The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
6be Legislature.
. Items Of Interest from:
Minnesota SolOns. -
Committee Assignments.


sf Committee Assignments.
The list of committees for the senate
and house we're announced at the ses-
sions of the legislature last Monday
evening and Tuesday morning. In the
assignment Of the members of the
Forty-ffth district Messrs. Barker,
Mark, Craig and Mclean are placed on
some important committees. Senator
Barker gets the craftsmanship of the
committee on normal schools, and is
also a member of the committees on
education, deaf, dumb and blind, finance,
{of which Senator Brewer of St. Cloud
is chairman, hospitals for insane, judi
ciary, library and public parks. The
committee assignments to the men,
bers of the house are as follows:
Mark-Indian affairs (chairman),
temperance, hospitals for insane, roads,
bridges and navigable streams, print
ing and taxes and tax laws.
McLean-Labor and labor legisla-
ton, (chairman), general legislation,
hospitals for insane, and logs and lum-
Der.
Capitalization railroads, soldiers
home and State prison and reformatory.
Legislative Notes.
The legislature adjourned last Thurs
day to Monday night to allow time for
making up the list Of senate and house
committees. There were few bills in
troduced on Thursday. Senator Will
son of Minneapolis introduced bill
authorizing an amendment to the State
constitution providing for the taxation
of public franchises. The bill author
ICES the taxation of public service fran
chises, either on the basis of property
or gross earnings, the tax to be appor-
TONED among the State, the counties
and the municipalities where the fran
chise is exercised and in the same man.
ner as real estate taxes are apportioned.
1t also makes possible transfer tax
not to exceed per cent on the estates
of decedents, a registry tax on real
estate mortgages in lieu of all other
taxes on the debts thus secured and
tax on the income of persons or cor
porations either from credits or per-
sonal property. Incomes in excess of
ST., 1000 not arising from credits or per-
sonal property are likewise made sub
ject to taxation.
Senator Gjertsen of Minneapolis in
troduced a bill to amend the statutes so
that the inmates of the soldiers home
may be allowed to retain their pension
payments.
Senator Durant introduced bill to
encourage forestry. 1t provides a
bounty Of So per acre on all tracts of
land in the prairie country planted with
forest trees and maintained. No in
dividual can draw bounty for over ten
acres nor for more than six years.
Black locust groves are exempted from
the bounty, and all trees planted by
railway companies within 200 feet of
their right of way. The bill carries
with it an appropriation of 100000.
The first bill introduced in the house
was by Representative johnson of Min
neapolis, amending the law regarding
road work in the counties of Hennepin
and Ramsey, by abolishing the poll tax
and adopting cash payments instead.
The law provides for four road over
seers in each township instead of three.
Representative Haughland of Monte
video introduced bill providing for
separate ballots for constitutional
amendments, and Representative Gan
rud introduced bill providing for the
resubmission of the proposed constitu-
tional amendment increasing the limit
of State loans from the permanent
school and university funds to fifteen
per cent of the assessed valuation of
school districts or civil or political
divisions.
Three new committees are added to
the list of fifty-two committees in the
house provided for at the session of
1901. These are: Census, five mem
bers, Indian affairs, five members and
illuminating oils five members.
The senate is very anxious that con-
gress remove the duty from COAL and
passed a memorial to congress Tues
day morning urging such action, and
requesting the senators and represent
atives from Minnesota to vote for the
passage of the bill.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate this week are: Senator Cert
sens bill prohibiting bucket shops,