568 THIRTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 10, ll. 1851. Feb. 19, 1851. CHA?. X. ——·H7L .9ct to authorize the Legislative Assemblies of the Tenilories q] —-——-——·· Oregon and Minnesota to take Charge of the School Lands in said Tarritoru:. and for other Purposes. Governments Be it enaotecfby the Senate and House of Representatives of the gfinggggsan United Stazes of America in Congress assembled, That the governors thmzed ,0 take and legislative assemblies of the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota chnrge ·>f the be, and they arc hcrcbypmthorizcd to make such laws and needful
- §;‘;’§L_ hnds regulations as they shall deem most expedient to protect from injury
and waste sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in said'Tcrritorics, reserved incach township for the support of schools therein. (a) Gram: of lapd S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior fg¤’L?n::i;€;S1°Y bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to set apart and reserve ‘ Sfrom sale, out of any of the public lands within the Territory of Minnesota to which the Indian title has been or may be extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated,:; quantity of land not exceeding two entire townships, for the use and support of a university in said Territory, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, to be located by legal subdivisions of not less than cnc entire section. Approved, February 19, 1851. Feb 19, 1g5L Cru?. XI.-dn Act to prescribe the Mode of obtaining Evidence in Cases of can- -—————· tested Elections. (la) Notice to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the &i*°¤ °Y i¤*°¤· United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after
- 1:; é;ct;°;:t°:; the passage of this act, whenever any person shall intend to contest an
¤ member of che election of any member of the House of Representatives of the United g;‘:;fifsR;{’:§: States, he shall, within thirty days after the result of such election shall in may day, have been determined by the officcr or board of canvassers authorized ¤{f¢r&i¤ is de- by law to determine the same, give notice, in writing, to the member ° mwhose seat he designs to contest, of his intention to contest the same, and, in such notice, shall specify, particularly, the grounds upon which Proviso. he relics in the contest: Provided, That in all elections for the thirty- second Congress heretofore held, any person intending to contest the same may give notice thereof within thirty days after the passage of this act. Answer go bg Sic. 2. And be it further enacted, That any member upon whom mak ¢¤ ¤¤¤h_ the notice mentioned in the first section of this act may be served, n°“°°‘ shall, within thirty days aficr the service thereof, answer such notice, admitting or denying the facts alleged therein, and stating specifically any other grounds upon which he rests the validity of his election, aud shall serve a copy of his answer upon the contestant. By whom sub- Suc. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any such contestant or P°°“” '*’° *° b° returned member shall be desirous of obtaining testimony respecting mum` such election, it shall be lawful for him to make application to any judge of any court of the United States, or to any chancellor judge or justice of a court of record of any State, or to any mayor, recorder, or intendaut of any town or city, which said officer shall reside within the congressional district in which such contested election was held, who shall thereupon issue his writ of subpuana, directed to all such witnesses as shall be named to him, requiring the attendance of such witnesses before him, at some time and place named in the subpcnna, in order to be then and there examined respcctiug the said contested election, in the manner hereinafter provided. (és) The reservation for Minnesota is in St/v.t.1849, ch. 12l,§ 18, and for Oregon in tat. 1848, ch. 177, § 20, and Stat. 1850, ch. 76, § 9.- (b) The prior acts on this subject axe Stat. 1798, cb. 8, and Stat. 1800; ch. 28, which extends the former act for four years.
