Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-02-09

of the House 1900 copies of the Governors Mes.
sage and accompanying dooamsnts. LOST Mr.
Lott introduced resolution instructing the COM
missioners OF Public Buildings to visit the Pub
lie Buildipss and report At an carly day. Adopt
cd. vTxsssk 80 aNys1s. -
MIR. Sturgis from the select committee, to whom
was referred the contested seat case OF Taylor
and kingsbury, made majority report. rits 2
Mr.. Hunt from the Same committee made a
minority report.
Both reports were referred back to tho COM
mittee, with instructions to report again to NOR
| row morning. .....
| A message from the Council was received sta
ting that it had passed bin to extend the cor
poration limits Of the tow n Of Henderson.
| Mr. Mobiles, from the committee on engrosscd
bills, reported various bills correctly cngrosscd.
The following bills were taken up aud passed.:
A bill to locate Territorial road from the town
Of LeSuer to the old Sioux crossing at Traverse
| DIES Sioux. --. E.,ssf-rt-
| 4 bill to provide for the LAYING out of Terri.
torial road, from the Iowa State line, via Oatona
| and Rochester, to the Dodd road near Lakeville
and thence to st Paul.
No Al, Ii. of r., abill granting an extension
of time to the Nj. & n. W. X. RICO.
| MIR. Norris moved that the bill be referred to
| the committee on Internal improvements
| Pending the motion, the House took recess
| till ), u. NJ.
hf \opN OfSSlpN.-- TIC IuOtiou VI NOC-
ris to refer the bill for the extension of time to
the NJ. Il \. W. RI Co., to the committee on In
terna affairs, taken up, and the yeas and nay
being called there were ayes s, nays %.
Those who voted in the affirmative were Mcssrs.
Bradley, Buck, Cleveland, Gibbs, Ec,
Mcleod, Norris and Thornd,kr.
| Those voting in the negative, were MeSsrs. Bur-
dick, Coville, Dunbar, Farnham, Galbraith,
uere, Grant, Han tenbowor, lluhhcll, Hull, Hunt,
johnson, knauit, Lott, -, Mobiles, Sturgis,
Taylor, Thompson, Wilkinson, Wilson ana Mr..
Speaker.
The question then recurring on the passage Of
the bill there were Yeas -, nays 10.
Those voting in the affirmative were Mess rs.
Hurdick. Coville. Dunbar, Fa,nham. Galbraitli,
t;crc. Grant, llartenbowcr, Ilubbc.l. Hull, llauS,
Hunt, Idle. Johnson, Lott, Mobiles, Sturgs, Tay-
Tor. Th"mp<on, Wilkinson, Wilson and Speaker.
Tho>e voting in the negative re VI, ssrs. Brad
ley, Back. Cleveland. Gibbs, Knnuft, Mcleod,
Murphy, Morris 5, Thorniy ke aud Holland.
Mr.. Wilkinson moved to reconsider the vote by
which the llOusc passed the bill lost.
The House then resolved itself into committee
Of the whole having under consideration No.
Z. r., bill Tor the supp cs>iun OF sh:nplaSerS,
alter s0:,.e time PASSED therein the committee
rose and reported tn" bill back t" the House ami
asked leave to sit again. The House then AID
journed until Monday morning.
HOUSE.
SATURDAY, Feb. ID.
House met at 10 O'Clock.
The following notice of bills were given:
by Mr.. Buck-a bill to provide for the laying
out of Territorial road, from Winona to Car
imona.
by Mr.. IIartenbower-a bill to amend the Re-
vised Statutes.
by Mr.. Bradley bill to incorporate the Min
ncapolis & Cedar Valley X. r. Co.
By Mr.. Wllkinson-a bill to incorporate bank
and for other purposes.
The following bills and memorials were intro
duced.
BY Mr.. Ide--a memorial to Congress for the
relief of settlers on School Lands prior to the
Government Survey.
BY Mr.. Galhraith- bill to dissolve the mar
riage contract between Ellen Mckenzie and her
husband Wallace Mckenzie.
Also, bill to define the boundaries of Onaca
county.
BY Mr.. McI.cod-a bill to provide for the lay
ing out of Territorial road from Fort Smelling
to Shakopee: also from Shakorce to Icnde, son.
BY Mr.. Ilaus-a bill for the location of a Ter
ritorial road from Spring Lake to intcrscct the
Dodd road.
By Mr.. Sturgis-a bill to incorporate the Lit
tie Falls Manufacturing Company.
by Mr.. DE Lavcrcnc-a hill to provide for the
distribution of the School Fund of Sibev county.
BY Mr.. Lott--a bill to amend an act to incor-
porate the st. Paul & St. Anthony r. r. Co.
BY Mr.. DUNBAR memorial to Congress for
an appropriation of 900 for the construction
of the Brownsville and Mankato road.
Mr.. Gibbs offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk be inst :ucted
to obtain 1000 copies of the St. Paul Daily Free
Press, of Feb. LIST to be deposited in the archives
of the Territory for the use of future generations
Lost.
Mr.. Bradley presented memorial from the
County Commissioners of IIenncpn County
Also, petition from the citizens of Minneapolis,
praying that an act be passed to incorporate said
village.
The House then resolved itself into CO mmttce
Of the whole to take into consideration No |, CT,
bill for the suppression of unauthorized currcn-
~. Many amendments were made and offered,
among the latter was the following, introduced
hy Mr.. Burdick Provided, that nothing in this
net shall be so construed as to prohibit the is
sue Of bills by ''Faro Banks and .sboard bills''
by public houses and hotels. After some time,
the committee rose and recommended that the
bill pass. -
The House then adjourned until Monday morn
ing. at IL o'clock.
COUNCIL.
MONDAY, Feb. 1.
The Council mot pursuant to adjournment. =
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Penman.
Aquorum being present, the Council of Satur.
days proceedings was read and approved.
Mr.. Balcombe introduced a petition from p. s.
Follett and l54 others, praying for the county
site Of Wabashaw Co. to be located at Wabashaw
village, which was referred to the com. on Judi
ciary.
The House informed the Council that they had
passed No. IA II. of r., bill to provide for
Territorial road from the Iowa Inc to Faribault,
| also bill for laying out a road from some point
near lie Sueur. to the old Sioux crossing, also a
bill granting an extension of time to the NJ. & n.
W.R. II. Co., and that the Speaker had signed a
bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of
Henderson.
Mr.. Flandrau presented remonstrance of the
citizens OF Steele Co. against any alteration Of the
county line, which was referred to the CON- on In
ternal Improvements.