The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

7 liar amount. The secretary of state,
an elective officer, draws only $500.
| Closing Hour Left to City.
| A bill giving city councils absolute
! control over saloons is to be intro,
duced in the lower house. It is a sub
| stitute for the. proposed IL o'clock
closing bill. Representatives who ia
vor the extension of saloon hours be-
lieve bill of this kind will pass. 1t
proposes that city council shall fix the
hour of closing, providing it is not
later than midnight.S The argument is
that this bill will place the authority
over saloons where it belongs and
that the principle of county option
will be carried out. 1t is asserted that
| If the saloons are not orderly they
can be closed at 8 p. m.
| Aims at Express Companies.
Senator Lende of Lyon county is
author of bill to put express COM
panies in Minnesota under the con-
troll of the railroad and warehouse
commission, exactly as railroads are
now. The bill probably will be made
a committee bill backed by the rail-
road committee.
Marriage of Cousins Attacked.
First cousins cannot marry in Min
nesota if a bill by Senator Anderson
| is passed. This bill has been intro
duced at many previous legislative
sessions, but always has failed to
pass. Senator Anderson says he ex-
poets favorable action in this legis-
lature.
Aid Sought for Sibley House.
Sibley house will receive $4,000 for
repairs and improvements, and $65 a
month for repairs, if bill introduced
by Senators Denegre and Schaller is
passed. The Sibley House association
and the Daughters of the American
Revolution shall have charge of the
money.
Seizure of Autos Provided.
| A new and novel way to discourage
reckless automobile driving on coun-
try roads was suggested in bill by
Senator Nelson. His plan is to have
the county confiscate any automobile
by which a person on the public high
way is injured and to sell it at public
auction and put the proceeds in the
county treasury Senator Van Hoven
introduced bill forbidding anyone
| from driving an auto without state
license, and that no license should be
issued to anyone under Is years Of
age.
The long-eXpected tonnage tax bill
was introduced in the lower house of
the Minnesota legislature by Repre-
sentatives Frankson, Moriarity and J..
| N. Johnson. 1t provides for a tax of
| 2 cents ton on ore testing less than
| 40 per cent, 8 cents on ore testing
from 40 to 81 per cent, cents on ore
testing from "a to So per cent and S
] cents a ton on ore testing more than
SO per cent.
! st. Paul, Feb. IL
A bill extending the terms of mem.
bers of the railroad and warehouse
commission from four to six years and
increasing salaries to $4,000 was intro
duced by Representative Dunn.
! Representative Hillman introduced
bill changing the method of amend
ing the constitution by allowing ma
jority of the votes casl for the amend
ment sufficient to carry. The present
law provides that majority of all
votes cast at the election is necessary
to pass a constitutional amendment.
The house passed concurrent reso-
luton inviting George E. Vincent,
president-elect of the state university,
to speak before the legislature Feb. IL.
Boosters Slam Fair Aid.
| A petition from the Olivia CONNER
cial Club against making any more ap
preparations for the state fair was
read. 1t read: Millions of dollars
has already been appropriated to make
the state fair self-supporting and the
only people benefited were certain
classes in the Twin Cities"
| The house committe on judiciary
and the senate committee on general
legislation will hold an open session
on Feb. Is to discuss the proposed
workingmen's compensation bill.
| Miss Josephine Schain, secretary of
| the committee on billboards of the
Minneapolis Woman's Club appeared
before the delegation and asked for
the passage of an enabling act giving
city councils authority to regulate bill
boards. She deplored the present ap
pearance of the billboards and de-
clared that many of the posters were
| immoral.
A bill to provide $4,000 for grass
seed for the burned regions of upper
Minnesota, introduced by Senator
Clague, was passed.
| Action on the Mcneil bill! allowing
counties to issue bonds for good roads
to the extent of one-half per cent Of
| their total valuation was deferred.
This bill is intended to provide for
| the million dollar bond issue for Hen
nepin county, which was declared un-
| constitutional two years ago on the
theory that it was class legislation.
The proposed bill includes every coun-
ty in the state, to remove the uncon,
stitutional feature.