MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES: TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
An Inventory of Its Bills and Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives. | |
| Title: | Bills and Miscellaneous Records. | |
| Dates: | 1849-1857. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Bills, memorials, and joint resolutions acted upon by the House (1849-1857), abstracts of votes (1854-1855), certificates of election (1852-1853, 1856-1857), messages from the Council (1856) and governor (1849-1856), committee reports (1852-1857), and resolutions and rules (1853-1857). The bills, memorials, joint resolutions, and resolutions and rules may contain either, or both, manuscript and printed versions. | |
| Quantity: | 3.0 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
Bills, memorials, and resolutions are arranged by session; thereunder by House file number. Miscellaneous records are arranged first by topic; thereunder chronologically within each file.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives. Bills and Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001713255
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 115.I.19.4F | House Bills: | ||||||||||
| File Nos. 2-57, 1849. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-28, 1851. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-55, 1852. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-40, 1853. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-53, 1854. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1, 3, 40, 68, 69, 71, 79, 81, 89, 154, 1855. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-246, 1856. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete. | |||||||||||
| 115.I.19.5B | File Nos. 1-239, 1856. 3 folders. | ||||||||||
| Printed only. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. 1-260, 1857. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| 115.I.19.6F | File Nos. 261-388, 1857. 6 folders. | ||||||||||
| Extra Session, File Nos. 1-112, 1857. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete. | |||||||||||
| Memorials and Joint Resolutions, 1849-1857. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Records, 1849-1857. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
| Abstracts of Votes [House elections], 1854-1855. | |||||||||||
| Certificates of Election, 1852-1853, 1856-1857. | |||||||||||
| For House members; incomplete. | |||||||||||
| Messages from Council, 1856. | |||||||||||
| Handwritten statements of the Council’s actions. | |||||||||||
| Messages from the Governor, 1849, 1851-1853, 1855-1856. | |||||||||||
| Mainly forms listing acts the governor had examined and approved. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Letters and Documents, 1853, 1855-1858. | |||||||||||
| The majority deal with requests for compliance with resolutions and the delivery of annual reports to the territorial officers. | |||||||||||
| Resolutions and Related Records, 1853-1854, 1856-1857. | |||||||||||
| Mainly thank-yous and resolutions covering special employees and laborers hired by the House. | |||||||||||
| Rules, 1856-1857. | |||||||||||
| Published and manuscript versions. | |||||||||||
| Committee Reports, 1852-1857. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| May contain both manuscript and printed versions. | |||||||||||
| Standing and Special Committees, 1852-1853, 1857. | |||||||||||
| Includes standing committees on roads, judiciary, and incorporations, and special committees appointed to study individual bills. | |||||||||||
| Engrossed Bills, 1852-1856. | |||||||||||
| Select Committees, 1852-1853, 1857. | |||||||||||
| Kingsbury-Taylor Election Contest, 1856. | |||||||||||
| Concerns William W. Kingsbury and Nathan C. D. Taylor’s race for a House seat. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
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:
- Elections -- Minnesota.
- Bills, Legislative -- Minnesota.
- Legislation -- Minnesota.
- Legislative bodies -- Minnesota -- Committees.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives -- Resolutions.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1849-1858.
- Minnesota Territory.
- Document Types:
- Bills (legislative records) -- Minnesota.
- Resolutions, Legislative -- Minnesota.
- Rules -- Minnesota.
- Territorial records -- Minnesota.
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