The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-20
LEGISLATIVE. SUMMARY.
The transactions 0f the Lawmakers At
g. Paula Short Summary of
the Regular Routine.


81. Paui.---A Short Summary of
the Regular Routine
st, Paul, Feb. 9.-The very brief session
OF the house Saturday. called by order OF
Speaker Babcock, was devoted almost en-
tirely to the Introduction Of bills and
was not honored by the presence of the
speaker, who was called to Wadena by
Mr.. Lemons H. F. No. 252 amends the
state laws pertaining to Illuminate oil
by bringing under the jurisdiction of
not heretofore been officially regarded as
an illuminating oil. 1t makes 1t a INSIDE
meanor to keep, handle or sell gasoline In
the liquid be contained in bright red cans
bearing the printed word gasoline"
Each person so handling gasoline is re-
CURED to take out an annual license; the the
state oil inspector is required to inspect
the business place Of such licensee once
every six months.
ST. Paul, Feb 10.-The two bills by
Senator j. F. Calhoun, of Minneapolis,
for cities of more than $1,000 inhabitants
We're passed yesterday under suspension
Of the rules.
introduced bill to provide for clerk hire
for treasurers of counties where, the total
amount of taxable property exceeds $5,-
100000 and is less than $1O,000,000.
To provide revolving fund for highway
improvements in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth.
Duluth to issue certificates to the amount
of $150.000 for improvements at the inter-
sections of streets and In front of untax-
To limit the time for foreclosing mort
cages by advertisement to fifteen years.
without extension for any cause.
Bills were introduced in both branches
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$780, 600 for draining marsh and swamp
lands owned by the state. The measures
We're introduced by representative Gun.
committee on drainage respectively and
are result of joint meeting of the
committees. Of the house and senate
Representative B. s. Bennett, of Foss-
ton, yesterday introduced in the house a
bill appropriating S51,7S0 to make up the
deficiency in the appropriation for the
1901 and 1902. The measure is advocated
by ]. w. Olsen, state superintendent of
public instruction. who called attention to
the deficiency in his annual r6Oort
Resolutions adopted at mass meeting
at Norwood. Carver county, to protest
against the passage of the bill appropriat-
ing 10000 to pay back sugar bounties,
were read in the house yesterday.
st. Paul. Feb. 1.-THE senate yesterday
made short work of its general order list
The following bills were passed:
Allowing villages, towns and school dis
tricts to require surety bond of treas
urers and pay reasonable sum for the
same.
Fixing the state bounty for the appre-
hension and conviction of horse thieves at
$780,
Allowing the Incorporation of lodges of
the Modern Woodmen of America and
United Order of Workmen.
Allowing life professional teachers Ger
tificates to be granted graduates Of the
advanced course of state normal schools
without further examinat ton.
Providing for the election of town school
superintendent in CaSs county.
Providing for the election Of school
trustees biennially in Cass, county.
Relating to notaries, public in newly
are for the county from which such new
county was organized.
The house judiciary committee yester-
day decided to recommend for passage
the following constitutional amendment
on the subject Of taxation:
Gasoline and benzine must be kept in
be placed in a red can, if the legislature
follows the recommendation of the house
committee on illuminating oils.
The following bills were passed:
To provide that the per cent tax paid
by fire insurance companies be appro-
priated to fire insurance relief associa-
tions for. pensioning firemen retired be-
cause of long service.
To extend the provisions Of the act
which authorizes villages to issue bonds
f9r water Works sba nd Lighting plants to all
lied" and to require that the question be
submitted to the people in one PROPOSE
ton.
A curative measure to legalize the or
ganization of municipal courts.
To provide. for the disposition Of I'M
claimed dividends and closing up the af-
fairs Of corporations subject to the super
vision Of the public examiner.
ST. Paul. Feb. 12.-senator Samuel Lord
of Kasson, yesterday held up the senate
for an hour and forty minutes on mo-
ton to adjourn. Two recesses of twenty
minutes each were necessary to straighten
out the parliamentary tangle.
Senator Henry Gjertsen, of Minneapolis,
yesterday introduced a bill to authorize
issue certificates for national guard ar
morieS.
Believing that farmers should be al
lowed to buy binding TYNE TYNE when they
yesterday introduced a bill extending to
June the time during which the twine
manufactured at the state prison may be
sold exclusively to customers. The pres
ent law sets the limit at May /.
Representative Nils Nyquist Of Blue
Earth county, yesterday scored victory
in the house committee of the whole by
securing a favorable recommendation for
his bill which provides for state boiler
inspector in each Of the sixty three SEN
Representative A. j. Lohren, of waseca,
all counties Of the state the Torrens sys-
Representative r. T. Lewis, of Duluth
yesterday introduced in the house his bill
providing for death sentence by electro-
cution instead of hanging.
Two bills were passed:
Allowing wives to testify against their
husbands in non-support cases.
Providing for the appointment Of IL
brary boards by the mayor, instead of
selection by the city council, in cities Of
less than $4,000 inhabitants.
st. Paul. Feb. 14.-To appropriate 1884,
600 for improvements at the state prison.
Finance.
To require that cabooses on freight and
live stock trains be at least thirty-four
feet in length, with separate apartments
for the shippers. Railroads.
To provide that the summons issued by
the justice of the peace may be served by
any person not party to the action. Jul
dietary.
To amend the constitution so as to al
low an annual tax on growing crops for
an insurance fund against damage by hail
storms. Judiciary
The following bills were passed:
To change the proceedings from court
to jury trial in an action between the
county and township relative to expenses
incurred for quarantining, and to provide
that the party losing shall pay the judg-
TO require the registration of mining
lands.
The require Incorporated villages to use
the same method in condemnation pro-
ceedings for inserting pumps, water mains
and reservoirs as is used for opening and
widening streets.
To require real estate transfers in conn