The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-14
HICKEY PLANS NEW
STATE FAIR SYSTEM
Ramsey Member Would Change
Present Membership
Rule

ohdii VI the STATE agricultural SOClely
VIII be rudely disturbed if a bill pro-
posed to the house yesterday by James
r. Hickey of Ramsey is passed.
The Hickey bill is an amendment to
the law of 1903 creating the state So
ciety, and amends the law only as re-
lating to membership. The Hickey
amendment gives the governor of the
state authority to appoint three men,
bers of the society from each county
In the state not having a county fair
or street fair association.
The present law gives each county,
district or street fair association the
right TO name three members. 1t is
pointed out that many of the county
and street fair associations have long
since gone out of business, but their
officers continue TO represent their So
cleties as members of the state So
ciety and to dominate its affairs.
Honorary members are recruited from
minor state societies, incidental to the
existence of the big state association.
Wider Membership
Mr.. Hickey said yesterday that his
bill is aimed TO give a wider and larger
membership in the state agricultural
society than now exists and to make
IL representative of the entire state.
gathered from every county in the
state, he said, sit will not only make
the society more truly representative
of the state at large, but it will bring
to its fairs the products of more coun-
ties, because of the local interest that
goes with membership in the society,""
III. b. Chamberlain OF Hennepln Is
author of a bill appropriating $1,000
for the compilation of the Minnesota
laws relating to dependents and de-
hnquentS and institutions caring for
the various classes of state charges.
The governor is authorized to appoint
one or more commissioners, who are
to complete the work within six
months and to cause the report to be
printed. An appropriation of $1,000 is
made for the work.
49, County Mine Inspector
John Saari of Sparta is author of
bill which creates a county mine In
. spector. The bill is similar to the
Michigan law, except that in Michigan
the governor appoints the inspector
instead-cf the county commissioners,
as authorized by the Saari bill. APP
pointments are to be made in counties
having five or more mines in operation.
The maximum salary is $4,000, and in
spections are to be made at least once
in ninety days. The mine inspector is
to report to the state labor commits
Sfoner annually.
A closed season for prairie chickens
I to Sept. 1, 1907, will be effective in the
improbable event that the Zelch bill
passes the legislature. After reciting
"a long preamble that prairie chickens
are useful to the farmers because of
the bugs and insects they destroy, and
that the city pothunter and game hog
kifls most of the game, the bill estab-
fishes the closed season. 1t also makes
it a misdemeanor for the hunter to
shoot any domestic or tame fowl on
the farmers land.
"A copy of the North Carolina dispen-
sary law was introduced In the house
yesterday by j. II. Morley OF Ovation
ma It-gives municipalities the option
of voting whether they will have sa-
loons7or,a a dispensary conducted by the
municipality. The goods" are to be
sold only in original packages and must
not be opened on the premises. 1t is
provided that the margin OF profit shall
be. divided equally between the munic-
ipality and the school fund.
w. p. Roberts of Hennepin proposes
a primary party affiliation register, in
a bill introduced yesterday. The bill
requires the secretary of state to fur
nish with the regular election supplies
register for the primary election in
which the electors names are placed
Win llACAA party - my ~
desire. If they do not wish to register
they must file an affidavit before being
permitted to vote at the next party
primary election The bill is intended
to stop the practice of voters of one
party making the other partys NOM
nations.
Anti Cigarette Measure
Another anti-eigarette bill has made
It's bow to the legislature. Represen-
tative S. o. Morse of Slayton yesterday
introduced a bill which prohibits the
manufacture, sale or giving away of
cigarette, cigarette paper for wrappers
or any paper or substitute for the pur-
pose of being filled with tobacco. Vio-
lations of the act are made misde-
meanors, but the bill is careful to spec
ify that it's provisions are not to be
construed as interfering with jobbers
or manufacturers doing an interstate
business
The Morse bill is a copy of a bill
which has just passed the Wisconsin
assembly with but one negative vote.
1t has yet TO pass the Wisconsin SEN
ate.
Another state bureau is proposed in
bills introduced in the house yesterday.
L. Z. Adams of Fergus Falls is father
of two bills which create a bureau for
the protection OF children and dumb an
imals and appropriate $4,000 annually
for the support of the bureau.