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MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE..

HOUSE.
TUESDAY, Feb. 26.
House met at ten O'Clock, and was called to
order by the Speaker.
The chair announced that tho Executive veto
message to the bill granting an extension of time
to the NJ. & N. w. r. r. Co., was the special Or
der of the day.
On motion of Mr.. Wilkinson the message and
bill was taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor they were again rec
commended to the table, ayes Is nays 2l.
The following petitions were introduced:
By Mr.. Holland--petition of the citizens of
Scott co., praying that their county will not be
divided.
Mr.. Van Worries presented petition from 215
citizens of Saltwater asking that the representa-
tives from that district vote for the bill granting an
extension of time to the NJ. 4 n. W. r. r. Co.
Mr.. Mobiles presented letter directed to Maj
Van Worries and asked that it be read.
Mr.. Van Worries objected to the reading of the
letter stating that it was private communica-
ton from some of his personal friends.
Mr.. Mobiles then withdrew the letter.
Mr.. Gere offered the following resolution which
was adopted:
Resolved that a committee be appointed to in
Sestigate into the circumstances of the abstrac-
ton of petition from the desk of the Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Holland the com. were in
structed to take the testimony in the in
writing and present the same to the House.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Burdick-a bill to incorporate the LIE
Sueur and Farrbault plank road Co.
By Mr.. Pierce-a bill to incorporate the Chaska
and Glencoe plank road Co.
BY Mr.. Murphy bill to incorporate the town
of Hastings, which was read third time and
passed.
BY Mr.. Haus-a bill to incorporate the town of
Monticello.
message from the Governor was received
:. forming the House that he had signed the fol-
Ills:
-. % Samuel Allen the rightto maintain
o '';nnesota river.
Memorial to Congress To- '"' ~
a road from Fl Ridgley to the 'u'" p''' VI 'h'
Rocky mountains.
Granting to Reuben Richmond the right -
maintain ferry across the Miss. river.
bill 20 incorporate the St. Cloud University
of Minnesota.
A bill to locate Ter. road from the old Sioux
crossing to point opposite Mendoza.
A bill to provide for the destruction of wolves.
A bill for Ter. road from Winona to Owa-
tOnia.
A bill to incorporate the Minnesota mining Co.
A bill to incorporate the Chatfeld Academy at
Chatfeld.
bill granting to Geo. Houston and Christie
pher Davis the right to maintain ferry across
the Miss. river.
A bill to provide for the more speedy rublica-
ton Of the Session laws.
Adjourned to = ID p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House met at 2 p. NJ.
Mr. Ide, from the com. to whom was referred
the Omnibus county bill made the following mi
nority report:
The undersigned, one of the committee to whom
was referred bill No. 1877. a bill for act to
divide portion of Minnesota Territory into
counties and define their boundaries, begs leave
to submit the following minority report
Your commtte cannot hut regret that, in this
instance, he is compelled to dissent from the
views entertained hy the honorable gentlemen as
ISOLATED with him on this committee. The ma
inity of this Committee have already made
rep ,rt rec ,mmenlng the passage of the bill with
certain amendments
Your committee of the minority is Of the opin-
ion that the amendments good so far as they
20, viz, TO the effect of obviatng certain con-
nicting propositions in the bill. But your com
mittee thinks, nav, is certain, that the min OBJ
jects of the bill were overlooked by the majority,
and inasmuch as these objects in themselves are
lkoly To he nit
mately defeated by the general provisions Of the
bill itself the minority cannot resist the conclu-
sion, that the ma orty, for some cause to him
unknown, stopped short in their investigation,
ere they arrived ut the general feature of the bill
1t is to this particularly grand feature that your
committee would call your most candid and i'm
partial consideration.
First, let me presume, that inasmuch as your
committee can see no beneficial results to be OBJ
tanned by this legislature, thus defining certain
immaginarv lines as boundary lines Of imaginary
counties all over the entire country, as yet I'M
marked by the axe Of the surveyor; and inasmuch
us he cannot that by these paper lines the
worthy speculator is aided at all in his research
after county seats and county centres, which lines
afford him neither mark nor bound by which he
can SUCK ms STAKES WIN any assurance OF MS
geographical where lbouts therefore your com.
ynittce must conclude that other and loftier OBJ.
Iects were intended to be developed in this bill.
And one of these objects, and certainly not the
least manifest object, that appears on the face of
this bill is, that very natural and noble ambition,
inherent to every aspiring mind, to pcrpetuate
the memory of our public acts to all coming
time. To hand down the high distinction we have
attained, and the wide spread fame have so hon.
ably won in eight short weeks to our posterity.
This ultimatum to the whole bill was sadly ne
elected by that COMMITTEES.
Now this bill proposes to erect monuments to
our individual fame, or to effect the Same pur-
poses to afix our names to the counties as an
indelible insignia of eur lofty positions, many of
which no man knoweth, nor no man guesseth
their whereabouts, and naught but the red man
can tell whether they be lake, river, mountain or
marsh. take it that this proposed measure is
entirely inadeqate to rerpetuate cur honors, nor
is it commensurate to the services we have rem
dcred. Why, name, without a corresponding
notoriety has no lasting qualities in it, neither
from its obscurity is it suggestive of any marked
political character to insure US Of its perpetuy.
Now in all humility submit whether it is safe