The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Clerk of the Court in which the Of
fender was convicted, an attested copy
of the warrant and return, brief ab-
stract of which the clerk shall subjoin
to the record of his conviction.
Section 4-The Board of PardOns
shall be convened by the Governor
within twenty days after the passage
of this act, and shall hold at least four
regular meetings in each calendar year,
and may hold such other meetings as
it shall deem expedient.
Such regular meetings shall be held
on the second Mondays of January,
April, July and October of each year.
All meetings of the said Board shall
be held in the Executive Chamber at
the State Capitol, or in such other place
as may be ordered by said Board.
Section 5-Every application for a
pardon, reprieve or communication of
sentence shall be in writing, addressed
to the Board of Pardons, and shall be
signed by the convict or some person
in his behalf. 1t shall concisely state
the grounds upon which the pardon,
reprieve or communication is sought, and
in addition shall contain the following
facts: 1.-The name under which the
convict was indicted, and every alias
by which he has been known. 2-The
date and terms of sentence and the
name of the offense for which it was
imposed. 3-The name of the Trial
Judge and of the County Attorney
who participated at the trial of the con-
vict, together with that of the County
in which he was tried. "A succinct
statement of the evidence adduced at
the trial with the endorsement of the
Judge or County Attorney who tried
the case, that the same is substantially
correct. If such statement and en-
dOrsement are not furnished, the rea-
son thereof shall be stated. 5-The age,
birth place, parentage, occupation, res
idence during five years Immediately
preceding conviction of convict. GA
statement of other arrests, indictments
and convictions, if any, of the convict.
The Board of Pardons may adopt
such other rules and regulations not
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act, as may appear to them proper and
necessary to carry out the provisions
thereof.
Section 6-All applications for par
dons, reprieves or combinations of
sentence shall be filed with the Clerk
of the Board of Pardons. The said
Clerk shall Immediately, upon receipt
of such application, mail notice there
of, and of the time and place of hear
ing thereof, to the Judge of the Court
wherein the applicant was tried and
sentenced, and to the prosecuting at
t,rney who prosecuted the applicant,
or his successor in Office, provided that
a reprieve in capital cases may be
granted as provided in Section two ~
without such notice, and provided
further that pardons or communications
of sentence of persons committed to
County Jail or to Workhouse may be
granted by said Board without notice.
Section THE Governors Private
Secretary, or in his absence the Execu-
tive Clerk, shall be and act as the Clerk
of the Board of Pardons and shall per-
form the duties herein required of such
clerk, and such other duties as may be
prescribed by said Board of Pardons
without other or further compensation.
The Board shall be supplied by the
Secretary of State with such books,
blanks and stationery as shall be nec-
essary. Said Board shall preserve a
record of every petition received for
pardon, reprieve or communication of
sentence, and of every pardon, reprieve
or Communication of sentence granted or
refused, and the reasons assigned
therefor.
The Clerk shall keep such records
and perform such duties in relation
thereto as shall be prescribed by the
Board, and all such records and files