NUMBER XXXVI. A Memorial to Congress for the establishment of a Mail To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Con The Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota respectfully represents to your honorable body, that there are no direct mail facilities between Shakopee, St. Valentine, Rockford, Buffalo, Monticello and Clearwater, and that by the present arrangement it requires eighty miles of travel, by the way of St. Paul and Minneapolis, to obtain mail matter from eight miles distant; and that the country through which this route goes is thickly populated and requires a mail as often as once per week. That your memorialists feel full confidence in the desire of the Government to provide all necessary mail facilities wherever desired by the people, and their wishes are made known ; therefore we do most respectfully request that these expressed wishes be complied with, and a route be at once established to the points named, for weekly mail service. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. APPROVED February the twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota, February 27, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary. NUMBER XXXVII. A Memorial to Congress for an Appropriation for the Bar. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the The Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, would respectfully represent: Memorial for an appropria First. That whereas the Mississippi River is the most im-, portant thoroughfare for the commerce of the North-West, the only line over which the troops and military supplies are tion for the im conveyed to all of the posts on the frontier of this State; provement of and Beef Slough the line over which the immigration of the north-west must Bar pass. Second. That the Beef Slough Bar is the most formidable obstruction to the navigation of the said river, in many instances detaining steamboats for several consecutive days, thereby causing great waste of time and money to the general government, as well as to individuals; amounting annually to at least fifty thousand dollars. Third. That a small amount of money, economically expended under the direction of a practical engineer, for the removal of said bar, would afford greater facilities to the commerce of the north-west, than the same expenditure in any other enterprise. Fourth. That we believe from the authority of a practical engineer, who has carefully surveyed and accurately estimated the cost of said improvement, that the sum of twenty-five thou sand dollars will permanently improve the river at that point, and make the navigation good at all seasons of the year when it is not obstructed by ice. We therefore pray your honorable body to appropriate twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the proper department, for the improvement of the Mississippi River between the head of the Grand Encampment, in town one hundred and ten (110), north of range ten (10) west, in the State of Minnesota, and the Twelve Mile Bluff, in the State of Wisconsin, and your memorialists will ever pray. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. APPROVED--January twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota, January 27, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary. Memorial for ment of a mail the establish route from Chatfield to Austin NUMBER XXXVIII. A Memorial in relation to the Establishment of a Mail To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the The Legislature of the State of Minnesota respectfully represent, that the section of country lying between Chatfield, in Fillmore county, and Austin, in Mower county, contains a large population, and that the mail facilities afforded them by the present arrangement of the routes, are almost entirely inadequate to their wants; that between these points are the important and growing villages of Pleasant Grove, High Forest, and Brownsdale, the centres of densely settled tions of the country, which are at present almost devoid of mail facilities; that other portions of the country between the points named, are entirely without mail accomodations, and are, in the opinion of the Legislature, entitled to the same in common with other portions of the State. por In view of these facts, the Legislature of Minnesota respectfully represents to your honorable body, that the establishment of a Mail Route from Chatfield, via Pleasant Grove and High Forest, to Austin, is imperatively required by the convenience and interest of the inhabitants of the country through which said route would pass, and therefore ask that proper steps may be taken for the speedy establishment of said route. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem, of the House of Representatives. APPROVED February twenty-seven, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota, February 27, 1858. } I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary. NUMBER XXXIX. A Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the The Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, respectfully represents, that Orrin W. Rice cut and made Memorial for the road from Twin Lakes to Kettle River, in Minnesota, appropriation on the unfinished portion of the Point Douglas and Saint to W Rice Louis River Road, for the accommodation of the people of road from Minnesota, and the use of the Government in the transporta-Twin Lakes to tion of mails and supplies. That the Government having failed to complete the road from Point Douglas to the Saint Louis River, the amount expended thereon would have been useless in effecting a communication between these points, but for the enterprise and liberality of Mr. Rice in finishing the same as aforesaid, for winter use. That the Road so made now affords a ready means of transit between Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, with teams as in winter and on horseback in summer, and is, and always must be, used by the Government as a mail, route and for military purposes. It is but just, therefore, that Government should compensate Mr. Rice for the labor and expense incurred by him in thus perfecting this important national work. Your Memorialists further respectfully represent, that the length of the road so made, is thirty-six miles, and that a just compensation therefor, and the amount paid by the Government for similar work, is one hundred dollars per mile. Your Memorialists therefore respectfully ask that an appropriation of three thousand six hundred dollars may be made, to pay for the services and work specified. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. RICHARD G. MURPHY, APPROVED-February twenty-seven, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota,} February 27, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. for building River CHAS, L CHASE, Secretary sec 2 of an act for railroad purposes NUMBER XL. A Memorial to Congress for the Amendment of Section Second of an Aot granting land to Minnesota for Railroad Purposes. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled: The Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, Memorial for respectfully represent, that the provisions contained in Secamendment of tion Second of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act making a granting land grant of land to the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate sections to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said Territory, &c., which Section Second of said Act provides that the sections and parts of sections of land which by such grant shall remain to the United States, within six miles on each side of said road and branches, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold, nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the same shall have been first offered at public sale, at the increased price. Prevents the settlement and improvement of a large quantity of the best agricultural land in our State, and places them beyond the reach of the poor man, and in the end places those lands in the hands of speculators and land monopolies. Your memorialists therefore ask your honorable body to amend said Section Second of said Act, and provide for the private entry of said lands by the actual settlers, at the minimum price of other public lands, as your memorialists in duty bound will ever pray. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. RICHARD G. MURPHY, President pro tem, of the Senate. APPROVED February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota, February 27, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary. |