The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-23
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
TWO-cENT PASSENGER FARE BILL
GOES THROUGH WITH ONLY
ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
MEASURE WILL BECOME EFFEC-
TIVE MAY FIRST OF THE
PRESENT YEAR.

st. Paul, Feb. 22.-The 2-cent pas
senger fare Bill! passed the house with
out debate, and with but a single vote
in the negative. There is no compro-
mise, but a straight maximum fare of
cents per mile, with a maximum of
cent per mile for children under
twelve years. A fine Of $4,000 or i'm
prlsonment for one year in the state
prison is provided for any company,
agent or officer who asks or accepts a
higher fare. .
The bill came into the house as
committee bill, adopted unanimously
by the railroad committee. The bill
presented, however, follows closely
the wording of the bill introduced by
Burdette Thawer of Spring Valley.
The three bills on the subject, House
Files No. 3, 5 and 6, by Burdette
Thayer, John Zelch of Cottage Grove
and A. G. johnson of St. Paul were
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment, as we'll as House File No 80
by J. L. Void of Twin Valley, which
provided penalties for exacting excess
fares. $780,
The committee bill is made effective
May 1, 1907. The penalty for charg-
/ ing or asking more than a 2-cent fare
may be imposed on any officer or
ticket agent, conductor or other en-
ploye of the company. Baggage of
the usual amount must be transported
free.
Ore docks now or hereafter con-
structed on railroad right of way or
adjacent thereto are declared public
ore docks in a bill introduced in the
house by R. H. Jefferson of Bingham
Lake. AS such they are placed under
the jurisdiction of the railroad and
warehouse commission and must be
licensed annually.
State Drainage Bill.
A bill for a comprehensive system
Of state drainage was introduced in
the house by R. J. Wells Of Brecken-
ridge. The bill carries an annual ap-
preparation Of 100000 for term of
years for draining state lands. The
ing of the governor, state auditor and
secretary of state, is continued The
commissioners are to employ state
drainage engineer who is to have
charge of the work. The bill has pro-
visions similar to the other drainage
bills for the appraisal of benefits and
damages to private lands, for payment
of assessments, for appeals and for the
construction of bitches. ....-
A new steel bridge over the glen
at Minnehaha to the soldiers home is
provided in a bill introduced in the
house by Harrison White Of Luverne.
An appropriation of $4,000 is provid-
ed for wagon and foot bridge to re-
place the present wooden foot bridge.
A new anti-rebate bill, in place of
the one introduced the first of the ses-
sion by ]. G. Lennon of Minneapolis,
was reported for passage by the house
committee on railroads and placed on
general orders. The new bill bears
the name of the author of the former
bill, and although complete redraft
of the bill, it follows the provisions of
the former bill closely.
The repeal Of the statues requiring
candidates for elective Offices. and
treasurers of political organizations to
file expense accounts is provided for
in a bill introduced by Senator D. S.
Hall of Buffalo Lake. The bill simply
provides for the repeal Of sections
$50 and 35S of the Revised Laws OF
1905, the former relating to the filing
of aftdavits of expenses by candidates
and the latter to the filing of such afi-
davits by the treasurers of political
committees.
Farm Machinery at State Prison.
Both the senate and the house
passed bills authorizing the state
board of control to establish plant
at the state prison at Saltwater for
the manufacture of farm machinery,
such as binders, mowers and rakes.
While two separate bills were passed,
each house acting on the measure in
troduced in its own body, the two bills
are essentially the same.
The state school for dependent chill
dren at Owatonna will hereafter be
managed by the state board of control,
instead of by board of managers, If
two bills introduced by Senator Frank
Clague of Lamberton become laws.
Senator Clague also introduced
bill providing for the abolition of the
board of directors of the Minnesota
schools for the deaf and blind at Fari-
bault and comforting the exclusive
management of these institutions up
on the state board Of control.
A bill to encourage education in az
riculture and domestic science by pro-
viding for the establishment and main
tenance OF county schools for that pur-
pose was introduced by Senators O. G.
Dale of Madison and L. O. Thorpe of
Willmar. The bill authorizes the coun-
ty commissioners to appropriate
money and levy tax for this purpose
not to exceed $4,000 the first and sec
ond years and not to exceed $4,000 in
any year thereafter.
The senate finance committee has
decided to make favorable report on
s. r. No. 270, which provides an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the aid Of
farmers who have been rendered I'M
able to purchase seed grain by reason
Of the excessive rain in 1906 and 1906.