HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 5.

For the Establishment of a Mail Route from Idaho City, in Boise County, via Banner City, in said Boise County, to Rocky Bar, in Alturas County, Idaho Territory.

To the Hon. Postmaster-General of the United States of America:

Your memorialists, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, would respectfully represent that there is no direct mail communication between Idaho City and Rocky Bar, in Alturas County, and that Banner City, the intermediate point, is siuated about half way between the above named cities; and on account of its extensive quartz mines, is fast becoming a place of great business importance, and is entirely without mail facilities, without traveling from twentyfive to thirty-five miles; and that the proposed route, with its termini, contains at least one-half the population of said Territory. Therefore, your memorialists pray the establishment of a mail route between Idaho City, via Banner City, to Rocky Bar, in Alturas County, a distance of seventy miles, with triweekly service, and the establishment of a postoffice at Banner City. His Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to forward copies of this memorial to the Postmaster-General, and to our Delegate in Congress.

APPROVED, January 3, A. D. 1866.

HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 6.

To Congress, praying the Amendment of the Organic Act of this Territory.

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

Your memorialists, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, would represent that, WHEREAS, The first Legis

lative Assembly created the office of Territorial Auditor, Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction, and made the same elective by the people. And, Whereas, Serious questions have arisen in regard to the right of the people to elect, and the Governor to appoint, to the great detriment of the interest of this Territory:

Your memorialists would therefore ask your honorable bodies to so amend the Organic Act as to make the above named officers elective by the people. And, Whereas, There is, and has been, a very great uncertainty in holding the District Courts of this Territory, which uncertainty, and often entire failure to hold said District Courts, works a great hardship upon the people of this Territory, your memorialists would therefore ask your honorable bodies to amend the Organic Act, so as to confer jurisdiction on the Probate Courts in all civil cases, arising under the laws of the Territory, where the amount in dispute does not exceed one thousand dollars. And, Whereas, A great many of our citizens are located at remote distances from the various county seats, in many instances from fifty to one hundred miles, and owing to the limited jurisdiction of Courts held by Justices of the Peace, the same often works a very great hardship and inconvenience to many of our citizens. Your memorialists would recommend that you so amend the Organic Act, as to allow the Legislature of this Territory to confer jurisdiction on Justices' Courts to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars. For all of which your memorialists will ever pray. His Excellency the Governor of this Territory is hereby requested to forward a copy of this, memorial to our Representative in Congress.

APPROVED, January 9th, A. D. 1866.

HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 7.

For a Branch Mint and Assay Office, at Boise City, Idaho Territory.

To the Honorable, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:

Your memorialists, the Legislative Assembly of the Terri tory of Idaho, would most respectfully represent, that the production of gold and silver, for the past year, approximates to the immense sum of twenty millions of dollars, and as our in-. numerable and astonishingly rich quartz mines are fast being developed, we have every reason to believe that this amount will annually be increased from twenty five to fifty per cent. for many years to come. With three extensive mining Districts, South Boise, Owyhee, and the Great Boise Basin, each capable of yielding more bullion than the entire country of Washoe, there is but little reason to doubt that an annual production will reach the immense sum of one hundred millions of dollars in less than five years. Your memorialists would further represent, that the expense of transporting this bullion to the nearest mint for coinage, is about eight per cent., besides an equal per centage on the importation of the necessary amount of coin for a circulating medium. Gold dust, aside from being inadequate to the demands of business in our quartz mining districts, is inconvenient and unsatisfactory, both to miners and merchants, varying so materially in value as to subject our merchants to frequent and heavy losses. In view of the foregoing facts, your memorialists are of opinion that a saving, of at least ten per cent. on the entire amount of bullion produced in the Territory, could be made to the honest miner and producers, by the establishment of an United States Branch Mint and Assay Office within our boundaries. Suppose, now, that our annual product amounts to twenty millions; then our annual saving would be two millions; our product in ten years would be two hundred millions, and our saving twenty millions; and during the term of fifty years our product would be one billion, and our saving twenty millions. But, suppose our annual income to be forty millions, then our annual saving would be four millions; our product in ten years would be four hun dred millions, and our saving forty millions; and during the term of fifty years our product would reach the enormous

amount of two billions, and our saving be two hundred millions. Every State and every Territory within the Union enjoys the right to manufacture their own products, on their own soil; and your memorialists are of opinion that gold and silver producing countries should not be an exception to the general rule, further than to be subject to the Constitution and laws of our common country. Your memorialists would further represent, that there are many quartz mines in our mountains, which, under present circumstances, will scarcely pay for working. Perhaps half the wealth of Idaho is in mines of this character, which need only the assistance of wise legislation to make them abundantly lucrative. We ask for our people the just reward of their industry, and for our Territory the benefits of her vast natural wealth, and she will soon become a rich and populous member of our great and glorious Union. Your memorialists would, therefore, pray your honorable bodies for the establishment of an United States Branch Mint and Assay Office, at Boise City, the capital of our Territory, as the most efficient remedy for many of the disadvantages and grievances we now, and ever will, suffer, as long as this most needed improvement is delayed. If, however, upon candid consideration, your honorable bodies should deem it inexpedient to proceed immediately to the erection of a Mint, your memorialists most earnestly pray for the immediate establishment of an Assay Office, that we may be enabled to ascertain correctly the value of our bullion and gold dust, both of which we are obliged to use as currency.

Hoping the subject of this memorial may early receive your consideration, your memorialists, in duty, will ever pray.

APPROVED, January 9th, A. D. 1866.

HOUSE MEMORIAL, NO. 8.

To the Secretary of the Treasury, praying for an additional allowance for Printing the Laws and Journals of the First Legislature of Idaho.

To the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury Department, or the First Controller of the same:

Your memorial to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, respectfully represent: That immediately after the adjournment of the first Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, A. D. 1863-1864, the Hon. W. B. Daniels, then acting Governor, and the Secretary of the Territory, commissioned James A. Glascock, since deceased, to print and bind fifteen hundred copies of the statutes, and five hundred copies of the Journals, of the First Legislative Assembly of Idaho, for the Territory of Idaho; and that the said James A. Glascock, in his lifetime, so commissioned and authorized, proceeded for that purpose alone to San Francisco, to execute the duties of his commission; and in accordance therewith, procured to be printed and bound, fifteen hundred copies of the statutes aforesaid, together with five hundred copies of the journals aforesaid, depending upon the faith of the United States, duly pledged by a competent officer, for the payment of the costs of the same. That the work of printing and binding the same was performed at the house of Vandall, Crossette & Carr, in the city of San Francisco, and the same was well done and perfectly satisfactory, and has been received by the Territory. That a complete code, both civil and criminal, having been enacted by the First Session of the Legislative Assemby aforesaid, the statutes alone, so printed and bound, contained over seven hundred pages of closely printed matter. That the actual cost of printing and binding the same, to the said Vandall, Crossette & Carr, as per bill rendered by them, is the sum of $10,276 45. That the said sum of $10,276 45 is the actual cost at the printing establishment of said Vandall, Crossette & Carr. That, in addition to same, the said James A. Glascock expended, in actual expenses, for freight, passage money and time employed in actual labor upon the same, the sum of $4,723 55, before the same were received and delivered, in Idaho Territory, to the Secretary thereof. That the representatives of the said Jas. A. Glascock, merely ask and demand that they be re-imbursed for the actual outlay and cost of the