Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-02-14

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In the House Of Representatives, on the l4th,
Mr.. Grow from the Committee on Territories re-
ported as follows:
A Bill to authorize the people Of the Territory
of Minnesota to form a Constitutional and
State Government preparatory to their admis-
sion into the Union on an equal footing with
the original States.
Be II enacted ~ the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatiuss Of the United States Of america
in Conores, assembled, That the inhabitants OF
the Territory of Minnesota which is embraced
within the following limits to wit: Beginning at
the point in the centre OF the main channel OF
the Red River Of the North where the boundary
line between the United States and the British
possessions crosses the same; thence mp the
main channel of said river to that of the Bots
des Siou River; thence down the main channel
of said river to Lake Traverse; thence up the
centre of said lake to the southern extremity
thereof thence in q direct line to the juncture
of Kampeskee Lake with Tchan-kasan- data, or
Big Sioux River thence down the main channel
of said river to the north corner Of the State
of Iowa, thence east along the northern bound
ary of said State to the main channel of the Mis-
sissippi River; thence up the main channel OF
said river, and following the boundary line of
the State of Wisconsin until the same intersects
the Saint Louis River thence down said river to
and through Lake Superior on the boundary line
of Wisconsin and Michigan, until it intersects
the dividing line between the United States and
the British possessions; thence up Pigeon River,
and following said dividing line, to the place OF
beginning-be, and they are hereby authorized
to form for themselves Constitution and State
Government, by the name of the State of Minne-
sofa, and to come into the Union on equal foot
ing with the original States, according to the
Federal Constitution.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, 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 MinHe-
sofa, so far as the same shall form common
boundary to said State, and any other State or
States, now or hereafter to be formed or bounded
BY the same, shall be common highways, and for
ever Free as we'll to the inhabitants of said State,
as to all other citizens of the United States, with
out any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That on
the first Monday in June next, the legal voters in
each representative district, then existing within
the limits of the proposed State, are hereby au-
thorzed to elect two delegates for each represen-
tative to which said district may be entitled ac-
cording to the appointment for representatives to
the Territorial Legislature, which election for
delegates shall be held and conducted, and the
returns made, in all respects in conformity with
the laws of said Territory regulating the election
of representatives and the delegates so elected
shall assemble at the Capitol Of said Territory
on the second Monday in July next, and first de-
termine, by vote whether it is the wish of the
people of the proposed State to be admitted into
the Union at that time; and if 50, shall proceed
to form Constitution, and take all necessary
steps for the establishment of State Govern
ment, in conformity with the Federal Constitution
subject to the approval and ratification OF the
people of the proposed State.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in
the event said Convention shall decide in favor
of the immediate admission of the proposed State
into the Union, it shall be the duty of the United
States Marshal for said Territory to proceed to
take census for enumeration 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
of the United States; and said State shall be en-
titled to representative for every one hundred
thousand inhabitants, and to one additional rep
resentative for any number Of inhabitants which
shall be equal to or exceed a m0iety Of the] and
such additional representatives as the population
of the State shall, according to the census, show
it would be entitled to, according to the present
ratio Of representation.
Seq. 5. And be ii further enacted, That the
lOIoWluS pToPoSltiuus uVs ouu Iuc SalA6 dIc AcIc
by offered to the said Convention of the people
of Minnesota for their free acceptance or rejec-
ton, which, if accepted by the Convention, shall
be obligatory on the United States, and upon said
State of Minnesota, to wit:
First, That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six in every township of public lands in
said State, and where either of said sections or
any part thereof has been sold, or otherwise been
disposed Of other land equivalent thereto, and as
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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 selected by
the Governor of said State, subject to the ap-
prOval of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, and to be appropriated and applied in such
manner as the Legislature of said State may pre-
scribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for no other
purpose.
Third, That ten entire sections of land, to be
selected by the Governor Of said State, in legal
spbdiysicns, shall be granted to said State, for
the purpose of completing the public buildings,
or for the erection of others at the seat Of Gov
eminent, 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 adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to
each, shall be granted to said State for its use,
the same 10 De selecte0 Dy the Governor thereof
within one year after the admission of said State
and when SO selected, TO DO used or disposed OF
on such terms, conditions, and regulations as the
Legislature shall direct: Provided, That no salt
spring or land, the right whereof is now vested
in any individual or individuals, shall by this ar
ticle be granted to said State.
Fifth, That FIVE per centum of the nett pro-
ceeds of all public lands lying within said State
which shall By sold BY Congress after the admis-
sion of said State into the Union, after dedgcting
all the expenses incident to the same, shall be
paid to said State for the purpose of making
public roads and internal improvements, as the
Legislature shall direct: Provided, The foregg-
ing propositions herein offered are on the oondi-
ton that the said Convention, which shall form
the Constitution, or an ordinance, irrevocable
without the consent of the United States, that
said State shall never interfere with the final dis
posal of the soil within the same by the United
States, or with any regulations Congress may
find necessary for securing the title in said soil to
bona fde purchasers thereof and that no tax
shall be imposed on lands belonging to the Uni
ted States, and that in case shall nonresident
proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
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