WHEREAS, In and by said act it was further provided that no part of the money thereby appropriated should be paid out by the governor of any state or territory, or by any other person, to any attorney or agent, under any contract for services then existing or theretofore made between the representatives of any state or territory and any attorney or agent: Therefore, Resolved, That there shall be and is hereby accepted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota, for and in behalf of said state and the people thereof, the sum in said act of congress appropriated, and the trusts or limitations by said act imposed as to the distribution of any part thereof; the same being, as appears from the files and records of said state and of the treasury of the United States, the sum of ninety-two thousand two hundred and forty-six 40 dollars ($92,246.40), which sum shall be so received and accepted in full satisfaction of all claims of the state of Minnesota against the United States for or on account of the levy and collection of said tax; and the governor of this state is hereby authorized to receive said money for the use and purposes aforesaid. Resolved further, That no part of the money so appropriated and so received by him shall be paid out by the governor, or any other person, to any attorney or agent, under any contract for services now existing or heretofore made between any representative of this state and any attorney or agent. Approved March 21, 1891. NUMBER 11. [S. F. No. 733.] A JOINT RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, The house of representatives of the state of Minnesota, at the extra session of one thousand eight hundred eighty-one (1881), did adopt and present to the senate of the state of Minnesota, then and there in session, articles of impeachment of E. St. Julien Cox, then judge of the Ninth (9th) judicial district of, in and for said state; and WHEREAS, The said senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment, did on the twenty-second (22d) day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two (1882), convict the said E. St. Julien Cox; and Removing disabilities of E. St. Julien Cox. WHEREAS, The said articles upon which the said judge, E. St. Julien Cox, was convicted by said senate in no wise or manner reflected upon his integrity as a man, nor touched his incorruptibility as an honest, upright and fearless judge and jurist; and WHEREAS, The great cloud of said conviction hangs like a dark pall over the life and reputation of said E. St. Julien Cox, darkening the future of his posterity and at the same time greatly interfering with his efforts to attain that honorable position among his fellow citizens to which a long life of usefulness to this state, his talents and ability justly entitle him; and WHEREAS, This great and generous state deigns not to tarnish its escutcheon with oppression, but aims rather to ennoble and elevate its citizens by every means in its power: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring : That all proceedings on the part of the house of representatives of the extra session of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one (1881), relating to the impeachment of E. St. Julien Cox, judge of the Ninth (9th) judicial district, state of Minnesota, and in like manner all proceedings on the part of the senate of said state, sitting as a high court of impeachment in the trial of said E. St. Julien Cox, upon the articles of impeachment and charges preferred by said house of representatives against said E. St. Julien Cox, be and the same are hereby vacated, canceled and expunged from the journals of the house and the records of the senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment for the trial of said E. St. Julien Cox. Resolved, That the foregoing concurrent resolutions be inserted, printed and published in the bound copies of the General Laws of the state of Minnesota for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891), the same as other resolutions and memorials. Approved April 1, 1891. Relating to de duction of a NUMBER 12. [S. F. No. 866.] A JOINT RESOLUTION. Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of WHEREAS, By joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives, approved March twenty-first (21st), one against the state thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891), the gov certain claim from the war tax fund. ernor of this state was authorized to accept the sum of ninety-two thousand two hundred and forty-six and forty hundredths dollars ($92,246.40) from the United States government, in and by virtue of a certain act of the congress of the United States, entitled "An act to credit and pay to the several states and territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the act of congress approved August fifth (5th), one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one (1861);" and WHEREAS, The secretary of the treasury of the United States has notified the governor that a certain claim of the war department for arms and amunitions of war, amounting to the sum of five thousand three hundred and twentyone and sixty-eight hundredths dollars ($5,321.68), occasioned by an overdraft in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven (1887), under provisions of section number one thousand six hundred and sixty-one (1,661) of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and WHEREAS, The secretary of the treasury has notified the governor that the government will withhold the said sum of five thousand three hundred and twenty-one and sixtyeight hundredths dollars ($5,321.68) from the whole amount apportioned by the general government to the state of Minnesota: Therefore, Resolved, That there shall be and is hereby accepted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota, for and in behalf of said state and the people thereof, the sum of ninety-two thousand two hundred and forty-six and forty hundredths dollars ($92,246.40), less the sum of five thousand three hundred and twenty-one and sixty-eight hundredths dollars ($5,321.68), or in other words, the sum of eightysix thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and seventytwo hundredths dollars ($86,923.72), in full settlement of all claims of the state of Minnesota against the United States for or on account of the levy and collection of said direct tax; and Resolved, That the governor of this state is hereby authorized to receive said sum of eighty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and seventy-two hundredths dollars ($86,923.72) for the purpose of settlement of said claim. Approved April 14, 1891. 26 NUMBER 13. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, INTRODUCED INTO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MINNESOTA APRIL FIRST (1ST), ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE (1891); PASSED THE HOUSE APRIL SECOND (2D), ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE (1891); PASSED THE SENATE APRIL EIGHTEENTH (18TH), ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE (1891). WHEREAS, Congress has delegated to the president of the United States the right of setting apart for national parks such lands, not entered nor settled, as in his judg ment will contribute to the general welfare; and WHEREAS, There are not less than three million (3,000,000) acres of such lands in the northern part of Minnesota, mostly bordering Rainy river and Rainy lake, making a belt of extension east and west of over one hundred (100) miles, comprising mainly non-arable lands which can be better forested to promote rainfall and humidity in our atmosphere, to the advantage of agriculture and correlative industries, and add to the beauty of the state and healthfulness of the climate: Therefore, Resolved, the Senate concurring, That the president of the United States be and he is hereby requested and petitioned to set apart a tract of land along the northern boundary of the state, between the mouth of Vermillion river on the east and Lake of the Woods on the west, not less than forty thousand (40,000) acres in extent, for a national park, with such provisions for protection against depredations and fires, and for reforestation of denuded sections, as will constitute it one of the forest retreats of the country. Resolved, That the governor, the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and the secretary of the State Forestry Association be and they are hereby constituted a Minnesota national park committee, to communicate with our members of congress and the president, with a view to secure a survey and organization of said park as soon as possible. STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing with the original as recorded in the senate and house journals of the legislative session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891), and that it is a true and correct copy thereof, as passed through both branches of the Legislature during the said legislative session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891). Witness my hand and the great seal of the state, this twenty-second (22d) day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891). F. P. BROWN, Secretary of State. |