Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-10-25

per day, and the said other Ohcers three dollars
per day, during the session Of the legislative
bly but other officers shall be paid BY the United
States: Provided, That there shall be but one scs
sion of the legislature annually, unless an extra
ordinary occasion, the governor shall think proper
to call the legislature together. There shall be an
propriated, annually, the sum of fifteen hundred dol
lars, to be expended by the governor to defray the
contingent expenses Of the Territory, including the
salary OF clerk to the executive depaI tment and
there shall also be appropriated, snnay sufficient
sum, to be expended by the secretary Of the Terrific
ry, and upon an estimate to be made by the Secreta
of the Treasury of the United States to defray the
expenses of the legislative assembly, the printing of
laws, and other Incidental expenses and the 60
vernon and secretary of the Territory sh II, in the
disbursement of all moneys intrusted to them, be
governed solely by the instructions of the Secretary
OF the Treasury Of the United States, and shall semi
annually account to the said Secretary for the man
ner in which the aforesaid suml moneys shall have
been expended; and no expenditure, 10 be paid out
of money appropriated by Congress, shall he made
by said legislative assembly for objects not specially
authorized by the acts of Congress making the ap-
such objects.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That the rivers
and streams of water in said Territory of Oregon in
which salmon are found, or to which they resort,
shall not be obstructed by dams otherwise unless
such dams or or distractions so constructed as
to allow salmon to pass freely up and down such H.
vers and streams.
SEC. 49, And be it further enacted, That the sum of
nereDy, appropriated,
to he expended under the direction of the President
OF the United States in payment fer the services
expenses OF such persons as have been ngaged by
the provisional government of Oregon, in conveying
conveying communications to and from the United
States and the purchase of presents for such of the
Indian tribes the peace ard Quietude of the coun-
try requires.
SEC. IA. and be ii further enacted. That the inha-
bitants of said Territory shall be entitled TO enjoy all
and singular the rights, privileges and advantages
granted In pf he of
the United States northwest of the river Ohio, by the
articles of compact contained in the ordinance for
the government of said Territory, the thirteenth
day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty seven
and shall he subject to all the conditions and restc-
ons, and prohibitions in said articles Of compact
posed upon the people Of said Territory ard the
listing laws in force III the Territory of Oregon,
under the authority of the provisional government
established by the people thereof, shall continue to
be valid and operative theren far the same be
not Incompatible with the constitution OF the United
States, and the principles and provisions of this act
subject, nevertheless, to be altered: modified
pealed by the legislative assembly of the said Terri
tory of Oregon; but all laws heretofore passed in
said Territory, making grants of land, or otherwise
affecting nCumbhring the title lands. shall be.
and are hereby declared null and void and the laws
of the United states are hereby extended over and
declared to be force, in said Territory, as
the same, or any provision thereof may lie rpplica
BILE.
Sec IS. And be further enncfea That the lcglsla-
i've assembly Oh the territory OF oregon Shall hold
is first session at such time and place in sud
ritory as the governor th reof shall appoint and d-
rect anti at SAID first session, thereafter
as they shall deem exped lent, the legislative
bly, Shall proceed to locate and establish the of
government for said Territory at such place as they
may deem eligible; which place however. shall there
after be subject to be changed by said legislative
Sembly. And the sum Of live thousand dollars out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, is hereby appropriated and granted said
Territory of Oregon to be there applied. by the go
vernor to the erection Of suitable bull ings at the
seat of government.
SEC. Is. And be further enacted Th2t a delegate
to- the House OF Representatives. OF the United States
to for the term of two years, who shall be
citizen Ct the United States, may be elected by the
voters qualified to elect members Of the Legislative
assembly, who shall be entitled to the rights
and privileges as have been retofDre and
eGjo, ed by the delegates from the several other Ter
ritories Of the United States the said House of
representatives.; but the delegate first elected shall hold
his seat only during the term of the Congress TO
which he shall be elected. The first election shall
be held at such time and places and be conducted in
such manner, the governor shall appoint and d.
rect; of which, and the time, place. and manner of
holding such elections, he shall give at least sixty
days notice by proclamation; and at all subsequent
electonS the urieS, places, and manner of holding
the elections shall be prescribed ny law. The per
son having the greatest number Of votes shall be de-
Clarcd by the governor to be duly elected, and
! tfcae thereof shall be given accordingly. The de-
egatc from said Territory shall not be entitled to
ctive more than twenty five hundred dollars, at any
one session OF Congress, as compensation for his
mileage in going to, and returning from the seat of
the government of the United States any act of Con-
gress to the contrary notwit!IS landing.
/ SEC. II. And be il further cnattsd, That ell suits,
process and proceedings civil and criminal, at law
and in chancery, and all indictments and Informal
tons, which shall be pending and undetermined in
the courts established by authority Of the provision
al government of Oregon, within the limits Of said
Territory, when this act shall take effect, shall be
transferred TO be heard, tried, prosecuted and deter
mined III the district courts heI eby eStabi which
may include the counties districts where any such
proceeding may be pending. All bonds, recognizan-
ces and obligations of every kind wha soever valid
under the existing laws within the limits Of said Ter
riory shall be valid under this act: and all crimes
and misdemeanors against the laws in force within
said limits may be prosecuted, tiled, and punished
in the courts established by this act and all penal
ties, forfcureS, actions, and causes of action, may
be recovered under this act in like as they
would have been under the laws in force within the
limits composing said Territory at the time this Oct
shall go into operation: Provided, That the laws,
penalties, and forfeiturcs and punshments, by this
section required to be enforced by the courts prov
ded for by this act, shall not be inconsistent with
the constitution of the United States: And prorided
further, That right of action whatever shall ac-
crue against any person for any act done in pursu
ance of any law heretofore passed by the temporary
government, and which may be declared contrary to
the constitution OF the United States.
SEC IS. And be further enacted That all justices
Of the peace, constables, shers, and all other Judi
cal and ministerial officers, who shall be In office
within the limits of said Territory when this act
shall take effect, shall be and they hereby
rized and required to continue exercise and per-
firm the duties of their respective offices officers
Of the Territory Of Oregon until they others shall
be duly elect appointed, and qualified to fill ei,
places in the manner herein directed, or until their
Offices shall be abolished.
SEC. 10. And be ii further enacted, That the of
five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby
appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not
| otherwise appropriated, to be expended, bynpnd uE
der the direction of the said governor of the terri
tory of oregon, in the purchase of library, to be
kept at tn seat of government for the of the
governor, legislative assembly, judges of the Su-
preme court, secretary marshall, and attorney Of
said Territory. and such other persons, and under
such regulations, as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 20. And be further enacted, That when the
lands in the sand Territory shall be snrved under the
direction of the government of the United States,
preparatory to bringing the into market, Sec
ton numbered sixteen and thirty six in each town
ship in said territory shall be- and the same is here
by, reserved for the purpose of being applied to
schools in said Territory, and in the States and ter
rtories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
SEC. q. And be further enacted, That, until 9TH
erwise provided for by law, the governor of said
/ Territory may define the judicial districts Of said
territory, and assign the judges who may be ap-
pointed for said territory to the several DISTRICTS
and also appoint the times and places for holding
conrts in the several counties subdivisions in
each of said judicial districts by proclamation to he