The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-31

Special to The Globe

N1POS1cf1 " L itS NIlODCT
BISMARCK, NJ D., Jan. Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Shaw's explana-
tion Of his views on the drawback
matter was referred to committees in
both houses. Prof. Ladd, state pure
food commissioner, addressed the
house on pure food legislation, urging
str1cter provisions and pointing out
what he considered the weakness of the
Stevens bill. Several appropriation
bills were favorably reported, among
them those to appropriate $1,000 for.
the defense of Prof. Ladd and $4,000
for the purchase of the Cochrane law
library. Members of the appropriation
committees of both houses will visit
state institutions the latter part of the
week to ascertain their needs. Anti
pass and a new primary election bills
were presented in the senate today
The house passed bills amending pres
sent statutes. The primary election bill
will probably be considered by commit
tee tomorrow.
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Special to. The Globe
PIERRE, C. D, Jan. 30-The house
today passed the senate bill to legalize
liquor licenses granted in towns where
no license elections were held the past
two years, an emergency appropriation
OF $4,000 for the Spearflsh normal. and
a Dill requiring school officers to plant
and care for trees on school grounds.
Bowel moved to Indefinitely postpone
this. which brought Kribs, Jackson and
Carroll to its defense, and it passed, SO
to 22. The. senate passed the house bill
to appropriate $8,935 deficiency at the
soldiers, home and a joint resolution
memorfalfzing congress for the protec-
ton of the banks of the Missouri river.
Senator Lightner introduced a bill CIV
Ing power to use force of arms if neces-
sary to prevent the escape of convicts.
The principal new house bills We're:
BY Anderson, to cut the eight mill
limitation of county levies out of
the revenue laws; by Blain, allowing
magnetic healers to operate in the
state; by Madison, requiring county of
hcers to furnish the state auditor in
formation for including county finan-
~cial statements in his annual reports.
The senate cleared a long calendar of
senate bills, viz: To appropriate the
proceeds of the South Carolina bonds
to the state university; to cover the
proceeds of any gifts to the state into
the state treasury; providing for the
division of wards into voting precincts;
making abandonment of family a mis-
NSuiN1loi, diiu uAIIlS. TIE llIIlIdIlOn OIL
liability of banks on forged paper to six
months after the paper is returned to
the customer. The house passed the
house bill providing regulations for
teachers certificates, which will allow
an interstate. exchange.
Two methods of controlling the wa
ters OF the state are now before the.
legislature. One, to provide a general
law for control of Irrigation plants
comes from the western part Of the
state where the government is taking
up that class of work. and preparing
to bring large area of land under ir-
-srigation; and the other coming from
the southern part of the state where
they want water taken off, instead of
placed on their lands. When the resi-
dents of that section found that they
must resort to drainage, and attempted
to take up that work they found that
the water question so far as the state
was concerned had all been handled
from the other side of the problem, and
there was no adequate provision for
drainage works on the statutes. They
are. now attempting to secure a gem
eral code to cover the situation.