The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-11
HOUSE PASSES CODE
UP TO THE SENATE
Lower Body of Legislature Ap.
proves Statute Revision
Commissions Report

The house yesterday afternoon pass
ed the revised code.
Final consideration Of the code was
reached at 1920 o'clock, and when the
reading clerk had read its pages for
less than three minutes, Speaker
Ciague announced that the code was
on Its final passage, and ordered the
roll CALL The call showed los mem
pers present and voting for the revision
as amended by the judiciary committee.
NOT negative vote was cast and the
house had fulfilled the prediction that
IL would pass the code within the week
and send II along with the responsible
lty or Its ultimate passage to the sem
ate A half hour later the bulky docu-
ment had been duly certified and df-,
mlnutive page had delivered it into the
nands OF the secretary OF the senate.
Story of the Code Bill
House file No. 43, being the report OF
the Minnesota statute revision COM
mission, was introduced Jan. % by w.
u. Anderson, chairman of the house
judiciary committee II was sent to
the judiciary committee Immediately,
and March was returned TO the house
with over LOO amendments tackled TO
II in the committee
Ii was made a special order for Mon
day, March 6, and was given an aver
age of two hours consideration by the
house for five days. Not TO exceed
twenty-five material amendments We're
MADE by the house TO the revision and
It's judiciary committee amendments,
and while threats were registered yes
terday OF negative votes If the bill was
put on its final passage without
debate, when the amendments had
been completed, none of the threats
materialized and every member pres
ent voted for the passage of house file
No. 43, as amended
The date upon which the code will
become effective, if passed by the sem
ate was not disturbed by the house
The bill provides that the measure
shall take effect Dec. l, 1905. Edward
Tanning of Olmsted offered an amend
ment, extending the date to Feb 1,
1907. The proposition was Immediately
assailed by w. p. Roberts and W. B.
Anderson, members of the judiciary.
Can Call Special Session
Mr.. Roberts found fault with the
enacting clause because il did not read
Aug. l, 1905, and declared that the only
means TO find what is in the law is
TO put II into effect. If there is found
to be grievous defect, he said, the gov
ernor could call a special session of the
legislature to remedy IL. There was
less error and less abominable law, he
declared, in the revision than in some
session laws and there was mighty lit
tie new law in the work. The chief rea-
sons for delay had been the inability
of the salaried officers of eighty-four
counties TO agree on a general law to
cover their salaries. The Judiciary
committee had labored for fifty-two
days and had found no fault OF mo-
ment.
w. B. Anderson insisted that Il would
be better not to pass the law at all
than to make it effective in 1907. The
next legislature would be beset with the
same difficulties that this house had
encountered. He submitted letters
from C. ID. Belden and w. S. Pattee OF
Minneapolis. written to Representative
j. T. Mannix, indorsing the code as
amended by the house
The Tanning amendment was lost,
and then James ]. Hickey asked how
many votes the speaker would rule Ii
required to pass the code. w. B. An
derSon answered that the attorney gem
eral had ruled that if the code changed
the state banking laws ii would require
so votes, but If the banking laws were
not affected a majority could pass it
Previous Question Moved
Elmer E. Adams moved the previous
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that by shutting off debate he was en-
dangering the passage of the code.
Speaker Clague announced the third
reading. This had the effect OF shut
ting off amendments, and three minutes
later the clerk was calling the roll on
the final passage of the bill. A total OF
los votes were recorded in favor of the
measure, and Speaker Clague declared
the bill had passed and its title been
agreed to.
"A ripple of applause swept over the
house, for the members declared that
they had discharged their duty. 1t was
row up to the senate The responsible
ity had been transferred TO the coor-
dinate branch
The absentees when the final vote
was recorded on the revision yesterday
were:
Block, Bowling, Erickson, Haskell.
Lynch. Mark, Olson, Rowe. Swanson
and Thundale.