The Ely miner., 1903-04-10
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The Transactions of the Lawmakers a.
81. Pan:.---A Short Summary OF
the Regular Routine

The Transactions of the Lawmakers az
81. Pan:.---A Short Summary of
the Regular Routine
st. Paul, April 1.-The senate yester-
day passed Senator c. M. Bucks bill pro-
hfbiting- the adulteration of sorghum.
Senator E: B. Collester's bill allowing
special municipal legiSla ton was-paSSed
by the senate without opposition.
The senate passed Senator A. d. Steph-
ems measure regulating mutual hail in
companies to pay their losses in full to
make detailed statements to the insur-
ance commissioner, to keep their expenses
and to have 500, 900 of subscribed insur-
ance before issuing policies.
The house, by vote of o. ayes to 69
by Senator C. NJ. Buck. of Faribault.
which sought to remove the state uni
versityi the normal schools. and the
blind from the. jurisdiction of the state
board of control.
In the house the following bills were
Increasing the salary of the state super
intendent OF public instruction from $1,000
to SO, 900.
Requiring lumbermen to burn slashings
and tops so as to reduce the danger of
forest fires.
Allowing special school districts of more
than ten townships to be eSubdivided into
independent school districts.
Authorizing the payment from county
funds of certain expenses OF county at
torneyS.
Providing for reports by justices Of
peace to be filed and indexed by the clerk
of the district court.
Requiring the examination Of all master
and journeymen horseshoers in Minnesota.
Ehoeing horses or mules.
Preventing recovery for newspapers or
periodicals furnished which have not been
subscribed for, and which have been or
dered discontinued.
st. Paul. April 2.---Free text books, for
children may be furnished by school
boards in cities of less than 10000 in
habitants, if bill introduced yesterday
by Senator A. F. Ferris, Of Brainerd, be-
comes law
The senate passed the following:
To regulate life insurance companies
doing business on the stipulated premi-
TO repeal the law under which the
Northwestern National Life Insurance
Company of Minneapolis is organized.
To provide for the destruction of weeds
in country highways.
To allow persons claiming to have ar
rested horse thieves thirty days TO pre-
sent their claims.
To rule out life insurance companies of
states that have prohibited similar Min
nesota concerns from operating within
their limits:
bonds for building a court house.
proposition to permit state banks to
maintain savings departments took up
days session, and it was recommended
to pass.
The house passed a resolution that
payes the way for the abolition of the fee
system of paying state and county officers
in Minnesota.
The opening gun of .he fourth board of
control ght in serg the house was PeraS rSo oy oy
Moorhead, who introduced bill taking
the state university and the normal
schools away from the & board t OF hasa control of
the board of regents and the state normal
board, respectively.
The house passed the Ferris Dill pro-
viding for an injunction against the col
lection of taxes where county boards
have levied more than the law permits
Gov. Van SAINT signed the bill appro-
priating 100000 for the successful carry
ing on of the Minnesota state exhibit at
the st. Louis exposition. The bill pro-
vides that $50,000 will be available at the
end of the fiscal year, July l. 1903. and
the other $4,000 at the end of the fol-
lowing fiscal year. July 1, 1904.
ST. Paul. April 3.-The senate yester.
day passed Senator Henry Morgan's bill
providing for improvements at the state
fish hatchery and amending the game and
fish laws. The bill originally carried an
crease of SIS, 900. The finance committee
will consider the appropriation in draw
ing it's omnibus bill
Senator George P. Wilson's bill which
takes its first steps toward establishing
a state reformatory for women, was
passed by the senate by vote of SO to H.
Tne senate t Passsn sasnres ehavGa Which prohibit
horses or mules from being left unpro-
tected out in the rain and cold.
The house yesterday afternoon decided
that farmers that lost their crops from
hail or other storms during the summer
of 1902 are deserving of public aid, and in
to 'iiass pass the Block bill exempting the
lands so visited by destruction from taxes
for 1902. County boards are to pass on
applications for such reiief: to,,, rooord
against any radical changes in the prim-
ary election law, and particularly against
any amendment calculated to permit the
voters of one party to interfere with the
nomina tiOnS of another.
The house passed the Torson bill, re-
codifying and amplifying the state dairy
and food laws. The new law extends the
powers of the dairy and food commission
er, imposing on him, in addition to the
police powers already vested In him, the
duty of encouraging and promoting the
manufacture of pure dairy and food prod
uctS in the state.
Representative A. L. Cole. of Walker,
mendation for his bill taxing logs: in the
county in which they are cut, against the
opposition of Hennepin and st. Louis
counties.
ST Paul, April 4.-The senate yester-
day refused to concur In the house reso-
draft bill placing county and state OIL
GERS on a salary basis. Senator Samuel
Lord of Kassan, objected on the ground
that it was too late In the session to take
up the matter.
The following were passed:
To- authorize cities of more than 90, 600
Inhabitants to acquire lands for park
purposes.
TO authorize Minneapolis to issue $780,
900 bonds to complete the construction OF
the court house and city hall.
commencement
tions, pleadngs and proceedings in the
municipal court of Saltwater
To enable municipalities to establish
and acquire building line easements along
streets, highways, parks and parkways.
The house passed the following:
TO prevent treSpaSSing in ItaSca State
Park.
Permitting county boards to lay out
roads within organized townships where
the supervisors fail to act. RepaSsed with
senate amendments.
Authorizing express trusts for cemetery,
religious or charitable purposes.
To allow perpetual trusts for library,
cemetery and other purposes.
Providing for assessing OF logs in the
county in which they are cut.
Relating to public highways in town
ships.
To establish the state live stock sani-
tary board of Minnesota.
Prohibiting the sale of berries in a case
or crate, box OF basket which has pre-
viously contained other berries.
cation of public roads and highways on
mineral lands.
To define articles of food and drink for
human use to prevent miSbra nding or