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WEDNESD
Speakel'-W. R. Kinyon.
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Chief Clerk-Geo. W. Buswell.
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Assistant Clerk-So D. Parsons.
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2nd Assistant Clerk-Frank Daggett.
Engrossing Clerk-No H. Knappen.
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Enrolling Olerk-A. T. Brakke.'
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Asst. Enrolling Clerk and PostIuaster-H. B. Corey.
Sergeaut-at-Anus-Washington Peirce.
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms-Henry Gerdsen.
Chaplain-M. N. Aclanls.
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Mr. Middleton offered the follOWIng resolutIon, whlcn was adopted:
Resolved, That the chairs and desks in this hall be allo?ted to members in the following manner, viz. : .
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The Clerk of the House shall prepare slips each contaInIng the nalue of
sonle Iuember of the House, until all the names of all the members .are
included; that he then place all the said slips il?- a hat or a b?x, ~haklng
, the same thoroughly; that he then draw thereform one of sald shp~, and
the member whose name is on the slip so drawn, shall choose for h11usel£
a seat on the floor, and that such drawing and selection of seats be continued until all slips and names are drawn.
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The clerk having prepared the ~ist of members In. accordance WIth
the resolution, the House resolved Itself Into the COlJllulttee of the whole
for the drawing of seats.
~1r. Gilnlan in the chair.
After SOllIe time spent therein, the conl~ittee a!ose.
Mr. Pettit offered the following resolutIon, wInch was adopted:
Resolved, That a cOlumittee of three be appointed by the Speake~' to
confer with a siinila'r committee from the Senate to agree upon a tIme
and place for both Houses of the Legislature to nleet in joint convent~on
for the purpose of canvassing the vote~ ca:st at the last general electIon
for State officers, judges, and, ~or' constItutIOnal amendnlents.
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NOTIOE OF INTRODUOTION OF BILLS.
By Mr. Stevens :-A bill to appropriate mone:y ~o enable the Centennial State Board of Minnesota to properly exlll.b~t the res?urces a~d
products of the State at the Industrial EXpOSItIon, at Plllladelphla,
during 'the present year.
The Speaker announced that the evidence in the contested e~ection
case of Mathias Seibenaller vs. Chas. A. -Baker had been filed WIth the
Chief Clerk, as required b~y law.
On motion of Mr. James, the House adj ourned.
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GEO.
W.
BUSWELL,
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Chief Clerk House of Representatives.
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The House met at the USl
Speaker.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll being called, the fa
Messrs. Campbell, Denn:y, I
On motion of Mr. Janles,
yesterday's J ournalwas dispeJ
The Speaker announced the
Henry Shade and Freel. L. ]
The Speaker announced a~
committee upon time for .canv
Messrs. Pettit, Greening anI
Henry Gerdsen, Asst. Sergi
forward and took the oath 0:
his duties.
NOTIOES.OF
By Mr: ReidA bill to amend sections 8l
said chapter as alnended by ac
Also,
. A bill fixing the salaries of
MOTION
Mr. Terrill offered the folIo'
Resolved, That the Chief C
authorized and directed to obof the Legislature, the printil
Journal of' the House. And i
at-Arms to distribute such pI'
menlbers of the House on thE
the proceedings hereby order~
member two copies.
By Mr. Rathbun, the folIc
Resolved, That a committe I
House; to act with a sinlilar (
upon the Governor of the Sta'
House of Representatives are
conlmunications His Excellen
The Speaker announced the
Messrs. Rathbun, Ja
IF ~!THE HOUSE,
W1S
FRIDAY, JANUARY
received from his .Excellency
3TAT~~~~~~~~TMENT'·
y,AIl'{T PAUL,
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;ODUCTION OF BILLS.
'opriate money to build a bridge across
Gy of W a~eca.
stng an additional section, to be termed
), of the constitution, relating to corrilege.
paupers a town charge in 1e Sueur
JTION OF BILLS.
chapter 7'9, of the laws of 1873, fixing
the 9th iudicial district,
and referred to the conlnlittee on ju~l all railroad companies within the
ret
d fences,
aiL,",- referred to the committee on rail-
e paupers a town charge in 1e Sueur
ne, and referred to the committee on
I section 12, ,article 1, of the constitu·
~eM~tiH~ll, on
leave25, An aet to appropriate mo~ey to build a bridge over
.' ml'Ie creek in the town of Camp, RenvIlle county,
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' the first tInle,
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d t 0 tl1e COIuml.tt ee on ways
Which
was read
and re'lelTe
and means.
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. By Mr. Wait, on leave,
H F. No. 26, A 1)ill to amend sectIOn 79, of chapter 5, of the
'en~rallaws of 1875, bein~ an act to amend ,chapter 1 of the general.
raws of 1874, the sanle beIng an act to provIde for the assessment 'and
collection of taxes,
Which was read the first time, and referred to the committee on
taxes and tax laws.
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FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS.
S F. No. 20, A' bill to authorize the borough 'of LeSueur, in the
COU~lty of Le; Sueur, t? issue bonds for the construction of a bridge
acroSS the MInnesota ~lver,
vVas read the first tIme.
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On motion of Mr. Burgess, the rules were suspended;andH. F. No. 20 was read the second and third times., and IJut upon its
final passage.
The question being taken on the passage of the bill, there were yeas '
93 and nays none, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative werelV1essrs. .Akins, Allen, Anderson, Andrus, Baker, Bassett, Bennett,
Boyum, Brokken, Brawley, Brink, Burgess, Callender, Chase, Clark,
Cleary, Comstock, Conrad,' Covert, Curtis, Cutts, Deming, Denny, Dilley, Drew, Dunbar, Earl, Ei'ickson, Frederick, Gerlich, Gibbs, Gilfillan,
Gish, Gleason, Good, Gorton, 0-oulet, Grant, Greening, Grover, Hall,
Hensley, Hunt, Jacobson, James, Jones, Kitchel, Klosternlan, Kruger,
Lamb, 1unke nheimer, n1arston, Middleton, More, Morse,lVlott, Murray
H., Murray·W. R., Nelson, Noble, Non'ish, Northrup', Onstine, Osborne, Pettit, Plaisance, Potter, Rathbun, Reid, Richter~ Robbins,
Ryan, Sheeley, Skinner, Sons, Southard, Stevens, Stinchfield"
Stone, Stowe, Sullivan,. Tirrell, Tunell, Wait, Walrath, Warner,
Webb, Webber, Wedge, Westman, White, Whitney, and Mr. Speaker.
So the bill was passed, and its title agreed to.
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SECOND READING OF ROUSE BILLS.
and referred to the committee on judiLd sections 13 and 44 of chapter 10 of
township organization,
18, and referred to the committee on
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H. F. No. 16 was 'read the second time..
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Nelson, until Tuesday next.
On motion of Mr. Morse, the House took a recess until 2 o'clock
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
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The House was call~d to 9rder at 2 o'clock P. M. by the Speaker.
A quorum present. .
The Speaker stated that the special order for this hour,- was the
contested election case from the 20th senatorial district, in Dakota
?ounty, wherein Mathias Siebenaler is contestant, and Chas. A.. Baker
IS respondent.
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)priate money to build a bridge acr'oss
Jlay county,
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,. and referred to the committee on ways
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F No. 24, A bill to authorize .the corporate au~horities of the
;/ . ~f Moorhead to issue bonds for the construction of a wagon
9.g~ acroSS the Red river ~t :Nloorhead, in Clay county, .
dghich was read the fiTst tInle, and referred to the comnllttee on towns
J an~ 13, 1876. ~
Rept'esentatives :
eO. House File No.2, entitled: ".All.
~ legislative expenses of the present
"and have this day deposited said
)f State,
esp.,
J. S. PILLSBURY,
Governor.
14, 1876.
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JOURN.AL
OF THE HOUSE,
1\1:0NDAY, JAN
.The naInes of the parties being called, C. K. Davis,Esq., appeared
as counsel for the contestant, and W. W. Erwin, Esq., appeared as
counsel for the respondent.
Mr. ,Gilfillan offered the affidavit of J. W. Gibbons, one of the
Justices of the Peace, who. took the testinlony in said case, stating that
at the instance and request of C. D. O'Brien, one of the contestant's
counsel, the testimony in said- case was sent to Messrs. Davis, O'~rien
. & Wilson, St. Paul, Minn.
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C. K. Davis, as counsel for the contestant, opened the case by argu·
ment.
W. W. Erwin responded.
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The clerk then proceeded with the readi::p.g of the testimony.
On motion of Mr. Reid, the contested election case of Siebenaler V8.
'Baker was Inade the special order for Saturday, the 15th inst., at 10
0' clock A. M.
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On motion of Mr. Reid, the House adjourned.
GEO.
W.
BUSWELL,
Chief Clerk House of Repr~sentatives.
Esq., counsel for
which,
K. :Davis, Esq., .counsel for con1
Gilfillan offered the following
That Mr. Baker is enti
Morse offered the following ~
Mr. Siebenaler is, and that C. A. B~
House a's Representative from the tvy
The question being taken upon thE
It was adopted,
Mr. Siebenaler then came forward,
his seat as a member of the House.
. ,Leave of absence was granted to JYj
On motion of Mr. Morse, the Ho
17th mst., at 2 o'.clock P. M.
Chief
NINTH DA.Y.
SAINT
PAUL,
Saturday, January 15, 1876.
The House met at the usual hOUT, and was called to order by the
Speaker.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll being called, the following members were found to be
absent:
Messrs. A.llen, Br'awley, Burnap, Clark, Covert, Crooks, Dunbar,
Grant, Nelson, Stanchfield, Walrath, and Wedge.
On motion. of Mr. James, no objection being made, the reading of yesterday's journal was dispensed with. .
Corrections being made, the Speaker stated that the journal stood ap'
proved;
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Allen,Clark, Stevens, Hule·
bak and Mu.rray W. R., until Tuesday next.
The Speaker stated that the special order for this hour, was the contested election case of Siebenaler vs. Baker.
Mr. Erwin, counsel for respondent, claimed the right to close the ar'
gument in the case.
·Mr. Davis, counsel for contestant, objected.
The question being put by the Speaker,
The House decided that th~ contestant had the closing argument.
TENTH
P.il
.S The House met at the usual h01
peakeI'.
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;PraYer by the Chaplain.
&he roll being called, the fall owing
D . essrs. A-kins, Allen, Bennett, B
NUfbar, GIlman, Hulebak, Kitchel, ]
e son, Noble, N orrish, Pettit, Stanc
. of Mr. lVlelleJ!.' no objel
Journal was dispensed with
JOtl-·c.-ctii(jYls being made, the Spea1
SAINT
of absence was granted to
until to-n'lorrow at 12 ~L'
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PETITIONS AND OO:M
YMr. Mullen, for ch~nge of name
read, and referred to the comm
l\loNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1876.
HOUSE,
Esq., counsel for respondent, presented his
C. K. Davis, Esq., appeare
Erwin, Esq., appeared
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J. W. Gibbons, one of the
T in said ca8e, stating that
one of the contestant's
Messrs. Davis, O'Brien
which,
'Davis,
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contestant, opened. the case by argu.
, the reading of the testimony.
ontested election case of Siebenaler YS.
r for Saturday, the 15th inst., at 10
[ouse adj ourned.
GRO. W. BUSWELL,
;hief Clerk House of Representatives.
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Resolved,
Morse offered the following asa substitute: Resolved, That
is, and that C. 'A. Baker is not entitled to a seat in thi s
lIo~se as Representative from the twentieth legislative district.
The question being taken upon the substitute offered by Mr. Morse,
It was adopted,
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Mr. Siebenaler then came forward, took the oath of office, and took,
his seat as a member of the House.
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,Leave o~ absence was granted to JYIr.Ben~ett, until T:uesday next.
. On motIOn of Mr. Morse, the House -adJourned untIl Monday,the
17th mst., at 2 o'.clock P. M.
GEO. W. BUSWELL,
Chief Clerk House of Repres·entatives.
TENTH DAY.
PAUL, Saturday, January 15, 1876.
following members' were found to be
rnap, Clark, Covert, Crooks,t Dunbar,
lrath, and Wedge.
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bjection being nlade, the reading of yesrith.
lpeaker stated that the journal stood apto Messrs. Allen, 'Clark, Stevens, Huleuesday next.
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lpecial order for this hour, was the con·
r vs. Baker.
ldent, clainled the right to close the artant, objected.
9 Speaker,
ontestant had the closing arg11ffient.
Esq~,
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al hour, and was called to order by
~argu.
counsel for contestant, presented his arguments.
offered the following r~solution :
That Mr. Baker is entitled to his seat as amenlber of this
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S.:A.INT PAUL, Monday, January 17, 1876.
The House met at the usual hour, and was called to order by the
Speaker.
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Prayer by the Chaplain.
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The roll being called, the following members were found to be absent:
Messrs. Akins, Allen, Bennett, Burnap, Campbell, Clark, Crooks,
Dun.bar, Gilnlan, Hulebak, Kitchel, Middleton, Morse, Murray W. R.,
Nelson, Noble, N orrish, Pettit, Stanchfield and Walrath.
On motion of Mr. Mellen, no objection being made, the reading of
Saturday'S journal was dispensed with.
Corrections being made,·the Speaker stated that the journal stood
approved. "
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Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Akins, Non-ish,' and Walrath' until to-morrow at 12 :hI.\,
PETITIONS AND COMMUJ\TJ:CATIONS.
By Mr. Mullen, for change of name of John Brofey,
Was read, and referred to the committee on judiciary.
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