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SECT. 20. This act shall take effect from and after its sage and approval by the governor.

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Approved May 15, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.

APPORTIONMENT.

CHAPTER 3.

AN ACT TO APPORTION THE REPRESENTATION TO THE
RED RIVER DISTRICT.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of

Dakota:

one councilman

sentatives.

SECTION 1. That all that portion of territory lying on the Apportioned Red River, including the settlements of Pembina and St. and two repreJoseph, shall constitute the seventh council district of Dakota, and shall be entitled to one councilman, and two representatives in the legislative assembly of this territory.

when.

SECT. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Take effect, after its passage and approval by the governor.

Approved April 21, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.

ASSOCIATION OF OLD SETTLERS.

Names of members of incorporation.

CHAPTER 4.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE "THE OLD SETTLERS' HISTORI-
CAL ASSOCIATION."

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
Dakota:

SECTION 1. That J. B. S. Todd, J. S. Gregory, James Tufts, W. W. Brookings, E. Stutsman, J. H. Shober, Reuben Wallace, D. Gifford, E. Gifford, N. McDonalds, C. F. Picotte, John Stanage, J. B. Amidon, G. P. Waldron, B. M. Smith, A. C. Vanmiter, J. Deuel, J. H. Hanson, A. G. Fuller, D. T. Bramble, M. K. Armstrong, J. M. Allen, Austin Cole, F. Carman, J. Wherry, H. C. Ash, John L. Tiernon, J. M. Stone, W. P. Lyman, W. H. Granger, C. W. Cooper, R. M. Johnson, Norman W. Kitson, L. M. Griffith, F. J. Dewitt, J. C. McBride, Christopher Maloney, H. S. Donaldson, James McFetridge, William Matthews, M. Ryan, John McClellan, J. B. Laplant, A. Mason, Peter Arpin, John Brulliard, W. W. Benedict, Ole Bottleson, Ole Anderson, C. Lawson, A. B. Smith, Geo. Brown, Moses Herrick, J. McLeese, John Lafevr, Felix La Blanch, Geo. Bourett, H. Bradley, Joseph Chattelion, and A. W. Puett, and their associates, be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to all intents and purposes, by the name of the "Old Settlers' Historical Association," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto; may purchase, hold, and convey, both personal and real property, to any amount, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and the same to lease, grant, mortgage, and sell, or otherwise dispose of, for the benefit of the society; and to receive donations, to be applied as the donor or donors may direct; and to devise and keep a common seal, with the right to alter the same at pleasure; and to make and enforce such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they may choose, not repugnant to the laws of the

territory, or of the United States, and to enjoy all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation.

members.

SECT. 2. No person shall become a member of this society Who may be who first became an inhabitant of the territory after the passage of the organic act.

ciation.

SECT. 3. The object of this association shall be to provide Objects of assoa fund for the support and assistance of such of the old settlers of Dakota who may be deemed worthy of support; and, also, to collect and disseminate all useful information in relation to the early history and settlement of Dakota; and it shall be the duty of said association to record and preserve the names of its members, and the date of their arrival in the territory, the state or territory and county from which they emigrated, together with such other information relating to the early history of the Territory of Dakota and its early settlers as may be of interest to the people of the territory.

SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the members of said association to meet together, at least once in each year (at such place in the town of Yankton as may be designated by the association), so long as any members thereof shall live or reside in the territory or future State of Dakota.

SECT. 5. At the first meeting called by any five members of the association, the time and place of the first annual meeting shall be designated; and, at such annual meeting, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt, there shall be elected one president, two vice-presidents, one secretary, and one treasurer. Said officers, so elected, shall hold their respective offices until their successors are chosen, which shall be at the next annual meeting.

When to meet. and where.

First meeting

how called, and

what to do.

SECT. 6. Seven members of the association shall, at any Quorum meeting, form a quorum for the transaction of any business.

may alter or

SECT. 7. The legislature may alter or amend this act at Legislature any time: Provided, That there be no amendment of the amend this act. time herein specified, prescribing eligibility to membership. SECT. 8. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved May 7, 1862.

Take effect,

when.

W. JAYNE, Governor.

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ATTORNEYS.

Qualifications of attorneys.

Citizen may attend to his own

case.

Supreme court may make rules.

Proviso.

Take effect,

when.

CHAPTER 5.

AN ACT REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
Dakota :

SECTION 1. That any person twenty-one years of age, who can produce satisfactory evidence of a good moral character, and pass an examination before either of the judges of the district court, or before the judges of the supreme court of this territory, shall be licensed to practise as attorney at law and solicitor in chancery in all the courts of the territory.

SECT. 2. Every citizen of this territory may attend to his own case in all said courts.

SECT. 3. The supreme court of this territory may make such rules and regulations as they may deem proper in relation to the admission of attorneys: Provided, No rules shall be made which conflict with any enactment of the legislative assembly.

SECT. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 10, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.

BASTARDS.

Upon complaint, accused

CHAPTER 6.

TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF BASTARD CHILDREN.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of

Dakota :

SECTION 1. That on complaint being made to any justice

person brought of the peace of any female who shall be delivered of a bastard

before justice.

child, or who shall be pregnant with a child which, if born alive might be a bastard, accusing any person of being the father of such child, the justice shall take such complaint in writing under the oath of such female, and shall thereupon issue his warrant against the person accused, directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, commanding him forthwith to bring such accused person before the justice to answer such complaint.

how conducted.

SECT. 2. On the return of such warrant, if the accused be Examination, in custody, or shall appear, the justice shall proceed to examine the complainant under oath, respecting the cause of the complaint, and such accused person shall be allowed, by himself or attorney, to ask the complainant, when under oath, any questions necessary for his justification or defence; and such questions, and the answers, with every part of the proceeding, shall be reduced to writing by the justice.

SECT. 3. If such accused person shall pay or secure to be paid to the female complaining, such sum or sums of money, or other property, as she may agree to receive in full satisfaction, and as shall be approved by the commissioners of the county, of which agreement and approval the justice shall make a memorandum upon his docket; and if the accused shall also enter into bonds, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the justice, to the commissioners of the county in which such female shall reside, and their successors in office, conditioned to secure and indemnify such county from all charges for the maintenance of such child, and shall also pay all expenses, if any, incurred by such county, for the lying-in, and support and attendance upon the mother of such child during her sickness, and the costs of prosecution; then the justice shall discharge such accused person.

When accused may be discharged.

If accused fails to comply with

SECT. 4. In case any person accused as aforesaid, does not comply with the provisions of the preceding section, the law. justice before whom the complaint shall be made, shall bind such person in a recognizance, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the justice, in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, to appear at the next term of the district court for the proper county, to answer the said complaint and abide the order of said court thereon; and on his neglect or refusal to find such

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