New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-22

determination Of the board Of supervisor
q commissioners appealed from be AZ
lowed be reduced In said district court, the
party appealing shall pay all costs ana
d das!,Na incurred in said district
lowed be increased, or ii such determine
ton shall be altered, modified or reversed
IN said court, otherwise than as to the
bursements shall be paid by the town or
county, as the case may be, such costs and
disbursements dI ,,1 to. be taxed and adjusted
ment entered therefor in like manner.
Such appeal shall be entered upon the
calendar of said district court for trial,
at the next general term thereof occurring
more than twenty days after the appear
is perfected.
Sec. 2. Sections ffty-nine t59), sixty 900
and sixty-one (6D of said chapter thirteen
QS) of the General Statutes of Minnesota
of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight Q87S)
are hereby repealed.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after Its passage.
Approved Feb. 10, 1898.
NO. ifs. Il. NO. 636.
AN ACT for an appropriation for the erec-
t1On of suitable monument to mark the
site of Fort Kidgeiy and to commemorate
the siege of the same by the Sioux In
dams in the year eighteen hundred and
siXty-tWo QS62).
Whereas, about the year 1851 Fort Ridge
ly was erected by the United States gov
eminent on the upper waters Of the Minne-
sofa river, in the then Territory of Mime
sofa Said fort when erected was an ex.
IRENE frontier post and was in The heart Of
the country occupied by the Indians. 1T
was designed as protection to the in
habitants of Minnesota from such Indians.
settled by the whites and had promise of
large future growth. In August, 1852,
part of one company of the Fifth Regiment
of Minnesota volunteer troops which had
m lSSf rod frN fhn YIIItn
vice for the, suppression, of the Rebellion.
was stationed there. When the great Sioux
outbreak occurred at the Sioux agencies,
q short distance up the Minnesota river
from the fort, and Capt. John f. Marsh,
who was in command at the post, was,
on Aug IS, 1862, killed with twenty-four Of
his men on a march to relieve the agencies.
On the goth of August 1862. the fort was
attacked by a large body of Indians who
were repulsed with 1O1 men of. companies
'B'' and ''C'' of the Fifth Minnesota regi=
mand of Capt i. j. Sheehan. who contin-
ued in command of said fort during the
trying occurrence following.
On the 21st Of August, 1862, two further
morning and the other in the afternoon. in
both of which the Indians were repulsed.
On the 22d Of August desperate assault
was made on the fort by the combined
five hours and, as related by an official his
torian of the war. was bitterly fought
and courageously and -intelligently resist
ed" and resulted in the defeat of the
savages.
The stubborn resistance offered by Fort
Ridgely was largely instrumental in saving
the State of Minnesota from devastation
and destruction by the Sioux. After the
war was over the fort was totally aban-
doned and fell into private ownership. All
Its buildings were either burned or dis
mantled by surrounding settlers and not
Vestige of it remains.
The site of the old fort is historical and
the recolectiOns of the events which trans
PRED there are endeared to our state. and
it is the great desire of the people of the
State of Minnesota that the memory Of the
important part it played in the early settle
ment of the state should be perpetuated
to future generations, which can best be
done by the purchase of piece OF land ana
buildings once stood. together with the
parade grounds, which would not require
more than ten acres. This can be obtained
should be erected an appropriate monu-
ment with suitable Inscriptions, similar to
those which have been erected OH the
Custer and other battle fields by tho
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of minnesota
Section l. That the sum of three thou
sand dollars. or so much thereof as may he
funds in the state treasury not otherwise
appropriated. for the purpose of purchasing
not to exceed ten acres of land, which land
shall embrace the site of the buildings
which constituted Fort Ridgely, in the
county of Nicollet, together with the pa
rade ground of said fort, and for the cree
ton thereon at some appropriate point
within said parade ground as near the
BILE, suitable. monument of stone and
bronze, with appropriate inscriptions there.
on. to commemorate the attacks on said
fort by the Sioux Indians in the year 1862
nd TO nrOtpcf said monument when erected,
Sec. =. The governor of this state is
hereby directed to appoint commission
of seven persons, two of whom shall re-
side in the city of st. Paul. two in NicOllet
county, one in Winona, one in Renville
county and one in Redwood county. who
shall have full power to purchase said land
in the name of the State of Minnesota and
to design and erect said monument thereon,
and to place thereon such inscriptions as
in their Judgment will carry out the spirit
and intent OF this act. 1852. --.
Sec 3 That the treasurer of this state
shall pay any moneys not exceeding the
sum Of three thousand dollars for the pur-
poses aforesaid, on the warrant OF. order Of
said commission or majority OF 1t.
Sec 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1895.
NO, 75-S. +. NO. 6S5.
AN ACT to regulate the construction and
management OF city and village lockups;
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. The common council of any
Incorporated city or legally organized vii
lage- in the State of Minnesota is hereby
authorized and empowered to purchase,
build or lease, and maintain and regulate
one or more lockups for the detention of
persons charged with otfenses against the
ordinances and bylaws of said city OF vii
lage, or for the confinement of persons SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for the violation Of
such ordinances and bylaws. 1t shall also
be lawful, under such regulations as such
council may prescribe, to use such lookup
for the temporary detention of any prisoner
arrested under due process of law.
Sec. 9 1t shall be unlawful for any city
OF village council to lease or purchase or to
make final adoption of plans for the build
ing of any lookup or for repairs costing
more than one hundred (1O0) dollars until
the plans of said lookup or said repairs