The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-02-07
State of Minnesota.
In the House of Representatives, on the
18th, Mr.. Grow from the Committee on Ter
ritories reported as follows:

l4tn, Mr.. GROW from the COMMITTEE on Ter
ritories reported as follows:
Bill to authorize the people of the Territory of Mime.
sofa to form Constitutional and State Government
preparatory to their admission into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
| resent6tices Of the United States Of Ame7icn 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 Biver 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 Bots DIES Sioux River; thence
down the main channel of said river to Lake
Traverse thence up the centerofSsaid lake
etozthe' southern extremity thereof thence
|fnxa Direct line to thedpnetnre Of Kampeskee
Laksa9j Iehan.k asan-data, or Big Sioux
River thence down the main channel of
saidsiaver ,1a6ftll- west corner of the
Statsafd thence east along the north
.ern b9undary ofsaiti State to the main chan
incl ofsthe Misslssipp thence up the
apain channel of said river, and. following the
boundary lihe'o the State oil. Wisconsin M
til the same. intersects thesSaint Louis River;
thence, down said river tss-and through Lake
Superior on the boundaryrhnf of Wisconsin
and Michigals until it .i1itersfats the divd-
ing line between; the United States and the
British Possessions !; thence up Pigeon Riv-
err, and following said dividing line, to the
place of beginning and they are hereby
authorized to form for themselves Consti-
tuition and State government, by the name
of the Sfatesof Minnesota, and to come into
the Union oh an eqhaA footing with the origi-
nal States, according to tine Federal Consti-
tHtiOn.
SEC. 2. A,,d b 1t tu,ther esutacted, That the
said State of Minnesota shall have competent
jurisdiction on the Mississippi and ell 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
Common highways, and forever free, as we'll
to the inhabitants of said State, as to all
other citizens of the United Sates, without
any tax, duty, impost, OF toll therefor.
Sec. 3. And be ii FURTHER enacted, That
on the first Monday in june next, the legal
voters in each District then
existing within The limits 9ksbe proposed
State, are hereby a,tIs Ito erect two
delegates for each represS sistaye to which
SAID district may be entitled aceording to the
apportionment for representatives, to the
Territorial legislature (which election for
delegates shall be held and conducted, and
the returns made, in all respects in conformi-
ty with the laws Of said Territory regulating
the electionsof representatives: and the del
egates SO elected shall assemble at the Capt.
tol Of saiA Territory ON the second Monday
in July next, and first determine, by vote,
whether it is the wish ofstlie people of the
proposed State to be admitted into the Union
at that time; and # SO, shall proceed to form
Constitution, and take all necessary steps
for the establishment of State Govern
ment, in conformity with the Federal Consti-
tuition. subject to the approval and ratifica-
ton of the people of the proposed State.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That in
the event sail Convention shall decide in
favor of the immediate admissio 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
meratiOn 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 moiety 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. Ind be ii fu,ther 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, towit
First, That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six in every township of public lands
in said State, and where either of said Sec
tons 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, SUBJ
ject to the approval of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, and to be appro-
prated and applied in such manner as the
Legislature of SAID State may prescribe for
the purpose aforesaid, but for no ether pur-
pose.
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 he granted
to SAID State for thu 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 sail
State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
SIX sections of land adDo ing, or as contigu-
Gus as may be to &c shall be granted to
said State for its use, the same to be selected
by the Governor thereof within one wear
after the admission Of said State; and when
SO selected, to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions, and regulations as the
Legislature shall direct Progided, That no
salt -pring or land, the right whereof is now
vested in any individual or individuals, shall
by tins article be granted to said State. ..
! 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
the same, shall be paid t. said State for the