The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-02-07
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l4th, Mr.. Grow from the Committee on Ter
ritories reported as follows: g ag H.
Bill to authorize the people of the Territory Mime
sofa to form Constitutional and State Government
preparatory to their admission into the Union
equal footing with the original States. f3
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resntatires Of the United States of Ameica in
Counress assembled, That the inhabitants OF
the Territory of Minnesota which is embrac-
ed within the following limits to wit: Be-
ginning at the point in the centre Of the main
channel of the Red Bver of the North where
the boundary line between the United States
and the British Possessions crosses the same
| thence up the main channel of said river to
that Of the Bois des Sioux River; thence
down the main channel of said riyer to Lake
Traverse; thence up the centerofs said lake
1tosthe. southern extremity thereof thence
EfnsS Sfect line to 6hsfe If 4 Kampeskee
Lag Iehans asans data, orsBig Sioux
kI tslce dorm maia channel Of
saidstaseF p west corner of the
Statgofl t6ebcex xHst along the north
ern 6 4ndaT ofskfd State to the main chan
pain Channel so} sad ia rissf, si & foIIowing the
boundary lihes6 the State xf sE;Sccnsin M
til the same i7tersects hei6afht Louis River
thence. down; said river Is nd through Lake
Superior on the boundST Of w Wisconsin
and Nishigas MRtil ii. .IfsksEs$dts the divid-
ing lines bSfwsens the nitsd States and the
British Possessions thence up Pigeon Riv-
er, and following sale. disiding line, to the
place of beginningzbey yail they are hereby
authorized to form for themselves Consti-
tuition and State sGqserAment, by the name
of the slftg0f N q, and to come into
the . or ahedM fodting,w with the origi-
nal States, according to tine Federal Consti-
triton. ..~rs - - eE.sr7- f- ei q
zSEc. 81 did b It further ssnaacted, That the
said State Of Minnesota shall have competent
jurisdiction on the Mississippi and all other
rivers, and waters bordering on the said State
of Minnesota, so far as the same shall form a
common boundarysto said State, and any
other State or States, now or hereafter to be
formed or bounded by the same, shall be
leorhmon highways, and forever free, as we'll
TO the inhabitants ofSsaid State, as to all
other citizens of the United States, without
any tax, duty, impost, OF toll aherefor.
SEC. 3. And be ii Tpthess Enacted, That
on the first Monday in yune snekt, the legal
voters in each Representa- fiy lsstrict then
existing within besi iimifsS be proposed
State, are ksssbyf aefa1 Eb erect two
delegates for each fepresl I've to which
said district may besntitled sording to the
apportionment .for. representatives to the
Territorial LegislatureSzwhichi election for
delegates shall be held Sud conducted, and
the returns made, in all respects in conformi-
ty with theslaRs Of said Tarrif6ry regulating
the eleetiChso Of representaxj and the del
egatesssae elected shall assBmble at the Capt.
tol ofsa Fslxitosy .en flly second Monday
in July next, and 6fst deterHine, by vote,
proposed State to be admitted into the Union
a Constitution, and take all necessary steps
for the establishment of State Govern
ment, inconformity with the Federal Consti-
tuition. subject to the approval and ratifica-
ton of the people of the proposed State. I'll
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That in
the event sail Convention shall decide in
favor of the immediate admission of the pro-
posed State into the Union, it shall be the
duty Of the United States Marshal for said
Territory to proceed to take census or emu
meraton of the inhabitants within the limits
of the proposed State, under such rules and
regulations as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior. with the view of
ascertaining the number of representatives to
which said State may be entitled in the Con-
gress of the United States; and said State
shall be entitled to one representative for
every one hundred thousand inhabitants,
and to one additional representative or any
number of inhabitants which shall be equal
to or which shall exceed a m0iety of thel and
such additional representatives as the popu-
lation of the State shall, according to the
census, show it would be entitled to, accord
ing to the present ratio of representation.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
following propositions be: and the same are
hereby offered to the said Convention OF the
people of Minnesota for their free accept
ance or rejection, which, if accepted by the
Convention, shall be obligatory on the Uni
ted States, and upon the said State of Mime
sofa, to-wit: 10.
First, That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six in every township of public lands
in said State, and where either of said Sec
tions or any part thereof has been sold, or
therwise been disposed of, other land equiv
alent thereto, and as contiguous as may be
shall be granted the said State for the use
of schools.
Second, That seventy-two sections of land
shall be set apart and reserved for the use
and support of State University, TO be Sc
lected by the Governor f said State, sub
ject to the approval of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, and to be appro-
priated and applied in such manner as the
Legislature of said State may prescribe for
the purpose aforesaid, but for no other pur-
pose. A
Third, That ten entire sections of land, to
be selected by the Governor of said State,
IN legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said
State, in legal subdivisions, shall be granted
to SAID State for the purpose Of completing
the public buildings, or for the direction OF
Others at the seat of Government, under the
direction of the Legislature thereof
Fourth, That all salt springs within said
State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
SIX sections of land adjoi' ing, or as contigu-
Gus as may be to eac shall be granted to
said State for its use, the same to be selected
by the Governor thereof within one wear
after the admission cf said State; and when
so selected, to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions, and regulations as the
Legislature shall direct: Pruvided, That no
salt spring or land, the right whereof is now
vested in any individual or individuals, shall
| by this article be granted to said State. 1n
| Fifth Thai five per centum of the nett pro-
ceeds of all public lands lying within said
State which shall be sold by Congress after
the admission of said State into the Union.
after deductng all the expenses incident to