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attempts at settling the question OF
uniform assessments, and r. G. Dunn
advocated the bill as fixing definite
and uniform assessment without
materially changing existing condi-
tions.
Senator Crawford's bill to restrict
issue Of interlocutory injunctions to
suspend state laws and orders of
state administration boards was
passed on Tuesday by the senate and
now goes to the house. 1t proposes
that all applications for such injunc-
tions be passed upon by a commits
sion of three judges, one a Justice of
the supreme court or circuit court.
Temporary restraining orders could
be issued when it was shown that IT.
reparable loss would result to the
complainant.
The house bill providing an addi-'
tional judge for the Fourth judicial
district has been reported out favor
ably.
The house and senate committees
on Workingmen's compensation have
recommended for passage the bill
proposed by the senate committee in
conference with representatives of
labor and the employers. The bill is
largely the work Of Dan Lescohier
and Frank Hoffman of the state Ia
Dor bureau and George M. Gillette of
Minneapolis. It provides noncom-
pulsory system of payments, but
should any employer in the state
elect not to come under the provision
of the bill he must file his refusal in
writing. The committees amended
the bill so as to eliminate casual en-
ployment from its provisions.
Representative A. S. Larson. of
Sandstone told the house committee
on towns and counties that residents
of his county wanted to change it's
name from Pine to Glover. He said
the word ''pine" kept settlers away
as they thought the country must be
a wilderness. The committee recon-
mended the passage Of bill calling
a special election on change of name
on petition of 20 per cent of the vot-
erS.
The Hillman bill, preventing the
acceptance of commissions for obtain
ing employment for others, a bill
which, it is claimed, would abolish
private labor agencies, was referred
to d subcommittee.
Three amendments proposed by the
senate elections committee to the
house initiative and referendum bill
were tentatively adopted on Monday
and another to prohibit the circula-
tion of petitions was held up for
further action on request of Chair
man j. E. Haycraft. Amendments
changing the percentage for initia-
tive petitions from and 6 to 2 and
s per cent, and fixing the percentage
for a referendum petition at Is per
cent to suspend the law were tenta-
lively agreed to, when Senator W. S.
DWinnell asked the committee for
further time to study the question:
The committee will discuss further
provisions of the bill today.
On the assumption that profession
al fishermen are clearing thousands
of dollars each year under state IL
censes to seine the lakes for rough
fish, Michael J. Sullivan proposes
that the state take the money by
doing the work itself. In a bill sent
to the house the game and fish COM
mission is required to remove rough
fish from lakes containing game fish
and to dispose of the catch to the
best advantage. 1t is clear that the
state has been heavy loser by grant,
ing licenses to seine rough fish.
By a vote of IS to % the house late
on Tuesday passed O'Neill's road
house bill, which limits saloons to
incorporated cities and villages.
The bill prohibits boards of county
commissioners from granting licenses
to incorporated places.
A bill has been passed by the
house authorizing the employment of
county jail prisoners on county road
work. The bill provides that the
wages to be paid prisoners shall be
fixed by the board of county COM
missioners and the state board of
control, and that part of the wages
shall go to the families of the prison
ers.