MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES: TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: COUNCIL:

An Inventory of Its Bills and Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. Council.
	Title:	Bills and Miscellaneous Records.
	Dates:	1849-1857.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Bills, memorials, and joint resolutions acted upon by Council (1849-1857), certificates of election (1851-1852, 1855-1856), resolutions (1849-1853, 1857), committee reports (1849-1857), messages from the House and governor (1849-1857), roll call tally slips (1851-1852), and register of bills (1849-1851). The bills, memorials, joint resolutions, and resolutions may contain either, or both, manuscript and printed versions.
	Quantity:	3.25 cubic feet (3 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ARRANGEMENT

Bills, memorials, and resolutions are arranged by session; thereunder by council file number. Miscellaneous records are arranged first by topic; thereunder chronologically within each file.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. Council. Bills and Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 992-32; 997-77

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001713256

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
115.I.19.1B	Council Bills:
		File Nos. 1-31, 1849. 4 folders.
		File Nos. 1-21, 1851. 16 folders.
			Includes chapters 1-9, 13-138, and 141 of File No. 13, a bill revising and consolidating the general statutes of the territory.
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115.I.19.2F		File Nos. 1-23, 1852. 3 folders.
		File Nos. 1-25, 1853.
		File Nos. 1-51, 1854. 6 folders.
		File Nos. 3-48, 1855.
			Incomplete.
		File Nos. 3-121, 1856. 2 folders.
			Incomplete.
		File Nos. 1-91, 1857. 5 folders.


		Council Resolutions, 1857.
			Two resolutions: authorizing the hiring of assistant engraving clerk(s) and requesting Joseph Rolette Report File No. 62, a bill to remove the territorial capital from St. Paul, to Council.


		Council Bills (duplicates), File Nos. 1-26, 30-91, 1857. 2 folders.


Location
115.I.19.3B	Council Bills, File Nos. 1-46, 1857 Extra Session. 3 folders.
		Incomplete.


		Memorials and Joint Resolutions, 1849-1857. 9 folders.


		Memorials and Joint Resolutions, Extra Session, 1857.


		Miscellaneous Letters and Documents, 1849, 1852, 1857-1858.
			Includes a letter from Henry H. Sibley proposing that pipestone be used as the stone to represent Minnesota in construction of the Washington Monument (1849), and a report on the condition of the military road from Point Douglas to Lake Superior (1858).


		Certificates of Election, 1851-1852, 1855-1856.
			For Council members; incomplete.


		Resolutions and Related Records, 1849, 1851-1853, 1857. 2 folders.
			Mainly thank-yous and resolutions covering special employees and laborers hired by the Council.


Reports of Committees, 1849-1857. 4 folders.
	May contain both manuscript and printed versions.
	Standing Committees, 1849-1851.
		Includes committees on territorial affairs, militia, common schools, agriculture and manufactures, territorial roads, judiciary, and preparation of rules for the permanent government.
	Engrossed Bills, 1849, 1851, 1857.
	Enrolled Bills, 1851.
	Sturgis-Lowry Election Contest, 1852.
		Concerns William Sturgis and Sylvanus B. Lowry’s Council race. Includes voters’ affidavits.


		Messages from the House, 1849-1851, 1857.
			Handwritten statements of the House’s actions.


		Messages from the Governor: Legislation, 1849-1854.
			Mainly forms relating which acts the governor had examined and approved.


		Messages from the Governor: Nominations, 1849-1852.
			Governor’s nominations for territorial officers and notaries public.


		Roll Call Tally Slips, 1851-1852.


		Rules for the Government of the Council of the Minnesota Territory and Joint Rules of the Council and House, September 3, 1849. 2 items in 1 folder.


		Standing Rules of the Council and House of Representatives, with the Joint Rules and Standing Committees, 1854.


Location
108.J.13.2F-1	Register of Bills, 1849-1851. 1 volume.
		Labeled Journal; records the progress of council bills from introduction to final disposition.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Bills, Legislative -- Minnesota -- Registers.; Elections -- Minnesota.; Legislative bodies -- Minnesota -- Committees.; Legislative bodies -- Minnesota -- Voting.

Organizations:: Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. Council -- Voting.

Places:: Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1849-1858.; Minnesota Territory.

Document Types:: Bills (legislative records) -- Minnesota.; Legislative materials -- Minnesota.; Territorial records -- Minnesota.

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MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES: TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: COUNCIL:

OVERVIEW

ARRANGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS