The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05

once under the United States, nor any other
office under this State. And all votes for
either of them for any elective Office under
this Constitution, except Judicial Office,
given by the Legislature or the people, du-
ring their continuance in Office shall be void.
Sec. IL. The Legislature may at any
time change the number of Judicial Districts,
or their boundaries, when it shall be deem
ed expedient, but no such change shall va
cate the office of any Judge.
Sec. IL. There shall be elected in each
county where District Court shall be held,
one Clerk of said Court, whose qualifications,
duties and and compensation shah be pre-
scribed by law, and whose term of Office
shall be four years.
Sec. IA. Legal pleadings and proceedings
in the Courts of this State shall be under the
direction of the Legislature. The style of
all process shall be The State of Minnesota y
and all indictments shall conclude :against
the peace and dignity of the State of Mime
sota."
Ser. 10. The Legislature may provide for
the election of one person in each organized
county in this State to be called a Court
Commissioner. with Judicial power and juris-
diction not exceeding the power and iurisdic-
ton Of Judge of the District Court at
Chambers, or the Legislature may instead of
such election, confer such power and jurisdc-
ton upon Judges of Probate in the State.
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
Ezectire Franchise.
Section ]. Every male person of the age
of.twenty-ene years or upwards, belonging to
either of the following classes, who shall have
resided in the United States one year and in
this State for four months next preceding any
election, shall be entitled to vote at such elec
ton, in the election district of which he shall
at the tine have been for ten days resident,
for all officers that now are, or hereafter may
be, elective by the people:
1st. White citizens of the United States.
I'd. White persons of foreign birth, who
shall have declared their intention to become
citizens, conformably to the laws of the Uni
ted States upon the subject of naturalization.
Sd. Persons of mixed white and Indian
blood, who have adopted the customs and
habits Of civilization.
4th., Persons of Indian blood residing in
this State, who have adopted the language,
customs and habits ofcivilzation, after an ex-
animation before any District Court of the
State, in such manner as may be provided by
law, and shall have been pronounced by said
Court capable of enjoying the rights of citi-
zenship within the State.
Sec. 2. No person not belonging to one
of the classes specified in the preceding Sec
ton; no person who has been convicted of
treason or any felony, unless restored to civil
rights, and no person under guardianship, or
who may be non compos mentts or insane, shall
be entitled or permitted to vote at any elec-
tionin this State.
Sec. ). For the purpose of voting, no per-
son shall be deemed to have lost residence
by reason of his absence while employed in
the service of the United States; nor while
engaged upon the waters Of this State or of
the United States; nor while student of
any seminary of learning; nor while kept at
any alms-house or other asylum nor while
confined in any public prison.
Sec. 4. No soldier, seaman, or marine in
the army or navy Of the United States, shall
be deemed resident of this State in conse-
quence of being stationed within the same.
Sec. S. During the day on which any
election shall be held, no person shall be ar
rested by virtue of any civil process
Sec. 6. All elections shall be by ballot,
except for such town officers as may be di-
rected by law to be otherwise chosen.
Sec. 7. Every person who, by the provis-
ions of this article shall be entitled to vote at
any election, shall be eligible to any office
witch now is, or hereafter shall be, elective
by the people in the district wherein he shall
have resided thirty days previous to such
election; except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, or the Constitution and Laws
of the United States.
ARTICLE EIGHTH.
School Funds, Education and Science.
Section l. The stability of republican
form of government depending mainly upon
the intelligence of the people, it shall be the
duty of the Legislature to establish general
and uniform system of public schools.
Sec. 2. The proceeds of such lands as are
or hereafter may be granted by the United
States for the use of Schools within each
township in this State, shall remain perpet-
ual school fund to the State, and not more
than one-third (1-3) of said lands may be
sold in two ~ years, one third (l-3) in five
(5) years, and one-third (1-3) in ten (1O)
years but the lands of the greatest valuation
shall be sold first, provided that no portion of
said lands shall be sold otherwise than at
public sale. The principal of all funds aris-
ing from sales, or other disposition of lands,
Z,
this State in each township for educational
purposes, shall forever be preserved inviolate
and undiminished and the income arising
from the lease or sale of said school lands
shall be distributed to the different townships
throughout the State, in proportion to the
number of scholars in each township between
the ages of five and twenty-one years, and
shall BE- faithfully applied to the specific OBJ
jects of the original grants or appropriations.
Sec. 3. The Legislature shall make such
provisions, by taxation or otherwise, as, with
the income arising from the school fund, will
secure thorough and efficient system OF
Public Schools in each township in the
State
Sec. 4. The location of the University OF
Minnesota, as established 10y existing laws, is
hereby confirmed, and said institution is here
by declared to be the University Of the State
of Minnesota. All the rights immunities
franchises and endowments heretofore grant
ed or conferred, are hereby perpetuated unto
the said University, and all lands which may
be granted hereafter by Congress or other
donations for said University purposes shall
vest in the Institution referred to in this Sec
ton.
ARTICLE NINTH.
Finances of the State and Banks and Banking.
Sec. l. All taxes to be raised in this
State shall be as nearly equal as may be,
and all property on which taxes are to be
levied shall have a cash valuation, and be
equalized and uniform throughout the State.
Sec. 2. The legislature shall provide for
an Annual Tax sufficient to defray the esti-
mated expenses of the State for each year;
and whenever it shall happen that such
ordinary expenses of the State for any year
shall exceed the income of the State for such
year, the Legislature shall provide for levying
Tax for the ensuing year sufficient with
other sources of income, to pay the dcficien-
cy of the preceding year, together with the
estimated expenses of such ensuing year.
Sec. 3. Laws shall be passed taxing all
moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks,
joint stock companies, or otherwise, and also
all real and personal property, according to
its true value in money; but public burying
grounds, public school houses, public hospi-
tails, academies. colleges, universities, and all
seminaries of learning, all churches, church
property used for religious purposes and
houses of worship, institutions of purely
public charity, public property used exclusive
ly for any public purpose, and personal pro-
perty to an amount not exceeding in value
two hundred dollars for each individual, shall
by general laws, be exempt from taxation.
Sec. 4. Laws shall be passed for taxine
the notes and bills discounted, or purchase mo
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