The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-16
NEEDS THIRD JUDGE
Addition to Seventh District Bench
Approved by House Judic-
larry Committee.
A Monument for Thirteenth Mime
sofa Boys Who Died in =
the Service.

/ The seventh judicial district may have
third judge, as the house judiciary COM
mittee to-day recommended for passage
a bill to that effect This district includes
the counties Of Mile Lacs. Benton,
Stearns, Morrison, Todd, Douglas, Otter
Tail, Becker and Clay. It has now two
judges, D. B. Searle of st. Cloud and l.. l..
Baxter Of Fergus Falls The understand
ing is that if the bill is passed, Governor
Van SAINT will appoint c. A. Lindberg of
Little Falls as the third judge. sz.e :
The members of the district have all
agreed to stand for the bill, though it
was opposed in committee by Mr.. Perley
of Moorhead. The attorneys of the dis
trict cai i'm that the judges have not time
to give cases proper consideration They
point out that Of 255 cases on the su-
prerne court calendar for the last term.
80 were from this district. The two
Judges had each 73O cases last year, while
the average in Hennepin was only lit
tie over 400.
To Save on Appeals. "
George r. Smith of Minneapolis pre-
sented bill relative to court procedure
in appeals Of civil cases. The measure
provides that where the appeal is from
a judgment, 1.-The clerk of the court from
which it is taken shall, at the expense
of the appellant, forthwith transmit to
the supreme court the judgment roll; II
from an order or orders, such order or
orders, together with the original papers
used by each party on the application
THEREFOR" This plan will be less eSpen-
sive than the present procedure. which
requires copies to be submitted, while the
original documents remain in the district
court. It will also reduce the fees paid
| to district clerks Of court.
To Raise Age of Consent.
| Two bills introduced by S. A. Nelson
| of Lanesboro raise the age Of consent
from 16 to is years. ,..
! For Dead OF the Thirteenth Regiment.
Mr.. McGregor of st. Cloud sent up a
bill for the erection of a monument tc
Thirteenth regiment men who lost their
lives in the Philippines The memorial is
to cost $1,000 and to be erected on the
new capitol grounds. X. -. - =
A New Experiment Station. .-. .'
| DR.. Dorsey, introduced bill providing
for the esta ablishment of an experiments
horticultural station at Glencoe, 'for tht
purpose Of producing hardy fruit, fores
| and evergreen, trees, essential and valuable
| for the farmers Of the state" The bill
empowers the university regents to pur
chase a tract not to exceed 160 acres II
| extent and to devote not more than 90!
annually to maintenance. -.. .
| Home Rule Plan Revised.
| On the calendar the house passed Am
brose Tighe's home rule charter bill
which received the ok" of the Henne
pin delegation Saturday. The bill give
Increased authority to the cities in th
matter of charter-framing and. is de
signed to facilitate the amending of an.
charter now in existence.
Prison Labels SheIved. 49,
/ MI Shove sought to revive his bill re
~ mn RI t7e
i by moving reconsideration of the itf
!, definite postponement voted Saturday, bu
| the house stood by the committee. 49,
M. DIS as Pharmacists.
! A like fate befell a similar motion OF
! the bill permitting physicians who have
practiced five years, to follow the trad
of a pharmacist without securing a stat
license. Messrs. Bowling and Perle.
spoke against the bill, arguing that it
macists throughout the state. DR.. Dorse.
then secured the floor.
Il don't believe physicians generally ar
particularly interested III this measure.
said he. IF we can't make a living b,
practicing medicine, why we can come t
the legislature"
The house laughed and promptly vote,
down the motion to reconsider. -.
St. Louis Sheriff's BILL
.. Under suspension of the rules the hous
passed Mr.. Dowling's bill relative to tn
Isheriff's residence and board of prisoner
in st. Louis county.
In the absence Of Speaker Babcocl
George W. Armstrong of Minneapolis pre-
sided.
George W. Armstrong of Minneapoli
was elected speaker pro tenn Of the hous
this afternoon. Speaker Babcosk is con
fined to his rom for an indefinite tim
with the grip.
!. BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE.
| H. F. $50. Tighe-Relating to the framing o
Its own charter for its government as a city
BY any city or eny village desiring to be incol
porated as a city, and to the amending Of an
charter, already or hereafter framed and adopte
by any city or any villsge, for its government q
a city under the provisions Of Section B6 O
article 4 of the constitution of Minnesota, a
amended in 1898 and Of any statutes enacted i
pursuance thereof. g-.. ....:@a..