Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-07
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The transactions 1T the Lawmakers At
81 faui.---A Short Summary of
the Regular Routine

81. Faul, Jan. oO.-Ihe senate nnance
committee yesterday discussed for three
hours Senator A. F. Ferris measure to
appropriate $150,OO0 for a state sanitarium
county.
After listening to the arguments the
committee went into executive sessi ion.
but arrived at no definite decision. Ar
iangements We're made to make further
. investisa tons. The following bills were
10 Iegalze the incorporation of villages
where technical mis- axes have been made
In the proceedings.
business was very light in both
;5n 81 Si P but ad imprssTiyS eommsmora:
uns I held lhe in f Inc S Of "lam Mcn!6s
H. tnbors Of the house. 5tanaing. sang the
l'%l verse Of the hyi1 IN Nearer, My God.
1hc mouse committee on prison la Dor
and "'her members Of the house yesterday
y',"ttnd the e *:nt" I'ris,n at Saltwater.
cInI t,D..y car viii, carried the party to
and ilofn Saltwater.
t~i,ns Of tn. djsjTict court IN tn: First
Chl~Kp. i<ilAh"c Al. Pin" counties.
Authorizing cities # l,ss than 5000 in
habitants 10 designate repositories, and
r,"IloNc trcaSurc1s i'u.n liability for 4unds
deposited.
st. Paul. Jan. 31-The capitol appro-
pliation bill, providing for an additional
s',:"v,VD tor the Coz ,'rlion Of the struc-,
,: IT,. was pasSrd IN u, senate yesterday
bthrr bills passed YeIt: To amend the
law with reference appeals from the
S. f. Is: Thorpe-To allow the voters
of a town:.l1p to hold elections in inc6r-
roratyI Villages and cities located IN the
Legislation against the erasshopper was
intrndured in The senate by Senator A.
D. STEPHENS, Of Croo st"n. The bill seeks
~ tht. II
grains and other CT >ps' by the insects.
1t gives the count commissioners Of
each county full power to conduct war
1G ST. Paul; JAM po s-senatoE Charles
uuccd a bill TO app upliate $500 to re-
llcve the famine sufferers Of Norway and
Sweden.
! An appropriation Of 100000 for the es-
taI'llShmtnt Of a state rtfolTnatory for,
womt is called for in a bill introduced
by s mate c Gsorge 2 W N;i;. o
which allows women to testify against
their husbands in cases of non-suppolt
and makes non support a misdemeanor
a bill allowing the removal of the Min
neanolis law library was passed.
The house yesterday killed lis first bill
introduced by Representative J. D. Budd,
Of Two Harbors. rich allowed town and
school district officials to require surety
! able amount for surety bonds furnished
by officials. The vote was 81 to %.
The following bills We're passed:
Legallzllg 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
diVidualS.
Legalizing instruments authorizing at
torncys to foreclose mortgages by adver-
Limiting the time 'or the foreclosure Of
! mortgages by advertisement to fifteeu
years from their date without eXtcnsiol
for any cause.
Authorizing mayo. of cities or presi-
dents of villages to appoint temporary
library directors pending the election Of
such library directors provided for by
! law.
Representatives Eckman. Lohren and
tee of the house committee on towns and
counties to draft a new wolf bounty law.
St. Paul. Feb. 4.-The movement among
the manufacturers of the stats to con-
struct on the state fair grounds a build-~1
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 CT
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 q measure for the pro-
motion of good roads.
ne ltllo"lNS DlilS were passed:
Repeating section Of the law of 1895
which holds the overs Of traction en-
gines liable to the 'xtent of $50 dam
ages done to bridges.
Authorizing county commissioners on
petition to vacate change or establish
highways.
Rrlating to the Inheritance of title to
Authorizing cities of less than 10000
Inhabitants to issue certificates of in
later than March ], 1908 for the conStrllc-
ton Of water works
Allowing Hennepin county to house in
the court house and mairtain the library
of the Hennepin county lar association.
The senate yesterday. in committee Of
4s Ts1s pr e SENATOR the W 1
adultering substances in the manufacture
Of vinegar. The me sure, introduced by
Senator A, r. Me- Il, to increase tie
salary of the attorn general from So
500 to $500 was also approved.
The senate committee on insurance yes
t ter approved the measure introduced
by Senator r. 3. Brewer of St. Cloud
retired because of long service. The
measure r apportions a part of the relief
companies for the purpose.
The. senate Yesterday was in session
scarcely an hour. There We're no bills on
the calendar for final passage, and those
portance The BODY viii viii n meet saea at 'h 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. STIMULATES
that the bonds must not exceed Is per
cent of the assessed valuat ion of the tax
able property in the township and that
the rate of interest must not exceed per
cent.
Senator O. N. Me- ten, Of Aitkin. yes
terday introduced a 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 -.
h Senator O. c. Laugen, of Houston, in
troduced a bill to increase the apportion-
ment for graded schools from $500 to $500.
In the house the following bills were
passed: 5..'. :. ->r.
Submitting a constitutional amendments
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
reimburse persons for money illegally coli
1ected 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