The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-11

tain Sufficient population. as will when added
10 SAID District having a deficit of population
Aforesaid. constitute sufficient population tt
entitie said District to four units of represen
iat'on, and such county or counties or portions
thereof so set off shall be deemed to belong t.
ana form part OF the Council District to which
the population shall have been added as afore
SAID. Provided, that the county or counties
or portions thereof to be selected as aforesaid
shall be selected from District contiguous to
the District containing such deficit of popula-
ton. And provided also. that the deduction
OF the population Of such county or counties
or p rtiOns thereof so set off as aforesaid shall
not Leave the district from which the deduc.
ton OF the population as aforesaid shall have
been made. with less number of population
than will entitIe said District to four units of
| representation.
SEC. IL. When any Council District in this
Territory shall be assigned two or more mem
bers OF the Council. the committee hereby au-
thorized TO divide the representation shall di-
vide such district in such manner that but one
member of the Council shall be voted for and
elected in each Council subdivision of said
District, and said committee are further author
lzed so to divide each Council District in such
manner that at least one member of the House
OF Representatives may be voted for and
elected In each Representative subdivision
SEC. IA. 1t shall he the duty of the COM
mittee aforesaid to file with the Secretary of
the Territory copy OF the proceedings OF
said committee, including the division OF the
representation as herein authorized, aud shall
also furnish copy to one OF the public prr-
tiers. to be by him published immediately in
one OF the newspapers printed in this Terri
tory, and the same shall be published in all
the newspap r. of the Territory. and The same
compensation shall be allowed therefor as is
allowed for the publication of the laws in
newspapers.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of the Sherifrs
each organized county to keep or cause to
be kept the enumeration of each Election Pre-
clnct in his county. and the county or counties
thereto attached for judicial pur poses. sepa-
rate and distinct from each other. and make
his report to the Secretary OF the Territory
accordingly and every assistant appointed by
any sheriff to take the enumeration of the po-
pulatiOn within any county. as provided by the
act to provide for taking census of the popu-
lation i'll this Territory. shall make his returns
TO the Sheriff OF the proper county ON or before
the first day of July 1855. and every sheriff
shall make out and forward his return of the
enumeration OF the population in his county.
or the county or counties thereto attached for
judicial purposes, on or before the fifth day of
July 1855, any provision in the act to provide
to take census of the population of this Ter
rltOry to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. lG. In all cases where an unUrganized
county shall form part OF Council District
or subdivision which docs not include the
county to which said unorganized county is |
attached by law for judicial purposes. the re-
turns of the elections in said unorcan;zed
county shall be made to the senior organized
county in the Council District or subdivision
to which said unorganized county may belong. |
SEC. II. IT. upon the return of the census, |
it shall be found that any two contiguous
Council Districts shall jointly contain less
amount Of population than will entiile said |
Districts to eight units of representation the /.
said committee are hereby auth horned to merge
said two Districts into one. and divide the re- i
presentation as herein provided.
SEC. l8. Provided that the seventh Coun-
Gil District be exempt from the provisions of
this act. and at the said District be entitled |
to the same representation as at present, viz /:
entitled to send two members of the House and |
one to the Council of the General Assembly.
Provided Also that the census OF the county
Of Pembina be not taken this year.
j. S. NORRIS. Speaker of Fl. ofR.
WM. z. MURRAY Pres't Council.
Approved March Sd, 1855.
W. A. GORMAN
hereby certify the orcgoing to he a correct |
copy of the original act or file IN this Office
j. TRAVIS ROSSER,
Secretary o! Minnesota Territory.