The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-04
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP,


Senate Files No 40 and Al were rec
QILIlihenqeQ 1of indefinite pOstpOnement by
ne 5udlclSty committee of the senate
LIE blllS We're intended to provide amend
ments to the act regulating munfcjpaI
1tants.
A measure extending the labor lien law
70 Ilciude anyone who furnishes any skin,
f6InaIer1aI or machinery was introduced by
Senator Hawkins
Senator Morgan his introduced a bill to
increase the penalty for wiIlful destruc-
tlon of property belonging to telegranh
telephone and electric systems to a fine
OF 500 or ninety days Imprisonment
Lieut.. Gov. Jones has announced tbe
substitution of Senator Du Toit for Sem
ator Sundberg on the normal schools com
mittee.
Senator Brewers bill amending the in
Surance act regulating the stipulated pol
icy companies was thoroughly considered
on insurance and will be reported back
10 the senate with favorable srecommen-
dalton.
Senator Horizons bill authorizing the
secretary OF state to contract for the
printing and publishing of the supreme
court reports was recommended to pass
by the senate.
1Ho plll regulating the sale and man
fracture OF vinegar, introduced by Sem
ator harrington, received favorable rec
ommendation by the senate in general
orders yesterday.
The senate committee on insane hos
p1tais Is planning a bill to dc away with
l me insane asylums Of the state: The
present asylums will not be abolished by
the new bill but the name asylum" VIII
be dropped and the institutions will be
thereafter known as hospitals.
:. A bill appropriating $1,000 for the re-
lef OF Albert 7. DOree, Minneapolis, was
was member Of Battery 3, of the Min
nesota guard. In September, 1901, ne
was member Of the gun squad detailed
to fire salute to Vice President Roose-
Welt. There was a premature explosion
and Doree lost his right arm.
Is sponsor for house bill carrying an
appropriation of $4,000 for the erection
Of manufactures building at the state
fair grounds The proposed building Is
to be of brick and steel fFeproof cons true
ton. The same bill was introduced in the
upper house by Senator Johnson, NiccI-
let.
The house yesterday .reconsidered the
vote by which the Budd surety bona Till
was defeated Monday and the bill was
returned to the head Of general oreJrs
1t will go to the calendar today and
again come to vote tomorrow. DR.. Budd
..
public examiners office, has any finger in
the bill, and thinks he can convince
enough members Of the truth of his state
ment to secure the passage of the bill
Thursday.
Representative Shove. Hcnnepin, is the
author of a bill designed to give the ma
tional guardsmen of Minneapolis a $780,
goo armory The bill authorizes cities Of
10000 or more inhabitants to issue bonds
up to $150,000 for armGry purposes, and
provides that the amount of the ar1nory
bonds shall not be considered in COM
putting the charter limit Of Bonded in
debtedness.
Representative Fosseen, Hennepin, yes
terday introduced a bin in the house pro-
Vld1ng that the state board Of pharmacy
shall elect a secretary from it's member
ship. The present law reads may elect"
Representative Kinds Hubbard county,
is behind q house bill carrying an APP
precipitation Of $500 to be expended in the
erection of two bridges across Steamboat
river, in Hubbard county.
Representative Bennett, Of Fosston, is
tae author Of house bill designed to per-
NIT the drainage Of meandering lakes at
the expense of the parties interested, who
may secure the right to construct drains
from the county commissioners~throu
petition. ~5
Representative w A. Nolan, Mower
county, yesterday secured suspension IF
the house rules long enough to pass a
senate bill making a slight change in
the dates for terms of the district court
in the Tenth judicial district
Representative Clague yesterday intro
duced a bill calculated to ease the scre
spots engendered by the conflicting coun-
ty commissioners compensation bills Mr.
Clague's bill provides a per diem CT So
and mileage of 1G cents; limits the SEES
slons Of the board to 20 days and the
travel to six trips. A limit OF 80 days is
placed as the maximum fer which county
commissioners may charge for all serv-
ices, including sessions of the rOCr board.
Representative S. .. Peterson is the
author Of a till changing the dates for
the terms Of the district court in the
several counties Of the Ninth judicial dis
trict The dates fixed by the Peterson
bill are: Redwood county third Tuesday
in April and October; Nic0llet. first Tues
day in May and first Wednesday after
first Monday in November; Lyon, third
Tuesday in May and November; Brown,
first Tuesday in June and second Tues
day in December; Lincoln, first Tuesday
in October. Mr. Peterson wanted the
rules suspended and his bill passed at
once, but an objection caused him to
withdraw his request without argument.
The house committee On corporations.
other than municipal, yesterday agreed
upon favorable report for the bill au-
thoriZing the Incorporation of lodges of
the Modern Woodrnen of America and the
Ancient Order Of United Workmen.