The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-09

nous, and it is said that a minority
report will be made to the house by
several members of the committee who
do not approve of the provisions of
the Eberhart bill.
The senate judiciary committee has
favorably reported on Senator
Thompson's bill to regulate automo-
biles.> The bill empowers all county
boards, to regulate the maximum
speed at which an auto may
be operated on a country road.
The bill declares that an auto
mobile must not be run at speed
to exceed eight miles an hour when
passing another vehicle or person on
the highway, or passing church,
while service is being held or school
building when school is in session.
The senate railroad committee has
recommended the Stone mileage bill
which provides that the holder of mile
age whether the original purchaser or
not is entitled to use it. Under this
bill mileage which has hitherto been
strictly personal and nontransferable
may be used by any number of per-
sons at different times, or by a number
of persons at the same time. No
opposition was offered by the railroad
interests.
Representative Fraser has intro
duced bill providing that all tele-
phone and telegraph companies in
the State shall be placed under the
supervision of the railroad and ware
house commissioners. The commits
sion is authorized to designate what
hours telephone and telegraph ex-
changes shall be kept open, but CON-
pei connections between competing
companies. if it deems such necessary.
Senator Dale's bill prohibiting the
sale of cigarette wrappers at retail in
Minnesota has been favorably re-
ported by the senate judiciary COM
mittee with a slight amendment chang
ing the language. The bill makes it
a misdemeanor for any one except
jobbers doing an interstate business
to sell cigarettes or cigarette wrap
pers. Under the bill the only way a
person in Minnesota may buy cigar
cites is to go to another state or to
get them through the mails.
| The house has killed the Smith
Wallace bill to establish a system by
which taxpayers may pay personal
property taxes under protest, and then
take an appeal from the amount pro-
tested within sixty days.
A maximum grain rate of one cent
per ton per mile is established for
Minnesota railroads by a bill intro
duced by Representative Ware of
Northfeld.
Senator Gjertsen has introduced
bill creating committee of three
members to select a voting machine
to be used in city, county and State
elections at the option of the State
and municipal authorities. The bill
provides that the attorney general
shall be the chairman of the commits
sion and that the other two be ap-
pointed by the governor, to serve four
years. Owners of machines are re-
quired to pay an examination fee of
5000 and the machines must be ex-
amined at the new capitol.
The bill of Representative Sherman
S. Smith Of Minneapolis providing for
a constitutional convention to draft
a new State constitution was recon-
mended for passage by the house ju-
dietary committee. There was no op-
position to the measure providing for
a constitutional convention, and the
members of the committee were unani-
nous in the opinion that revision of
the constitution is advisable.
Senator Morgan of Albert Lea
wants law that will make sureties on
bonds of saloonkeepers liable for
damage or injury resulting from vio-
lation of the bond the same as the
principals. A married woman is en-
powered to bring actions against
saloonkeepers to recover damages for
injury to herself or her children as
result of the sale of Intoxicating liquor
to her husband. The bill fixes the
liability of dealers in Intoxicating
liquor and of their sureties. The
bond of saloonkeepers is fixed at
So. 600 and the sureties are required to
justify in twice the penalty of the
bond.
Representative H. O.. Bjorge of
Becker has introduced the educational
bill, permitting the selection of
county superintendent by county
boards of education, on which educa-
tional men of the State have been en-
gagged for some weeks. The bill pro-
vidas for an oloctivo county, eohoo1