CONTENTS

§ 1. References.

CHAPTER I

MINNESOTA AS A TERRITORY

§ 2. Physical Territory. § 3. Explorers.

§ 4. Settlements. § 5. The Organization of Minnesota Ter-

ritory

CHAPTER II

MINNESOTA AS A STATE

§ 6. References. § 7. The Enabling Act. § 8. The Constitu-

tional Convention. § 9. Organization of the Government.

§ 10. Minnesota in the Civil War. § 11. The Sioux Massacre.

§ 12. The Building of Railroads. § 13. The Growth of the

State. § 14. Chronological Arrangement of the History of

Minnesota

CHAPTER III

ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE

§ 15. References. § 16. Restricted Powers of the State. § 17. The

Constitution, Preamble, and Bill of Rights. § 18. Amendment

and Revision of the Constitution. § 19. Administrative

Divisions

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§ 20. References.

CHAPTER IV

THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

§ 21. The Executive. § 22. Other Elective

Officers. § 23. Appointive Officers. § 24. Commissions and

Boards. § 25. The Legislature. § 26. The Judiciary .

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§ 27. References.

CHAPTER V

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

§ 28. The County. § 29. The Township.

§ 30. The Village. § 31. Cities. § 32. Minneapolis. § 33. St.

Paul. § 34. Duluth

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NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

$35. References. § 36. Who are Voters? § 37. Nomination

of Candidates. § 38. The Corrupt Practices Act. § 39. Ma-

chinery of Elections. § 40. The Conduct of Elections.

§ 41. Canvassing Boards

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CHAPTER VII

THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

§ 42. References. § 43. The Judicial Power. § 44. The Local

and District Courts. § 45. The Supreme Court. § 46. Civil

Procedure. § 47. Criminal Procedure

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CHAPTER VIII

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

$48. References. § 49. Receipts and Expenses. § 50. The

Kinds of Taxes. § 51. The Assessment of Property.

§ 52. The Levying and Collection of Taxes. § 53. The Ex-

penditure of Public Money

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CHAPTER IX

EDUCATION

$ 54. References. $ 55. The Growth of the School System.

§ 56. The Organization of the School System. § 57. The Sup-

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port of the Schools. § 58. Administration of the School

System. $ 59. Normal Schools. § 60. The University.

§ 61. Farmers' Institutes, Free Text-books, and Libraries . 139

CHAPTER X

THE PROTECTION OF THE STATE

§ 62. References. § 63. The Problems. § 64. Charitable Insti-

tutions. § 65. Correctional Institutions. § 66. The Board of

Charities and Corrections. § 67. The Militia. § 68. The

F. Growth of Cities in Minnesota from 1890 to 1895

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G. An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Minnesota

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I.

An Act for the Admission of Minnesota into the Union

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GOVERNMENT OF MINNESOTA

CHAPTER I

MINNESOTA AS A TERRITORY

1. REFERENCES

Stevens, Personal Recollections of Minnesota and its People, Minneapolis, 1890; Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Three Score Years and Ten, Minneapolis, 1888; West, Ancestry, Life, and Times of H. H. Sibley, St. Paul, 1889; Neill, History of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1890; The Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society; some of the articles are particularly important and will be referred to specifically; Journals of the Council and House of Representatives of the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, 1849; Williams, History of St. Paul, St. Paul, 1876; Keating, Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, London, 1825; articles on Minnesota in Johnson's Cyclopædia and Encyclopædia Britannica. A description of the territory may be found in the introduction of Neill, History of Minnesota, and in The Report of the Geological Survey of Minnesota, I, a set of which is deposited in the office of each county auditor.

There is the series of pamphlets on Minnesota History, written and edited by Dr. E. D. Neill, under the title of Macalester College Contributions. Among these are many sketches and much valuable material relating to the early history of the State. The following are useful: The Beginning of Organized Society in the Saint Croix Valley, 1890, No. 3; The Development of Trade on Lake Superior, No. 4; Sieur La Ronde, the First Navigator of Lake Superior, No. 7; Pierre Paul, the Commandant at Lake Pepin, 1750–1752, No. 9; A Memoir of the Sioux, No. 10; Memoir of William T. Boutwell, S. S., No. 1; The Critical Period of the French Traders on Lakes Michigan and Superior, 1684, S. S., No. 7; A Memorial of the Brothers Pond, S. S., No. 8.