The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-27
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Sen. Morgan Introduces Bill Aimed
at Combinations Of Insurance
Companies.
Plan to Put Itasca State Park Under
Management of Board of
Control. I:

ldteS IHIousn any mutual COmDlnaLlOll,
agreement or understanding. He declares
that the country is wholly at the mercy Of
insurance companies and proposes to re-
lleve the state at least by his bill, the
principal features Of which are as follows:
Section 1:--Every mutual hrcs insurance COM
paniy or corporation doing business in this state
policy and renewal receipt: Every are insur- ls
dgns e sse of poy
some suitable manner: express that such policy
be Endorsed upon Every Every poltcy that the Consider
alton as premium wrttenafn the policy lis not
based bs upon or fixed in the amount as the result
OF any agreement or rule5made by any COM
bination or association of s3fre Insurance COM
Ranies pan or the representatives, agents Of such
ers. ~ -.s,li .r-<t.
It shall be unlawful for any two or more fire
or aeens Of 9r amy se u ois or
companies to combine together for the purpose of
xg asfermining or regang
insurance against loss By fire in any such In
sursnee companies, and every officer, agent or
broker OF any such fire insurance company who,
any such tire insurance company, takes or has
agreement or mutual understanding uniform rates
or cost for insurance against fire In any two or
more Of such fire insurance companies shall be
deemed guilty; ofza felony. and upon conviction
thereot snail be punished by a fine of not less
ent in the state prson or n for
term not exceeding two years, or by both such
hne and imprisonment in the discretion Of the
court.
p, Protest ltasca State Park.
TO protect the Itasca State park from
the depredat tiOns Of lumbermen and 9TH
ers, Senator E. B: Wood of Long Prairie
has in a bill, planned to place the park in
charge of the board of control with in
structlons to assume control at once in
order to put stop to vandalism. His
r 1n<,1o ~,
tuition. The various acts Of the lumber
men in trespassing in the park are to con-
stltute felonies punishable by heavy fine.
or Imprisonment; Is <~ p -;
The bill specially instructs the board ot
control to prevent the raising or lowering
Of the waters Of Itasca and, Elk lakes by
the construction Of dams.
If the: reports from Northern Mime
sofa are true, the loggers are injuring this
beautiful tract beyond all hope of restora.
t1on for many years to come. = 80
For Repairing Bad Sidewalks.
Senator McGill presented q bill EN-
poWer1ng councils in cities Of over SO, OOC
to- replace. sidewalks worn out or danger
GUS without waiting for g., petition from
the owners of abuttirg property. The. cost
is to be assessed against the realgestate
just as for new: sidewalks: = 40.
49, New Way to Select Jurors.
Senator McNanlee,; In a bill, proposed q
new method for securing petit jurors II
provides that they Judges 81 the district
court shall. -opl or before. the first Monday
In March, appoint as q jury commission
six citizens of unquestioned probity This
commission is to serve fifteen days at sc
per day each, and is to selectS from ! ,O0(
TO 1880 citizens to serve as jurors for the
ensuing year. Care Is to be taken that
persons thus selected shall be fitted fol
I jury duty by education, business habits
moral character and health and not ex-
empt. The jury list must be promptly
reported to the clerk of district court. Ir
case of deficiency in the list, the com
mission may be called together for a, sec.
ond term Of five days. ,~-
| The duty at present devolves on the
! Judges of the district court. The bill ap.
plies only to Ramsey county, being limited
to counties Of between 100000 and 200, ,O0(
Inhabitants. :: ...t- -
:. 3. No Junket to University.
| Senator E. r. Comstock made an in
| effectual attempt this morning to induce
the legislature to visit the university. He
offered a resolution that the legislature
visit the institution on April 1. Senator
Morgan objected, arguing that the legis-
lature was too busy. Senators Laybourr
and Thompson then suggested that the
afternoon of April / could be devoted tt
4 inspecting the university, but the senators
seemed Indifferent and killed the amend
| ment as well as the original resolution
I The latter was afterward laid on the
table. -...,-. s.. .'-r
| Help Public Service Corporations.
An important measure was sent up thi!
I morning by Senator e. E. Smith Of Min
! neapolis. Under the present law corpor
ations, the stock Of which is held in For.
| ion 1frfn {1,S%a
| Ing real estate in Minnesota. This has
proved annoying to railroads, telegraph
and other public service corporations. Mr.
Smiths bill excludes railway, bridge
4 telegraph, telephone and express compan
les from the provisions Of this law. 1t Is
understood to have an important bearing
on the development Of northern Mime
sofa. i %E@ x.
TO Buy Souvenir Silver
! Senator Smith also came to the from
with bill appropriating $4,000 for table
service for the :battleship Minnesota, nov
building. -
For Bureau OF immigration.
| measure creating a bureau of immi
grafton was sent up by Senator Hitler Hor
ton of ST.. Paul. The principal officer O.
this bureau Is to be the commissioner O.
! immigration, to be appointed by the gov.
ernor immediately on the passage of the
act, for a term of four years. at $500 {
year, with $4,000 year for clerk hire. Il
is understood that this measure is In the
| interest of a well-known ST. Paul news.
paper man.
Aimed at Contract Jumpers.
A measure covering practically the same
ground rs the Johnson bill, prohibiting
school teachers from jumping their con
tracts, was presented by Senator Schain
1t prohibits boards of education from en-
gaging teachers under contract to an
other board. };Fs st tSs1Szs ~ IL
Prepares for Emergency.
To prepare for the death Of the Bucl
bill, which relieves the board Of contro
from all authority in connection with the
state university, the normal schools ant
! the schools for the deaf, dumb and blinc
at Faribault Senator Comstock has SEN
in a bill vesting the control Of the state
university and the normal schools in the
board of regents and the normal board
respectively.
Exempts Relief Associations.
Senator Schaller offered bill, extend.
ing the provisions Of the law relating tt
fraternal beneficiary associations to al
relief and beneficiary organizations
whether local or general. The bill pro.
yides that such societies shall be consid
cred as public charity institutions and
their property shall be exempted from
the laws relating to taxes, insurance
garnishment, execution and seizure.
Senator Eberhardt offered bill making
| it misdemeanor to mix dust and sweep.
T1ngs with. elevator. screenings which are
Iintended to be sold for live stock food. s.