The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-26
TIE PRINCEToN UNIoN:s THURSDAY FEBRU RY d 1eoa

Representati Tive George Wv Wilson Of
Worthington has introduced bill in
/ the house making persons selling LIQUOR
to habitual drunkards liable for dam
ages, to be recovered in civil action
| by the person damaged. The bill pro-
vides that any husband, wife, child,
guardian or person injured in any man
ner by the intoxication Of any person
may recover damages in a civil action
to be brought against the person selling
the liquor. It is provided, however.
that damages can be recovered only
after written notice has been served on
the vendor of the liquor that the per-
son is a habitual drunkard and liouor
is not to- be sold to him
Bills have been introduced in both
houses of the legislature amending the
laws relating to the suppression of for
est fires. Under the provisions of the
law any fire warden who knows or who
has information of facts and circum-
stances which he believes can be estab-
llshed, and which if so proven would
show beyond reasonable doubt that
any person has caused a fire in VIOLA
tion of this act, he shall immediately
go before justice of the peace and
make complaint. Fire wardens are re-
quired to patrol their districts in a dry
season, and may, by the direction of the
chief fire warden, employ one or more
patrols to warn against the careless use
OF fire. Where local authorities neg
lect to prosecute violations, the chief
fire warden is authorized to prosecute
at the annual expense of not more than
1000.
The bill also requires any person cut
ting logs, ties, cedar poles or timber on
any land in the State to burn or remove
the tops and refuse before the first of
the ensuing April. In case of failure
to do this, the chief fire warden NAV
have the work done at the expense of
the State. He is allowed for this pur-
pose $1,000 each during 1908 and 1904.
Representative Palmer has intro
duced bill increasing the terms of
county superintendent of schools to
four years. The bill does not apply to
present incumbents.
| The house committee on general leg
islation has reported for indefinite post
ponement, the bill by Representative
J. r. Morley to remove from the iuris-
diction of the State board of control the
State university, the normal schools,
the school for the deaf and blind at
Faribault, and the State public school
at Owat0nna. The senate committee
on education has recommended for
passage the bill by Senator George W.
Peachy, which is practically a dupli-
cate OF the Morley bill, and also the
bill by Senator G. M. Buck, which
differs only from the Morley bill in
that it leaves the Owatonna public
school under the jurisdiction of the
State board of control. The Morley
bill will come up for considerationnin
the house on Friday of this week. =,
Representative Clague has intro
duced a bill which doubles the amount
of State aid given to schools below the
rank of high schools, raising graded
schools from $4OO to $500, semi-graded,
from 5000 to $4OO and rural schools
from $lOO to 5000.
Representative Shepard of Henne-
pin introduced bill in the house pro-
viding for separate primary elections
for the several political parties and
making it a misdemeanor for a member
of one party to vote the primary ticket
of another. The primaries are to be
held on successive days, beginning
with the Tuesday following the first
registration day, and the party which
cast the highest number of votes for
governor at the last preceding election
is to hold it's primary first. The bill
does not widen the scope of the primary
law and makes no attempt to extend
it's operations to State officials. It re-
duces the candidates fee from $40 to S..
Senator Laybourn has introduced a
bill imposing a gross earnings tax of
three per cent on all fraternal and
mutual life insurance companies in the
State. The bill will be stubbornly
fought by the fraternal orders of the
State.
And now comes another salary grab
bill introduced by Senator Jeppson who
wants to have the salaries of the rail-
road commission increased from $4,000
to $4,000.
A bill by Senator Schaller would ap.
propriate $4,000 to reimburse the own
ers of glandered horses or cattle af-
fected by tuberculosis, which have
been condemned by the health author
tiles.
Senator TOrson has an omnibus dairy
anr foo1 hill tho u-ho1o Ga1J