The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-12

the Governor, (his signature to acts and resolves OF the
Legislature e~xcspted) requiring Authorization. The
Legislature shall provide for an appropriate device and
motto for said seal.
ing laws, shall, after the adoption Of the Constitution,
be and remain one of the State Prisons of the State OF
Minnesota.
Art. 1SiateemM-SchedMH.
Sec. l. That no inconvenience may arise by reason Of
a change from a Territorial to a permanent State Gov
eminent. it is declared that all rights, actions, prosecu-
tions, judgments, claims and contracts, rs we'll OF ill.,
dividuals a. Of bodies corporate, shall continue as if no
change had taken place; and all process which may be
issued under the authority of the Territory of Mime
sofa previous to its admission into the Union of the Uni
ted States. shall be IS valid as if issued in the name of
the State.
Sec. 2. All laws now in force in the Territory Of Min:
nesota not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain
be in force until they expire by their own limitation, or
be altered or repealed by the Legislature.
Sec. 3. All fines, penalties or forfeltures accruing to
the Territory of Minnesota, shall inure to the State.
Sec. 4. All recognizances heretofore taken or which
may be taken before the change from Territorial to per.
manent State Government shall remain valid, and shall
pass to and may be prosecuted in the name of the State
and all bonds executed to the Governor of the Territory,
or to any other officer or Court in his or their official
Cd9dC1VyS SiOA pas W ~ OSOAA Vi RNOtO
and their successors in Office, for the uses therein re-
spectively expressed, and may be sued for and recovered
accordingly, and all the estate of property, real, person.
al or mixed, and all judgments, bonds, specialities,
chooses in action, and claims and debts of whatsoever de.
scription Of the Territory of Minnesota. shall inmre tn
and vest in the State of Minnesota, and may be sued for
and recovered in the same manner and to the same ex-
, tent by the State of Minnesota as the same could have
been by the Territory of Minnesota. All criminal prose-
cutions and penal actions which may have arisen or which
may arise before the change from a territorial to a state
government. and which shall then be pending, shall be
prosecuted to Judgment and execution in the name of the
state. All offences committed against the laws of the
Territory Of Minnesota before the change from a terri
tor;al 70 q state government, and which shall not be
nrosocuted lc1ore such change, may be prosecuted in the
pame and by the authority of the State of Minnesota
nth like effect as though such change had not taken
place, and all penalties incurred shall remain the same
as if this constitution had not been adopted. All ac-
tons at law and suits in equity which may be pending
in any of the Courts of Minnesota, at the time of the
change from a territorial to a State Government, may be
continued and transferred to any Court of the State
which shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter
thereof.
Sec. 5. All territorial officers, civil and military, now
holding their Offices under the authority Of the United
States, or of the Territory of Minnesota, shall continue
to hold and exercise their respective Offices until they
shall be superseded by the authority of the State.
Sec. 6. The first session Of the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota shall commence on the first Monday
of December next, and shall be held at the Capitol in
the city of St. Paul.
Sec. 7. The laws regulating the election and qualiGca-
ton of all district, county and precinct officers, shall con-
tinue and be in force, until the Legislature shall other
wise provide by law.
Sec. 8. The President of the Convention shall i'm.
mediately after the adjournment thereof cause this con-
stitution to be deposited in the Office of the Governor of
the Territory; and if after a submission of the same to
a vote of the people, as hereinafter provided, it shall ap-
pear that it has been adopted by a vote Of the people Of
the State, then the Governor shall forward a certified
copy of the same together with an abstract of the votes
polled for and against the said constitution to the Presi.
dent Of the United States, to be by him laid before the
Congress of the United States.
Sec. 9. For the purposes of the first election the state
shall constitute one district, and shall elect three men,
bers to the House of Representatives Of the United
States.
Sec. 10. For the purpose of the first election for menu
bers of the State Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, the State shall be divided into senatorial and rep
resentative Districts az follows, viz LIST District, Wash
ington county; End District, Ramsey county; 3D. Dis
trict, Dakota county ; 4th District, so much of Hennepin
county as lies west of the Mississippi 9Th District,
Rice county; 9th District, Goodhue county 7th Dis
trict, Scott county 9Th District, Olmstead county 9th
District, Fillmore county 10th District, Houston coun-
ty; llth District, Winona county 18th District, Waba-
shaw county 18th District, Mower and Dodge counties;
18th District, Freedom and Faribault counties 18th
District, Steele and Waseca counties; 10Th District,
Blue Earth and LIE Sueur counties; 18th District, Nicol-
let and Brown counties 18th District, Sibley, Renville
and Mcleod counties; 10Th District, Carver and Wright
counties; goth District, Benton, Stearns and Meeker
counties; 2lst District, Morrison, Crow Wing and Mile
Lac counties; 22nd District, Cass, Pembina and Todd
counties 23d District, SO much of Hennepin county as
lies east of the Mississippi; 24th District, Sherburne,
Anoka and Manomin counties 25th District, Chisago,
Pine and Isanti counties; 26th District, Buchanan. Carl
ton, St. Louis, Lake and 1taska counties.
Sec. IL. The counties of Brown, Stcarns, Todd, Cass,
Pembina and Renvillc, as applied in the preceding Sec
ton, shall not be deemed to include any territory west
of the State line, but shall be deemed to include all coun-
ties and parts of counties east of said line as were crea-
ted out of the territory of either, at the last session of
the Legislature.
Sec. IL. The senators and representatives at the first
election shall be apportioned among the several Sena-
torial and Representative Districts as follows, to wit -
LIST District, 2 Senators, 3 Representatives; I'd District,
8 SEN, 6 rep; Sd District, 2 SEN, 5 rep; 18th District,
2 SEN, i rep. 9Th District, 2 sen 3 rep. 9Th District,
l sen, 4 rep. 18th District, l SEN, 3 rep; 9Th District,
, sen., 4 rep; 9th District, 2 SEN, 6 rep. 10Th Dis
trict, 2 SEN, 3 rep. 11th District, 2 sen. 4 rep. 18th
l4th District, l sen, ) rep; 18th District, l SEN, i
rep; 10th District, l SEN, 3 rep; 18th District, | SEN,
3 rep. 18th District, l sen. 3 rep; 10Th District, l
SEN, 3 rep; Doth District, ! SEN, 3 rep. 21st District,
SEN. l rep; 22d District, l sen | rep. 23d Dis
trict, | sen 2 rep. ; oath District, l SEN, l rep; 25th
District, l SEN, ! rep 10Th District, l SEN, l rep.
Total 81 Senators 80 Representatives.
Sec. Is. The returns from the 22nd District shall be
made to and canvassed by the judges Of election at the
precinct of Otter Tail City.
Sec. IA. Until the Legislature shall otherwise pro.
vide, the State shall be divided into judicial Districts as
follows, viz:
The counties of Washington, Chisago, Manomin,
Anoka, %Isanta, Pine, Buchanan, Carlton, St. Louis and
Lake, shall constitute the First Judicial District.
The county of Ramsey shall constitute the Second
J judicial District.
The counties of Houston, Winona, Fillmore, Ohm.
stead and Wabashaw, shall constitute the Third Judi
cal District.
The counties of Hcnnepin, Carver, Wright, Meeker,
Sherburne, Benton, Sternes, Morrison, Crow Wing,
Mile Lac, Itaska, Pembina, Todd and Cass, shall con
stitute thd Fourth Judicial District.
The counties of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, Rice, Steele,
Waseca, Dodge, Mower and Freeborn shall constitute
the Fifth Judicial District.
The counties of lie Sueur, Sibley, Nicollet, Blue
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