The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-02

day closing of 4theater, for new en-
ployers' liability schemes, for making
the railroad commissioners appoint
i've, for midnight lid for large city
saloons, for constitutional reservation
of state mineral properties, to permit
members of the present senate to en-
ter the next gubernatorial race-these
are few of the titles in brief of the
batch of bills which occupied the en-
tire time of the senate this morning
for their introduction. This is the
last day, under the constitutional limi-
tation, for the introduction of new
bills without special consent of the
governor and the senators made the
most of it.
l.. o. Thorpe of Willmar was the
man to introduce the measure to let
down the bars and permit the sena-
tors, to gambol in the gubernatorial
field. The bill is innocent in its verb
age, simply providing that the salary
OF the governor beginning with the
next administrator shall be $4,000.
This reduced the salary from $1,000,
and fixes it as it was previous to two
years ago, when the increase was
granted.
B. N. Anderson of Albert Lea faith
cred the anti-Sunday theater bill. The
penalty is fine of $25 to $500, or i'm
prisonment not to exceed 80 days.
e. e. Smith of Minneapolis intro
duced several bills relating to casual
ties for wage-earners and their COM
penSation. L. e. eastman of Ovation
ma introduced bill that aims to make
the state railroad commissioners APP
pointive instead of elective. A bill by
the senate temperance committee
aims to give the large cities, at their
discretion, midnight lid" for sa-
! looms.
The public accounts committee in
troduced bill which prohibits any
part of the salary Of state official
or employee from being paid out of
department contingent fund.
Frank T. White of Elk River had a
I measure to permit women to hold po-
sitions as deputies in any state office
M. ]. Sullivan and E. F. Sahler joined
in introducing a new bill for new
state board which provides for ap-
pointment of board of three men by
the governor to have supervision OF
all machinery for the manufacture
and keeping of carbonic acid gas
products. X. E. Conley would cut
down the expenses of the house by
he vi
that may be paid any employee of the
house for 80 day session.
William Dover has a reapportion-
| ment measure for the 51st legislative
district, giving one representative
each for Wadena, Hubbard, and Todd
counties. Two general reapportion-
ment bills for the entire state put in
an appearance. The predicted bill by
l.. H. Johnson of Minneapolis in
creases the senate from GO to 60 men,
! bers, and the house from 119 to 127
members. Herman Nelson and S. B.
| Duea have bill to reapportion the
state so that senate and house retain
the same number of members as at
| present.
The house passed several bills to-
| day. These included the following:
By Anderson, providing for the manu-
| facture of farm machinery at the state
prison; by Opsahl authorizing the
STATE forestry board to make con-
tracts providing for the payment of
| certain taxes on additional lands for
| ItaSca state park.
| F. H. Peterson had bill to prohibit
the granting of liquor license to wom-
en-, and another by the same author
holds that the holder Of license and
his sureties shall be jointly liable for
damages resulting from any indivi-
dual becoming intoxicated. A. D.
Stephens tried to slip in new normal
school for Crookston, with bill that
provides that the normal board may
lease quarters at Crookston, not eX-
/ ceeding $25 per month per room, for
to exceed so students. The senate
committee on taxes introduced a bill
for county assessor system through
out the state.
In committee of the whole this af
ternoon, the senate after considerable
discussion, recommended for passage
the j. NJ Hackney bill to establish
correspondence school and corps of
field instructors in agriculture, with
headquarters at the state agricultural
college. The appropriation, on motion
of Ole Sageng, was cut from $4,000
to $4,000.
Other bills recommended for pas
sage included the Cooke bill prohibit
ing hobbling of horses at races, and
the POehler bill, compelling railroads
to have operators at depots in towns
of 500 people or over, half hour be-
fore the scheduled departure of each
train.
Sawyer, Spooner and Rosenwald
unite on bill regulating the number
of legislative employees and their pay.
The list is about as at present, ex-
cept that doorkeepers ana janitors are
scheduled to receive So per day in
stead of SIS.
A bill for regulation of officers Of
the state fair was introduced by
Messrs. Johnson, j. t., King, Chris
Jensen, Rineland, and Phillips. 1t
fixes the salary of the state fair presi-
dent at $1,000; vice presidents at $500,
treasurer at 5000, and secretary at
| $4,000, and members of the board of
managers at $500 year. d. Robert
son offered bill requiring 80 weeks
| of training in the theory of teaching
as an essential for teachers certifi-
Gates. F. T.. White desires that in
| 1914 candidates for the senate in even