The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-04-24
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Thomas Kneeland's Public Domain Bill
Creating Separate State Land
Department Defeated.
r. G. Dunn's Bill Providing for Four
Year Term for County Officers
Passes Both Houses.

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proposing constitutional amend
ment permitting the Legislature to
place the swamp lands under the |
control Of another state department
taken up and passed under suspension
of rules The motion was defeated. |
Later in the session Thomas Knee
land of Minneapolis asked that his
public domain bill be made a special
order for II a. m. Tuesday. II. Y.
Dunn opposed the motion and de-
clared that the present system OF
handling the states public domain
is satisfactory and there is no need
of another department. The motion
to make the bill special order was
defeated and Mr.. Dunn moved that
the bill be indefinitely postponed.
The house refused to indefinitely
postpone the measure, but the
friends of the bill conceded that it
was dead so far as this session is
concerned. Mr.. Dunn also opposed a
motion by Representative Hopkins to
suspend the rules and pass the SEN
ate bill by Senators Boyle, Putnam
and Marden, proposing a constltu-
tional amendment separating the
land department from the state audi
tors office, thus giving the legisla
ture power to create a public domain
department., and his opposition was
successful, the motion being de-
feated. Mr.. Dunn said that the
state had got along fifty years with
the old system and that he thought
it good enough.
The r. G. Dunn bill providing for
four year term for county officers
was passed by the senate late on
Monday by a vote OF SO to Is. n
companion bill to amend the consti-
tuition making the term of judge Of
the probate court four years was also
passed by a similar vote. Passage Of
the bill was followed by a bitter
attack on the measure by Senators j.
charging that certain county officers
had maintained a lobby for weeks.
Senator John Moonan offered an
amendment limiting officers to one
term, which was withdrawn after
friends of the bill declared that, the
amendment would make the law un-
constitutional. Support of the bill
was led by Senators Edward Rustad
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effect at the next general election.
Senator G. H. Klein's bill to
abolish racing of automobiles, motor
cycles or other gasoline propelled
vehicles on circular track was
amended by the senate striking out
the prohibitive feature of the bill.
Under the terms of the amendment
agricultural societies and organiza-
tions conducting fairs and races are
required to provide safeguards
around the track to protect specta
tors.
The creation of revolving func
of $3.50, ZOO to build firebreaks and tt
construct roads and bitches in
through and around unsold schoo
and swamp lands is proposed in bill
passed in the house.
The house passed Senator Pete
Van Hoven's bill authorizing tn
state capitol commission to sell o
dispose Of buildings on capito
grounds, to call to their assistanc
the service of a landscape architec
to beautify the grounds and to appl
moneys received from rentals o
buildings to the improvement O
grounds.
The Seebach bill, to reimburs
judges of the district court for none
spent in travelling and hotel expense
when they travel out of their owl
districts, passed the house las
Thursday.
"A. f. Teigen's pet measure to pro
hibit dealings in futures lost in tn
house by vote of 81 to 40, after tn
author, reinforced by former Speake
H. H. Dunn, W. W. Brown and P
H. Frye, had quite exhausted thei
vocabularies in the condemnation O
gambling and the Minneapolis cham
Der Of commerce. Five Hennepi
members, S. 4. Child, w. A. Camp
bell, James Dryer, Ernest Lundee
and J. W. Wilson, voted in favor G
the bill, but Mr.. Child exp]aine
that an amendment attached O
motion of E. G. Dunn protected legit
innate transactions in options an
limited the application of the bill t
what he called the gambling feature
Amending the salaries bill to il
crease the pay of several state Officer
and rearrangiDg the appropriate