The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-12

S'sSo AVA WoA OCnOOIe,
taking the ground. that the, scheme. is
entirely impractioable. It. quotes 10 de-
tail the official records, showing that
the title to the property in question is
vested in the State, ard expressly died.
icated to the purpose OF establishing
and maintaining Normal Schools !, that
consequently. the. title is limited to the
special purpose, and all authorities on
the subject agree that, the. Legislature
cannot anoul. or impair tho contract
OF the State to use the property for the:
purposes to which j, has thus been:
dedica ted: The arguments were CON-
plete aud exhaustive in support Of
these aud other positions Of the COM
mittee, which recommended that, the
bill should not i, pass 81. Nj. Dopnelly
took advantage Of the. opportunity to
read bis tl.tssee: philippe ,e.io...
toe schools. He was replied 70. very
'oroibly b. Mr.. WILKINSON, Who main.
tanned the position that Normal Schools
are an indispensable necessity to an
educated people. The bill, was q, made
the special order for the following
Thursday.
Mr.. Pillsbury, Chairman of the Com
ml'tee on Finance, reported the estl.
mated receipts for the fiscal year, from
November 80, 1878, to November 80,
1874. at 1854 ,l08, aud the. estimated
disbursements at 1857 ,067, leaving a
balance at the disposal Of the Legisla.
ture of $lO7,141 The above estimates
differ slightly from those Of the State
Auditor. '- 's'' ~ :. 7:>.-"'n:'
Hoa'e.-The House bill appropriate.
ing $25, 900 to aid suffering settlers On
the frontier was passed. -. ia g : ~
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Nelson
authorizing the town of Litchfield to
issue 81 300 IF bonds for the erection
Of sAtown hail. @::< - >'*;- - : '',s' -
SATURDAY:-ISenate:-- "A resoluti, on
was adopted asking the 7Attunr ney
General whether the States Su'peeariin
tendent Of Public Instruction Ais 10
been leg'slated cut Of Office BY the &c,
approved March 7, 1873, an d wbeth.,
it is not the duty Of" the Goysrpo,r Il
appoint some person TO- fill that y5of
fee. .aza3 >: s.3s >a:tss z:s*:,:>,4 1<:a
The Senate bill was passed q. ,pl opri
atioe SO 900, to enable j.. D. Blake 4
Go. 70 carry their sdit again. IT.; the Wi
mona and St. Peter raiIrc ,ad into tn
Supreme Court ofsshs r United assstes.4
The House bill was. passed ..utboriz
Ing the: eommiss' .ouersi of J Dough-
county to issue bonds to , fund sth,
Heating debt of that county. - .s5s
o, MoSDA4T + -'.;;.tSenate.- IA bill Was IN
troeduoed ~ Mr. Benedict. to ,exteu,
the time n TO- the, completion, Of certain
branches. IF the St.: Paul g. Pacif
railroad This bill is intended to tax
the Pr &c of. other bills on the same sub
1eet'. The time for completion of th
By nerd branch limited to, August j
1o a. and to Fergus Falls by Octobe
]. 1874. and to St. Vincent to Ootobe
J l, 1875. The bill limits the price @
land to ST an. acre, and subject t
. claims of homestead settlers as prefer
:. red buyers. r.,e > en-. ;. ~, 80.
, Also, a bill by M. Dopuelly for
memorial to Congress for an extensio
Of the time, for the complexion, Of tb
St. Paul aod Pacific railroad =. ); .aslii.'
. Congress not. TO- renew The be- Ian. and. gran
[to the company b ! to 81. State direct
and to fl limit j. the price 4 w HE a th
land shall b = sold e -four four dollars ~. !.
! aNslet gss ii4Gsa 81 a.s9 / ...54a savzs. J
The Senate passed the House bill t
! authorize the. commissioners Of Otte
{ Tail county % issue S., 600 ia bond
to fund the floating debt Of tbe county
,a House.-Bills' we're introduced: ="
- By Mr.. Adley, to extend the tim
j for the completion Of the branch line
|ot the ST.. Paul and Psciicc rsilroad.
BY Mr.. Metcan, bill with same It'll
i. las the above. ~ @4z. @z4j %sSaa1ao4t@.a
! r. by 7Mr.J. Taylor, providing for nor
NAL: training :inapubIio schools. as'ssssl
2' By Mr.. Petit, sppropriating $40,
1 900 for The furnishing Of the Reioru
School with steam neutrality-suspicious.