The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-10

handfeo oot'afs annually as compensation for ex- Ira services.
 Sec. II. Aud 6e il fariser eaacsed, Tha, the vov- ernor. crctiry, chief justice. and associate 9s,i ees attorney, ad dnasshal shall Do iiosnimated and by and with the advice and cuasent of the Senase appointed by the President of tive United S,ates- The governor and secretary to be appointed s sfore said sla befre they act such respectively take an oath or affirmation. before the district iu re or some justice of the peace in tue limits Of said CT riory, duly authorized to administer oath and afr nations by the laws tn force fhereia or beier. the chief justice some associate ustce of fe s.. preuis court of the United States to support the constitution of the United States amt fasthiuly io discharge tho dqtcs of tsir respective offices; which said oaihs, whea 30 taken. shall be certified by the person by whom the same sllali have been taken. and such cefliiicaies sla be received and recorded by tie sail secretary anong the executive proceed ings; and the chi justice and associatc lusticss and all other cisii officers in said Territory beeFe they act such, slail take like oather affirmation before the said goveraot ss ssceretary, jnigo or lustce of the peace ot tle rerFitogy, who may be duly oouhmissioHed and qualified which salt osth or atiirmati9n siiall be certified end tfapsaniiteA. ny the person tgking the same, to the secretary, to be by him recorded as aforc- said, aud afierwsrds ihe like oath or affirmation shall 5e tskea. certified, and recorded, in sncii manilef and lertn us llly lc preseFias hy law Iha governor shali receive an annual salary of fifteen
 
 dollars az superintendent of Indian aiSa rs. The chief justice and associate justices stan each receive all anuuais lary oftw0 thousand dollars The secretary shall receive sn annnd salary of fifteen hnadred dollars. The said salaries shall bc paid yearly, from the dates of the respective ap pointments, at the treasury of the United states; but such payment shai be made until said off. cers sha have entered upon te duties of their pcctive appointments. The members of the iegisIa- tive assembly shall be entitled to receive three dol lars each per day during their attendance Ut the sessions thereof aud three dollars each for every twenty miles travel in going 10 and returning from said sessions, estimated according to the nearest usaay travelled rouie. And chief clerk. tnc,as- sistant clerk, sergeant at-arms, and dooIkeepet. may De chosen for each house; and the chief clerk shall receive five dollars per day, and tue said other officers three dollars per day, during the session of the legislative assembly; but otber officers shall be paid by the United Stules. Pfssided, That iherc shall be but session Of ts Legislature rnBpliy. unless on extraordinary occasion the governor shall thInk proper to call the legislature together There shall be appropriated, annually, the O fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended by ihe gov ernor 10 defray the eenti gent expenses of the Ter rsory, including Inc salary of clerk of the cx-ctt- tive departments and there shall also be appropriated spnu dy, sufficient sun, tc be expended i,y tho secretary of the Territory, and upon a estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to dyi-ay fhe expenses of tlie legislative assembly, the printing of tile lIws, and other incidental expenses; and tie governor and secretary Of tIe Territory shall, in the dis bursement of all m0nsey iBtrusted 10 them, be governed solely by line instructions of Il . Sec retary of the Treasury of tic Unite $ ates, and shall semi-annnaly account to the said Secre- tary for the manner in which the afor said sum moneys shall have been expended; aud no expendi ture, to be paid out of money appropriate by Con- gross, slail be made by said legislative assembly, for ili hx,f he nf res' making the appropriations nor beyond the sanls thus appropriated for such objects
 Sec. i2 fad De d fafiher ena fed That the rivers ai'd streams of wa'er in saii Territory of OFegoa, ia which salmon arg fland, to which they rrsori, s II ot he Vbsructed by dams or otherwise, unless saeh iiauls or obsfuctions SC constructed to allow $ hnon to pass freely up and down such riv- CTS and streams
 Sec. a. Uni De HEagther enqefsd, Tha, the sum of ten thousand dollars be- and is reby, appropris ted, to be expended under the direcio Of the Prcsi dent of the Unted States, in payments Of the seT,i ces and expenses of such persons as have been en gagged by the provisional government of Oregon, in conveying communications to and from the Unted States all the purchase of presents for such of the Indian tribes as ,he peace and quetude of the coun try requires.
 Sec. II. .aai6 De ifHsih eaaeied That the inhab itants of said Territory shall be entitled t1 enoy all aud singular the rights, privalcges. and advantages grantef and secured to the people of the 1e rtory oi the Unied States uorthwes' uf the river Ohio, by the articles ei compact contained in the ordinance for the government of sail Territory, the thir- seehtlf 'iay of July, seventeen hundred and eighty seven; sIaft be subject to all the conaions, and restrictions, ana prohibitions in sai articles oi com pact imposed uPoI the people ci said Territory and tbe existing laws now in force iit fire Territory of Oregon under the authority of the proysiolfai gov ernmeot established by tire people thereof, shall eonlinae to be sai ana operative therein, so far the same be not incompatible with he constitution ol the United States, aud the pinc pes and provis ions o this act subect nevertheless to be altered. modified rePealed by inc legislative assembly of the satd Territory ot Oregon; but all laws heretofore passed iu sui Territory making grants of land, otherwise affecting ncubering the title to lands shall be- aud hereby declared null aud void and the laws of the United States arc hereby extended over aud de Jared 10 be a force, in said Territory 80 lar as the sape or any provision thereof, may ie applicable
 Sec. lJ .4Ri be 4 further eaactcd, That the legis iative assembly ol the Territory of Oregon shall hold it's first session d, such lime and place ia said Territory as the governor thereof shall sppoint ahd dsrect and at said tr session, hereaf q as they shall deem eNpedeat ihe legislative asse,n by shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory a. sgcs place they may deem eligible; which piace. however, shall thereaiter be subject 10 be changed hy said egisa tive assembly. Adj the of five thousand dol '1ss oNh ot any H'onty th trc Htbeuff hni wise appropri tied Is hereby appropriated and gran- ted io said Territory Of 0regon 10 be there applied by te governor, 10 the erection of suitable buildings al ihe seat of government
 SEC. l6. .4af be H further cHats3. That dele gate to the House of Representatives of the Ubitcd States, to for the term of two years, who shall be citizen of tic United States may be eieetca by the voters qualified io elect embers of the lesisa tive assembly, who shaii be entitled tO the saf,ls rights and prs iegcs as have been heretofore ex ercsed and enioyed by th. delegates frota the ral other Territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives. but tis descg .te first elected shall hold his sat oay during the term of congress 10 which he shall bs elected. The first election shall he held at such tine aud places, and be conducted in such manner the ga- vernon sall appoiat aud direct oi which, aud ihe tilne, place, and manner oi holding such elections, he shall give al least siaty days notice by ProcaA- ton; and at all subsequent elections, inc times. places and manner of holding the elections shall b. presc bed by law The person having the greatest