The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-13
HOUSE.
Among Minnesota private bills intro
duced in the house were the following:

HOUSE.
Among Minnesota private bills intro.
duced IN the house were the following:
By Mr.. Rice, granting n pension to Mary
Montl: to r. Travis. for services rendered In
the war with the Florida Indians: to Frederick
iE;!ciiler: to Albert Achley: Sl2 per month to H.
". Mncklin. for services in the Sioux outbreak;
to Ell n st. Cyr: to Thomas Weekly: to remove
Tue charge OF desert!on against the name of A.
II. Tobey; q bill for the relief OF Minnesota
mounted rangers
The latter bill provides that oil persons
who served full time OF year or more shall
receive $500; those who served six months
or any time less than year, TGG, and those
VINO served less than six months S:}3 :}i
lie also introduced q bill to allow Charles
A. Ruffee, late agent ut White Earth agency,
$l,35O, being the difference between tile
pay US agent of the White Earth agency
alone and agent OF consolidated l4eech Lake,
Red Lake and White Earth agencies The
agency consolidated March 81. 1879, and
Ruffee served from that time to Sept. 80,
1881 at the old salary
PRESENTED DY MIR, NELSON.
By Mr. Nelson.
10 remove the charge Of dcscrtion from the
| IcGord OF Aivln aliiliHan; granting pension to
| I. I. johnson; granting increase OF pension to
| Snnn SsI, Nowe; granting a pension to Joseph
Mtllloron; to Jacub Aeibels: to Morgan johnson:
10 refer the claim Of H. H. lScaulcu to the court
| ot claims: for the relief Of citizens engaged in
the Sioux Indian war i'll 1st;2; for the relief OF
Z. Z; =. LollnsGerry; granting q pension to the
lief OF iiartwcll Silver.
Mr. Nelson also introduced his bill placing
lumber, coal and sugar on the free list; his
Dill OF last session for the improvement: of the
condition of the Red Lake Indians; for q
public building and term of court at Duluth,
| anu tho railroad bills which have already
been mentioned. Mr.. Lind introduced IL bill
placing books and pamphlets Oh tho free list
ana bill to amend the interstate commerce
law. His amendment to the fourth section
provides:
1t shal! also be unlawful for any common car
rier, subject to tho provisions of this act, to
charge or receive anv greater compensation per
ton per mile for the cuntempprancUus ttanspOr-
tatlon OF tho same class OF freight for n shorter
than for a longer distance over the same line in
| the ZANE general direction or from the origin
| Shall not he construed us authorizing nuy COM
mon carrier, subject to tho provisions OF tins
aet, TO charge higher rate per ton per nile for
longer than shorter distance.
WISCONSIN AND IOWA BILLS
Senator Sponner rsS"ented TIC l,e.itt..r" of
! the board of supervisors of st. Crolx county,
praying certain legislation defining and con-
STRUNG the granting and indemnity clauses
OF the net of May s, 1864. granting land to
Wisconsin 70 aid in the construction of lail-
roads. Mr. Spooner introduced n bill to day
providing for the establishment of port OF
entry at Superior. Wis Mr. Gear of Iowa To-
day introduced the following bills in the
house:
Authorizing the construction Of IL railroad
wagon and foot bridge across he Missippi river
~ or near burlington, Iowa: apprnrriatnc
the Des Moincs rapids in the mississippi am,
SlG.25O for completing the dry deck nj Dcs
Moiiies rapids in the Mississippi, and that the
pier at the outer wall of the Dcs MONIES rapids
| canal may be used to construct n floating boom
connecting the wall with the upper draw rest Of
| the bridge Of keOkuk.