The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-12
~ Reported for the Daily Pioneer.
SIXTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF MINNESOTA.
COUNCIL.

inc y Ournal was dispensed WIN.
Mr.. Murray offered a resolution that the
members and officers of the Council be author
lied to subscribe for sixty newspapers.
Mr.. Brown thought the Council had author
ity already. The resolution was adopted
The chief clerk of the House appeared with
message to the Council; that the House had
appointed Messrs. Dixon and Davis commit
tee to act in connection with committee from
the Council, to wait upon the Governor and
inform him that the members were prepared to
receive any message from his Excellency.
Mr.. Murray moved that q committee of two
be appointed from the Council to act in connec-
ton with the committee from the House, to
wait upon his Excellency, but declined the hon
or of serving upon said committee
The President appointed Messrs. Kittson
and Van Etten.
Mr. Brown asked leave to introduce q bill.
Mr. Murray wished the gentleman to read
the title of the bill, so that the members could
vote understandingly. The title of the bill
was read and leave granted.
Mr.. Brown moved that the rules be suspen-
ded and that the bill be read first and second
times by its title and laid on the table. Carried.
Mr. Brown gave notice that on tomorrow
or some future day, he would introduce bill
to provide for the improvement Of the Mime
sofa river auu lOr Quiet purposes.
Mr.. Brown moved that the resolution intro
duced by him relative to the members subscri-
bling for a certain number of newspapers, be
now taken from the table. Adopted
The gentleman stated that he hoped the
introduced by the gentleman from St. Paul did
the money appropriated to defray the expenses
of the Territorial Legislature. Members were
entitled to only certain number of papers,
but if they wished to pay for more copies out
of their own pocket he had no objection.
Mr.. Murray did not apprehend that the
wording of the resolution introduced by him,
made much difference, but to obviatc the diff
Guilty complained of, he would offer an amend
ment that in the resolution before the Council,
the word Fifteen should be stricken out and
sixty inserted. The reasons assign d were,
that he thought the papers would answer the
purposes of the slips, which, he had been in
formed by the Secretary had cost for the last
session alone, $4,000.
Mr. Brown, under the circumstances, would
not object. He rose to offer an amendment to
the amendment, viz.-that before newspapers,
the word ''daily' should be inserted; in the
place of fifteen the word "sixty" should be
inserted, and that "said daily papers to contain
the daily proceedings of the Council" The
amendment to the amendment was adopted,
when on motion of Mr.. Murray, the resolution
was laid on the table.
Mr.. Murray moved that the Report of the
Committee on Rules be taken from the table.
The motion prevailed when the Rules were
read by the Secretary.
The Chief Clerk Of the House appeared and
informed the Council that the House was
ready to receive the Governors message.
The rules were adopted.
The committee appointed to wait upon the
Governor, reported that the message of his
Excellency would not be ready for delivery be-
fore Monday or Tuesday, in consequence Of
typographical errors.
Mr. Brown moved that the Council 90
into Committee of the Whole upon the
Bill relative to the apportionment of the
Representatives of the Legislative Assem-
bly,
Mr. Murray moved that it be referred to
the Committee on Territorial Affairs.
Mr.. Van Etten moved to amend by re-
ferring it to select Committee.
Mr.. Brown was opposed to any such re-
ference. The Bill was one in which the
whole Territory was interested, and he was
opposed to locking it up in the desk of
Committee, where it would he kept from a
fair investigation 10y the members. Let it
be so far perfected in the Committee of the
whole as all can have a chance to know
precisely what the Bill is. The members of
I the Council were as competent to act in the
Committee of the whole, as the members of
any other Committee, and he therefore
hoped that the Bill would not be referred.
Mr.. Van Etten was opposed to the Bill
and to considering it in Committee of the
whole. He believed the action was prema-
ture, and that the bill gave too much pow
er to the executive. 1t was necessary first
to have some figures by which to be guided,
and in order to save time and to perfect
| the bill, he hoped it would be referred to a
Select Committee
Mr.. Brown was still opposed to the motion.
He saw no necessity for referring it to Com
mitee when the Council was fully competent to
act upon it.
Mr.. Murray was perfectly satisfied with
referring it to a select committee. He thought
the bill was not sufficiently matured.
Motion to refer withdrawn,
The names Of the gentlemen composing the follow
ing Committees were then read:
/ Internal mprovements-Brown, Mower and Stearns.
Territorial Affairs-Stimson, Van Etten and Murray.
Judiciary COMMITTEEMAN Etten, Murray and Stearns
Agriculture and Manufactures-Ereeborn Brown and
Stimson.
Territorial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Murray and Kittson.
Legislative Expenditures-Stearns Murray and Brown
Militia-Freeborn Brown and Stimson.
Standardization, Stimson and Murray.
IncorpOrations-Murray, Mower and Van Etten.
Territorial-Brown, Mower and kttsOn
Public Bui!dng-Mower, Stimson and kittsOn.
Printng-Kittson, Brown and Stimson
Engrossing Commttee-Stearns kttsOn and Freedom.
Enrolled Bills-van Etten, Murray and KttsOn.
Mr. Van Etten moved that the Council File Bill