The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
day and you can kiss yourselves good
by right now."


boxing bill, adding one more legiti
mate profession to the states varied
field Of human endeavor. The gov.
ernor also announced the appointment
of two of the three members OF the
new boxing commission, which will
have charge of all matches under the
law. He named George p. Douglas OF
Minneapolis, president of the Mime
apolis Athletic club, and Frank b.
Thompson of st. Paul. Mr.. Douglas
has since announced that he will not
accept the place. The governor said
the Duluth member of the commission
would be named within a few days.
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The governor then signed all the
remaining bills passed by the legisla
ture with the exception of the frog
bill and the bill repeating the hotel
inspection law. These two measures
were vetoed. The frog bill would have
prohibited the catching of frogs ex.
cept for bait. The governor had indi
Gated before the legislature ad'
journed that he would veto the bill to
abolish the hotel inspection depart.
ment and bestow its duties upon the
dairy and food department. Among
the important bills signed were the
omnibus appropriation measures, which
were approved without change. The
two Gordon committee bills, providing
for a state budget and abolishing the
game and fish commission, also were
among the bills approved. The game
and fish commission will go out of Of
flee Aug. 1, when game and fish
commissioner will be appointed in its
place.
Speaking of Governor Hammond,
his excellency startled the natives
when he vetoed bill sent to him dur
ing the closing hours of the legisla-
ture for the simple reason that it con-
tanned bad English. A double mega
tive located in the text was RESPONSE
BILE, and Senator Baldwin of Becker
county was the beneficiary. The bill
related to a tax levy in counties for
revenue purposes and contained this
language: Provided, however, that
this act shall not apply to counties
having an assessed valuation of less
than one million dollars and NOT
more than seven million dollars"
The intent was to confine the levy to
counties within the figures named, but
Governor Hammond argued that the
language used limited it to counties
having a valuation of over $7,000,000.
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One of the tangling propositions of
the closing hours of the legislature
was the appropriation bill. Both hous-
es broke on the amounts to be ex-
pended by the various state depart
ments, which were finally settled by
arbitration. Now it develops that the
records of the two houses are far
from complete as to the real under
standing arrived at and trouble is
threatened. 1t was proposed to have
the corrections made at the final
meeting of the house Thursday, but
fearing trouble the chief clerk was
directed by the leaders to make the
corrections himself and to do it quiet
ly. Several of the departments whose
appropriations were cut are looking
into the matter and they may make
a protest.
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Constitutional amendment No. 8,
authorizing the state to create a re-
volving fund for state land reclama-
ton purposes, will again be submit
ted to the voters. This amendment,
though it received large vote, failed
at the last election, but it's hackers
say 1t will do better next time and
they accordingly secured its resub-
mission.
Moneys appropriated by the legis-
lature totaled $17,910,OOO. The ap-
preparation two years ago was $19,-
094,16S, and in 1911 $17,662,3OS The
1913 legislature made the heaviest
appropriations for state purposes in
the history of Minnesota.
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Important amendments were made
to the workmens compensation law
this year and it will pay employers
of labor to study them. In several
instances there is an increase in the
amount of money to be. paid employees
for certain injuries.
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A feature of the closing hours of
the 1915 legislature was the gifts of
money made to various employees
This was especially the case in the
house, where even the pages, who re-
ceived So day, were given $50 extra
each. A gift of $3.50 was made to
each Of the three telephone and tele-
graph girls. Before the raid on the
treasury started some one asked how
much was left in the legislative fund,
to which answer was made that $22,-
900 remained. Then the gratuities
started. For better than three months
now nearly three score of men and
women have been receiving from $5
to $40 day as employees of the
house alone and it is a safe guess
that few Of them will equal the figure
in other lines of employment. This
per diem included Sundays and holi-
days and In some instances the holi-
days were quite extended.