Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-08

W. ~ Pay me expense OF a puphc1ty man
under the direction Of the state auditor.
The Perley free textbook bill has been
recommended Tor PASSAGE by the house house
amended to take effect Sept. !. 1906.
The New Code.
st: Paul. March 2, 19o5.-One Of the
legislation ever known will be the new
M1nnesota code after it shall have passed
the legislature and become law. For six
the two houses have been struggling with
the revision: as it was turned over by
the commission which had been appointed
weeks. approximately 1900 amendments
have been adopted in committee to tbs
work as reported by the commission.
3dn Ey;ae chs g"a has escaped the PUN
amended as many as 100 times. 1t can
be judged from this that the present leg
1slature is undeserving Of the censure
who seem to believe that but little has
been accomplished. AS a matter Of fact
few legislatures in the same limited time
now that the code is ready for submission
to the house there is bound to be more
or less difficulty in arranging a method
ing it a special order for each afternoon.
to be considered chapter by chapter, but
this would necessarily prove slow and
lay that the entire code could be defeated
by interested parties, and it has been sug-
gested by those who favor expedition that
the house adopt it as 1t comes from the
with the senate for the appointment of
conference committee. upon whose judg-
ment the members Of both houses could
Gov. Johnson has sent the following ap-
po pn;ae to TIE senate for confirmatien:
county. :, Member state forestry board, Lee
Taxes and Tax Laws.
Two very important measures have
been recommended favorably by the
One is by Representative Thaye- and
is known as a tax ferret bill 1t is
practically duplicate Of the Iowa law
which has escaped the assessor. receiving
t taeretor 20 O. per ;r, cent as reward for his
suited in placing 100000 additional
property on the tax lists.
Representative Stone, which provides for
an inheritance tax on all estates exceed
ing $4,000 in value State Auditor Iver-
son appeared before the committee to urge
the merits of this measure. Two years
ago a similar bill passed the house, cn,y
to meet defeat in the senate.
!: Senator sundberg proposes a constitu-
tional amendment permitting state sys-
TEN OF hail insurance, and has intro
duced g. bill in accordance with that idea.
The bill authorizes the state auditor TO
levy an average tax when proper appli
cation has been made by the owner Of
the crop which it Is sought to insure.
An appropriation of $4,000 for the pur-
at Portland 6re., e this Year, % has BEEN BEEN
offered in the house by Mr. DeLaittre.
to be paid out in salaries or wages: A
commission Of three to be appointed by
the governor, is to direct the expendi-
ture.
Senator Torson has introduced a bill
appropriating 100000 for the purpose
OF erecting stock amphitheater at the
state fair grounds. This measure is
fathered by the state fair officials.
Railway Commission.
Representative Rachie wants TO legis-
late the present railway and warehouse
commission out of Office and incidentally.
restore the old system of having a board
appointed by the governor. No more than
two of the three commissioners are to
come from the ranks Of any y, one politica!
contends that it is best to have COM
mission so constituted that the respon-
shiillity TOR its actions can be located
Two bills Introduced by Senator Brewer.
both relating to local conditions in the
city of st. Cloud, have been enacted into
houses and now await the Signature Of ' the
governor. One authorizes cities owning
waterworks to borrow money on the prop
other allows cities of 10000 inhabitants
Or less to issue bonds for the purpose OF
funding present Indebtedness.
The house has passed the Dorsey bill
creating a state ~embalming board. an
other by Bennett, regulating the sale and
compromising of cocaine. and several
others of minor Importance.
The ware committee to investigate in
surance rates, has held two meetings thus
far and has heard what the insurance
men have to offer on that subject. The
rate in Minnesota is none TOO high, and a
point made by them in the hearing was
that the higher the rate charged the
more chary the companies are of taking
the risks.
An interesting contest is under way
between members Of the Minnesota Ma
the atsr bit
majority of one vote. refused to retain
the present law relating to the state
guard in preference to the law reported
military committee Of the house sides
With the soldier boys and the latter are
p{Fe {Sa to 1ght the matter ter every step
ent Minnesota law is considered a model
by other states.
n.
Of Hennepin. the state capitol commits
sioners have been instructed to keep the
new capitol building open to the general
public on Sunday afternoons.
Senator Cook has introduced a bill
which declares telephone and telegraph
companies to be common. carriers and
railway and warehouse commission. Tn
der the bill the commission is author
lied to designate what hours telegraph
offices and telephone exchanges shall be
connections
between competing companies If deemed
advisable.
Exempt Wages.
A bill which is said to be greatly de-
sired by the Retail Grocers' Association
Rieke. It provides that the wages of any
person or minor child of any person shall
be exempt to the extent of $o5 month.
When received more frequently the
amount exempt shall be in proportion
This allows garnishment Of persons re-
ceiving their PAY pay weekly; and in that re-
The bill was recommended for indefinite
postponement, however, before it was -
The house by nearly unanimous vote
defeated the Wallace bill. which is COM
panion to the one introduced in the SEN
S ate by s. T6ch e. made ths
under protest prior to beginning action
to test VallQltE OF the same.
E. E. Adams wants to amend the law
so that five days residence In the state is
necessary on the part Of persons apply
ing for license to wed.
Word has been received that Repre-
sentative Thundale: of Fillmore county.
is not expected to live many days longer
He is said to be a victim Of tuberculosis.
S. F. Fullerton says the proposed law
permitting hunters to kill female
moose aud caribou would mean the ex-