The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-13
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BxxTH SESSION OFTHE LEGISLATURE
r. OF MINNESOTA.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

prayer Dy the floV. MI. 1OUSuOu. 49,
The Journal of yesterday having been read
and approved,
The Speaker presented a communication
from the Secretary of the Territory setting
forth that the First Comptroller of the Treas
ury had decided not to allow to each member
of the Legislature more than $40 worth OF
stationery for his desk.
| Mr. Hanson gave notice of his intention to
introduce Bill to establish and arrange GER
tain counties and for other purposes. .o3ti..
| Mr.. Andres gave notice of intention to in
| troduce Bill to organize Cass county and for
other purposes.
| Also, Of his intention to introduce, on Mon
day next, memorial to Congress, asking its
negatiOn of the act incorporating the Mime
| sofa and North Western Railroad Company,
approved March 4th. 1854. .'.s> " = :
q. On motion of Mr.. Davis, the resolution grant
| ing to each member $50 worth of stationery
for his desk, was reconsdered, and so amend
ed as to make it read $50" instead of $3.50
The resolution as amended, was passed.
| The Speaker presented to the House, the
following report from the Surveyor General Of
the Second District, which was read. 4
TO the Honorable the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory of Minnesota as
sembled:
In obedience to the requirements of the
Revised Statutes, have the honor to sub
init the following statement as exhibited by
the books of this Office:
The amount of logs surveyed from March
lst, 1854 to December 3lst 1854, in this
district, according to the Log Scale estab-
lished by law in this Territory, in feet,
board measure, is as follows, to wit:
22,833, LOG.
On account of the breakage of Booms
in this District and the Surveyor General
of the third (3d) district not having quail
fed, the lumbermen in this district request
ed Of me the appointment of a Deputy Sur
veyor to survey the logs which had broken
through the booms in this District; in COM
pliance with which, the logs surveyed in
the third district amounted to l,5l9,338
feet, board measure; making in all the sur
vey by me during the time above stated
"a, 1852, 444 feet, board measure.
During the said term no application has
been made to me to survey lumber, and
therefore none has been surveyed
In further report, I would respectfully
rec ommend the adoption of a different rule
than the St. Croix scale, by which logs
shall be surveyed.
BY the use of the St. Croix Scale, the
one established by law for this Territory, as
will he seen by reference to section 9, chap
ter 1G, page 81, of the Session Laws for
1854, great injury and injustice are done to
the lumbermen, from the fact that the St
Croix Scale measures less number of feet in
each log, than what proves to exist when
sawed into lumber, whenever the logs fall
short of thirty inches in diameter; and eX-
ceeds whenever the logs measure above SO
inches in diameter. The logs measured by
me in this district will not average over %
inches in diameter but very few measuring
above thirty inches, and such, / am inform
3D. is the case in other districts.
1t will therefore be seen, that by the use
of said scale great loss annually accrues
to the lumbermen.
l would therefore, respectfully recon-
mend the adoption of the Norton scale in
Stead for the reason that it gives the cor
rect number of feet board measure, in logs
ranging from eight inches to forty-eight in
ches in diameter
In further report would respectfully re-
commend an amendment to Sec. IL, chap
Is, page 54, of Session Laws for 1854, as
follows, to wit: Provided, That in all ca
SEES where said Surveyor shall require assist
ance to handle logs or lumber, it shall be
furnished by the owner of such logs or ]um-
Der, or at his expense; and for all services
performed by said Surveyors by virtue of
their Office, there shall be allowed the sum
of ten cents per mile travelling fees.
The effect of the said Section, as it now
exists, is to throw upon the Surveyor Gen
eral oftentimes great expense, and no remu-
neration. 1t will be seen by reference to
Section 7, of the same chapter that it is
the duty of the Surveyor General, by him
self or deputy, to repair to any part of bis
district, and survey any logs or lumber at
the request of the owners of such logs or
lumber. If such place, therefore be less
than thirty miles, for instance twenty-nine
miles, no mileage is allowed; and if the
amount OF logs to be surveyed is 5000 feet
or 10000 feet, as is frequently the case.
the Surveyors fees in all would amount to
twenty-five cents in the first, and fifty cents
in the other.
would therefore recommend the allow
ing of mileage in all cases.
All of which is respectfully submitted
DANIEL STANCHFIELD,
Surveyor General for the I'd Dist, NJ.
St. Paul, December Both, 1854.
On motion of Mr.. Sibley, the report was
laid upon the table and ordered to printed.
The Speaker announced the following stand
ing committees: -
On the Judiciary-Messrs. Sbley, WilIm and