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

oo"'a.'o'i III tue fatio OF ITS FOPulatlCn, In-
dams excepted, as nearly as may be. And
the members of the council and the house
OF representatives shall reside in, and the
linhabitants of, the district for which the,
may be elected respectively. Previous to
the first election, the Governor shall cause a
1causus or enumeration of the inhabitants of
the several counties and districts of the
Territory to be taken, and the first election
shall be held at such time and places, and
be conducted IN such manner as the Gov
ernor shall appoint and direct; and he shall!
at the same time, declare the i.etnier q:
Einembers of the council and house OF repre-
tsentatives to which each of the counties or
districts shall be entitled under this act.-
The number OF persons authorized to be
elected having the highest number of votes
in each Of said council districts for members
of the council shall be declared by the Gov
ernor to be duly elected to the council; and
J the person Or persons authorized to be cleo
ted having the greatest number of votes for
the house of representatives, equal to the
number to which each county or district
shall be entitled, shall be declared by the
Governor to be duly elected members of the
house Of representatives: PROVIDED, That
in case Of a tie between two or more rer-
sons voted for, the Governor shall order a
new election 10 supply the vacancy nIadc by
such tie. And the persons thus elected TO
the legislative assembly shall meet at such
place, and on such day, as the Governor
skall appoint; but thereafter, the time, place,
and manner Of holding and conducting all
elections by the people, and the apportion-
ing the representation in the several counties
or districts to the council and house of rep
resentatives according to the population,
shall Toe prese riDed by law, as well us the
day Of the commencement Of the regular
sessions of the legislative assembly: Pro
vIDED, That no one session shall exceed the
term of sixty days.
SEC. 5. And he it further enacted, THAT
every free white male ihhabitant above the
age OF twenty-one years, who shall have
been resident of said Territory at the time
of the passage Of t!.is act, shall be.enGitied
to vote at the first election, and shall be ell
gble to any office within the said Territory;
but the qualifications of voters and of hold
ing Office, at all subsequent elections, shall
be such as shall be prescribed by the legis-
Iative assembly: PROVIDED, That the right
of suffrage and of holding office shall he
exercised only by citizens of the United
States, and those who shall have declared'
on oath, their intention to become such, and
shall have taken an oath to support the Con-
s,itu.on of the United States and the pro-
visions Of this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the legislative power of the Territory shall
extend to all rightful subjects of legislation,
consistent with the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States and the provisions Of this act; but
no law shall he passed interfering with the
primary disposal Of the soil; no tax shall be
imposed upon the property of the United
States; nor shall the lands or other property
of non-residents he taxed higher than the
lands or other property Of residents. All
the laws passed by the Legislative assembly
and governor shall he submitted to the Con-
gress of the United States, and if disappro-
we'd shall be nall and Of no effect
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That
all township, district, and county officers,
not herein otherwise provided for, shall be
appointed or elected, as the case may be, in
such manner as shall he provided by the
governor and legislative assembly Of the
Territory of Minnesota. The governor
shall nominate, and, by and with the advice
and consent of the legislative council, APP
tpoint al, officers not herein otherwise pro-
vided for; and in the first instance the gov
crnor alone may appoint all said officers,
who shall hold their Offices until the end OF
the next session of the legislative assembly.
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That
no memcer Of the legislative assembly shall
hold or be appointed to any Office which
| shall have been created, or the salary or
emoluments Of which shall have been in
creased while he was member, during the
term for which he wac elected, and for one
year after the expiration of such tenn; and
40 person holding a commission or appoint
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