Excerpt from Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention for the Territory of Minnesota: To Form a State Constitution Preparatory to Its Admission Into the Union as a State State for the purpose of completing the public buildings, or for the erection of others at the seat of Government, under the direction of the Legislature thereof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.