Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-09-10

Sec. 3. No officer shall exercise Tho duties of
his Office after he shall have been impeachcd anG
before his acqnittal.
Sec A. Y On the trial Of at impeachment
against the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor
shall not act as member Of the Courts.
Sec. 8. No person shall be tried on impeach-
ment before he shall have been served with
copy thereof # least twenty days previous ~ The
day let for trial. III
ARTICLE XIV. amendments 10 TIE Constitu-
tioa.
Sec. l. Whenever majority Of both Houses
OF the Legislature shall deem it necessary tc
aier or amend this Consultation, they may propose
such alterations Or amendments, whiclspropused
amendments shall be published with the laws
which have been passed at the same session, pnd
said amendments shall be submitted to the people
for their approval or rejection ; and if 1t shall
Iappear in a manner to be provided by law, that
majority Of voters present and voting shall have
ratified such alterations amendments the same
shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as
part Of this Constitution If two or more aItera-
Itions or amendments shall be submitted at the
same time, it shall be regulated thai the voters
shall vote for Or against each separately.
Sec. 2. Whenever two-thirds Of the members
elected to each branch Of the Legislature shall
think it necessary TO call Convention to revise
this Constitution, they shall recommend to the
electors to vote, at the next election for members
/ Of the Legislature, for or against Convention;
and if majority of all the electors voting At said.
election, shall have voted for Convention, the
Legislature shall, at their next session, provide by
law for calling the same. ThesC CONVENTION shall
consist Of as many members as the House Of
Representatives, who shall be chosen in the same
manner and shall meet within three months after
their election for the purpose aforesaid.
i ARTICLE Observation-Disclosures Subjects.
Sec. !. The seat Of Government OF the State
shall be at the City Of st. Paul. but the Legisla-
itnre at their first, any future Session, may
sIprovide by law for change Of the seat Of Gov
eminent by vote Of the people, or may locate
the same upon the land granted by Congress, for
a seat of Government to the State, aud in the
, event Of the seat of Government being removed
from the City of St. Panl to any other place in
t the State, the Capitol building and grounds shall
be dedicated to an institution for the promotion Of
science, literature and the arts, to be organized
by the Legislature Of the State, and of which in
st!uton the Minnesota Historical Society shall
ALWAYS be a department.
: Sec. 2. Persons residing on Indian lands with
; in the State, shall enjoy all the rights and priyi-
, 'eges Of citizens as though they lived in any
other portion Of the state, and shall be subject to
0 taxation.
Y Sec. 8. The legislature shall provide for
Uniform oath or affirmation to be administered at
elections, and person shall he compelled to take
Iany other or different form Of oath to entitie hnl
: to vote.
y Sec. 4. There shall be- seal of the State
which shall be kept by the Secretary Of State,
RI and be used by him officially, and shall be called
. the Great Seal of the State Of Minnesota, and
shall be attached 10 all official of the Cover
o nor, this signature 10 acts snd resolves Of the
r Legislature excepted) requiring authorizations
The legislature shall provide for an appropriate
:. device and motto for said seal
y Sec. 5. TIE Territorial prison as located uu-
e der existing laws shall, after the adoption Of the
j. Constitution, be and remain one Of the state
h prisons Of the state Of Minnesota.
d ARTICLE XyI-Scleauls.
Y Section l. That no Inconvenience may arise
by reason of change from Territory to per-
fnlanent State Government. it is declared that all
9 rights, actions. prosecutions judgments claims
land eentracts, we'll Of irdsidnais as Of bodies
"a corporate, shall continue as if no change haa
Ii}|ta!sen place and all process which may be ssu-
" ed under the authority of the Terrsf6fy 81
nesota previous to its admission into the union Of
the United states, snail be Ea!il AS III iSSUSQ
7e in the name Of the state. ..u.
int Sec. 2 All laws now in force in the Territory
of Minnesota not repugnant to this Constitution,
T. shall remain in force until they expire by their
own limitation, or be altered or repealed by the
on legislature.
or Sec. 8. All fines, penalties or forfetures &C
cruing to the the Territory of Minnesota shall inure
Y. TO the state.
he Sec 4. All recognz,nces heretofore taken, or
IS which may be taken before the change from a
all, territory 10 permanent State government shall
ng remain valid, and shall pass to and may be prose
ms cuted in the name Of The state, and all bond;
ay executed to the Governor Of the Territory, to
IN, any other officer or court in his their otcia
raj capacity shall pass to the Governor OF state au
nal thority, and their office. oF the
therein respectively expressed ; and may be sueC
for and recovered accordingly ; and all the estat
of property, real CT personal Of mixed, and al
toiludgmenls bonds, specialities. chooses in ACTOR
no and claims and debts Of whatsoever descrp tion
red of the Territory Of Minnesota shall inure TO
ced west in the state Of Minnesota, and may be sues
nty for and recovered in the same and TO til
ov- same extent, by the state Of Minnesota as th
eIsame could have been by the Territory of Mime
un lsoa. All criminal prosecutions and penal action
sral hich may have arisen which may arise betor
ted the change Eom territorial to state govern
low ment, and which shall then be pending, shall b
ced prosecuted to judgment and execution III the nam
lof the state. All offences committed against III
any laws Of the Territory Of Minnesota before th
I'd charge from territorial to state government
out which shall not be prosecuted before such chang
rity may be prosecuted in the name and by the al
city thority Of the state Of Minnesota, with like effe
.vor as though such change had not taken place, an
all penalties incurred shall remain the same as
the this Constitution bad not been adopted. A
owniactions at law and suits in equity which may
wn-I pending in any Of the courts of the Territory
dedI Minnesota at the time Of the change from te
mes, rtorial to state government, may be continue
\, and transferred TO any court Of the state wht
wn- shall have jurisdiction Of the subject matter Their
oses of.
Sec. 5. All territorial officers, civil and N,
for tary, holding their Offices under the authors
70 as of the United States or Of the Territory Of Mi