The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-14
LEGISLATURE
HOUSE REFUSES TO
CHANGE HANGING LAW
Bill to Give Jury Power to
Fix Sentence Is
Killed

Judges of the district court of Min
nesota will continue to be charged with
the responsibility of sentencing con-
victed murderers to hang. The house
yesterday killed the Alley senate bill, de-
signed to assign to the trial jury the duty
OF imposing the death sentence when
In the opinion. of the jury the circum-
stances warrant the extreme penalty.
The Alley bill made the minimum SEN
tence on conviction of murder in the
second degree ten years at hard labor
in the state penitentiary. George w. w.
Harden of Mower made an extended
argument against the passage of the
bill, declaring II would invite a carni-
val of crime in the state. The final
vote on the measure was As In favor
TO A against the bill.
The house yesterday by a narrow
margin passed the Wood senate bill
admitting wives and widows of old SOL
diers TO the state soldiers home at
Minnehaha. To be eligible to admis-
sion TO the home applicants must be
over 40 years old and must have mar
ried an old soldier prior TO 1890. There
were "a votes for the bill. Only s
votes were cast against IL.
interchangeable mileage books on
Minnesota railroads will be the order IL
Gov. Johnson signs the Stone bill, which
passed the house yesterday. The books
Will be good in the hands of the holder
without respect to the original pur-
chaser. total of 16 votes was cast
against the bill by men who did not
believe the bill practicable.
Among the bills passed by the house
yesterday was the Cook senate bill to
give the state game and fish commits
sion concurrent jurisdiction over inter
state waters. 1t encountered no OPP
position.
Bills Passed by House
n F. No. SIS: BY Stock-To reim-
burse certain persons who have paid
taxes on railroad lands not subject to
taxation.
II. F. No $50: BY Morley-To make
change in the board of administration OF
S. F. No 1856: BY Smith-Relating to
school district boundaries in Hennepin
II. F. No. sS4: BY vollmer-To amend
section s. chapter 154, General Laws of
1888, relating TO the employment of in
mates OF the state penal institutions.
II. F. No. 1856: BY Observation-Disclosures
ing 4 per cent tax on the gross earn
ings of express companies.
s. F. No. 519: BY Judiciary Commit
lating of the Revised Statutes of 1905 and
S. F. No. SEQ: BY judiciary Committee
L,Relating to the annotating and editing
OF the Revised Statutes of 1905.
h F; No. 42O; BY Kiein-Prohibiting
removal OF earth from public highways
II. +; No. 10: BY Lemon-Requiring
that actions for recovery of property con-
veyed by executors. administrators and
guardians be started within five days of
conveyance.
membership in the state agricultural So
ciety.
s. F. No. 719: BY Rowe-Dividing the
thirty-seventh district (Ramsey county,
INTO TWO representative districts.
III. F. No. 720: BY Rowe-Authorizing
county boards TO maintain public watering
places upon public highways.
fraudulent record of log marks.
III. +. No. III: BY Observation-Disclosures
Ing the further leasing of state mineral
S. F. No. PIP: BY wood-To amend
section Of chapter las of the general
laws OF 1887 as amended by section | of
chapter l56 OF the general laws OF 1899,
permitting the admission of wives. wild
oows and mothers of soldiers to the Sol
dierS Home.
S. F. No. 225: BY Stone-Providing that
certain mileage books or tickets issued by
railroad companies shall be transferable
5. F. No. As: BY Alley-To prescribe
the penalty for the crime OF murder i'm the
first and second degree.
>. r. No. Il: By Dunn-To amend sec
ton 10 of chapter 292. laws of 1897. relat-
ing TO mortgages and conveyances of per
sonal property and contracts creating a
lien thereon.
s. F. No. 317: BY ward-To legalize
certain bitches to drain shallow. grassy.
meandered lakes, established under chan
ter 25S, General Laws 1901, and amend
mentS. and to declare legal and valid as
sessments and liens levied Hereunder.
s. f. No. 500: BY Cooke-To amend
chapter SS6 OF the laws of 1903. relating to
the preservation. propagation, protection,
taking. use and transportation OF game
and fish.
S. F. No. 80: BY Schaller-To amend
section 1855 of the General Statutes of Min
nesota for 1894. relating 10 examinations
and recOgniZa noes.