Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-02-15

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or to buy lands adjoining or near the
capitol grounds and beautify them.
Senator Dale introduced bill which
provides that on complaint that any
school building is unsanitary or un.
safe, the state board of health shall
investigate and if the building is found
so it Shall order it closed.
Senator Nelson introduced and had
passed under suspended rules bill
directing that 100000 Of state Surplus
money be devoted to the redeeminx
of school certificates.
st. Paul, Feb. T.
Only five new bills were introduced
in the house. The most important
bill was that of Representative Cong
don, authorizing the board of control
to purchase site for fourth state
hospital for the insane. The Mattson
bill specifying the classes of public
schools and fixing the amount of state
aid available, was passed. The house
acting as committee of the whole.
considered twenty minor bills.
Free Rein Asked for Mayors.
Representative Fuchs of St. Paul in
troduced bill allowing mayors of
cities of the first class governed by
home rule charters to remove any of
their appointees at any time without
cause. The bill does not affect Mime
apolis, but is intended to allow Mayor
oil If D1p, tn %rs~
members of board appointed under
the Lawler administration
House Votes for Parcels Post.
The house went on record in favor
of parcels post by vote of 48 to 80.
The vote was taken on a resolution
introduced by Representative Hopkins
| memoralizing congress to favor such
a bill.
C. H. Warner introduced bill ap-
propriating 5000 to defray the expense
of term of court held in Cass county
in April, 1909.
State Fair Law is Drawn.
The house committee on state fair Is
preparing bill which will make the
! fair semi-state organization. The
committee is satisfied to allow the
State Agricultural society to elect it's
own officers, but it wants the state to
fix salaries and to supervise improve
posed law fixes the representation in
the State Agricultural society along
the lines of the Spooner resolution
adopted week ago, that every county
maintaining a county fair shall have
three representatives and those not
maintaining county fairs shall have
one representative, selected by the
board Of county commissioners. The
| committee proposes that state fair
| buildings be placed under the super
vision of the state board of control.
The bill will not reach the house for
two weeks. It was delayed because Of
the absence of several members of the
state fair board who attended the corn
show at Columbus
| Garnishment Bill is Framed.
| Representative Andrew Davis of Elk
River introduced a bill amending tho
state garnishment law. He would ex-
empt 80 per cent of the wages of any
workingman from garnishment pro-
ceedings. Under the present law only
the wages over $25 can be garnisheed.
This practically eliminates the collec-
ton of judgment or debt from a man
who is~ paid weekly. The new bill
would make it impossible to garnish
a workingman's wages if he has only
81 coming to him.
St. Paul, Feb. 8.-County option is
a dead issue in the present session of
the Minnesota legislature. By vote
Of 60 to so the lower house of the
state law making body defeated the
bill prepared by Representative Rines
of Mora and the Anti-Saloon league.
The vote was taken after three
hours discussion which was marked
by flood of oratory. favoring and op~
posing the bill and the plaudits of sew
eral hundred people who crowded the
galleries and corridors Of the house
chamber.
l nc VOtes
| Ycas--Anderson A. ". Anderson J. J.. Burn
quist, Campbell. Conley, Crane, Davies. Davis,
Dunn R; G., Ferguson. .Frankson, Harding, HOLM
Johnson, J: r., klemer; Knutson. Kneeland.
Mattson. Morton. Nelson A., Nolan, o,Nein.
Orr, Palmer. Peterson A. j.. Peterson J. E.,
sRa?ta spoensr T"s. suiersd
Wsh, W WSfpc C. tot n 50 warner E.
| Nays - Aker. Anderson Andrew, Boothroyd,
Christie, Clarke, Congdon; Converse, Denzer,
Greene; Haaten Hsage, Hsaly. Henion. Herr
Kesfe. Kelly. Knapp; Lee s;;N., Lennon: iiOeIa.
| Neil, Netting, Minnette. Moriarity. Nash, Nci-
son n, Nye: Nygre9;; o'Rrien, fepks: Perry.
/ Rice, Robinson. Saggau.. Schiller, Schwartz,
Stone c. F.. Sullivan; Thtelen. Utecht, Untiedt.
Virtue, Wescott White. Wisniewski, Speaker
H. H. Dunn; total. 50; absent W. A. Fisher
| BY vote OF 33 to % A. D. Stephens
of Crookston lost in his contest to un-
seat John Saugstad, senator from Polk
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