The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-26

From Fridays Daily.
Senator J. w. Andrews has in
troduced a bill Ito authorize
county boards to establish coun-
ty tuberculosis sanatoriums and
levy a tax not to exceed one
miH."
Representative John Gerlich
has introduced a bill amending
the laws governing hearings on
railroad accidents.
The following is a summary OF a
bin introduced in the house by
Representative c. L. Southwick of
Wells. II II should become a law II
would compel those repairing bridges
and roads to be cautious and not
leave them In condition that
would imperil the lives of people
travelling in autos or, any other
vehicles:
Section /. II any damage occurs
TO any person. team. vehicle or
other property by reason of the in
sufficiency or want of repair of any
road or bridge over which any town
or county shall have care or super.
vision, the person sustaining such
damage shall have the right TO sue
said town or county.
Section 2. If such damage shall
occur by reason of the insufficiency
or want OF repair of road or
bridge erected or maintained or
under the care or supervision of two
or more towns or two or more coun-
ties. the action shall he brought
against the towns or counties hav.
ing the care and supervision OF said
road or bridge. and such damages
and costs allowed shall be paid by
such towns or counties in proper.
ton as they are liable for said care
or supervision OF said road or bridge,
and the suit To recover said dam
ages may be brought and maintained
in either county IN which said towns
are located or which are TO he held
liable.
Section 3. No such action shall he
maintained as provided in this act
unless written notice OF the event
causing such damage shall Jbe given
within thirty days thereof to the
town or county held liable therefore.
which notice shall be signed by the
party damaged. his agent or attOr-
ney, served upon the auditor OF the
county or town clerk of the town
against which damage is claimed,
stating the time and place where
such damage occurred, describing
or other cause which accasioend 1t,
the insufficiency or want OF repair
or other cause which occasioned it.
damage therefore Is claimed OF such
town or county
Would Abolish Road Board.
Two bills to abolish the state high.
way commission appeared III the
legislature today. Senator'S J. II.
Baldwin. c. L. Swenson. f. A. Dux.
bury. s. b. Nelson and p. A. Gand.
rud offered bill empowering the
governor to appoint state super.
intendent OF highways at salary
OF $4,000 a year, but TO place prac.
tically all control of road building in
the hands of county commissioners
Representative John II. Boyd of.
fered N bill to create commission
composed of the secretary of state,
state treasurer and state auditor,
whose chief duty would be to dis
tribute state road appropriations 10
counties. leaving all control to county
authorities/
LeeaIize Party Conventions.
The bill introduced in the house
by Representative Sam Y. Gordon
to legalize party conventions before
the primaries made its appearance
i'm the senate yesterday 1t was intro.
duced by Senators Rustad and
Rockne as n substitute for their
earlier bill providing for party con.
ventions after the primaries. Nomi-
nees OF conventions shall have their
names placed on the primary bal
lot with the fact noted opposite them
that they were indorsed by desig-
mated convention. Others, however.
are entitled to file in the regular
way.
/ The bill went to the elections com
mittee