Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-02-09
of, Mr.. Setter was Vi referred 10 the com. Of the

ton OF Mr. Oetxer was relerreu 70 the COM Of the
whole. ssc ~ y. 50 4 81
Ne. IL II. Of R., . memorial FOR certain mail
routes, was read a third time and passed. g ii
No. All. Of r., . bill to incorporate the Min
nesota Life, Fire and Marine Insurance Co., was
read third time, and ordered to be referred to
com. of the whole.
No. 4 II. of r., memorial to Congress for ad
ditional mail route, was passed. sg s,a .&
| No. IL. of r., n memorial to tho Postmaster
General, to establish mail route from Hamilton
to Shakopoo, was passed.
No. IL II. of r., bill to provide for laying out
Territorial road from St. Cloud to Pembina, was
passed.
No. II. of r., memorial to tho Postmaster
General, for mail route from st. Paul to West
Union in Iowa, was passed.
No. % ii. of r., bill to authorize G. A Bel
court, to erect and maintain a dam across the
Pembina river near st. Joseph, was passed.
No. II. of r., a memorial to Congress for an
appropriation for mail route from Lake Supe-
rior to the Little Falls.
No. 10. II. of r., was passed. No. 3 II. of R.,
was referred to special com. of three composed
of Messrs. Setter, Lu'lden and Fandrau.
No. II. Of R., amcmorial was passed.
No. 7, II. of r., n memorial was passed.
No. G. F., bill to incorporate the Masonic
Building Association was intro duccd by MIR. Set
ger.
Mr.. Frceborn gave notice of the introduction of
bill to amend sec. Is, article 8 of the revised
statutes.
Mr.. Rolettc offered the following resolution:
Whereas, at the last session of Congress the
sum of $4,000 was appropriated TO defray the
expenses of the pres cnt session of the Legislature
Assembly, and
Whereas, one half of the session has passed
and the Secretary Of the Territory is still without
funds to pay either mileage or per diem to MEM
bers TIE officers of the two Houses, and where
as it is believed that through violation of duty
on the part of tho Secretary alone could he be
without funds rs to pay 20 rtion of the expen-
scs of this Legislative assembly, therefore, -,
Resolved, that committee of three be ap-
pointed by the chair to wait upon the Secretary
of the Territory AMI enquire the cause of the de-
layin the receipt of the funds appropriated to de-
fray the expenses Of this session of the Legisla-
tive assembly and report his answer to the Coun-
Gil. The committee consists of Mcssrs. Rolctte,
Rollins and Setter. The Council adjourned un-
til , O'Clock Pm.
HOUSE.
House met mt IL o'clock
The following notices of bills were given:
BY Mr.. Hubbell-a bill to incorporate the Wells.
vile Academy.
BY Mr.. McI.cod-a memorial to Congress to
change the boundary of the Dakota Reserve.
By Mr.. Hunt-a bill to incorporate the Mime
sofa Valley Academy and institute of learning.
The following bills were introduced:
BY MIR. De Lavergne-a bill to incorporate the
Wellsvile Academy.
BY Mr.. Buck-a bill to provide for the laying
out of Territorial road from Winona to Carl
mona.
BY Mr.. IIartenbowcr-a bill! to amend the Re-
v:scd Statutes.
BY Mr.. Galbraith-a bill to provide for the
election of county auditors and other purposes.
Mr.. Holland presented petition from 26S cit
liens of Minnesota praying for the establishment
of the county of jefferson.
Mr.. Hunt presented the following resolution,
which adopted:
Resolved. that there be printed for the use of the
House, 1000 copies of the Governors Message
together with the reports of the Surveyor Gcncr-
al, Librarian, Territorial Auditor, Supcrintcn-
dent Of Public Buildings and Warden of Terri
torial Prison.
Mr.. Galbraith rose to question of privilege,
and stated that in article mad appeared in Satur-
day evenings Free Press saying that he and other
Republicans had sold themselves. He denounced
the author Of the assertion as a caumniator and
a villain AMI defed him to bring one jot of proof
to sustain his lying statements.
The House then resolved itself into committee
of the whole to take into consideration memo
rial to Congress praying for grant of land for
Railroad purposes, after some time passed there
in the committee and asked leave to sit again.
The House then rdjourned till 2 Ply
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House was in Joint Convention Yesterday
afternoon and elected the following Surveyors
Gcnerul:
Is District-RObcrt Hastv.
ID. District-Danicl Staunchfeld.
81 District. u. Dixon.
On the first ballot Mahlon Black had l2 James
b. Dixon, Is Robert Hasty, l6; Dixon, /.
On the second ballot, Black had II votes Dix
on, Is; TASTY, Il.
On the third ballot, Black had ID votes Dix
on, Is T; IIastv, Is.
33 F. &. Collins, H..
Third District. Il. Dixon, o III. n. Huff.
IS; Mr.. Lauver, l; The Convention then ad-
journcd until Monday next at 2, p. M.
The House again met and adjourned.
CT The mail arrangements between this place
and st. Paul arc really too bad. We only receive
a mail once week, when want at least tri-
weekly one. We should think that there might be
enough raised by private subscription to pay the
stage driver for the extra trouble he would incur
in carrying the mail three times u week instead
of once. We believe there are ahundred persons in
town who would give at least 50 for this object,
and $500 will pay the proprietors until arrange
ments are made by which we can receive daily
mail.-&hakopee Independent
ey We agree with our contemporary, that
the mail arrangements between this city and
Shakopee care really too bad.'' If anything
can be dine to make them mere regular, we
should be glad to aid in the enterprise.
A Novel TELEGRAPH MEErINc.-The directors
of the New York and Washington Magnetic Tel
egraph Company, were to have had a meeting in
New York last week, but we're prevented by the OBJ
structions on the railroad. This did not howey-
er, prevent the directors from communicating
with each other, for the Baltimore Sun says:
CAT the appointed hour the President took the