The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-07
SENATE PULLS OUT
TROLLEY WOODCHUCK
Code Amended to Deprive
Street Railways of Eminent
Domain I'm Cities

The senate, in committee Of the
whole, met the code and it's 1000
amendments yesterday afternoon and
after a session lasting over two hours
adjourned none the worse for wear.
AS for the revised code, it was leans
ed of the conspicuous woodchuck,
pointed out by The Globe yester-
day, which would have permitted street
railway companies to exercise the right
of eminent domain in cities and viii
lagos.
This provision was inserted on mo-
ton of Senator S~omerville, chairman
of the judiciary committee, who moved
h a the following amendment be add
ed to section 5 of chapter 60 on corpo-
rations:
n street railway company shall ex-
ercise such right of eminent domain in
cities or villages" The motion pre-
vailed by a unanimous vote.
Senator Somerville added that it was
not the intention of the judiciary COM
mittee to confer any such right to a
street railway company within cities or
villages.
The senators proceeded to consider
the code by chapters. beginning with
chapter n and continuing to chapter
l12 and adopting amendments here and
there. The same chapters will doubt
less be taken up again as well as the
amendments made by the judiciary
committee and the house.
Skim Over the Chapters
Not more thar fifteen amendments
were adopted yesterday, the senators
only lighting occasionally, as they
clfV,n nod xlaIsff4r.c -,.a-
chapters. Upon reaching chapter lilo,
Senator Wilson proposed the following
amendment:
These laws shall not be cited or
treated as a session law, but shall be
designated as The Revised Laws
They shall take effect Dec. l, 1905, but
shall not abrogate any act passed at
the session of 1905, all of which shall
be construed as amendatory thereof or
supplementary thereto"
No action was taken yesterday on the
amendment. Senator Wilson thought
that Dec. 1, 1905, was a premature date
for the revised laws to take effect, as it
hardly allowed time enough to print
and issue bound copies Of those laws.
The proposed amendment will be con-
sidered later.
enato Hardy was the first senator
to offer an amendment from the floor.
He asked that section 9 of chapter IL
of the military code be changed so as to
render eligible for appointment as adj
jutant general any man who has been"
for three years al officer of the nation
al guard. Without the amendment, the
section read, any man .who shall be"
such officer.
Another amendment to the same
chapter offered by Senator Hardy n
adopted, affects only St. Paul, as it
gives control of the armory to the Of
fnar IN nnnanaon nd nf tho a0Tnr nnrtfnn
of the national guard using such arm
DRY, who in this case is Maj. Spear, in
command of the local battalion of the
First regiment. The remaining troops
stationed here comprise a battery of
artillery and the engineers corps.
Senator Eberhart also offered an
amendment to section IL of the military
code, which makes 1t optional to include
the artillery in a brigade of the nation
al guard. 1t was adopted.
Minor Amendments Adopted
In conformity with Senator Cert
sens bill, requiring every promise to
pay a debt which has been discharged
by bankruptcy proceedings, to be in
writing and signed by the party making
such promise, the senator offered an
amendment to that effect to chapter 20
on Frauds" 1t was adopted. So was
an amendment by Senator Thompson
to section 257k of chapter so on cor
porations, which exempts town mutual
insurance companies from paying a
tax of 2 per cent on all premiums.
The committee of the whole reported
progress on the code at this stage.
Prior to consideration Of the code.
the committee of the whole recon-
mended for passage Senator Thorpe's
bill preventing common carriers from
raising freight rates without the con-
sent of the railroad INK warehouse
commission, and Senat Golfers bill
regulating the entry of final judgment
in actions for divorce and providing
for interlocutory judgments therein.
Senator Wilson of h tricity delega-
ton reported that it recommended for
passage Senator Calhoun's bill author
izing the establishment of a free en-
ployment agency in Minneapolis.
The Ramsey county delegation rec
commended the passage of the bill au-
thorizing the issue of $150,000 worth of
bonds to build a bridge across the Mis-
sissippi at Fort Smelling.
The senate adjourned until 10 a m.
today.