The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-02
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20.


CoUNcIL.--Council met pursuant to adj
journment and after the transaction of the
usual preliminary business, .4
Mr.. Setter from the committee appointed
to wait on the Governor aud inform him
that the Council was ready to receive any
communication he may have to make, re-
ported that they had performed that duty,
and received for answer that His Excellency
would send in his message to-day at ii
o'clock, Am.
A message in writing was received from
Gov. Medary, through the hands of r. A.
Smith, Esq, which was read by the ASS slant
Secretary. With the Message the Gov
ernor transmitted to the Council copy of
the Act of Congress granting Lands to the
Territory also, copy of the Enabling Act.
On motion of Mr.. Setter three hundred
copies of the Message and accompanying
documents were ordered to be printed for
the use of the Council.
On motion of Mr.. Lowry, R. F. House
worth was elected Secretary, pro tenn, Of the
Council.
On motion of Mr.. Setter the Council ad-
journed until tomorrow at o'clock p. NJ.
House OF REpREsENTATIvEs.-T Speak
or called the House to order at 10 o'clock
A. M.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Mr.. Whitlock, from the Joint Committee
of the House and Council to wait upon the
Governor, reported that they had discharged
that duty and that His Excellency had in
formed the committee that he would commu-
nicate to the two Houses, separately at II
o'clock this morning, by message in writing.
Mr.. Stannard offered the following resoll-
ton:
Resolred, That the Secretary of the Terri
tory be requested to report to this House
the amount of the appropriation for the pay
ment of the expenses of the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory of Minnesota for the
fiscal year ending Goth June, 1857.
Mr.. Hayden inquired il it was fact that
we had Secretary. He had understood
that there was none at present.
The Speaker said that he was unable to
give the gentleman the information.
Mr.. Stannard explained that this was the
object of his resolution-in the first place to
find out who was acting as Secretary, sec
ondly, as he was on q committee to examine
into the legality Of the present session, he
thought all doubts on that point would be
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balance Of the appropriation for the fiscal
year OF 1886 as yet unexpended.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Baasen moved that the House take
recess for half an hour. Carried.
The House having re-assembled,
Mr.. j. R. Brown gave notice that on to-
morrow or some future day he would ask
leave to introduce bill to provide for grant
ing land to certain companies therein named
for the construction Of Railroads from ST.
Paul to St. Anthony via Minneapolis, to a
point of junction west Of the Mis-
sissippi to the Southern boundary Of the |
Territory in the direction Of the mouth of
the Big Sioux river, with branch via Fari-
bault to the north line of the State of Iowa,
west of Range Is. DISC %
A message from the Governor was an
which was received and read by
the Clerk. 3t A
Mr.. Wilson moved that 1000 copies of the
message be printed for the use Of the House.
Various amendments were offered to print
additional copies, to print less, to print in
German and French, to print simply in the
Territorial newspapers, &C., but were sever