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[{"insert":"LEGISLATIVE ACT,"},{"attributes":{"align":"center","header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"align":"center"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE"},{"attributes":{"align":"center"},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION."},{"attributes":{"align":"center","header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"align":"center"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE CONVENTION TO FORM A CONSTITUTION FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 3, 1857.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota:"},{"insert":"\n\n\tSECTION 1. That on the first Monday of June next, the qualified electors of the Territory of Minnesota, shall assemble at their respective places appointed by law for the opening of the polls, and shall there proceed to elect by ballot, certain Delegates for a Convention to form a Constitution and State Government for this Territory.\n\n\tSEC. 2. Every Council District in this Territory shall elect two Delegates for every Councillor it may by entitled to in the Legislative Council, and every Representative District shall elect two Delegates for every member they may be entitled to in the House of Representatives; "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Provided"},{"insert":", That whenever any District has been sub-divided in order to elect their Representative in the Legislative Assembly, the same subdivision shall govern in the election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention.\n\n\tSEC. 3. That there be appropriated, out of any money in the Territorial Treasury, unappropriated, for mileage and per diem of members, officers, and Secretaries, and for Stationery, the sum of thirty thousand dollars.\n\n\tSEC. 4. That the members, officers, and Secretaries of said Convention shall be entitled to the same mileage and per diem as members of the Legislative Assembly; "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Provided"},{"insert":", That the presiding officer shall be entitled to three dollars per day extra.\n\n\tSEC. 5. The compensation herein provided, for the members, officers, and Secretaries, shall be certified by the presiding officer, and attested by the Secretary, as well as all claims for Stationery, Printing, and all other Incidental Expenses, which said certificates, when so certified, shall be sufficient evidence to the Territorial Treasurer of each person's claim.\n\n\tSEC. 6. The qualifications of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention shall be the same as the qualifications for member of the House of Representatives or the Legislative Assembly.\n\n\tSEC. 7. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage.\n\n\tAPPROVED—May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.\n"}]
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Goodrich, Earle S., Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Minnesota, begin and held in the city of Saint Paul, capital of said Territory, on Monday, the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. St Paul, Minnesota: State Printer, Pioneer and Democrat Office. 1857. Retrieved from LLMC.
