The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-03-26
6be Legislature.
Items Of Interest from
Minnesota So1onS. -

shape last week. On Wednesday it
took up the four-per-cent gross earn
ings bill for the taxation of railroads,
and passed the bill, 1O3 votes being re-
corded in it's favor. A new section was
aided which provides that any COM
pany contesting the law shall pay
taxes under the old gross earnings law
while the action is in court. Two or
three minor amendments were made to
the bill, and the section of the Johnson
Shearer bill, relating to payment of
taxes under the old law, by contesting
companies, was substituted for a similar
section of the Fryberger bill.
On Thursday the house took up the
Morley and Peachey board-of-control
bills and gave them their Waterloo.
The committee amendments to the
Peachey bill, which took the State uni
versity and State normal schools from
the board of control, except as to the
erection and maintenance of buildings,
were defeated by vote of50 ayes to So
nays, the university forces and the
friends of the Morley and Peachey bills
voting solidly against the amendments.
The Peachey bill was then defeated
by vote of SIS for to 81 against, go
votes being required for it's passage.
The motion for reconsideration was
made by Representative M. j. O'Laugh-
lin of Wabasha county, a Democrat,
and defeated by vote of 48 ayes to SO
nays.
The Morley bill, duplicate of the
Peachey measure was then indefinitely
postponed, and a motion for reconsider
alton defeated both by viva voce vote,
so that both bills are very dead propo-
sitions so far as the house is concerned.
The house elections committee has
introduced a new bill relating to the
submission of constitutional amend
ments on pink ballot to be deposited
in a pink ballot box.
The senate has passed the committee
amended bill by Senator Barker pro-
viding that village road and bridge
taxes shall be paid over to municipali-
ties that are separate road districts.
This is the bill, as amended by the SEN
ate committee, which the Princeton
board of trade had drafted and intro
duced, to enable Princeton village to
secure it's road and bridge money from
Mile Laos county.
Senator F. H. Peterson's bill propos-
ing a convention to revise the constitu-
tion of the State has been recommended
for passage by a vote of 81 to Il.
The senate has passed Representa-
tive P. A. Gandrud's measure prohibit
ing the ~sansol::@a'aattiissn Of parallel Ines
of railway. -....
A bill providing for the assessment
of bankrupt stocks of merchandise or
stocks damaged by fire or water has
been introduced by Representative
Thomas G. Fulton of White Bear. The
bill provides that if any such stocks are
brought into the State after the assess
ment has been completed the assessor
is to ascertain their value and place
them upon the tax lists.
Senator Julius Golfers bill creating
county assessors to secure uniform as
sessments in townships has been recon-
mended to pass by the senate commit
tee on taxes and tax laws.
The house in committee of the whole
has recommended for passage the bill
by Representative j. B. Kelly of Da-
kota county, which allows counties to
pay bounty of ten cents each for kill
ing crows.
Senator Schultz of Marshall, has in
troduced a bill abolishing the normal
schools at Mankato, Moorhead and Du-
luth. Senator Schultz says that the
normal schools at ST.. Cloud and Wi
mona, which alone will remain if his
bill is passed, are able to do the work
of preparing and instructing teachers.
He says that the State needs boys and
girls of industrial training. A school
of mines and mining at Duluth, he
thinks would benefit the residents of
northern Minnesota more than nor
NAL school, owing to the rise of the
mining industry in the State.
Senator Eberhart has introduced a
bill which provides that any police Off
Ger, constable or sheriff who discovers
an animal SUFFERING from the cold shall
remove the animal to sheltered and
comfortable place and that the person
providing such shelter shall have lien
against the animal for the value of such
service.
Representative Gillette of Hennepin,
has presented resolution calling upon
the Judiciary committee to draft and
present bill rearranging the judicial
districts of the State and fixing the
number of judges in each.