The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-10-04

No Id, II Of r, a bill entitled an act fo
the relief of b w Lott and ? 2 Bishop, re
ported back from the Council with an a
mendment,
Was considered.
Ihe question being on concurring 10 the
amendments of the Council,
And being put,
II was decided in the negative,
So the amendment Of the Council to said
hill was not concurred in,
No 1, III of r, memorial to congress fol
the Improvement of the Mississippi river
above the falls of St. Anthony,
Reported back from the Council with an
amendment,
Was considered,
When Mr. Brunson moved
That the said memorial lie upon the table
till tomorrow.
The question being called for,
The speaker was unable TO determine the
vote, and division being called for,
There were yeas; Nays.
"A second division being called for,
There were yeas--6; Nays.
So the motion to lay said memorial upon
the table,
Was not agreed to.
Mr. Setter moved fr =
The following as a substitute for the
amendment of the council, to-wit,
Strike out the words ''but strong fears are
entertained as to its being successfully run,
unless some of the distractions are remov
ed" and insert, sbut it is evident that said
boat cannot ascend to Sank Rapids until The
Instructions on said rapids arc removed.
| Which was read,
And the question being put,
MIR Setzer's motion was disagreed TO.
The question then being put on concur
ring in the amendment Of the Council,
1t was decided in the negative.
So the amendment of the Council to the
memorial was not concurred in.
No l6, Fl of r, a bill to locate the tempo
rary seat of government for the territory Of
Minnesota and for other purposes,
Was taken up,
When MIR Jackson moved
That said bill he engrossed and read a
third time tomorrow.
MIR Babcock moved
That the words ST. Paul, be stricken out
of said bill and be left blank to be filled
hereafter.
The question being on agreeing to Mr.
Babcock's motion,
And the yeas and nays being desired,
Those who voted i'll the affirmative, are
Messrs Babcock, Bailiy, Black, Holmes,
Marshall, Morrison, Trask and MIR Speak
er-S.
Those who voted in the negative, are
Msssrs Brunson, Dewey, Dugas, jack
son, johnson, Setter, Wells aad " ilkin-
sons:
So the motion to strike out was not agreed
to.
Mr.. Babcock then moved
That said bill be laid on the table until
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The question being on agreeing to Mr..
Babcock's motion,
And the yeas and nays beng desired,
Those who voted in the affirmative are
Messrs Babcock, Bailly, Black, Holmes,
Marshall, Morrison, Trask, Wilkinson and
MIR Speaker-9.
Those vino voted in the negative are
Messrs Brunson, Dewey, Dugas, Jackson,
johnson, Setter and Wells-7.
So the said motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Jackson,
The House adjourned.
TWO O'clock, P, NJ.
The report of the Committee oneor-
porations to which was referred.
No. 4. II of r. bill to incorporate
the St. Paul and St. Anthony Plank road
Company was read.
On melton of Mr.. Jackson,
The house resolved itself into the COM
mittee of the whole house for the consid-
Grafton of the said bill.
Mr.. Brunson III the chair,
And after some time passed therein,
The committee rose and reported the
bill back to the house with amendments
and asked leave to sit again.
Leave was granted.
The question was then put on ccncur-
ring in the amendments Of the commit
tee ofthe whole,
And decided in the negative.
Sothe amendments to said bill were
not concnrred in. 81
Mr.. Trask gave notice of motion for
leave to introduced bill to provide for
laying out Territorial road from
Saltwater to the mouth of Rum river.
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