The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-10

Teepnpme nded1 the 9bAL upEoposing the
constitutional , amendment relating to
the adoption or amendment of home
rule charters. E. P. Allen of Minneapr
oils, who lately secured the adoption
Of a bill proposing a constitutional
amendment permitting special legis-
lation for cities. made an effort to
have the bill indefinitely postponed,
but was unsuccessful He also made
efforts to have 1t amended so as to
destroy its important feature, but
again was unsuccessful.
The bill is the one recommended by
the joint meeting of the members of
the st. Paul and Minneapolis charter
commissions and introduced in the
It provides that charters may be
adopted by a four-sevenths vote of
those voting on the proposition and
may be amended by vote of three
fifths of those voting on the amend
ment instead Of those voting at the
election as at present.
Enforcement of Dog Ordinances.
City councils in cities of $4,000 or
more are authorized to place in the
hands of humane societies the enforce
ment of ordinances relating to dogs
and other animals, including the col
lection and disbursement of the dog
license fee and the operation of the
public pound, according to bill intro
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delegation. The council is authorized
to permit the society to use for it's
work the proceeds of all collections
made in enforcement of the ordinance.
The house committee of the whole
took favorable action on the bill re-
quiring the examination of eyes and
ears Of school children. B. H. Tim
berlake of Minneapolis explained that
the bill only required that the teachers
make a test of the sight and hearing
of the pupils, that they report to the
parents if any defects are found and
that they have no power to order the
pupils to wear glasses.
The house committee of the whole
took favorable action on the bill intro
duced by o. N. Thundale of Harmony
giving counties portion of the money
collected by cities and villages for
liquor licences, but with an amend
ment cutting the amount from 10 to 5
per cent and another eXempting the
three large counties from the opera
tion of the law
The house passed the bill authorize
ing cities or villages to prohibit bucket
shops or their agencies within their
corporate limits. Senator o. G. Dale
of Madison was the author of the bill
and the house passed the, senate bill
without amendments.
The bill providing state board of
nurses examiners, and requiring the
registration Of professional nurses,
was passed in the house. 1t was a
senate bill, introduced by H. H. With
erstine of Rochester.
Regulation of Electric Railways.
The house committee of the whole
adopted the bill introduced by o. F.
Christensen Of st. Paul placing the
regulation of electric railways in the
hands of the state railroad and ware
house commission.
The house passed the bill authoriz-
ing the annexation of territory ada
cent to cities of 10000 to 100000. The
bill was introduced in the senate by
e. II. Sullivan of Saltwater and is in
tended to permit the annexation of
Oak Park to the city of Saltwater.
Oak Park is the suburb in which the
new state prison is located.
The senate passed Senator E. Fl.
Canfeld's bill carrying an annual ap-
preparation of 100000 for road and
bridge work, the money to be expend-
ed under the supervision of the coun-
ty commissioner. The original bill
gave the state highway commission
the supervision of the expenditure of
the money, but this was amended in
the finance committee and after fight
on the floor of the senate the amend
ment was adopted, so that the state
highway commission will have nothing
to do with the expenditure of this
money.
The senate passed the house bill
authorizing school boards to prohibit
frate"nities and secret societies from
being formed in the public schools and
providing for the imposition of a fine
upon pupils violating the law The
bill was amended so as to apply only
to secret societies, on motion of Sena-
tor E. E. Smith of Minneapolis, who
suggested that the bill as drawn
would prevent the pupils from organic.
ing debating and similar societies.