The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, j

MONDAY, Cdn IA, 1OCC
The House met pursuant to adjournment
The Speaker in the chair.
The roll having been called, prayer by the
Chaplain.
The Journal of yesterday was read and ap-
proved.
Mr.. Thompson, on leave, unanimously grant
ed, introduced
A bill for the establishment of additional
Council Districts, and to provide for taking
the census of the Territory of Minnesota, and to
authorize the three Territorial Judges to ap-
portion the members of the Council and House
Of Representatives.
This bill divides portion of the representa-
ton of the Territory in the Legislature as fol-
lows:
The counties of Rice, LeSeur, Sibley, Nico-
lett and Pierce shall constitute the 4th Council
District
The county of Hennepin the 9th Council
District.
The counties of Dakota and Scott, the 9Th
Council District.
The counties of Goodhue and Wabashaw
the 9th Council District
The counties of Winona, and Fillmore the
10th Council District.
The county of Houston the 18th Council Dis
trict.
The Sheriffs OF the several counties are requir-
ed to cause to be taken by competent deputies,
census of the inhabitants of the Territory,
emitting Indians and officers and soldiers of the
U. S. army. The duty to be entered upon by
the lst of June next, and completed in fifty
days thereafter. The enumeration to set forth
the residents in each county, according to the
townships precincts or districts comprised there
in. The Sherifs of the various counties to
make return of such enumeration to the Sec
rotary of the Territory, and to the Register of
Deeds of each county, by the LIST Of August
next The Secretary Of the Territory shall
furnish a certified copy of said returns to the
three Judges of the Territory. The Judges
shall appoint the IA members of the Council,
and 20 members of the House as soon as may
be after the reception of the certified copy of
the census as follow:
The whole number of representative pop
ulatiOn, excluding Indians and soldiers, to be
divided by the number S.; the whole number of
units of the representation in the whole Legis-
lative Assembly-the quOtient shall be the
ratio, or the number of population entitled to
unit of representation. The representative
population of each Council District shall be
divided by said ratio. The quotients shall be
the units of representation in the whole Legis-
lative Assembly assigned to such District, and
the remainder shall be the fraction. The diff
ference between the sum of the quotients. and
fifty-six, shall be made of the fractions, having
regard to the size of the fractions, and one
unit of representation shall be assigned to the
District entitled thereto, for each fraction so
taken, until the whole number of Sc is COM
plete.
& In dividing the whole representation of the
several Council Districts between the two
branches Of the Legislative Assembly, every
District shall be secured at least one Repre-
sentative in each branch. From the whole
number of units assigned to each District, one
unit shall be taken for each member of the
House of Representatives and two units for
each member of the Council, apportioned to
such Districts, until nothing remain in their
apportioning. The weight of representation
of every District in the Legislative Assem-
bly, shall be divided as equally. as may be be-
tween the two branches. The apportionment
so made shall be declared by proclamation of
the three Judges at least 80 days next pro
ceeding the annual election to be held in No
vember next. In the 4th Council District,
Nicollet county is to be deemed the senior
county; in the 9Th, Dakota; in the 9th, Good
hue; in the 10th, Winona. The eth Council
District not to be disturbed by this act.