The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-31

uIeS r[eSenleQ
LAST DAY FOR INTRODUCTION
Total Of Bills introduced in the Lower
House Of the Legislature Is One
Thousand, One Hundred and Seven
ty-three-Midnight Lid Bill Again
Makes It's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Day
Limit Proposed for Legislative SEES
sion.
st. Paul, March 30.-All the wood
chucks, joke bills, hobbies. salary bills
and biennial bills and other bills that
had not been introduced previously in
the house this session were introduced
on the last day for introducing bills
and the house, besides introducing
sixty-seven bills in the afternoon, held
special session in the evening and
introduced thirty-four more, making
q total of 1,173 for the session. Two
years ago the number was LIZA for
the same time.
John McGrath of GAINESVILLE intro
duced a bill giving wives, children and
other dependents the right to sue sa-
loonkeepers and their sureties for any
damage they may suffer, either to
their person, property or by loss of
support caused by their husbands or
supporters being drunk.
The midnight lid bill, which was
killed, exhumed and buried again by
the house some weeks ago, was rein
troduced by J. D. O'Brien of st. Paul
and M. D. Sullivan of Minneapolis.
A constitutional amendment limit
ing the session of the legislature to
sixty days was introduced by John f.
Selb and T. ]. Hsady of st. Paul.
A board of soda fountain inspectors
is provided in a bill by M. J. Sulli-
van and e. F. Sabler of Minneapolis.
There are to be three members of the
board with a deputy In every county.
A plumbing inspector at $1,000 with
a deputy at $1,000 is provided for each
city of $4,000 in bill by w. G. Rod
,enberg of st. Paul.
TO Limit House Expenditure.
"A bill limiting the daily expendt-
ture of the house for salaries of en-
ployes to $225 was introduced by Ker.
ry Conley of Rochester He says that
his bill would save the state over $1O,-
900 each session.
Court commissioners must be learn
ed in the law, under bill by J. A.
Dalzell of Morton.
St. Paul and other large cities are
authorized to condemn land for docks,
wharves, canals and harbors in bill
by o. F. Christensen OF st. Paul.
The terms of the county auditor and
treasurer in Ramsey and Hennepin
are made four years In bill by e. F.
Perry of ST., Paul.
Robbery in the first degree. which
includes holdups, 10 to be punished by
twenty-five to fifty years imprison-
ment, under a bill by Frank Nimocks
Of Minneapolis.
The regulation of salary and chat
tel mortgage loaning companies is pro-
vidcd in a bill by w. D. Washburn, Jr.
Of Minneapolis. The maximum inter
est is per cent per month.
The heirs of Charles Bazille are per.
mitted to bring suit to establish their
ownership to the land on which the
old capital stands, in bill by John
Selb of st. Paul.
The salary of the secretary of the
state highway commission is raised
from $1,000 to 5000 in bill by John
Zelch of Washington county.
The state auditor is allowed to sell
state land to the state board OF con-
troll for state institutions, under bill
by H. p. Webb of Sandstone. This is
intended mostly for the purpose Of al
lowing the proposed state inebriate
asylum to be located on state land.
A reapportionment bill by Il. Fl.
johnson of Minneapolis providing for
% SSAdLOAS t1uu l6l &lOQl V0VALc%SAVO0S
together with various reapportionment
bills pertaining only to small districts.
were introduced.
Women Cannot Hold Saloon Licenses.
A bill prohibiting women from hold
ing saloon licenses was introduced by
g. H. Hattson Of Roseau. This is to
prevent saloonkeepers who have their
licenses revoked from turning them
over to their wives.
A universal license law for hunters
was introduced by 4. D. Brown of
Little Falls and others. At present
hunters may hunt in their own county
without a license. The bill requires
them to have a license to hunt any
where except on their own farms.
Correspondence courses for the far
mers with home lectures and farm
house meetings, won only after hard
fight in committee Of the whole Of the
senate. The bill was amended. cut