vote shall furnish to the judges of the election his affidavit in writing, stating therein that he is an inhabitant of said district and entitled to vote therein at such election, and prove by the oath of a householder and registered voter of the district, giving the residence of such person within said district. The oath may be administered by one (1) of the judges of the election at the poll where the vote shall be offered, or by any other person authorized to administer oaths, but no person shall be authorized to receive compensation for administering the oath; said oath shall be preserved and filed in the office of the city clerk. Any person may be challenged, and the same oaths shall be put as now are, or hereafter may be prescribed by law. (1878, c. 84, § 33.) § 110. Duties of clerks of election. The clerks at each poll, in addition to the duties now prescribed by law, shall enter on the poll-list kept by them, in columns prepared for that purpose, opposite the name of each person voting, the same statement or minute as herein before required of the board in making the registry; but such entry is not to be made by them if the registry contains correctly the name and residence of such voter; and in all cases said clerk shall enter in a column opposite the name of each person not registered the words "not registered." Every elector, at the time of offering his vote, shall truly state the street in which he resides; and, if the house, lodging or tenement in which he resides is numbered, the number thereof, and the name of the head of the household; and the clerks of the polls, in case the name of such elector is not registered, shall truly enter in the appropriate column of the poll-list, opposite the name of the elector, the street in which the elector resides, and the number, in case the house, lodging or tenement is numbered, and name of the head of household; and if the same is not numbered, then the clerk shall enter "not numbered " in the column of the poll-list for entering the number In case of refusal to make the statement as aforesaid, the vote of such elector shall not be received. Any person who shall wilfully make any false statement in relation thereto shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shail, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of fifty ($50) dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of ten (10) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Id. § 34.) *§ 111. Poll lists and registers to be filed. After the canvass of the votes, one of said poll-lists and said registers, so kept and checked as aforesaid, shall be attached together, and shall on the following day be filed in the city clerk's office; the other of said poll-lists and registers so kept and checked shall be returned to the office of the county auditor in the county in which said district may be at the same time the returns of election are made. (Id. § 35.) *§ 112. Registers open to public inspection. The registers shall at all times be open to public inspection at the office of the authorities in which they shall be deposited, without charge. (Id. § 36.) $113. Fees of registration board. That the members of the board of registration shall each receive two dollars ($2.00) per day for each day actually employed in the making and completion of the registry, and holding election, not exceeding five days, to be paid to them by city or county treasurer, as the law directs. (Id. § 37.) * 114. Preserving order-vacancies. The said board shall have and exercise the same power in preserving order at their meetings, under this act, as are given to judges of election for preserving order on election days; and vacancies in said board shall be filled in the same manner that vacancies are now filled at elections. (Id. § 38.) *§ 115. Double registering, or false registering-false swearing. Any person who shall cause his name to be registered in more than one election district, or who shall cause his name to be registered knowing that he is not a qualified voter in the district where said registry is made, or who shall falsely personate any registered voter, and any person causing, aiding or abetting any person in any manner in either of said acts, shall be punished for each and every offence by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. All intentional false swearing before said board of registration shall be deemed wilful and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction, punished as such. If any member or officer of said board shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this act, or be guilty of any fraud in the execution of the duties of his office, he shall be punished for each and every offence by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. (1878, c. 84, § 39.) *$116. Blanks to be furnished by secretary of state. The necessary blanks for making the registers required by law shall be prepared by the secretary of state, and transmitted to the persons entitled to receive them, in the same manner that blank returns of election are now transmitted. (Id. § 40.) SECTION. 1. Number of districts. 2 Counties in first district. СНАРТER II. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SECTION. 3. Counties in second district. *§1 Three congressional districts. The state of Minnesota is hereby divided into three congressional districts, each of which is entitled to elect one representative to the congress of the United States. (1872, c. 21, § 1.) * 2 First district. The counties of Winona, Houston, Olmsted, Fillmore, Dodge, Steele, Mower, Freeborn, Waseca, Faribault, Blue Earth, Watonwan, Martin, Jackson, Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and Rock, shall constitute the first congressional district. (Id. § 2.) *§3 Second district. The counties of Wabasha, Goodhue, Rice, Dakota, Scott, Le Sueur, Nicollet Brown, Sibley, Carver, McLeod, Renville, Redwood, Lyon, Swift, Chippewa and Kandiyohi shall constitute the second congressional district. (I. 3.) *§ 4. Third district. All that part of the state not included in the first and second districts, as described in sections one and two of this act, shall constitute the third congressional district. (Id. §4.) *§ 1. Number of members of each house. That for the next legislature, and thereafter until a new apportionment shall have been made, the senate of this state shall be composed of forty-one members, and the house of representatives shall be composed of one hundred and six members. (1871, c. 20, § 1.) § 2. Senatorial and Representative districts. That the representation in the senate and house of representatives be apportioned throughout the state in forty-one sen'atorial and representative districts, to wit: 1. The first district shall be composed of the county of Houston, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of La Crescent, town and village of Hokah, Mound Prairie, Union and Maysville, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns and village of Brownsville, Crooked Creek, Jefferson, and Winnebago, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns and village of Caledonia, Wilmington and Spring Grove, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Black Hammer, Yucatan, Sheldon, Houston and Money Creek, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 2. The second district shall be composed of the city of Rushford, and the towns of Arendahl, Rushford, Carrollton, Holt, Norway, Preston, Amherst, Preble, Harmony, Canton and Newburg, in the county of Fillmore, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and three representatives. 3. The third district shall be composed of the towns of Sumner, Jordan, Chatfield, Pilot Mound, Spring Valley, Fillmore, Fountain, Bloomfield, Forestville, Carimona, Beaver, York and Bristol, in the county of Fillmore, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Pilot Mound, Chatfield, Jordan and Sumner, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representa tive; and the towns of Spring Valley, Fillmore, Fountain and Carimona, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Bloomfield, Forestville, Beaver, York and Bristol, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 4. The fourth district shall be composed of the county of Mower, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 5. The fifth district shall be composed of the county of Freeborn, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 6. The sixth district shall be composed of the county of Faribault, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 7. The seventh district shall be composed of the towns of Saratoga, Elba, Norton, Hart, St. Charles city and town, Whitewater, Utica, Warren, Mt. Vernon and Fremont, in Winona county, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 8. The eighth district shall be composed of the towns of Rollingstone, town of Winona, Pleasant Hill, New Hartford, Hillsdale, City of Winona, Wilson, Homer, Dresbach, Wiscoy and Richmond, in Winona county, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and three representatives. 9. The ninth district shall be composed of the village and towns of High Forest, Rock Dell, Viola, Marion, Eyota, Pleasant Grove, Orion, Quincy, Dover and Elmira, in the county of Olmsted, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 10. The tenth district shall be composed of the towns of New Haven, Oronoco, Kalmer, Cascade, Salem, Farmington, Haverhill, and town and city of Rochester, in the county of Olmsted, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 11. The eleventh district shall be composed of the county of Dodge, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Canisteo, Mantorville, Milton and Vernon, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative, and the towns of Ashland, Claremont, Concord, Ellington, Hayfield, Ripley, Wasioja and Westfield, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 12. The twelfth district shall be composed of the county of Steele, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the city of Owatonna and the towns of Owatonna, Medford, Clinton Falls and Merton, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Deerfield, Meriden, Lemond, Berlin, Somerset, Summit, Oak Glen, Aurora and Havana, in said county shall be entitled to elect one representative. 13. The thirteenth district shall be composed of the county of Waseca, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 14. The fourteenth district shall be composed of the county of Blue Earth, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and five representatives. 15. The fifteenth district shall be composed of the county of Wabasha, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Lake City, West Albany, Glasgow and Pepin, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Wabasha, Greenfield, Watopa, Minneiska, and the village of Reed's Landing, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Sherman, Highland, Elgin and Plainview, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Mount Pleasant, Chester, Guilford, Mazeppa, Hyde Park and Zumbro, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 16. The sixteenth district shall be composed of the towns of Red Wing, Burnside, Grant, Featherstone, Hay Creek, Florence, Wacouta, Central Point, Belvidere and Goodhue, in the county of Goodhue, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the town of Red Wing, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Grant, Burnside, Featherstone, Hay Creek, Florence, Wacouta, Central Point, Belvidere and Goodhue, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 17. The seventeenth district shall be composed of the towns of Vasa, Cannon Falls, Lillian, Warsaw, Leon, Belle Creek, Holden, Wanamingo, Minneola, Zumbrota, Pine Island, Roscoe, Cherry Grove and Kenyon, in the county of Goodhue, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Belle Creek, Minneola, Zumbrota, Pine Island and Roscoe, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Wanamingo, Holden, Cherry Grove and Kenyon, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Leon, Warsaw, Lillian, Cannon Falls and Vasa, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 18. The eighteenth district shall be composed of the county of Rice, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and five representatives. 19. The nineteenth district shall be composed of the county of Le Sueur, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and three representatives. 20. The twentieth district shall be composed of the county of Dakota, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and five representatives. 21. The twenty-first district shall be composed of the county of Scott, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Belle Plaine, St. Lawrence, Sand Creek and Helena, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Cedar Lake, Credit River, Eagle Creek, Glendale, Newmarket, Shakopee City, Jackson, Louisville and Spring Lake, in said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 22. The twenty-second district shall be composed of the county of Washington, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of Afton, Cottage Grove, Denmark, Lakeland, Newport and Woodbury, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of Baytown, Grant, Cakdale, Marine and Stillwater town, shall be entitled to elect one representative; and Still water City shall be entitled to elect one representative. 23. The twenty-third district shall be composed of the first, second and third wards of the city of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the first and second wards of said city of St. Paul shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the third ward of said city of St. Paul shall be entitled to elect one representative. 24. The twenty-fourth district shall be composed of the fourth and fifth wards of the city of St. Paul, and the towns of McLean, Mound View, New Canada, Reserve, Rose and White Bear, in Ramsey county, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the fourth ward of the said city of St. Paul shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the fifth ward of said city of St. Paul shall be entitled to elect one representative; and the towns of McLean, Mound View, New Canada, Reserve, Rose and White Bear, of said county, shall be entitled to elect one representative. 25. The twenty-fifth district shall be composed of that part of Hennepin county that lies east of the Mississippi river, and the counties of Anoka and Isanti, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and two representatives. 26. The twenty-sixth district shall be composed of the third and fourth wards of the city of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, and the towns of Minneapolis, Richfield, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Excelsior, Minnetonka, Medina, Minnetrista, Plymouth and Independence, in said county, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and four representatives. 27. The twenty-seventh district shall be composed of the first and second wards of the city of Minneapolis, and the towns of Brooklyn, Champlin, Corcoran, Crystal Lake, Dayton, Greenwood, Hassan and Maple Grove, in said county, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and three representatives. 28. The twenty-eighth district shall be composed of the counties of Chisago, Pine, Kanabec and Aitkin, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and one representative. 29. The twenty-ninth district shall be composed of the counties of Lake, Itasca, Carlton, Cass and St. Louis, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and one representative. 30. The thirtieth district shall be composed of the counties of Sherburne, Benton, Morrison, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs, and shall be entitled to elect one senator and one representative. 31. The thirty-first district shall be composed of the county of Stearns, and shall be entitled to elect one senator; and the towns of St. Cloud city, St. Cloud town, St. Augusta and Lyndon, shall be entitled to elect one represent |