third section of this act, to ascertain the number of persons entitled, legally or equitably, to lots or squares within said town, and to deed, under the hand of the president and seal of the corporation, to every such person entitled as aforesaid: Provided, That any person or persons to whom lots or squares shall be so deeded, shall previously have paid the sum of one dollar, for each deed and acknowledgment so required to be made.
Sect. 6. If any vacancy should occur in any of the offices of the town council aforesaid, a quorum of said town council, duly assembled, shall, at any time, fill the vacancy.
Sect. 7. This act to take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor.
Approved April 30, 1862.
CHAPTER 24.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF ST. JOSEPH.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That so much land as is contained in the town of St. Joseph, on the Pembina river, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate, by the name of St. Joseph, with all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations.
Sect. 2. That the corporate authorities of said town shall be a president and common council, which shall be known as “The President and Common Council of St. Joseph.” That for the good order and government of said town, it shall be lawful for the president thereof, on the first Monday of September, A. D. 1862, to appoint not less than three discreet persons as the common council, who shall [have served] until their successors be chosen and qualified, and who, with the consent of the president, shall have full power and authority to make and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government of said town corporate.
