The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-09-20

Wisconsin and to it's inhabitants; and
the laws in force in the Territory OF
Wisconsin, at the date of the admission
Of the State of Wisconsin shall continue
to be valid and operative therein, so far as
the same be not incompatible with the pro
visions of this act, subject, nevertheless,
to be altered. modified, or repealed, by the
governor and Legislative assembly of the
said Territory of Minnesota; and the
laws of the United States are hereby
extended over and declared to be in force
in said Territory, so far as the same, or
any provision thereof, may be applicable.
SEC. 13. find be 1t further enacted,
That the legislative assembly of the
Territory of Minnesota shall hold its
first session at St. Paul; and at said first
session the governor and Legislative as
sembly shall locate and establish tenn
porary seat Of government for said Ter
ritory at such place as they may deem
eligible; and shall, at such time as they
shall see proper, prescribe by law the
manner Of locating the permanent seat
Of government of said Territory by a
vote of the people. And the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, is hereby appropriated and
granted to said Territory of Minnesota,
to be applied, by the governor and leg
islative assembly, to the erection of suit
able public buildings at the seat of gov
eminent.
SEC. Ii. find be 1t further enacted,
That delegate to the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States, to serve
for the term of two years, may be elect
ed by the voters qualified to elect MEM
bers of the legislative assembly, who
shall be entitled to the same rights and
privileges as are exercised and enjoyed
by the delegates from the several other
Territories of the United States to the
said House of Representatives The
first election shall be held at such times
and places, and be conducted in such
manner, as. the governor shall appoint
and direct; and at all subsequent cleo
tons, the times, places, and manner of
holding the elections shall be prescribed
by law. The person having the greatest
number of votes shall be declared by
the governor to be duly elected, and
certificate thereof shall be given accor-
dinghy.
Sec. Is. And be 1t further enacted,
That all suits, process, and proceedings,
civil and criminal, at law and in chan
Gerry, and all indictments and informa-
tons, which shall be pending and unde-
termined in the courts of the Territory
of Wisconsin, within the limits of said
Territory of Minnesota, when this act
shall take effect, shall be transferred to
be heard, tried, prosecuted, and deter
mined in the district courts hereby es-
tablished, which may include the coun-
ties or districts where any such proceed
ings may be pending. All bonds, re-
cognisances, and obligations of every
kind whatsoever, valid under the exist
ing laws within the limits of said Terri
ritory, shall be valid under this act; and
all crimes and misdemeanors against the
laws In force within said limits may be
prosecuted, tried and punished in the
courts established by this act; and all
penalties, forfeitures, actions, and causes
of action, may be recovered under this
act, the same as they would have been
under the laws in force within the limits
composing said Territory at the time
this act shall 60 into operation.
Sec. l6. .4.d be It further enacted,
That all justices of the peaces consta-
bles, sherifs, and all other judicial and
officers, who shall be in Of
flee within the limits of said Territory
when this act shall take effect, shall be,
and they are hereby, authorized and re-
CURED to continue to exercise and per-
form the duties of their respective offices
as officers of the Territory of Minneso-
ia, temporarily, and until they, or others,
shall be duly appointed and qualified to
fill their places in the manner herein di-
rected, or until their Offices shall be
abolished.
Sec. IL. And be II further enacted,
That the sum Of five thousand dollars
be, and the same is hereby, appropria-
ted, out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to be ex-
pended by and under the direction of
the said governor Of the Territory of
Minnesota, in the purchase of a library,
to be kept at the seat of government, for
the use of the governor, legislative as
sembly, judges of the supreme court,
secretary, marshal, and attorney of
said Territory, and such other persons
and under such regulations as shall be
prescribed by law.
Sec. Is. find be It further enacted,
That when the lands in the said Terri