Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-19
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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
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WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Mime
sofa by an act approved March g. 1871 entitled "au
act proposing amendments to Articles Four a. and
Five i5) of the Constitution, providing for biennial
sessions OF the Legislature did provide for the SUBJ
proposed amendment to Section One a. of Article
-Four ~ of the Constitution, to read as follows:
Section l. The Legislature Of the State shall
consist OF q Senate and House Of Representatives,
who shall meet biennially at the seat of Govern
snent OF the State, at such time shall be pre-
scribed by law; but no session shall exceed the
term of sixty days.
AND WHEREAS, The act aforesaid did further pro-
vide for like submission to the people for their ap
ProVal or rejection OF an amendment to Section
tuition, 80 as to read follows:
Section "a. The senators shall be chosen by
single districts Of convenient contiguous territory,
at the same time that members of the House of
Representatives required to be chosen, aud In
the same manner; and no representative district
shall be divided in the formation of senate dis
tr1ct. The senate district shall be numbered in a
regular series. The terms of office of senators
and representatives shall be the same as now pre-
scribed by law until the general election In the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy
Eight $685. at which time there shall be an entirely
new election of all the senator's and representa-
hves Representatives chosen at such election, OF
at any election thereafter shall hold their Office for
the term OF two years, except it be to fill vacancy,
and the senators chosen at such election by dis
uicts designated as odd numbers, shall go out of
office at the expiration of the second year, and
senator's chosen by districts designated by even
numbers shall go out of Office at the expiration of
the fourth year; and thereafter senator's shall be
chosen for four years. except there shall be an en-
tire new election of all the senators at the election
of representatives next succeeding each new ap-
= portonment provided for in this article"
AND WHEREAS, The act aforesaid did further pro-
VIDE Tor submission to the people In like manner of
proposal for an amendment to Section Two (2) of
follows: N 80
"Secion 2. The returns of every election for the
omcers named IN the foregoing section, shall be
made to the Secretary Of State, who shall call to his
two or more Of the judges of the supreme
court and two disnterested Judges of the district
courts OF the State, who shall constitute board of
canVassers who shall open and said returns,
aud declare the result within three 90 days after ouch
Canvass"
AND WHEREAS, It was further provided by the act
oresald that the said several proposed amendments
should be submitted to popular approval rejection
at the general election for the year 1871 and the
turns thereof be made, certified and canvassed and
the result thereof declared Gin the provided
by law for returning, certifying and canvassing
votes at general elections for State officers and de
claring the result thereof"
AND WHEREAS, It appears from certificate Of tho
Secretary of the Joint convention of the Legislature
of the State of Minnesota that upon the official can
vass by that body of the votes cast upon said pro-
posed amendments, each and all of said proposed
amendments received majority of all the votes cast
thereon at the preceding general election IN the
ner required by law.
the State OF Minnesota, in accordance with the re-
suit of said official and with the require
ent OF the act aforesaid do hereby publish, declare
and proclaim that each and all of said proposed
amendments have been adopted in the manner pre-
scribed by the constitution and laws of this State
and are valid to all ntents and purposes as part of
the constitution of the State of Minnesota.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand
---e~ and caused the Great Seal of the
\ GREAT SEAL State to be affixed at the Capitol In
OF st. Paul, this Fourteenth day of
STATE. January A. D. thousand ciSht
-r-~C- hundred and seventy eight.
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]. s. IRGEss,
Secretary OF State.