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

Having yesterday given the official proceed
ings OF the Apportionment Committee, we
deem it proper to publish in connection here
with the act of the Legislature 10y which the
committee wascmpowered to make the appor-
tionmcnt. 1t reads as follows:
n Act 10 Provide for the Apportio on me mt Of Mem
bers Of the Legislative Assembly of this Ter
riiOry.
Be it enacted by the Legislative assembly of
the Territory Of minnesota:
SECTION /. The counties o; Goodhu". bod ge
and Freedom shall constitute the fourth Coun-
Gil District.
SEC. 2. The counties of Dakota. Scott and
Rice shall hereafter constitute the sixth Coun-
ill District.
Sec g. The counties OF Houston, Fillmore.
and Mower shall hereafter constitute the
eighth Council District.
Sec 4. The counties of Winona Olmsted
and Wabashaw shall constitute the ninth Coun-
Gil District.
SEC. 5. The counties of lie Sueur, Steele
Fan ribault Blue Earth. Brown, Nicolct. Sb-
lev, Pierce and Renvlle shall constitute the
tenth Council strict.
SEC 6. The counties of Hennepin, Carver
and Davis shall constitute the eleventh Coun-
Gil District.
SEC. 7. The counties of Todd, Stearns and
Wright shall be attached to the fifth Council
District.
SEC. The counties of Superior and Doty
shall be attached to the first Council District
| Sec. 9. Two members of the Council and
three members Of the House ofRepresentatives
shall be selected by the respective Houses who
shall meet at the capitol in st. Paul on the
first Monday in August next. and shall proceed
Jointly to divine among the several Council
| D strcts in the Territory. the representation
in the two Houses of the Legislature TO which
each district shall be emitted. in proportion Ia
the population in the several districts in the
manner hereinafter provided.
| SEC. 10. The representation in the next
| Legislature shall be increased to fifteen mem
beers of the Council, and thirty-eight members
of the II, use of Represcntatives.which shall be
divided in the following manner. to wit:
lst. The whole number OF Representative
population ofthe TIE rtOry shall be divided by
sixty eight, that being the whole number OF
units of representation in the Legislature
The quotient shall be the ratio of population
entitled to unit of representation
End. The representative population of each
Councl District shall be divided by said rattle
of population. and the quotient shall be the
whole number of units of representation in the
Legi> lative Assembly to be assigned to such
district and the remainder shall be fractions
Sd. The several number of units Of repre-
scntatiOn thus ascertained shall then be added
together. and if the addition proves to be less
than sixty-eieht (the whole number of units
of representation one unite of the represen.
tation shall be added to each district having
the largest traction, until the said units. added
together, shall amount to sixty-eight as afOre
said. ..t
4th The units Of REPRESENTATION shall then
be divided between the two houses. in such
/ ~. hos i, 4;
of Councillors assged to each district will
form the numbar of units of representation t.
which such district is entitled without leaving
a remainder. by counting each Councillor two
units. and each Representative one unit.
5th. In all districts which may be entitled
to more than three units OF representation, no
less than two members of the House of Repre-
scntatves shall be assigned to ca n member o
the Council. In all cases. the number Sc
down as Genoting the number of members o
The Council from each district shall be count
ed twice. and being thus counted shall. in con
nection with the number set down as member
OF the House OF Representatives, form the mum
Der OF units OF representation to which sucl
district is entitled.
SEC IL. The Council Districts as desicnat
ed in IAN act for the apportionment of Repre-
sc tatives in the Territory" approved Febru
ary Is. 1851. shall constitute the Council Dis
, tricts of the Territory. subject to the modiica
. tions and alterations provided by this act. an,
no Council District shall be assigned a les
amount Of Representatives than one membe
of the Council and two members Of the Hous
, of Representatives.
4 SEC. r. When any Council District IN thi
Territory. the population Of ,shrn is aot sal
cient to rntitle said District to tour units
representation. it shall be the duty Of The join
committee authorized by This act to divide til
/, representation in the two Houses of the Leg
lature. 10 take from District having create
population than will entitle such District
| four units of representation. such county {
counties, or such portions thereof g may col