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 490 UNITED STATES :— MINNESOTA

Books of Reference.

Reports of the various State Officers.

Hulletin of Manufactures ; 13th Census, Washington, 191

Bulletin of Agricultm e ; 13th Census, Washington, 1910.

Michigan Fanner, Vol. 137. ^ xt v i mr,.

Cook (W.), Michigan: Its History and Government. New York, 1906

CooleyiT. M.), Michigan : A History of Governments 2nded. Boston, 1886.

MINNESOTA.

Government —The legislature consists of a Senate of 63 members, one beint^ elected in each of the legislative districts, and a House of Representatives of 119 members elected in the same districts in numbers proportioned to population. Senators are elected for 4 years, half their number retiring every 2 years ; Representatives are elected for 2 years. Governor.— A. 0. Eberhart 1913-15 (7,000 dollars.) Secretary of State. — Jwliws, A. Schmahl.

There are 82 counties, few of which contain less than 400 square miles and 2 000 inhabitants. Townships, as in other western States, are, o-eographically, areas of land 6 miles square, each divided into 36 sections of Sne square mile, numbered on a uniform principle. When organised they are corporate bodies with a town-meeting, 3 supervisors, and_ other officers elected for one year. Incorporated villages have not less than 175 inhabii:ants; they form separate election and assessment districts and have each a village council. The State Capital is St. Paul.

Area, Population, Education. —Area 83,365 square miles, of which 4 160 square miles is water. The population in 1910 numbered 2,075,708 (i 108 511 males and 967,197 females), of whom 7,084 Avere coloured. The foreif^n born inhabitants numbered 505,318, coinprising, 117,007 Germaus, 115 476 Swedes, 104,895 Norwegians, 35,515 English Canadians, 22,428 Irish, 16 299 Danes, 12,063 French Canadians, and 12,022 English. The Indian Reservations in the State have an area of 1,481 square miles and contain

over 9,000 Indians. r. no •

The largest towns are Minneapolis with a population of 301,408 m 1910 • St. Paul (the administrative capital), 214,744 ; Duluth, 78,466 ; Winona, 18,583; Stillwater, 10,198; Mankato, 10,365.

The chief religious bodies are: the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Metho- dist, Presbvterian, and Baptist.

In 1910 the public elementary schools of the State had 15,15/ teachers and 440,083 enrolled pupils ; 199 public high schools had 1,080 teachers and 23,613 pupils. For the instruction of teachers (who are examined and licensed by county superintendents) there were 6 public normal schools with 111 teachers and 3,601 pupils in 1910. The University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, founded in 1868, had 269 professors and 4,432 students m 1910. Other institutions for superior instruction are :—

I /-< 11 Professors, afnfip„+o

Begun ' Colleges ^^ ; Students

1854 Hauiline Univ., St. Paul (M.E.)

1857 ' St. John's Univ., CoUegeville (R.C.)

186-2 Gustavus Adolpbus Coll., St. Peter (Luth.)

1807 Carleton College, Northfield.

187-1 St. Olafs Coll., Northtield (Luth.).

1885 Macalester Coll., St. Paul (Presb.).

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