The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
Minnesota legislature
PROCEEDINGS Ut the Mtezesota State Capitol for the
PaSt Week.

ings OF modern construction. The bill
70 anect this purpose, adopted by the
senate some time ago, has now passed
the house.
Given Anti-Cigarette Authority.
The house has adopted Mr.. Sulli
vans bill which gives to the dairy
and foed department authority to en-
force the provisions of the present
state anticigarette law. 1t is believed
that the house may later pass the
Westlake bill which authorizes the
sale OF cigarettes to adults and pro
vides for licensing of dealers in cigar
cites, the fee to be paid being $40 an
nually.
The senate also passed the Dunn
bill making an appropriation to pay
the expenses Of veterans who wish to
| attend the semi-centennial celebra
ton of the battle of Gettysburg next
| July. The bill provides for the at
tendance of the governor and his
staff.
The game laws have been SO amend
ed in the senate that a hunter may
| take two deer instead Of one, as al
| present. One buck and one doe may
| be shot
Woodman Bill Carries.
The Woodman insurgents won the
fight they have waged against the ma
| tional organization since the beginning
of the session when the senate yes
| terday passed the bill permitting their
secession and the formation of a state
Woodman organization.
Under the provisions of the bill Sc
cession can take place any time after
Two years. In case new organize
ton is formed, the rates first levied
must be the same as in 1912, but after
80 days they must be increased 50
per cent.
Practically all of the important meas
ures passed so far by the present
| legislature were recommended in the
inaugural message of Governor Eber
hart.
! st. Paul, April 1.-THE house con
/ sidered as a special order the so
called efficiency" bill as amended by
the committee of public accounts anG
expenditures which provides for the
! appointment of joint committee o.
three from the senate and four from
the house to investigate the various
departments of the state government
| Of n
ization with view to a reduction
! of expenses.
Appointment Differences.
| Difference arose as to who should
| appoint this commission, the minor
| ity wishing to vest the authority il
the governor, the chief justice ant
the attorney general The bill pass
! ed however, as introduced, except
| that the appropriation it contained Of
| $4,000 was reduced on motion of Rep
resentatives R. akDunn to $4,000.
The house defeated Dr. Stones bill
abolishing the advisory commission
| of the state sanitorium for consump
tives, providing for state tuberculosis
commission and making a large ap
preparation for its use. There were
| As votes for the measure.
Senate Recall Bill Passes.
The house has passed the senate
recall bill after amending it so as tc
permit of the circulation of petitions
and placing a maximum of 20 pei
cent as the number of signers neces
sary to bring about recall election
A bill by Representative Reed ap
propriating $500 for a statute to
Henry M. Rice in the National Stat
uary hall at Washington, d. c., was
passed unanimously.
Saloon Reduction Is Favored.
The house temperance committee
reported out for passage yesterday aft
ernoon, a committee bill designed to
bring about a gradual reduction oil
saloons on a basis of one to every SOC
of population. The maximum be
comes operative in 1915.
Pass Joint Rate Measure.
The eastman joint rate bill has
passed both house and senate. It pro
vides that a shipper may route his
shipment over two roads to the point
of destination where the distance is
less over two roads than over a single
road or where the first road does not
reach the point of destination. In
such cases the railroad and warehouse
commission is authorized to order a
joint rate lower than the sum of the
two local rates.
Money for investigation.
The senate voted $500 to cover the
cost of the investigation of the con
ditions surrounding brewery owned
saloons. This committee reported a
bill abolishing brewery ownership
which is now under consideration in
the senate and another providing fol-
the licensing of places where liquors
are sold in unbroken packages or BY
the gallon.
All of the sterilization bills intro
duced in the senate and the one that
passed the house, were killed in the
senate committee on penal institutions
and crimes yesterday. All of the bills
| will be reported out for indefinite post
ponement