Publication of the said Laws, Journals and Documents, shall be printed and bound within ninety days after the copy and such indexes are furnished to the contractor or contractors for the printing thereof. SEC. 3. All Laws, Journals, Documents and Advertisements, printed and published by the person or persons receiv Laws &e to be ta ing the contract therefor, shall be deemed to be officially printed and published, and full faith and credit shall be given to them as such, in all places whatsoever. ken as official of warrants SEC. 4. The State Auditor shall have authority, and it is Auditing of ac- hereafter made his duty, during the progress of the public counts-issuing printing and, binding, and in accordance with such regulations as will secure the State from loss, to audit the accounts for the State printing and binding, and to issue his warrants therefor, against any moneys in the State Treasury which may have been appropriated for such purpose, to the amount of seventy-five per cent. of the printing or binding so done and audited; but the said Auditor shall withhold his warrants for the remaining twenty-five per cent. on each job of printing and binding, until the whole of such job shall be completed and delivered to the proper officer authorized to receive the same. Repeal of other acts SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts, contravening the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. RICHARD G. MURPHY, President pro tem. of the Senate. APPROVED-March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota, March 10, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary CHAPTER XXV. An Act to make certain Appropriations for the Current SECTION 1. Payment of members and officers of the Legislature, 2. Payment of members, &c. of Constitutional Convention, 3. Payment of interest on Territorial Bonds, 5. Payment to same, for Territorial Binding, $40.000 00 4,000 00 4. Payment to Goodrich, Somers & Co. for Territorial Printing, 4,221 10 974 50 6. Payment to same, for publisking Supreme Court Reports, 3.500 00 7. Appropriation to conclude publication of Constitutional Convention 9,500 00 8. Appropriation for Incidental Printing and Binding, of Legislature 15,000 00 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Members of Legis SECTION 1. That the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to be applied to the payment of mem-ature bers and officers of the present Legislature. Convention SEC. 2. That the sum of fifty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is here- Constitutional by appropriated for the payment of the members, officers, and incidental expenses of both branches of the Constitutional Convention held in St. Paul in July and August, 1857. SEC. 3. That the sum of four thousand, eight hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds issued by Act of the Interest on terriTerritorial Legislature approved May 23d, 1857, and falling torial bonds due on or about May 23, 1858, to be paid to the holders of said bonds or their legal representatives on the said day of maturity. SEC. 4. That the sum of one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and eleven cents ($1765 11) be and the same is hereby appropriated to Goodrich, Somers & Co. assignees of Earle S. Goodrich, for preparing sectional headings, side-notes, and index, and for copying and printing the Laws of the Extra Session of 1857; and the farther sum of five hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-nine cents ($545 49) for printing the Journals of the Council and House of Representatives for the Extra Session of 1857; and the further sum of three hundred dollars for copying and preparing sectional headings, side-notes and index to the Laws of the Regular Session of 1857; and the further sum of one thousand, six hundred and ten dollars and Territorial print ing ing fifty cents ($1,610 50) for publishing the Laws of the Regu lar and Extra Sessions of 1857 in the Pioneer and Democrat. SEC. 5. That the sum of nine hundred and seventy-four Territorial bind-dollars and fifty cents ($974 50) be and the same is hereby appropriated to Goodrich, Somers & Co. assignees of M. H. Abbott, for binding the Laws and Journals of the two houses for the Extra Session of 1857, and for the incidental binding of said session. SEC. 6. That the sum of three thousand five hundred dol. lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropri Supreme court re- ated to Goodrich, Somers & Co. for the publication of the Supreme Court Reports now in course of printing. ports Constitutional debates printing SEC. 7. That the further sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated for concluding the publication of the Debates and Journals of the Constitutional Convention presided over by Hon. H. H. Sibley; and the further sum of seven thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the printing and publication ordered by, and incidental to the business of the Constitutional Conven. tion presided over by, Hon. St. A. D. Balcombe. SEC. 8. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be and Incidental print the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the ining of the legislacidental printing and binding of the current session of this Legislative Assembly. ture Payment of mem lature SEC. 9. That the appropriations specified in Sections one and two of this Act be paid by the Treasurer out of any bors of the legis moneys coming into the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon presentation of certificates signed by the presiding officers and attested by the Secretaries of the respective bodies named in said sections; and that all other bills and demands for which moneys are herein appropriated shall be audited by the officers appointed by law and shall be paid only on certificates being duly issued. Payment of the other appropriations Board of canvassers Stationary SEC. 10. The further sum of one hundred and five dollars to Samuel Medary, as member of the Board of Canvassers: to Joseph R. Brown, for mileage and per diem, as member of the Board of Canvassers, one hundred and forty-four dollars; to Thomas J. Galbraith, for mileage and per diem as member of the Board of Canvassers, one hundred and fifteen dollars; to Wm. F. Wheeler, for services as Secretary to the Board of Canvassers, one hundred and fifteen dollars. SEC. 11. The further sum of three thousand dollars is ap propriated to pay the stationery and postage certificates ordered by the House and Senate of the present Legislature. SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEORGE BRADLEY, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JAMES RIDPATH, President pro tem. of the Senate. APPROVED February eleven, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. CHAS. L. CHASE, Acting Governor. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Minnesota,} February 11, 1858. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this office. CHAS. L. CHASE, Secretary. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necesssary, is hereby appropriated for the Legislative fund payment of per diem, mileage, stationary, and postages of the members and officers of the present Legislature. SEC. 2. The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is Governor's salary appropriated for payment of the Governor's salary for the and contingent present year, and the sum of one thousand dollars is also appropriated to the order of the Governor as an executive contingent fund for State purposes. fund SEC. 3. The sum one thousand five hundred dollars is Secretary of state hereby appropriated for the salary of the Secretary of State for the present year. SEC. 4. The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appro- Attorney genera priated for the payment of the salary of the Attorney Gen. eral for the present year. SEC. 5. The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appro Treasurer Auditor Judges and clerks of supreme court Judge sof district court Lithographing priated for the payment of the salary of the State Treasurer for the present year. SEC. 6. The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the payment of the salary of the State Auditor for the present year. SEC. 7. The sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for payment of the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and one thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the salary of the Clerk of the Supreme Court; also, two hundred dollars for contingent expenses of said Court. SEC. 8. The sum of twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the payment of the salaries of the Judges of the District Court. SEC. 9. The following sums are likewise hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, on presentation of proper vouchers, or certificates for the same, to wit: For expenses of lithographing and issuing treasury drafts, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars. For expenses incidental to the engraving and negotiating Engraving bonds $250,000 of State Bonds, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred Safe for treasurer Clerk for treas urer Clerk for auditor Contingent funds for auditor and treasurer Interest on toriterial bonds Intereston state lean Supreme court reports Repairs on capitol dollars. For the purchase of a fire and burglar proof iron safe, for the office of the State Treasurer, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars. For clerk hire in the office of the State Treasurer, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars. For clerk hire in the oflice of the Auditor [of State,] a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For contingent fund to the order of the Auditor of State, to be used for State purposes, three hundred dollars. For contingent fund to the order of the State Treasurer, to be used for State purposes, three hundred dollars. For unappropriated balance to meet principal and interest of bonds issued by Act approved May 23, 1857, and falling due May 27, 1858, three hundred dollars. For the payment of the first instalment of interest on proposed loan of $250,000, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required. For bringing up and completing the Supreme Court reports, ordered by Act of February 28, 1856, six hundred dollars. For necessary repairs and care of the Capitol, to be expended at the discretion of the Governor, the sum of five hundred dollars. To Earle S. Goodrich, for printing 3000 copies of Session Printing journal Laws, and 1000 copies of the Journal of each House Session of 1858, the sum of ($10,000) ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. and laws |