Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-03-13

st. Paul, March 10-The house
committee on, public domain has re
vised the Kneeland public domain bill
and introduced it as a committee bill
A Public Domain Department.
! The bill provides for the creation
of a new department which is to be
given charge of all matters relating to
the public domain. The chief officer
of the department will be termed the
commissioner of public domain and is
to be paid a salary Of $4,000 a year.
In his department there are to be
4 five subordinate departments or di-'
visions to be assigned duties as fol
lows: ~..* j.
| 1. State lands and immigration
2. Geology and mines
3. Waters, waterways, water pow
ers and drainage. III ,s..s|-
4. Game and fish, .. Al Z
5. Forestry, including timber, tim
Der and log surveys, state parks, for
ests and forest reserves. "
Heads to Receive $4,000 Each.
The head Of each division is to re-
ceive salary Of $4,000 year except
division four, whose salary shall be
$4,000. A deputy commissioner of pub
lie domain is provided for at q salary
of $4,000 year, and secretary whose
salary shall be $1,S00. The commits
sioner is authorized to employ neces-
!. sary assistants and to fix their COM
pensation.
The state drainage commission, the
board Of timber commissioners, the
forestry board, the reclamation board,
! the game and fish commission, the
geological and natural history sur
vey, the board of immigration, and the
offices of surveyors of logs and lum.
Der, commissioners and superintend-
ents of state parks, forests and for
est reserves, etc, are abolished.
Their duties will be discharged by
some division of the department of
public domain
To Survey Public Lands.
The bill directs that a survey of
/ all public lands be made. In prosecut-
ing such survey, priority shall be Civ
en- to agricultural heads and these are
/ en- to surveyed in contiguous tracts
! to facilitate settlement. If it is found
that certain tracts would be rendered
4, more beneficial to the public health,
more secure from fire, more desirable
for settlement or would be more ad-
vantageously sold if they were cleared
or drained, or if ways" were made
through them, the commissioner is
empowered to make such ways,
drains and clearings, adding the cost
thereof to the selling price of such
lands. .-s~.
This public domain bill is made a
special order for Tuesday, Marach IS.
at II a. m. r :
st. Paul, March 8.-Complying with
the terms of joint resolution, the fol-
lowing members of the legislature
have been appointed commission to
" confer with a similar commission to be
appointed by the legislature of Wiscon.
sin with view to framing uniform
laws regulating fishing in waters com.
:. mon to both states: -
Senators Mauley l.. Fosseen, L. o.
Cooke and George C. Carpenter; Rep
resentatives Thomas Kneeland, Frank
Minnette and John A. Healey.
The eastman Distance Tariff bill
was, under suspension of the rules,
terday, and on motion of H. H. Dunn,
made special order for Tuesday,
March IS, at 2 o'clock. T..
Representative Parker introduced a
bill providing for state constabulary
The body which is to be under the
control of the governor will consist of
not more than 100 and rot less than
rs men. A police commissioner is also
to be appointed at salary Of $4,000 a
year. The pay of the members of the
force is to be $500 a year. The state
police, with respect to arrests, are to
J. have "a sheriff's powers and may act
as fire rangers, fish wardens, factory
inspectors, etc.
!, Ex-Speaker Dunn's antitrust bill
was given it's quietus early in the aft.
ernoon It sought to strengthen the
, antitrust bill at present on the stat
ute books, by legislating specially
against insurance companies Wnlcn
! entered into agreements with respect
, to rates. 1t also provided that persons
J, injured by unlawful trusts might bring
| actions for damages. The house, how.
e ever, would have none of it and de
/ feated it by vote of 81 against tc
: 43 for the measure.
, | Mr.. Lydiard had better luck with his
7 bill requiring employers to give theil
employees one days rest in seven. Only
t a few votes were cast against it. En-
: ployes excepted from this act are jan
j. itors and Watchmen Bakers may sci
) sponges on Sunday, live animals may
+ be cared for and fires maintained
! The bill applies to factories, work
! shops and mercantile establishments.
: encnes Will Be Installed.