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... legislature , in its session of 1885 , passed an act , approved March 5 , 1885 , which regulated railroads and provided for the board of railroad and warehouse commissioners . Briefly stated , the law provided that the railroad ...
... legislature , in its session of 1885 , passed an act , approved March 5 , 1885 , which regulated railroads and provided for the board of railroad and warehouse commissioners . Briefly stated , the law provided that the railroad ...
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... legislature passed an act to regulate elevators and warehouses , and for the inspection and weighing of grain . The main provisions of this act may be stated as follows : Declaring all elevators and warehouses at Duluth , Minneapolis ...
... legislature passed an act to regulate elevators and warehouses , and for the inspection and weighing of grain . The main provisions of this act may be stated as follows : Declaring all elevators and warehouses at Duluth , Minneapolis ...
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... legislature . The freight on wheat , in cents per 100 pounds , since the set- tlement of the Red River valley , from different primary points to Minneapolis and Duluth , has been as follows : To Minneapolis To Duluth . Sept. Sept. Oct ...
... legislature . The freight on wheat , in cents per 100 pounds , since the set- tlement of the Red River valley , from different primary points to Minneapolis and Duluth , has been as follows : To Minneapolis To Duluth . Sept. Sept. Oct ...
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... legislature now in session . ( Nature laid the foundation for the milling industry of Min- nesota when she filled the soil and atmosphere of this chief wheat belt on the globe with such a remarkable quality and quantity of food ...
... legislature now in session . ( Nature laid the foundation for the milling industry of Min- nesota when she filled the soil and atmosphere of this chief wheat belt on the globe with such a remarkable quality and quantity of food ...
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... legislature appropriated $ 3,000 to improve the Minnesota river ; and Major E. P. Evans , of Blue Earth county , and John Webber , of Ottawa , Le Sueur coun- ty , were appointed commissioners to oversee the work . Accord- ingly in ...
... legislature appropriated $ 3,000 to improve the Minnesota river ; and Major E. P. Evans , of Blue Earth county , and John Webber , of Ottawa , Le Sueur coun- ty , were appointed commissioners to oversee the work . Accord- ingly in ...
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Page 371 - That there be granted to the several States for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 363 - That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use and support of a State University, to be selected by the Governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 352 - Constitution, in which it is provided that the public school lands are to be administered by the state for the scholars of the state, to be sold at public sale, and not more than onethird in two years, one-third in five years, and one-third in ten years, the most valuable lands to be sold first; and that the principal shall constitute an inviolate permanent fund, the income from which shall be distributed according to the number of scholars between the ages of five and twenty-one years. In his message...
Page 292 - ... at full length, such entry to be made as nearly as circumstances will admit in the following form, to wit: " At an election held at the house of...
Page 398 - That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, in said State, to the south line of the State of Minnesota, at such point as the said State of Iowa may select between the Big Sioux and the West Fork of the Des Moines River...
Page 245 - Took our press, types, printing apparatus all ashore. Went with our men to the house of Mr. BASS, corner of Third and Jackson streets. He kept the only public house in St. Paul, and it was crowded full from cellar to garret. Mr. BASS was very obliging, and did everything possible for our encouragement. The next thing was a printing office ; and that it seemed impossible to obtain.
Page 247 - Feeling some resentment for the wrongs our Territory has so long suffered by these men. pressing upon us like a dispensation of wrath — a judgment — a curse — a plague — unequalled since the hour when Egypt went lousy, we sat down to write this article with some bitterness, but our very gall is honey to what they deserve.
Page 368 - There shall be established in the University of Minnesota five or more colleges or departments, that is to say, a department of preparatory instruction, a college of science, literature, and the arts, a college of agriculture, including "military tactics...
Page 419 - Territory," together with the certificate of acknowledgment thereto annexed, purporting to be signed by "David Lambert'" and "Benj. W. Brunson," justices of the peace, and by H. Jackson and others, is hereby directed to be filed by the register of said county in his office, and, when so filed, is to be a public record, and the said register is also directed to record said plat and certificate, and such record is to have the same effect as other public records, and certified copies thereof shall be...
Page 245 - RANDALL'S warehouse, Lower Landing, the only building then there, except ROBERT'S old store. Of tlie people on shore, we recognized but one person as an acquaintance, HENRY JACKSON. Took our press, types, printing apparatus all ashore. Went with our men to the house of Mr. BASS, corner of Third and Jackson streets. He kept the only public house in St.