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Photographs personal residences of lawyers and judges in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic Federal Courthouses in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota - Part One.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Two.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Three.
Photographs of the St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse. (1932).

























































































Viewing Public Law 280 (1953).


Public Law 280 (1953).

Under Public law 280, passed by the 83rd Congress in 1953, the federal government transferred jurisdiction to Minnesota and four other states over crimes committed on and civil suits arising on certain Indian reservations located within these states. As a PL 280 state, Minnesota assumed jurisdiction over crimes and certain civil suits arising on all reservations except the Red Lake Reservation.

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