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of county officers shall be restored.
This would be a backward step, and

of county officers shall be restored.
This would be backward step, and
it is doubtful if it is passed.
A clear view from the street to
the bar of every saloon is proposed in
a bill introduced by Representative
Swanson of Minneapolis, prohibiting
any saloon from maintaining blinds
or any other distractions.
A new bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Warner of Aitkin prohibits
the practice of inducing the sale of
farm products by false representa-
tions.
Senator O'Neil proposes that mu.
tual tornado insurance companies be
exempt from the state gross earnings
tax.
Senator John Fl. Baldwin of
Frazee has introduced resolution
in the senate calling upon the state
highway commission for detailed
report of it's officers and employees,
the salaries paid them and the SER
vices rendered.
The house and senate committees
on labor had a public hearing on the
bill proposing semi-month]y payment
of wages to employees of public SER
vice corporations. Labor and capital
were we'll represented at the hearing
and the house chamber was utilized
for the meeting. Railroad officials
pointed out that if the bill became
a law the railroads would be forced
to hire seyerafauditional clerks and
bookkeepers to prepare the checks
twice month instead of once. Sew
eral railroad employees, shopmen and
switchmen spoke against the bill. 1t
is expected that another hearing will
be had at an early date. ~
By a vote of 36 to % Senator George
H. Sullivan of Saltwater was elected
president pro tenn of the senate yes
terday afternoon. He was opposed
for the position by Senator Henry N.
Benson of St. Peter.
Senator Jones of Duluth has in
troduced bill that would place in
the hands of the state the work of
assigning unemployed to positions
and there would be no fees. Any
private agencies that wished to con-
tinue operations after the enactment
of the law would be required to OBJ
tain their fees from the employer
instead of the unemployed.
The house appropriation committee
considered the question Of whether
Minnesota should be represented at
the Panama-Pacific exposition in San
Francisco, last Tuesday, and then
voted to indefinitely postpone report
ing the bill. 1t is not thought that
Minnesota will be represented at the
exposition, as this action was equiva-
lent to an unfavorable vote.
Senator Duxbury Of Caledonia pro-
poses to amend the present laws re-
lating to powers and duties of school
boards. Among the new bills are a
measure to reimburse reporters of
the district court for travelling ex-
penses; a bill to amend the laws
rela ting t. conveyances by husband
and wife of insane or incompetent
persons; proposal to amend laws
relating to lands acquired by domes-
tic executors and providing for the
disposition thereof; bill to deter
mine the amount to be allowed for
clerk hire in the office of county
treasurers: a measure to provide for
the recall Of public officials.
The work in both branches of the
legislature appears to be progressing
smoothly, and there is no reason why
Minnesota's first non-partisan legis.
lature should not measure up tc
the standard set by legislative ses.
sions of former years.