The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
COMMITTEES JOINTLY
WILL CONSIDER CODE
judiciary Bodies to Meet Today
With Statute Revision
Commission

When the house judiciary committee
had spent an, hour yesterday in fruit
lessly discussing the procedure to OBJ
tain in considering the report of the
statute revision commission, the COM
mittee adjourned to meet in joint con-
ference at O'Clock this afternoon with
the senate judicfary committee and the
statute revision commission.
The result of the joint conference to-
5 day is expected to be an agreement to
introduce the report as single bill in
both bodies of the legislature. 1t is
proposed to enact the code into law
and then repeal or amend such sec
tions of the code as are found to be un-
desirable. 1t is expected that the ju-
dietary committee of each house will
name subcommittees to consider the
work of the commission, and to report
to the full judiciary committee. Public
hearings of county officers, officers of
corporations, including railroad COM
panies. insurance companies and other
interests whose property and rights are
involved in the revision, will be held
from time to time.
When the house judiciary committee
went into session yesterday it was i'm
mediately met by a resolution pre-
pared by Senator George P. Wilson, of
Hennepin, in which it was provided
that the same plan as was followed in
1866, when the statutes of Minnesota
were last revised, should be followed in
the present proposed revision This
plan contemplated the Introduction Of
the code, chapter by chapter, in the leg
islature, for the fear was expressed
that the constitutional objection to
bill containing other matter than is ex-
pressed in its title would be raised.
Senator Wilson also suggested that
special joint committee of five senators
and seven members be named from the
judiciary committee to consider the
code.
Fear MuItifariousness
The objection to the plan of introduc-
ing the entire code as one bill was met
by report from the code commission,
which said that an opinion had been
obtained from committee of the State
Bar association that the entire code
could be introduced as one bill. This
committee consisted of H. w. Childs
and G. E. Otis, of ST. Paul, and Rome
G. Brown. of Minneapoli
w. p. Roberts expressed the convic-
ton that the code could be introduced
as one bill, and he advocated its intro
duction and enactment, and subse-
quent repeal or amendment when SO
desired.
There was wide diversity of opin-
ion of members Of the judiciary COM
mittee as to the best plan for consid-
Grafton of the code, and after a long
debate it was agreed to adjourn until
this afternoon, when the senate ju-
dietary committee and the statute re-
cia or oot xuifI h no
house committee.
Registers of deeds of Minnesota
counties, who were in session in st.
Paul yesterday, very generally express
ed dissatisfaction with the work of
the code commission. 1t was insisted
that the commission had neglected the
very important item of salaries and
fees, and that the chapters relating to
compensation of registers are in a
chaotic state.
County Officers Alarmed
County auditors and county treasur-
ers, who held their annual meeting at
Minneapolis yesterday, visited the
state capitol yesterday to investigate
changes proposed in their salary al
lowances by the statute revision COM
mission. Both classes of officials have
been placed on new system of COM
pensation, and it is said that in the
state the code means more salary for
both auditors and treasurers. In some
of the larger and weather. counties
the new code cuts salaries and clerk
hire to the quick.
One of the officials who will suffer
most seriously if the new code is en-
acted into law as it is reported by the
statute revision commission is J. C
Creyer, auditor of Stearns county. His
salary is reduced from $500 to $2,50(
and his clerk hire reduced from $4,30t
to $500. Mr.. Crever declared yester-
day that he would have to close his
office if the code becomes law.
The county treasurers salary ir
Stearns county is also reduced $1,000
and his clerk hire reduced by sevefa
hundred dollars annually. In counties
having more than $10,00000O valua
tion the code is said to seriously inter
fere with the salary and clerk hire o
the auditors and treasurers. Effort.
to modify the code in its provisions re.
lating to salaries of county officer.
will be made in the legislature.