Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives. Approved February 28, 1866. NUMBER II. February 21,1968 Joint Resolution to Congress asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a Ship Canal connecting waters of Lake Superior with Portage Lake. Preamble. Duty to facilitate vessels. Whereas, The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, now being constructed from Saint Paul, head of navigation on the Mississippi, will open to our agricultural districts water communication by way of the lakes with the markets of the East and of Europe, thus encouraging one of our most productive sources of domestic income. And whereas, The improvement of the navigation of Lake Superior becomes important to us, as a means of promoting the interests of producer and consumer, of increasing the commerce of the lakes, encouraging the industry of our citizens and adding to the wealth of the State of Minnesota and the nation. Now, therefore, Resolved, That it becomes our duty to approve and commend the devotion of time, talent, skill and labor, and the expenditure of capital, to facilitate the transit of vessels over these waters; to remove natural obstructions by the appliances of art; to designate to navigators the dangers of the voyage, and show how they may be avoided; to shorten the distance by the proper observations of the true channels; to mark out routes by which time and distance may be saved; and by all proper means to extend and enlarge the commerce of these great inland seas, which are to us of the West, what the ocean is to our fellow countrymen of the Atlantic States. Resolved, That the construction of a ship canal Recommends a across the base of Keweenaw Point, from Lake Superior to Portage Lake, will promote these objects; and we declare our approval of that measure, as one of great public usefulness, worthy of our encouragement and designed to promote the general welfare. ship canal. construction of Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are requested to use their best endeavors to To obtain grant obtain a further grant from Congress of public lands of land to aid in to the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal ship canal. Company, if, in their judgment, this measure will expedite and secure the early completion of that work. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of these preambles and resolutions. Approved February 21, 1866. NUMBER III. 4 Joint Resolution requesting our Senators and Rep- January 25, 1866 resentatives in Congress to use their endeavors to obtain a grant of land to aid in the construction of Steamboat and Slackwater Navigation on the Zumbro River. construction of Resolved, By the Senate, the House of Representa- To obtain grant ives concurring, That our Representatives and Sena- of land to aid in ors in Congress are hereby requested to use their en- slack-water leavors to obtain from the United States a grant of navigation on and to aid in the construction of steamboat and the Zumbro river lack-water navigation on the Zumbro river, from the Mississippi river near Wabasha to the Zumbro falls in Minnesota. Approved January 25, 1866. February 9, 1866 tion of emigrant NUMBER IV. A Joint Resolution in relation to the protection of on Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Min nesota: That the Governor be requested to address Major For the protec- General John Pope, requesting him, if not incompati route to Montana ble with the interest of the service, to extend the Territory. District of Minnesota, so as to embrace within the command of Major General J. M. Corse, Fort Rice Fort Berthold, and Fort Union, and that he be author ized to give all the protection to emigration from thi State to Montana Territory, that may be practicable with the means at his command, when such service will not interfere with his more important duties. Approved February 9, 1866. NUMBER V. A Joint Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota in relation to the Settlement of certain Indians in Minnesota. Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : February 28,1866 tain Indians. That our Senators in Congress are instructed and To prevent setour Representatives requested, to employ all honora- tlement of cerble means in their power, and to use their influence in Congress as well as before the departments, to prevent the settlement of certain meritorious Indians upon our frontier, under Section 4 of an act of Congress entitled, "An Act for the removal of the Sissiton, etc., Indians, and for the disposition of their land, in Minnesota and Dakota," approved March 3, 1863. Resolved, That the Secretary of State forward a certified copy of the foregoing Joint Resolution, and of a Memorial on the same subject, to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved February 28, 1866. January 17, 1866. Relative to NUMBER VI. A Joint Resolution relative to the bounties and pay of Be it Resolved by the Legislature of [the State] of Min nesota: That our Senators and Representatives in Congress bounty, pay, &c. be requested to use their influence for the passage of a law to so equalize the bounties paid to soldiers in the late war, that those who enlisted in 1861 and 1862 may receive the same bounties as those who enlisted later; that every soldier who was discharged for disability may receive the bounty allowed for the full term of his enlistment, and that those who were discharged to accept promotion may receive bounty in proportion to the time they served in the ranks. Also, that officers who resigned after the close of the war may receive the three months' extra pay allowed to officers who were mustered out after the rebellion was suppressed. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and is hereby directed to send an authenticated copy of the above resolutions to each of our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress. Approved January 17, 1866. |