The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-02
CODE REPORTED
TO The HOUSE
ALL THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
Nothing Determined as to the Course
to Be Followed in Handling the Re-
vision-Adams Lumber Bill Is Passed
Without Debate County Board of
Education Bill introduced.

The house today accepted the report
OF its Judiciary committee on H. F.
43, otherwise the revised code. The
committee reported the code with LOO
amendments, agreed to in committee,
and the house closed it's eyes and swal-
lowed the whole dose. In accepting
the report, the house will strike out,
found unacceptable. " go. !
No attempt was made to read the
mass OF typewriter matter which came
In as the report Of the judiciary COM
mlttee attached to the original bill of
1885 printed pages, and, in fact, it was
said that the clerks Of the committee
had been unable to arrange the amend
ments in order. They will be printed
and placed on the members desks to-
morrow. - r.-. e.. ,-c.t-: p.
w. B. Anderson, chairman of the COM
mittee, secured consent to his motion
to make the code a special order for
Monday at II O'Clock am. There was
some little division, several members
standing for pm.
Increase Insurance Taxes. 49,
DR.. j. A. Gates of Goodhue offered
a bill to double the tax on the incomes
OF lire insurance companies in cities
and villages having fire department. re-
4 per cent earnings tax on fire de-
partment towns, but declares the tax
shall remain at 2 per cent for all other
insurance written in the state. Town
ship mutual fire insurance companies
| are not affected by the bill The effect
of the bill would be to impose a per
cent tax on twin city. insurance bust
ness. for, in addition to the per cent
earnings tax, 2 per cent salvage tax
is now collected. -
A new; crime, burglary with explo-
! sives, is defined by bill introduced by
L. G. Simons Of Red Lake. It provides
scribed as breaking into building in
the nighttime with intent to commit
burglary and provides that whoever
commits burglary by the use of explo:
slves is guilty Of the crime. Punish.
ment by imprisonment. in the peniten.
tiary for not less than. twenty-five mol
more than forty years is prescribed
The activity of bank burglars in small
country towns, where families otter
live upstairs over the banks, is as
signed as the reason for the bill.
Johnson Talks Out.
L. H. Johnson of Hennepin declared
himself on the floor. A. J. Rockne, L
G. Simons and several others refused tt
give consent to the immediate passag,
of Mr.. Johnson's little bill to legaliZt
the action of some obscure village. 90
want to say right now,' said Mr.. John
son, "that I will object to every mo
tion to take a bill from it's regular orde,
in the future; what is good for me il
good for everybody. There will be NJ
partially shown in this house in thu
future.' a1<<ss ~ d: ''''>>- p
l. County schoolBoards.: =: ~ y
The new county superintendent ant
|county board Of education bill outlined
in I'll Journal yesterday, was in
troduced in the house by Representative
Bjorge. Some changes were made i,
the final draft Of the bill, one providing
that the annual salary of members O
l the county board Of education shall b.
/ $50 a year. The salary of the count,
. superintendent is not to be less than ST.
| for each organized school district in tn
county, and not more than. $1,000