The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-04


The Veil Raised. ..-The Bogus COmmis-
sioners under the Bogus Capital Re-
moving Act Reveal Their Names and
show Their Hands.
We are at length enlightened The St.
Peter Courier gives the news. From that
anonymous sheet of the 25rh of March
instant, we copy the following notice:
PLANS FOR THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
The undersigned "Buildng Commissioners" under the
act entitled San Act for the removal of the seat of
eminent the Territory of Minnesota approved March
5th 1851 having in pursuance of the requirements of
section of said act selected in the town of St. Peter
in the County of Nicollet the site whereon to erect
Capitol building give notice that they will receive plans
and estimates for the said Capitol building up to the 9th
day of April next The said building to be of brick or
stone, stories the lower about twenty feet in
height the upper story is to contain two rooms about
fifty by sixty feet each and about forty by fifty
feet The lower story to contain at least twelve rooms
for offices. Estimates accompany the plans first Of
the entire of the building; and second, of the
of enclosing the same to include glazing and paint
ing. The said plans and estimates may be delivered to
either of the undersigned at their respective places of
residence to the Board at their next meeting to be
held at the Office of D. A. Secombe in the City of Saint
Anthony the said 9th day of April At the said meet
ing the said plans will be considered by the Board and
reasonable price will be paid for the which shall be
adopted.
Dated at St. Peter, this oath day of March, 1857.
W. A. DAVIS, Chm, Belle Plain, Scott Co.
NJ. GROVER, St. Charles, Winona Co.
d. A. SECOMBE, St. Anthony, Hennepin Co.
Well, as our caption indicates, the veil is
lifted. The records of the executive officers
of Minnesota, both Governor and Secretary,
have been a sealed book to the people since
the adjournment of the Legislature. Re-
ports were, some weeks ago, flying about the
streets, that German, previous to his Hegira
to Washington, in order that he might ''re-
main Governor If the Land Grant passed."
had appointed Commissioners to locate the
Capitol. Then again it was said no Commits
sioners had, as yet, handled his Excellency's
parchment. But suddenly it leaked out
that St. Anthony ex-Attorney of the Su-
preme Court of Minnesota, had commission
in his pocket, which fact we published, and
which fact the "official" notice above proves
to be true.
So, the "Building Commissioners" are
eady to receive proposals for plans of the
new "Capitol building!" We presume they
will enlighten the public as to the meaning of
the following section of their bogus law, be-
fore they attempt to involve the Treasury of
Minnesota in any amount of debt.
Section 3, of the purported law under
which they profess to act provides:
That there shall be elected by the present Legislative
Assembly three Commissioners who shall hold their Office
for the term of two years. and called Building Com
missoners," who shall jointly execute bond to be ap-
proved by the Governor in the penal of fifty thou
sand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties
and the lawful disbursement of monies that may
come into their hands such Commissioners; which
the use the said Territory or future State
of Minnesota"
Did the "present Legislative Assembly"
elect these three commissioners 2" If so,
they will please show the record of such
election before they attempt to run the Ter
ritory in debt in order to raise the wind to
help the St. Peter bankrupts, by the sale Of
school section lots at fictitious valuation.
Then, again, about those bonds of "fifty
thousand dollars,' which Mr. Secombe &
Co. had to execute. Who approved them I?
Who are the men that would stand as bonds
men for either of the three, considering that
the original bill to remove the Capital has
never been signed by the Governor, and is
not on file in the Secretary's office-that the
bill which purports to be the law never was
passed by either House?
These are queries, now that we have some
thing tangible as to the premeditated attempt
to carry out the fraud, which are deeply in
teresting to taxpayers in all parts of the
Territory, and which should command early
attention.