The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-23
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

MIR. MILLER offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted:
Resolred. That the Joint Committee on Taxes
be requested to inquire into the eXpediency of
abating the taxes on all farming lands in this
State, from which the occupants have been
driven by the recent Sioux Indian raid, and
have not been re-occupied by the owners
REPORTS.
Mr.. BERRY, from the Committee on Towns
and Counties reported against granting the pc
titiOn of Mr.. Wood and Others for q change of
time in holding the annual town meeting in the
town of WalcOtt Rice county.
The Report was adopted.
Mr.. WARNER, from the Joint Committee on
printing the Governors Message reported, by
resolution, as follows:
Resolred That the Committee on Printing he
and are hereby authorized to procure the pub
LEGATION of one thousand copies of the Cover
ded they can be obtained in separate wrappers
at a sum not exceeding eight cents per copy.
Also eight hundred copies in the Swedish and
eight hundred in the Norwegian languages,
provided they can be obtained at a price not
exceeding twelve cents per copy
The report of the committee was adopted
ayes II, nays 3.
INDIANS AGAIN.
Mr.. BERRY introduced the following con-
current reSOlutlOn
Resotred, (the House concurring) That a
committee OF three be appointed on the part of
the Senate, to act with a committee on the
part Of the House, to whom shall be referred
all matters relating to the execution and reno
val of Indians, with instructions to report a
memorial to Congress respecting the same
Adopted, and Messrs. Berry, Daniels, and
Smith were appointed as such committee.
REPORTS OF STATE OFFICERS.
The following report was received from the
State officers in answer to the resolution Of the
Senate requesting those officers to make their
annual reports, at the earliest practicable mo-
ment:
Hon. ignatius Donneliy, President If the Scu0te
In reply to resolution of the Senate. we
would respectfully state the Reports were ready
for the State Printer, as follows
Adjutant Generals. ... Dec. 10, 1862.
State Treasurer's. 10. -
State Auditor ............... 20,
Secretary of State ... JAN l. 1868.
The reports were necessarily placed in the
hands of the printer later than the date fixed
by law on account of the impOssibilty of OBJ
tanning the requisite returns to complete the
rIeports-an evil which can only be remedied
by more stringent legislation. The delay in
the publication Of the Auditors, Treasurers,
and other reports Immediately required by
committee, is caused. however, chiefly by
the unusual yoluminousncss Of the Adjutant
Generals report, which was first placed in the
hands of the printer; and as the law requires
that the reports shall be consecutively PACED
for the volume of Executive Documents, it
was impossible under the law when the print
ing of this report was commenced, to abandon
it for the less bulky reports, but more imme-
datey required by the committees.
The Adjutant Generals report, we are in
formed by the State Printer. will he completed
on Wednesday, and the Auditors report, the
next in order, on Saturday of this week
Respectfully submitted,
d. BLAKELEY, Secretary Of State.
CHAS. SCIIEFFER, State Treasurer
CHAS. MCILRATH, State Auditor
OSCAR MALMROS. Adj. General