The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-27

in Minnesota. We were becoming com
mercial people, and our exports would be
more than trebled 10 the next two years.
Mr.. COWAN hoped the matter would
not be pressed through at this time. 1t was
matter in which the whole people were
deeply interested, and he wanted that it
should be fully and fairly considered. He
reminded the Senate that it would take
two-third's vote to pass banking law, and
that he, in common with other Sepators,
was not prepared to vote upon the bill
without further consideration.
Mr.. M'LAREN said that the Senaet
had been in session over forty days, and that
few important measures had been acted upon.
He hoped this bill would be promptly acted
upon, and that Mr.. Cowan's substitute
would not prevail.
The substitute of Mr.. Cowan was lost,
and the bill was under consideration for a
long time, and amended, and the Committee
reported progress, and asked leave to sit
again, which was granted.
COLLECTION OF STATISTICS.
The bill for an act to provide for the col.
lection and publication of statistics, elected
warm discussion.
Mr.. ROBINSON opposed the bill, as an
entering wedge to enormous expenses which
would hereafter accrue in the publication
and collection of statistics.
Mr.. COWAN made capital speech in
favor of the bill. He thought such work,
properly gotten up, would do more for the
State to encourage emigration, than by any
other means the Legislature could adopt.
w lthout some means to ascertain annually
what progress we, as the people of State,
are making in agriculture, manufactures,
arts, sciences, &C., we would be continually
cropping along in the dark. He hoped the
Senate would see the Importance of such a
work as the bill proposed.
An amendment was adopted, that the ex-
pense of the book to the State should not be
over Is cents per copy.
The committee reported progress and
asked leave to sit again, which was granted.
A bill to provide means for the improve
ment of State road from Crow Wing to
Shayenne, on the Red River of the North,
was recommended to be read third time
The recommendations of the committee
were concurred in by the Senate, which
soon after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10, 1860.
The House met at the usual hour, and
was opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
"A communication from the Governor,
concerning a correspondence between Gov
Sibley and E. M. Haines relative to an al
legged infringement by the Attorney General.
in preparing the notes and forms to the
Township Organization Act, as published
by the authority of the Legislature.
The Judiciary Committee reported on
several bills.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges
reported for the indefinite postponement of
a State Road Bill, which was agreed to.
The special committee on the Apportion-
ment Bill reported several amendments.
The report was laid upon the table for
the present.
Mr.. STEPHENSON offered a resolution
referring the claims of the St. Paul Cavalry
and Dakota Rifles, for services in the Wright
County expedition, to the Committee on
Military Affairs. Adopted.
Mr.. SWEET introduced bill additional
to the acts for the relief of Settlers upon
School Lands. The bill provides for the
late Judges of the Fourth District to CON-
pete the trusts undertaken by them under
the former acts, liz their capacity Of Judges
FINAL PASSAGE.
A bill regulating the manner of recording
COnveyaDces in unOrganized counties, was
read third time and passed.
The bill making change in the time of
holding Courts in this district, was taken
from the table, read third time, and
passed.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. KINKEAD rose to personal ex-
PLANTATION, with reference to the report of
the Minnesotian and Times, of the debate
on last Thursday, denying that he used the
language imputed to him in the report.
THE TOWNSHIP ACT.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Township Act, and discussed
it until the hour of recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The report of the Committee of the:
Whole on the Township act, having been
given to the House, the amendments were
taken up separately and adopted, as far as
to section IL, of article 6.
Section IL was proposed to be amended
by striking out the Office of the Town Su-
perintendent of Schools upon which Mr..
Acker called the yeas and nays, and the
result was yeas 35, nays 81 ; so the amend
ment was adopted.
Other amendments were adopted, and the
bill then laid upon the table.
APPORTIoNMENT BILL.
The apportionment bill was taken from
the table.
Mr.. SECOMBE moved to take up the
amendments of the committee separately.
Mr.. DONOHUE objected that the pro-
posed amendments were not in the posses
sion of the members, and they could not act
intelligibly on the subject, without having
the bill as amended before them. He thought
there was a disposition to put the bill
through without consideration.
MIR. MORRISON moved to have the
bill as amended, printed.
Mr.. SECOMBE objected, and urged that