The Sauk Centre herald., 1915-04-29

through the medium of some other
company that does make such toll
connection.
Creation of the new Woman's re-
formatory will fill long-felt need in
Minnesota.
The legislators provided money
enough to buy a, site. The need of
such an institution has been preached
for many years by the women's or
ganizations and judges. At present
there is no place to send offenders ov-
er 18 years of age unless it be to the
workhouse or jails. AS is we'll has
been pointed out the workhouse or
county Jail is hardly the place to at
tempt reformation of the wrong-doer
They are not maintained for such pur-
poses.
While. there are about 25 women
confined in the. Saltwater prison, it
does not mean that this institution is
being builded for the benefit of such a
small number of offenders. In many
cases, it is said, judges turn women
loose rather than send them to the in
adequate institutions now provided.
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With the session ended great
mass of work devolves upon the office
of julius A. Schmahl, secretary of
state. His office force is busy getting
the laws in the hands of the printers.
Copies of the 1915 session laws in pa
per covers will be ready by May Is,
said Mr.. Schmahl. There will be thirty
days earlier than they have ever ap-
peared before. The new book will con-
tain close to 400 chapters. The ses-
sion laws of 1913 totaled 594. 1t
might be said that the latest legisla-
ture has done well to keep the num-
Der of laws and amendments and re-
peals down to so low figure.
One measure that will stop endless
trouble in the state is that which abol-
ishes the fee system of the weights
and measures department.. Scale
owners have objected strenously to
having their machines tested by the
state and then being charged for the
work.
Changes made in the Workmen's S
Compensation Act make it one of the
best laws of it's kind in the United
States, it is said.
The House was for putting farm la
Dor under the act with the agreement
of employee and employer. But the
Senate could not see it that way and
struck out this section. This sort of
employment remains excepted.
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A hit at the alleged "bridge COM
bine" was taken by the solons. One
of the new features of law passed in
this regard was that requiring local
authorities to send all specifications
for new bridges to the state highway
commission to be kept on file and ac-
cessible to bridge men so as to help
get competition.
Much is expected of the intermim
commission of IL members to study
the efficiency and economy theory as
applied to Minnesota.
1t will be composed of four sena-
tors and four Housemembers and
three citizens to be named by Cover
nor Hammond. An item of $4,000 was
slipped into the claims bill at the last
moment to provide expense money for
the commission.
This commission will frame a new
efficiency and economy measure for
the consideration of the 1917 body.
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Governor Hammond evidently felt
there is need for the office of hotel
Inspector. He vetoed the measure
which sought to place the hotel in
spector under the Dairy and Food
commission. William Nee, the pres
ent hotel inspector, is an appointee
of Governor Hammond's.
Frye's frog bill also went down to
defeat in the office of the governor.
The measure felt the heavy hand of
his veto. If it had become law it would
have prohibited the killing of frogs
except for bait.
County option was one of the most
important "moral measures" passed
While it got through both branches
with but few votes to spare, it was
apparent early in the session that the
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it may not have been the will of the
people that made the county option
bill law. Maybe it was the fact that
the anti-saloon people played better
game than the "wets" and managed
to get their bill made law. 1t is up
to the people themselves to say now
in the various counties what they
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