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Speakel'-W. R. Kinyon. , _Chief Clerk-Geo. W. Buswell. \ C(, 1\[)Assistant Clerk-So D. Parsons.2nd Assistant Clerk-Frank Daggett. j .' LA .YLEngrossing Clerk-No H. Knappen. , O\.VV\J().J{ vi I UEnrolling Olerk-A. T. Brakke.' )Asst. Enrolling Clerk and PostIuaster-H. B. Corey.Sergeaut-at-Anus-Washington Peirce.Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms-Henry Gerdsen.Chaplain-M. N. Aclanls. . . . 1Mr. Middleton offered the follOWIng resolutIon, whlcn was adopted:Resolved, That the chairs and desks in this hall be allo?ted to mem-

bers in the following manner, viz. : . . .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 .areincluded; 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~, andthe 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 con-tinued until all slips and names are drawn. '. ' .

The clerk having prepared the ~ist of members In. accordance WIththe resolution, the House resolved Itself Into the COlJllulttee of the wholefor the drawing of seats.

~1r. Gilnlan in the chair.After SOllIe time spent therein, the conl~itteea!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 tImeand place for both Houses of the Legislature to nleet in joint convent~onfor the purpose of canvassing the vote~ ca:st at the last general electIonfor State officers, judges, and, ~or' constItutIOnal amendnlents.

NOTIOE OF INTRODUOTION OF BILLS.

By Mr. Stevens :-A bill to appropriate mone:y ~o enable the Centen-nial State Board of Minnesota to properly exlll.b~t the res?urces a~dproducts of the State at the Industrial EXpOSItIon, at Plllladelphla,during 'the present year.

The Speaker announced that the evidence in the contested e~ectioncase of Mathias Seibenaller vs. Chas. A. -Baker had been filed WIth theChief Clerk, as required b~y law.

On motion of Mr. James, the House adj ourned.. , GEO. W. BUSWELL, .

Chief Clerk House of Representatives.

WEDNESD

BE

SAl

The House met at the USlSpeaker.

Prayer by the Chaplain.The roll being called, the faMessrs. Campbell, Denn:y, IOn motion of Mr. Janles,

yesterday's J ournalwas dispeJThe Speaker announced theHenry Shade and Freel. L. ]The Speaker announced a~

committee upon time for .canvMessrs. Pettit, Greening anIHenry Gerdsen, Asst. Sergi

forward and took the oath 0:his duties.

NOTIOES.OF

By Mr: Reid-A bill to amend sections 8l

said chapter as alnended by acAlso,

. A bill fixing the salaries of

MOTION

Mr. Terrill offered the folIo'Resolved, That the Chief C

authorized and directed to ob-of the Legislature, the printilJournal of' the House. And iat-Arms to distribute such pI'menlbers of the House on thEthe proceedings hereby order~member two copies.

By Mr. Rathbun, the folIcResolved, That a committeI

House; to act with a sinlilar (upon the Governor of the Sta'House of Representatives areconlmunications His Excellen

The Speaker announced theMessrs. Rathbun, Ja

AFTERNOON SESSION./

01"",=:::::.- 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.. BakerIS respondent.

39FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1876.

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

~eM~tiH~ll, on leave-YF. No. 25, An aet to appropriate mo~ey to build a bridge over.' ml'Ie creek in the town of Camp, RenvIlle county,

ree ' . d ,C d t tl .ttWhich was read the first tInle, an re'lelTe 0 1e COIuml ee on waysand means. .

. 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 'andcollection of taxes,

Which was read the first time, and referred to the committee ontaxes 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 theCOU~lty of Le; Sueur, t? issue bonds for the construction of a bridgeacroSS the MInnesota ~lver,

vVas read the first tIme. 'On motion of Mr. Burgess, the rules were suspended;and-H. 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 were-lV1essrs. .Akins, Allen, Anderson, Andrus, Baker, Bassett, Bennett,

Boyum, Brokken, Brawley, Brink, Burgess, Callender, Chase, Clark,Cleary, Comstock, Conrad,' Covert, Curtis, Cutts, Deming, Denny, Dil-ley, 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, 1unkenheimer, n1arston, Middleton, More, Morse,lVlott, MurrayH., Murray·W. R., Nelson, Noble, Non'ish, Northrup', Onstine, Os-borne, 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. B "'" v r j.ll .I. " .......SECOND READING OF ROUSE BILLS. Ov~ I l)I(Y..IT

H. F. No. 16 was 'read the second time.. ~ ~111Leave 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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~l all railroad companies within theret d fences,

aiL,",- referred to the committee on rail-

chapter 7'9, of the laws of 1873, fixingthe 9th iudicial district,and referred to the conlnlittee on ju-

JTION OF BILLS.

J. S. PILLSBURY,Governor.

;ODUCTION OF BILLS.

'opriate money to build a bridge acrossGy of W a~eca.stng an additional section, to be termed), of the constitution, relating to cor-rilege.paupers a town charge in 1e Sueur

IF ~!THE HOUSE,

W1S received from his .Excellency

3TAT~~~~~~~~TMENT'· (y,AIl'{T PAUL, 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.,

e paupers a town charge in 1e Sueur

ne, and referred to the committee on

I section 12, ,article 1, of the constitu·

and referred to the committee on judi-

Ld sections 13 and 44 of chapter 10 oftownship organization,18, and referred to the committee on

)priate money to build a bridge acr'ossJlay county, .,.and referred to the committee on ways

.The naInes of the parties being called, C. K. Davis,Esq., appearedas counsel for the contestant, and W. W. Erwin, Esq., appeared ascounsel for the respondent.

Mr. ,Gilfillan offered the affidavit of J. W. Gibbons, one of theJustices of the Peace, who. took the testinlony in said case, stating thatat the instance and request of C. D. O'Brien, one of the contestant'scounsel, the testimony in said- case was sent to Messrs. Davis, O'~rien

. &Wilson, St. Paul, Minn. .C. K. Davis, as counsel for the contestant, opened the case by argu·

ment.W. W. Erwin responded. .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 100'clock A. M. . .

On motion of Mr. Reid, the House adjourned.

GEO. W. BUSWELL,Chief Clerk House of Repr~sentatives.

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Esq., counsel for

which,K. :Davis, Esq., .counsel for con1

Gilfillan offered the followingThat 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 thEIt 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 Ho17th 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 theSpeaker.

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 ofyes-

terday'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 con-

tested 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

SAINT P.il.S The House met at the usual h01

peakeI'. .;PraYer by the Chaplain.&he roll being called, the fall owing

D . essrs. A-kins, Allen, Bennett, BNUfbar, GIlman, Hulebak, Kitchel, ]

e son, Noble, Norrish, Pettit, Stanc. of Mr. lVlelleJ!.' no objelJournal was dispensed with

JOtl-·c.-ctii(jYls being made, the Spea1

of absence was granted to juntil to-n'lorrow at 12 ~L'

PETITIONS AND OO:M

YMr. Mullen, for ch~nge of nameread, and referred to the comm

i contestant, opened. the case by argu.

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GEO. W. BUSWELL,Chief Clerk House of Repres·entatives.

l\loNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1876.

Esq., counsel for respondent, presented his ~argu.

which,'Davis, Esq~, counsel for contestant, presented his arguments.

• -'-.......L~~-._· offered the following r~solution :Resolved, That Mr. Baker is entitled to his seat as amenlber of this

Morse offered the following asa substitute: Resolved, That1\11' is, and that C. 'A. Baker is not entitled to a seat in thi slIo~se as Representative from the twentieth legislative district.

The question being taken upon the substitute offered by Mr. Morse,It was adopted, , .Mr. Siebenaler then came forward, took the oath of office, and took,

his seat as a member of the House. .,Leave o~ absence was granted to JYIr.Ben~ett, until T:uesday next.

. On motIOn of Mr. Morse, the House -adJourned untIl Monday,the17th mst., at 2 o'.clock P. M.

HOUSE,

C. K. Davis, Esq., appeareErwin, Esq., appeared

o·u'/'/»'",'....T J. W. Gibbons, one of theau............ v .......T in said ca8e, stating that

one of the contestant'sMessrs. Davis, O'Brien

, the reading of the testimony.ontested election case of Siebenaler YS.r for Saturday, the 15th inst., at 10

[ouse adjourned.

GRO. W. BUSWELL,;hief Clerk House of Representatives.

~TH DAY.TENTH DAY.

IT PAUL, Saturday, January 15, 1876.

al hour, and was called to order by

following members' were found to be

rnap, Clark, Covert, Crooks,t Dunbar,lrath, and Wedge. "bjection being nlade, the reading ofyes-rith.lpeaker stated that the journal stood ap-

to Messrs. Allen, 'Clark, Stevens, Hule-uesday next. ."lpecial order for this hour, was the con·r vs. Baker.ldent, clainled the right to close the ar-

tant, objected.9 Speaker,ontestant had the closing arg11ffient.

S.:A.INT PAUL, Monday, January 17, 1876.

The House met at the usual hour, and was called to order by theSpeaker. .

Prayer by the Chaplain. .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 ofSaturday'S journal was dispensed with.

Corrections being made,·the Speaker stated that the journal stoodapproved. " "

Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Akins, Non-ish,' and Wal-rath' 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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