Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-01-31

By Mr.. Berry, bill to incorporate the Ced sr
Valley Seminary.
By Mr.. Black, a bill'to incorporate the Still
water Cemetery Association.
By Mr.. Able, bin to organize the county of
Itssca and for other purposes.
BY Mr.. Wbitlock, a bill to incorporate the st.
Adams and Minnesota river Ship Canal.
By Mr.. Smith, bill to incorporate Fremont
Also bill to define the boundaries of Green
Co.
Also bill TO incorporate the townof Grow
Wing West.
Read the first and second time and -ssdered
By Mr.. Able, q bill to incorporate the town of
Also bill for laying out certain territorial
! roads. so
By Mr. Bassen, of a bill to establish certain
BY Mr.. Mcvey bill to lay out a territorial
MIR. Greeley from com. on engrossed bills No.
10 and 81, and memorial No. back to House as
correctly engrossed.
| Also bill to incorporate the St. Paul Gas
Light Co.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
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grant OF land for Railroad purposes, was then
taken up and read a third time. In it's consider
alton, Mr.. Smith, of Minneapolis, made an elo-
quent and pertinent speech upon it, protest.
ing against its passage, as licensing monopoly,
which would be an incubus upon the progress Of
was lost-ayes IA, nays 10.
On the vote there were, al. Able, L. N. Brown
Barrows, Black, j. r. Brown, Chase, Grant,
| Greele, bassen Gere, Kingsbury, Payne, Stannard
and Sweeney-l4; neg, Adams, Branch, Case,
Costello, Chamblin, Foster, Howell, HAYDEN.
MI Aing, Keith, Murray, Plumer: Ramsey, Smith,
Thompson, Thomas, Troll, Whitloci and Mr.
Speaker. no trg,I-
! The Secretary of the Council here appeared.
and announced that the Council had adopted tho
joint rules of the two Houses OF '56, as the rules
Tor the Joint Cons. of the present session, anil
also that the Council suggest to the House the yp-
pcntment OF committee of conference to act
with similar committee from that body, to con
slder the disagreement Of the two House ON
Council bill No. l.
The bill incorporating the st. Paul Gas Light
Co was next taken up, read Sd time and y,assed.
Inc bill incorporating the Minnesoe River
Bridge Co. was read Sd time. -
Mr. King advocated its reference to a ommittee
not Immediately interested in the matte r.
MIR. Murray opposed such referep &c. ON the
ground that those Immediately inter ested ought
to decide upon this matter.
MIR. King had understood that to-, gentleman
from St. Paul was Immediately ir,ts rested in The
| passage of this bill.
MIR. Murray-"False %
Mr.. King (retaining the Aoor) stated that be
obtained the information from gentlemen of We
racity. - W.
| Mr.. Murray ssYou're liar p,
Mr.. hlng again insisted upon the reliability
OF bis authority, when MIR. Murra. said that as the
charge was totally false, he would not stand it.
ana II the member repeated it, he would knock
Mr.. King proceeded to reiter ate the statement.
when MIR. Murray (standing) seized an ink. stand
and was upon the point of hurting it at his onno-
.nent, amid animated calls of &c order, order !'5
MIR. King hereupon invited Mr.. Murray out of
the Hall, which invitation was declined and the
matter ended.
The bill was afterwards debated bv Messrs.
Foster, Brown, King, Thompson, Whitlock and
nays Is. O'
On motion Of Mr.. Murray, com. of three. con-
sisting OF Alessrs. Gere, Ramsey and Adams was
appointed to investigate the matter of the recent
violations of the rules of the House. tl
Th, bill to amend revised statutes was then tn
ken up and read third time and passed. The
/ title was also agreed to-
On motion Of Mr.. Smith the House went into
q committee of the whole, to consider House
bills No. Al, 50 and 81.
Mr.. Thomas in the chair.
No. Al to establish Greene Countv was then rad
amended and referred.
Bill No. 69-to define certain counties on the
North Shore OF Lake, Superior, was read and
after some discussion by Messrs. Stannard and
| others, was referred.
Bill 81 an act to amend an act to incorporate
the Little Falls Manufacturing Co. was then read
and considered. : -
The committee rose and reported the bills back
to the House with sundry amendments in which
| tney ASKED the concurrence of the House.
According to the Recommendation of the CON-.
bill No. Al was laid on the table. ~
The amendments on bill 50 were concurred in.
other amendments were made, and the bill was
ordered engrossed for y third reading.
Bill 81 was also read, and ordered to be en-
crossed for third reading.
motion to adj. to IL O'Clock. Lost.
On motion OF Mr.. Whitlock the House resolved
itself into com. of the whole to consider Nos. 6,
AZ and Is. MIR. Howell in the chair. 1T rs
Bill NO. 3, for the preservation of Game, was
then taken up and discussed by Messrs. Whitlook,
Gere, FurDer, Foster, Stannard, Thomas Brown
Berry, Brown and others, and subjected to some
amendments, after which il was again given over
to the select committee.
| Bill! No. AZ, to organize the county of Freeborn
was taken up, read and referred back to the House
with the recommendation that it pass.
Bill No. sc, to legalize the assessments of Da-
L : =
Mr.. Money, and opposed in very able speech by
| Mr.. Adams.
On motion it was referred back to the House
with the recommendation that it be referred back
to the com. on judiciary. TlfFffI
The COMMITTEES then rose and the Chair report
ed the doings of the committee.
The Recommendations of the committee we're
concurred in. nff
On motion of Mr.. L. NJ. Brown the com. on
judiciary was instructed toreport respecting the
legality of bill No. &c.
On motion bill No. So was referred to com. ON
county boundaries. IN -,
On motion of Mr.. Gere the resolution referring
to the Misunderstanding between two gentlemen
on this floor was stricken from the Journal. al.
the matter had been amicably adjusted between.
the parties: 800 $50 e8i = - - 80
On motion of Mr.. Gere, bill No. % was refer.
red to com. on ferry charters.
On motion of MIR. Wilson, a petition for the
organization OF new county was referred to the
delegation from Hennepin, Carver and Wright
Counties. ,itt e - 1T0.
Adjourned.
Thursday morning. Jan. %.
HoUSE.-Met pursnant to adjournment and
was called to order by the Speaker.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Sweeney, Of bill to incorporate the
Minnesota Central r. r. Co.
BY Mr.. Thompson, Of bill to amend an act re-
lative to divorces. -
by MIR. Kieth, Of Q memorial to Congress- to-
cede Fort Smelling to this te rr;torv for ~ A.: