The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-04-28


alton shall be taken, certified, and recorded /
IN such manner and form a. NAV he pre- /
scribed by law The Governor shall re-
carve an annual salary of fifteen hundred !
collars as superintendent Of Iudian affairs.
ne Snte' Justice and associate Justices /
sna' eaSh receive an annual salary Of eigh- I
tee.i hundred dollars. The Secretary shall /
receive an annual salary of eighteen hun.
dred dollars. The sand salaries shall be !
paid quarter-yeariy, at the treasury of the |
United States. The members of the Leg
lslafive Assembly shall be entitled to receive
p three dollars each per day during their at
tendance at the sessions thereof, and three
dollars each for every twenty miles travel in !
gong 10 fnd returning from the said sessions,
estimated according to the nearest usually
travelled route. There shall be appropria-
ted, annually, the sum of one thou and dol
lars, ~ be expended by the Governor to de-
fray the contingent expenses Of the Terri
tory; and there shall also be appropriated,
annually, a sufficient sum, to be expended
by the Secretaryof the Territory, aud upon
an estimate to be made by the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States, to detray
the expenses of the Legislative Assembly,
the printing of the laws aud other incidental
expenses; and the Secretary OF the Terrific
ry shall annually account to- the Secretary of
the Treasury OF the United States for the
manner in which the aforesaid sum shall
have been expended.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted. That
the inhabitants of the said Territory N Inc
entitled to all the rights, privileges. and inn
munIties, heretofore granted and secured TO
the Territory o. Wisconsin and to its in
naotaats; AID the laws in force in the Ter
'to'y Vi w tsconsin ut the date of the adj
mission OF tke State OF Wisconsin shall con-
!noe 10 be valid and operative therein, so
'a' as % same be not Incompatible with the
povis, ons of this act, subject, nevertheless,
" w altered. modified, or repealed, by the
Governor and Legislative Assembly Of the
said Territory of Minnesota; aud the laws
of the United States are hereby extended
over and declared 10 be in force in said Ter
rIt0ry, SO far as the same, or any provision
thereof, may be applicable.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
Minnesota shall held its first session at Saint
Paul; and at said first session the Governor
and Legislative Assembly shall locate md
establish temporary seat of government
for said Territory at such place as they may
deem eligible; and shall, at such time as they
shall see proper, prescribe 10y law the man
\ ~ OF locating the permanent seat of gov
- eminent of sand Territory by vote of the
people. Aud the sum OF twenty thousand
dollars, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, is hereby APP
propriated and granted To said Territory of
Minnesota, TO he applied, by the Governor
ami Legislative Assembly, tn the erection of
suitable public buildings at the sea, Of gov
eminent.
SEC. IA. And be it further enacted, That
delegate IT. tho House of Representative
ut the United States, to serve Cor the term
OF two years, may he elected 10y the voters
qualified to elect members of the Legislative
Assembly, who shall be entitled TO the same
rights aud 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 pla-
ceS, and be conducted IN such manner, as
the Governor shall appoint and direct; and
mt all subsequent elections, the tunes, places,
and manner Of holding the elections shall be
prescribed 10y law. The person ha,ip: The
greatest number Of votes shall he declared
by the Governor 10 be duly elected, and a
certificate thereof shall be given accor-
dinghy.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That
all suits. process, and proceedings. civil and
criminal, at law and in Chancery, aud all
indictments and infor,uatons, which shall
be pending and undetermined in the Courts
of the Territory of Wisconsin, within the
limits of said Territory of Minnesota, when
This act shalt take effect, shall be transferred
TO he heard, tried, prosecuted, and deternin-
Ell IN the district Courts hereby established,
which may include the counties or districts
where any such proceedings may be pend
ing. All bonds, recognZ ahces, and obIiga-
tions OF every Kind whatsoever, valid under
the existing laws Within the Limits of said
Territory, shalt be valid under this act; and
all crimes and misdemeanurs against the
laws in force within said limits ma, be pros-
ecuted, tried, and punished in the Courts es-
!. tablished by this act; and all penalties, for
FIXTURES, actions, and causes Of acIon, NAV
be recovered under this act, the same as
they would have been under the laws in
force within the Limits composing said Ter
ritoty at the time this act shall go into oper-
alton.
=. SEC. 16. And he it further enacted, That
all Justices of the peace, constabies, sheriffs,
and all other Judicial aud ministerial officers.
who shall be- in office within the limits OF
said Territory when this aci shall take etfecr,
shall be, and they are hereby, authorized
ana required TO continue to exercise and
perform the duties Oi their respective offices
as officers OF the Territory OF Minnesota,
temporarily, ami until they, or others, shall
I've duly appointed and qualified tn fill their
places IN the manner herein directed, or until
their offices shall be abolished.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted. That
the sum of FIVE thousand dollars be, and the !
Same is hereby, appropriated, out of any
moneys IN the treasury not otherwise ap- !
propriated. to be expended by and under |
the direction of the said Governor of the !
Territory of Minnesota in rho ,,urrba so - &