The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-17

report was submitted to the house. and
BY ne OF b vote os e " to ~
was substituted for that Of the maJority.
the motion carrying with 1t the indennite
the ney
secure a reconsideration of the vote on
the ground that gag rule had prevented
fair his 1sn for the
nays 50. The failure Of Mr.. Rocknes mo
ton. therefore settled for all time the
CARRYING carr the same Subject matter. I'm
der the rules such q bill can receive no
consideration during the remainder OF this
session. The original Nolan bill will be
taken up Wednesday next and passed
upon as a special order and its friends
confidently predict its passage.
REVISED CODE.
The re-revised code has been passed by
tions Of speedy action and is now ready
for the consideration Of the senate. Very
few changes Of Importance were made BY
mitted by its Judiciary committee. Prob
ably the most important action was the
restoration Of the existing law as it ap-
The code revision conferred the right
upon these companies. but an amend
pieable go only i IN the Country and small
code will take effect Immediately upon
While he house is doing great deal of
work which is commendable, the mem
bers have their OF days. when it seems
1Go lost s Of ana all the
fication Of all interests or petty spite
Thursday was such day. 1t Is esti.
that 500 worth Of time
was wasted in contest over the ap-
pointment Of a clerk to assist. the COM
mittee on public accounts and expendi-
q "a
a resolution for the appointment Of such
a clerk. 1t was understood that the ap,,
BY Chairman Downing. The resolution, in
its regular order, was sent to the COM
mittee on rules. The latter body. avow-
ing It's Intention to save the states
already upon the pay roll Over this
question the entire membership became
in edy .a f. Th s n as
of the full amount OF a clerks salary for
the entire session at IS per day.
sse asS tSe o.
Grand Army posts from taxation: Tho
bill was withdrawn after it had been
% by the 5 5a
introduced a bill providing for a consti-
tutional amendment to effect the same
pS ana to exempt the ds oS6 %
each. as well.
During the session of the Grand Army
which was hald IN ms
in body and before the two bodies OF
the legislature, urged the passage Of the
s p ae T f9y the
and mothers Of civil war soldiers.
The house committee on taxes and tax
LAYS has PASSED f fSve1a11y the
viding for the taxation of franchises and
the appointment Of a state tax commits
sioner. This s., bin passed the house two .xo
Haugland bill The bill practically re-
drafts the present tax laws Of the state
and that nj Of
ter ascertaining their value by adding the
market yaluo Of the companys stock and
funded debt and deducting therefrom the
as returned for taxation. The tax COM
missioner is to be appointed by the gov
ernor for term of four years at sal
general supervision of assessing officers
and has power to examine persons and
compel the production OF books and pa
pers in aScertaining the value of prop
erty subject to taxation.
The Same committee has reported fav:
the gross earnings tax paid by sleeping
cent. and Imposing the tax upon the Min
| nesota proportion Of interstate business.
Expenditures.
The house committee on public ac-
! body. 1t Is now especially engaged in
sitting charges made by a St. Paul coal
state board o Of control. It is alleged that
the latter had his winters supply Of coal
furnished gratis by the corporation which
state. The evidence thus far has failed
to substantiate the charge. The COM
mittee is also investigating the yolumin-
a ans sa. Johnson ae against Former state
Auditor Dunn. These charges were very
much in evidence during the late. po-
ore tho ast and
explained many points. He claimed that
many settlements for trespass were made
nsy be f5e
state. although he admitted that not in
all cases was the law followed to tho let
"a x Eli Sill introduced t BY Senator somer-
vile provides for constitutional amend
ment specifically authorizing the legisla-
Weh to sha be n e of a ali ofer
The senate grain and warehouse COM
nittee has reported faworably two bills
INTRIGUED BY Senator Thorpe; One pro
duo bills where the law demands a ware
house receipt. Tho other empowers the
Of commission merchants found guilty Of
Senator Witherstine has introduced
bill which is said to be a copy. OF the Iowa
distance tariff law. 1t Is Il bulky docu-
! ment and covers nearly, every phase Of
railway regulation. prohibiting a greater
charge for a short distance than is made
for a longer distance. and declaring re-
bates and determinations of all kinds H.
legal. The meat of the bill is included in
the long and short haul clause, which
reads as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any common
carrier subject to the provisions Of this
chapter to charge or receive any greater
compensation in the aggregate for tho
Transportation Of passengers or a like
kind of property for a shorter than for a
longer distance over its railroad. all. or
any portion of the shorter haul being in
Guided within the longer, and shall charge
from any point on its railroad than a
fair and just rate. compared with the
price it charges for the same kind OF
freight transportation to or from any 9TH
err point"
The bill provides that charges for
freight and passenger traffic shall DO
"just and reasonable" and says that in
determining this point the railway and
warehouse commission shall take into
consideration what charges railways
make in other sections of the state, or
in any state in the union. The roads are
permitted to charge lower ratio on car
!! load lots than on less than carload
lots A fine Of from $1,000 to- 5000
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