The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-01

iSSippl 0lVer, opposite ~. I Nul, 10 point
on the road leading from Wabashaw to Men
dota in which the Council had concurred.
Council has passed No. G. IA memo
lands, in which the concurrence of the House
is requested.
MIR. Sibley said that the bill involved inter-
ests of great Importance and required deliber.
ate scrutiny. On his motion it was referred
to the Committee on Territorial affairs.
Mr.. Dixon, from the Committee on Terrific
rial Affairs to which was referred G. F. No.
l3,-an act relating to Auctionecrs, reported
back the same without amendment, and recon-
mended its passage.
Petitions from sundry citizens of Southern
Minnesota praying for Territorial Road over
the line now laid out and used for the route
between Dubuque and st. Paul by the contrac-
tor for carrying the U. S. mails
On motion of Mr.. Sibley, the petitions were
referred to the Committee on Territorial
Roads.
The Speaker announced that bills passed to
third reading were in order, and that on the
file was bill to grant an extension Of time to
the Minnesota and Northwestern r. r. Co.
Mr.. Sibley said, in substance, that before
the final question was taken, he desired to make
a brief explanation of the vote he should give.
He did not wish to be understood as stating
that some of the amendments which had been
adopted did not render the charter far less OBJ
noNiOus than it was in its original cOndi-
ton. Still he should consider it his duty
to vote against the entire amendatOry act, be-
cause he had received no assurance that the
Company would be bound by it, and because
having assumed the position that the charter
was not of binding obligation on the Terrific
ry unless sanctioned by the present Legislature,
he, for one would perform no act which would
| in any manner recognize the existence of any
such obligation. He repeated that nothing
had been brought forward to demonstrate that
the Company would be bound by any amend
ment which might be proposed, and for this
and other reasons he should vote against the
amendatory act on its final passage.
Mr.. Davis moved call Of the House, and
Mr.. Beatty was reported absent.
Mr.. Beatty appeared in his seat.
The third reading of the bill was ordered
Mr.. Rolette demanded the yeas and nays,
which were ordered and resulted:
Yeas-Dixon, Fridley, Grant, Hanson,
1emay, Register, Rolette, Stanchheld,
Thompson and Willim.-lO
Nays-Andros, Beatty Brawley, Cave,
Davis, Haus, Sibley and Speakers
The bill having been read a third time,
Mr.. Davis moved that it be referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Which was determined in the negative
by ayes and noes, as follows:
Yeas-Andros, Beatty, Brawley, Cave,
Davis, Haus, Sibley and Speakers
Nays-Dixon, Fridley, Grant, Hanson,
Lelnay, Register, Rolette, Stanch6eld,
Thompson and Willim-l0.
The bill was finally passed by yeas and nays
as follows:
Yeas-Dixon, Frdley, Grant, Hanson, Le-
may, Register, Rolette, Stanchfeld Thompson
and Speaker-l0.
Noes-Andros, Beatty, Brawley, Cave, Da-
Wis, Haus, Sibley and Speakers.
Mr.. Within offered resolution to recon.
slider the following resolution offered by Mr.
Davis yesterday:
Resolved, by the House Of Representa-
tives of Minnesota Territory, That we dis
approve of the improper alteration of the
bill donating muni6cent grant of lands
to our Territory, approved June Oath, 1855,
and for which alteration said bill was sub
sequently repealed and that we repudiate
all through whose instrumentality, said al
teratiOn was made
Reconsidered.
On motion of Mr.. Fridley, the resolution
was indefinitely postponed, by the following
vote:
Yeas-Dixon, Fridley, Grant, Hanson,
Lemay, Register, Rolette, Stanchfeld,
Thompson and Willim-lO.
| Nays--Andros, Beatty, Cave, Davis,
Brawley, Haus, Sibley and Speaker-s.
Mr.. Hanson moved to reconsideI the
vote by which an act entitled "an act to
amend the charter of the Minnesota and
n. ". Railroad Company" granting to said
Company an extension of time under said
charter, had been passed.
Which was rejected by the following vote:
Yeas-Andros, Beatty, Brawley, Cave,
Davis, Haus, Sibley and Speakers.
Nays-Dixon, Fridley, Grant, Hanson,
Lemay, Register, Rolette, Stanchfeld,
Thompson and Willim-lO.
Mr.. Dixon moved to expunge from the
Journal the following resolution, offered by
Mr. Davis, yesterday:
Resolved, by the House of Representa-
tives of Minnesota Territory, That the
House repudiate the action of Congress in
repeating the munifcent grant to this Ter
.ritory and, resolved further, that we en-
dorse the course the company has pursued
in altering the bill granting lands to this
Territory, SO the said grant should inure to
their special benefit.
Mr.. Sibley opposed the resolution. The
proper time to amend or strike from the
Journal anything therein, was when it was
read in due course of business. The jour
nal had been properly approved and he did
not think it was either a nroner time or