The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-03-05

A voting machine commission has
Ibeen suggested BY q bill intro uced Ia
the house this week by Representative
| strong. The bill calls for a board
Of three members, two Of them shall be
master mechanics or graduates Of q
school of mechanics, and the third
member shall be a patent attorney.
The commission shall determine what
voting machines are to be used in the
State. Under the terms of the bill any
county, city or village can use the ma
chimes and may issue bonds to pay for
the same.
A bill has been introduced adding
members of the railroad and warehouse
commission to the list of officials who
are to be nominated at primary cleo
tiOnS.
Representative Clague has introduced
bill that provides that in all trials for
capital or life imprisonment offenses.
the defense shall have twenty peremp-
tory challenges and the State ten. In
all other criminal prosecutions, each
side shall have five.
Representative Peters has bill that
provides that all fines and imprison-
ments, imposed by any justice of the
peace, for the violation of any State
law, shall be reported to the clerk of
the district court and docketed. the
usual fee being paid.
The following bills have been passed
by the senate: To prevent the destruc-
ton of grasses, grains and other crops
from grasshoppers: to repeal the cor
rupt practice act; to authorize probate
courts to appoint special guardians; to
amend section So, chapter 4, laws of
1898, relating to elections; Putnam
to provide for the filing of attested
copies of wills and the probate thereof
affecting lands of interests in lands,
and to legalize any such records here
tofore made; S. F. 21O, Dunn-to grant
to religious corporations authority to
acquire cemetery lands and property
Of cemetery associations; H. F. l48,
| Cole-to amend section 1878, statutes of
1894, as amended, relating to school
meetings in common school districts:
| S. +. 1856, CoOke-tO amend section 928,
statutes of 1894, relating to the election
of supervisors and town officers; S. F.
l31, Barker-to amend section 1919,
statutes of 1894, as amended, providing
for the duties of village officers and
payment of orders: S. F. 81, Stephens
10y request ito amend section l, of
chapter 1919, laws of 1897, relating to
county and town roads; II. F. LIZ, Han
son-to authorize the issuing of bonds
by organized towns for the purpose of
building roads, bridges and town halls;
II. F. 143, Lemon-to provide for the
election of vice chairman of boards
of county commissioners and defining
the powers and duties of such vice
chairman; S. F. 1854, Shell-to regulate
and provide for the paying Of clerk ;ssire
for county treasurers; II. F. los, Ere J
son-to amend section 5, chapter $50,
laws of 1895, relating to the duties of
surveyors regarding section and prop
erty lines; H. F. 81, Cole-providing
for the election of town school superin-
tendents in certain cases, defining their
duties and method of compensation.
The house has passed the following
bills: H. F. 234, RI. Lewis-collec-
ton Of Judgment against cities, villages
and other municipalities; H. F. 213,
Fraser (by request ito establish the
Minnesota State board of surveyors
H. F. PIP, Pehler-recording of mar
riage certificates; H. F. 237, Tighe-
relating to the rights, duties and
liabilities of married women, in refer
ence to real or personal property; H.
F. 378, Deming-to regulate the hours
of employment of locomotive engineers
and locomotive firemen and to provide
a penalty for violation thereof; H. F..
439, Substitute for H. F. 287)-to
amend chapter AZ, of the laws of 1897,
entitled, S'An act authorizing and en-
powering deputy county auditors to adj
minister oaths in their respective coun-
ties and to certify the same under the
seal of the county auditors;'' II. F. PA,
Stevenson (by request)-to amend sec
tions 6029 and 6O33 of the 1894 general
statutes of the State of Minnesota re-
lating to the foreclosure of mortgages:
II. F. $50, Shove relating to and re-
quiring certain vegetable and food
products therein mentioned to be bar
gained for, marketed, bartered and
sold by avoirdupois weights, and pro-
viding for a penalty for the violation
thereof. .- s.
i The Key of Success. z =
| The argument often made against
the views of President Eliot of Har-