The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-27
An act te provide for the erection Of
Public Buildings in the Territory of
N nnesota.

An act te provide for the erection Of
Public Buildings in the Territory of
n nnesota.
Be- II enacied by he Legislature .lssem-
ibfy q The Territory Of Minnesota:
= SEC. !. The Capitol or Public Build
ings for the sessions of the Legislative
Assembly, and the Supreme Court of
the Territory, the Library, and for the
use ofsuch officers Of the Territory as
may be prescribed by law, shall be erec-
ted at central point in the town of ST
Paul, and a Territorial Prison for the
Territory of Mime sofa, shall be erected
on some eligible point in the town of
Saltwater.
Sec. 2. The county of Washington,
:and the counties thereunto attached,
shall constitute one district, and shall
be entitled to elect one Commissioners
of Public Buildings; the county ofRam-
ssey, and the counties thereunto attached
shall constitute one district, and shall be
entitled to elect two commissioners of
Public Buildings; and the county OF
Benton and the counties thercunto at
tached, shall constitute one district and
shall be entitled to elect one commission
/. er of Public Buildings.
SEC. 3. An election shall be held liz
the severa! Precincts 10 this Territory
on the second Monday in April, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty one,
for the election Of Four Commissioners
of Public Buildings as above provided;
which election shall be held at the pla-
ICES, and polls opened, the election con-
Quoted, and the returns made in the man.
ner and form prescribed by law, for
holding the general elections; re-
turns from the unorganized counties,
being made 10 the office of register of
deeds, of the county to which the coun-
ty may be attached
SEC. 4. The several registers of deeds
snail canvass the votes polled in their
districts, in the manner prescribed for
canyassing the votes polled at the gen.
eral elections; and the person or persons
in their districts, eligible by law to hold
Office, having the highest number of
votes, according to the number pre-
scribed TO be elected in each district.
respectively, shall be declared to be du-
ly elected, and shall be entitled to re-
ceive certificate from the register of
deeds, of his proper county, or the coun-
iy 10 which ii is attached, under the seal
Of the board CT commissioners of said
county.
Sec. 5. Each commissioner Of public
buiidings so elected, before entering OIL
the duties ofhis office, shall take and
subscribe an oath to be certified on the
back of his bond, before one of the
judges of the supreme court, or Judge
of probate, Of one. of the counties of this
territory, to support the constitution Of
the United States, and the provisions of
che act of Congress organizing the Ter
ritory Of Minnesota, and faithfully to
perform the duties Of his Office accor-
ding to law, to the best ofhis abilities;
land shall also enter into a bond to the
Secretary ofthe Territory, with three
.or more good sufficient sureties to be APP
sproved py said Secretary, in the sum
;of one thousand dollars, conditional for
:the faithful performance of his duties
according to law; which oath aud bond
aall be filed in the Office of fine Sccre-
tary Of the Territory. sa
81 SEC. 9. The persons SO elected and
qualified shall meet at Saint Paul, on the
third Monday in the month Of May, A.
D., one Thousand eight hundred and fiji
ty one, and together with the Governor
ofthe Territory, shall constitute board
of commissioners on Public Buildings,
for the Territory Of Minnesota.
SIC. Z. The Governor of the Terrific
y, shall preside at all the meetings oi
the board. and shall have the casting
vote on all questions before the board,
whenever there shall bc a tie vote; and
in case of the absence Of the Governor
al. any meeting OF said board, Presi-
dent pro TEN. shall be appointed. But
all questions before the board. when the
votes shall be equal at any meeting,