The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-02
Johnson's Legislative Record.

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to the senate from the twentieth sena-
torial district in the fall of 1885, This
is the first public office that he ever
held. His maiden effort as legislator
was the introduction of S. f. No. 80, A
| bill for an act to amend Section 3 of
Chapter 2l2 of the general laws of Min
nesota for 1897 relating to the discharge
of persons from the Minnesota hospitals
for the insane.
His next effort was S. F. No. 40, A
bill for an act to authorize and direct
bonds of county commissioners and
place to the credit of townships in .--e
state all public moneys derived from the
sale of intoxicating liquors in townships
other than Incorporated towns, cities,
villages and boroughs.
The first bill was passed by the house
and senate and approved by the govern
or on Feb 9th, 1899. The second effort
seems to have died bornin as there is
no other reference to it in the index to
the senate journal than that it was in
| troduced. Neither does the index of
"bills of the senate" in the house journal
make any reference to it. 1t is probably
slumbering in some forgotten pigeon
hole
On january 25th, 1899, Mr.. johnson
introduced S. F. No. l22, A bill for an
act to amend Section 697 of the general
statutes of 1894 relating to the estab
lishment of section member posts under
the direction and authority of the
county commissioners.
This bill was passed and approved.
Mr.. johnson introduced S. f. No. l60,
A bill for an act to aid in the building
and construction of a bridge across
Roberts creek in the town of Traverse,
Nicollet county, Minnesota.
So far as this bill is concerned the
people in the vicinity of Roberts creek
must be getting along with the old
bridge. 1t never got through the legis-
lature. The last reference to it in the
index is given as page 2I9, but there is
no reference to it on that page. 1t was
probably reported for indifnite post
ponment by the committee on roads and
bridges to which it was referred.
The next bill was S. +. 357, A bill for
an act to repeal Chapter So, special
laws of 1891 being an act relative to the
publishing of probate notices in the
counties of Brown, Ramsey and Wi
mona.
This bill passed the senate but it APP
pears to be, slumbering in the judiciary
committee of the house. This probably
is not Governor Johnson's fault. The
bills of many another good man have
met the same fate.
On Feb. oath he introduced S. F. No.
1863, A bill for an act to provide for the
improvement, protection and preserva-
tion of the grounds of the state COM
prising the former site of Fort Ridgely
and the monument on said grounds.
This bill was referred to the committee
on public parks and was reported back
without recommendation. 1t did not get
through, but as the figures in the index
as to the final disposition of the bill are
an error, it cannot be ascertained with
out great deal of work what was fin
ally done with it.
On march lst Mr. johnson introduced
S. F. No. 3Sl, A bill for an act to re-
peal Chapter 40 of the special laws of
1891 in relation to the extention of the
jurisdiction of the borough of st. Peter,
etc. Passed under suspension of rules.
On March 10th Mr.. johnson introduced
S. F. No. 5O7, A bill for an act to amend
Section of Chapter / of the session
laws of 1878 entitled an act to provide
for the assessment and collection of
taxes.
On March 10Th Mr.. johnson moved
the H. F. SOB be substituted for S. F.
507 and that it be recalled from the
committee on taxes and tax laws to
which it had been referred. That means
| that Mr.. Fosnes' bill which was iden-
teal with the one Mr.. johnson intro
duced, and of which Mr.. Fosnes was
probably the author, is the law which
is now on the statute books unless it has
been repealed or amended by the new
code. On the same day with the above
Mr.. Johnson introduced S. f. No. sos, A
bill for an act to appropriate money for
the st. Peter state hospital. This bill
was indefinitely postponed.
The last and final effort of Mr.. John
son at this session of the senate was
the introduction of bill by permission
of the governor When matters of press
| ing Importance come to the attention of
legislator after the regular time for
the introduction of bills has elapsed, the
constitution provides that he has to get
the governor to make a special request
of the legislature by message to do so.
That is what Governor johnson did
when he introduced S. F. No. 66l, bill
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