of the state to con-
ing for the display of their products yes
terday took definite form when bills were
introduced in both branches of the legis-
lature calling for an appropriation OF
The house decided not to investigate
the prison labor question.
The house and the senate committees
on roads and bridges yesterday got to-
gether to agree on measure for the pro-
motion of good roads.
The following bills were passed:
which holds the owners of traction en-
gines liable to the extent of $50 dam
ages done to bridges
Authorizing county commissioners on
petition to vacate, change or establish
highways.
Relating to the inheritance Of title to
Authorizing cities of less than 10000
inhabitants to issue certificates of in
debtedness to the amount of $1,000 not
later than March l, 1903, for the construc-
Allowing Hennepin county to house in
the court house and maintain the library
Of the Hennepin county bar association
the whole, approved Senator William
Harrington's bill to prevent the use of
adultering substances in the manufacture
Senator A. R. McGill, to increase the
salary of the attorney general from 49,
500 to $4,000 was also approved:
The senate YESTERDAY was in session
the calendar for final passage, and those
on general orders were not of great i'm
portance. The body will meet at 10
O'Clock this morning.
st. Paul, Feb. 5.-The senate yesterday
passed Senator B. E. Sundberg's bill,
which authorizes townships to issue bonds
for building roads.
The measure, as amended by the COM
mittee on towns and counties, StipulateS
that the bonds must not exceed Is per
cent of the assessed valuation of the tax
able property in the township and that
the rate of interest must not exceed per
cent.
Senator o. N. Mausten, of Aitkin, yes
terday introduced measure appropriate
ing $4,000 annually for two years for the
support Of the state farm school at
Grand Rapids and $4,000 for presidents
residence.
Senator o. G. Laugen, of Houston, in
troduced bill to increase the apportion-
ment for graded schools from $500 to $500.
In the house the following bills were
passed:
Submitting a constitutional amendment
providing that, school loans may be made
by the state board of investment to an
amount not exceeding Is per cent of the
assessed valuation.
Authorizing county commissioners to
lected as probate fees under the law Of
1885.
Relating to the determination of heir
ship of government homeSteadS of de-
ceased homestead settlers.
Authorizing cities to acquire property
by gift or devise and manage and control
the same for public purposes.
Legalizing certificate of sales and the
records thereof made under mortgage
powers and executions.
n of a on
which will make impossible in this state
the raising of railroad freight rates, the
discontinuance of joint rates or any ma
detriment of the shipper, was made by
the introduction of H. F. No. 221 framed
by the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission, and bearing the name of
Representative Ward Stone.
Owing to the several normal school and
other junkets, the session Of the house
was as short as the attendance was small,
but it was signaliZed by the introduction
of the first bill to come from Speaker
Babcock's hand. The bill was modest
effort, however, appropriating money for
a wagon bridge in Wadena county.
Three bills on the senate calendar
passed. S. F. No. 6S, to regulate the
manufacture and sale Of vinegar; S. F.
No 2s; appropriating 5000 for the relief e
fixing the salary of the encouragement
One bill on general order was recon-
mended to pass, s. F. No. 80, to provide
in the state operating under special or
general laws.
st. Paul. Feb. THE senate yesterday
recommended for passage Senator r. b.
Brewers bill granting the 2 per cent tax
on fire insurance premiums to firemen's
relief associations.
The zoe students of the state university
who volunteered their services in the
Spanish-American war will not be forgot
ten if a bill is passed which yesterday
was introduced by Senator r. E. Thomp-
son, of Preston. The measure appropri-
ates $1,000 for erecting a memorial on the
campus of the university.
The following bills were passed:
To increase the salary of the attorney
general from $4,000 to $4,000.
To appropriate $4,000 for the relief Of
Beda Wingstrand.
To prohibit the use of adulterating sub
The non-partiSan nomination and cleo
ton of judges are provided for in an
amendment to the primary law, intro
duced yesterday by Representative p E..
Bowling, of Eveleth.
The house committee on towns and
counties yesterday decided to recommend
for passage the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative A. L. Cole, of Walker, relating
to the organization of new counties and
the changing of county boundaries.
The following bills were passed:
Providing for the restoration to prop
erty owners of highways abandoned for
more than three years in counties of more
than 100000 inhabitants.
Legalizing the 100000 issue of bonds
voted by the common council of Mime