Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-07

tons is so great that unless aid and encourage
ment be afforded by the State there is danger
that they will be compelled 10 disband. The
matter is commended to your favorable action.
MIGRANTS.
invite you to enquire whether it would not
be wise to pass law to prevent the annoy
ances and depredations indicted By tranps and
Migrants, by whom our State is liable to be an
nually oyerrun. While in the older States, in
times of depression, laws of this character
may sometimes work injustice upon q class of
unfortunate operatives whose dleness is en-
forced because work cannot be obtained, no
such plea can be urged in behalf of these
classes in new and growing State, where
there is no lack of employment for all who are
willing to labor.
A stringent law providing for due discrimi-
nation as to the persons properly subject to its
operations would doubtless have salutarv eff
feet both upon those liable to its penalties and
the communities suffering from their prac-
tees.
BOILER INSPECTORS.
The repeated explosions of the boilers OF
steamboats, on Lake Minnetonka, resulting in
shocking loss of life, and the liability to
further disasters from the same cause on that
and other lakes in this State, demand the inter-
yention of law for the protection OF the pub
!lic. The supervision of the United States in"
spector of boilers extends only to the naViga-
BILE rivers of the State, and hence our lakes and
insulated bodies of water are without protec-
ton from the nsecurities leading to such ac-
cidcnts The importance of the subject i'm
pels me to recommend that you provide Tor
the appointment of Il competent State Inspector
of steamboat boilers, and clothe him with am
pie power to condemn or alter unsafe boilers,
and otherwise provide for the safety OF passen-
gers upon steamboats, in all waters not subject
to inspection by authority of the United States.
RIVER COMMISSIONERS.
The hopes and labors which have long
pointed to the Mississippi river as the natural
outlet for our multiplying products and our
defense against railroad extor-
suits.
The conventions which have been held in
various cities in the great valley have COM
PEELED attention to the vast community of in
terests which give continual importance to
this natural highway of commerce. Among
other measures proposed TO induce the
requisite aid from Congress, was the forma-
ton of a permanent commission of delegates,
to be appointed by the governors of the sew
eral States bordering on the river, for the pur-
pose of collecting and disseminating infOrma-
ton regarding the obstacles to navigation and
the means for its improvement. / at first hes
itated to appoint commissioners from this
State, because feared the purpose contempla-
ted might not be confined strictly to the i'm
proyement of navigation as the conOon end
sought. But becoming satisfied on further
inquiry that my distrust was grOundless, ap-
pointed the commissioners as desired to rep
resent the State.
The united commissioners of the several
States have held several sessions, and | am
persuaded have contributed invaluable aid to
the influences which have secured more gen
erOus expenditures from Congress toward the
general end in view. Prominent among the
means recommended and relied upon is the
reservoir system, involving extensive work
and expenditures within our own State. The
committee has issued an address embodying
recommendations for legislative action, which
will be duly laid before you, and to which
your favorable consideration is solicited.
recommend that small appropriation be made
to dcfray the personal expenses incurred in the
discharge of the duties.
LAND MATTERS.
Under the provisions OF the act of March 1,
1877, appointments were made at various
places convenient to settlers in order to adjust
conflicting land claims along the line of the
st. Vincent branch of the late st. Paul Il Pa
cases and claims allowed in SO, covering 10000
acres, which were duly relinqushed TO the
United States to the end contemplated by the
act referred to.
Under the act OF Congress OF March 3, 1879,
granting twenty-four sections to this State in
lieu of certain salt spring lands originally
granted but never received by the State, APP
pointed an agent to make selections of the re-
granted lands and sent their descriptions to
the several land offices for entry, but this was
refused by the commissioner of the general
land office on the alleged ground of lack OF
evidence that the State has failed to receive
the lands originally granted. After some de-
lay the selections were allowed to be made
with certain conditions which have now been
complied with and which will result in the
speedy adjustment of the matter.
Under an act of Congress approved April /,
1880, restoring to the public domain the Fort
Ripley military reservation, certain lands in
Guided therein which had been inadvertently
certified to this State for railroad purposes,
were required to be recOnveyed to the United
States, the same never having been disposed of
or claimed by the State or railroad company.
A deed of REIMBURSEMENT was accordingly ex-
ecuted of the lands designated, but upon the
advice of the Attorney General, who ques-
tions the right of the executive to make such
conveyance without legislative authority
therefor, the delivery of the deed has been de-
ferred until such authority shall be granted.
Your action enabling the consummaton of
the conveyance is therefore respectfully re-
quested at an early day.
Under the provisions OF an act for the relief
of homestead and timber culture claimants on
lands claimed by the State as swamp lands ap-
proved March 10, 1876, lists were procured
from the general land office aggregating over