The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-12-19

the same regulation aud penalties, and be entities
to the same fees as the marshal Of the distric
court Of the United States for the present Terri
I tory of Oregon, and shall, in addition, be pai
two hundred Ldollarsl annually, as compeusa
tlon for extra services.
SEC. IL. .4adbe it further enacted, That In
governor, secretary. chief justice and associate
Justices, attorney and marshal, shall be nomina
ted, and, by and with the advice and consent o
the Senate, appointed by the President Of tn,
United States. The governor and secretary to b,
appointed as aforesaid shall, before they act a.
such, respectively take an oath or affirmation, be-
fore the district Judge, justice Of the peace
IN the limits of said Territory, duly authorized tc
administer oathsa affirmations by the laws now
IN force therein. before the chief justice SON,
associate justice Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, to support Sthe Constitution of tho
United States, and faithfully to discharge the dn-
ties of their respective offices; which said oaths
when SO taken, shall be certified by the person by
whom the same shall have been taken, and suci,
certificates shall be received and recorded by the
SAID secretary among the executive proceedings
and the chief justice and associate Justices, and
all other civil officers in said Territory before they
act as such, shall takea like oath or affirmation,
before the said governor or secretary, or some
Judge justice of the peace of the Territory who
may be duly commissioned and qualified, which
said oath affirmation shall be certified md trans.
mited, by the porson takn.. Inc same, TO the sec
rotary, TO be by hln recorded as aforesaid; and
afterwards, the like oath or affirmation, shall be
taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner
and form as may be prescribed by law. The GOV
ernor shall receive annual salary Of fifteen un-
dred dollars as governor, and one thousand dol
lars superintendent of Indian affairs. The chief
justice and associate Justices shall each receive
annual salary of eIghteea hundred dollars. The
.,at,.u L.
teen hundred dollars. The said salary shall be
paid quarter-yeary. at the Treasury Of the United
States. The members of the Legislative Assem-
bly, shall be entitled receive three dollzrs each
per day during their attendance at the sessions
thereof, and three dollars each for every twenty
miles travel in going to and returning from the
said sessions, estimated according To the nearest
usually travelled route, There shall be appro-
priated annually, the sum Of one thousand dollars
TO be expended by the governor, to defray the
contingent expenses Of the Territory; there shall
also be appropriated annually sufficient sun TO
be expended by the Secretary Of the Territory,
and upon an estimate to be made BY the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury of the United States, 10 defray
the expenses Of the Legislative Assembly, the
printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses;
and the Secretary Of the Territory snail annually
account to the Secretary Of the Treasury Of the
United States for the manner in which the afore-
said sum shall have been expended.
SEC. l3. .And be it further enacted, That the
Legislative Assembly Of the Territory of New
Mexico shall hold its first session al such time and
place IN said Territory as the Governor thereof
shall appoint and direct; and al said first session,
soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient,
the Governor and Legislative Assembly shall pro-
ceed TO locate and establish the scat Of govern
ment for said Territory at such place as they may
deem eligible; which place, however, shall there
after be subjected to he changed by the said Gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly.
SEC. IA. -4nd be ii further enacted, That
delegate 10 the House OF Representatives Of the
United States, to serve during each Congress of
the United States, may be elected by the voters
qualified to elect members OF the Legislative AS
semhly, who shall be entitled TO he same rights
and privileges as are exercised ?nd enjoyed by
the delegates from the several other Territories
Of the United States to the said House Of Repre-
sen iaiives. The first election shall be held at
sach time and places, and be conducted in such
manner, as the Governor shall appoint and direct;
and at all subsequent elections the tines, places
and manner of holding the elections shall be pre-
scrIbed by law. The person having the greatest
number "a votes, shall be declared b. the Gov
ernor, 10 be duly elected, and a certificate there
of shall be given accordingly; Propiiei, That
such delegate shall receive no higher sum for
mileage than is allowed by law to the delegate
from Oregon.
SEC. Is .and BE- it further enacted. That
when the lands in said Territory shall be survey
cd under the direction Of the Government of the
United States, preparatory to bringing the same
into marset sections numbered sixteen and thirty
six, in each township in said Territory shall be,
and the same are hereby reserved for the purrOse
Of being applied to schools in said Territory, and
in the States and Territories hereafter to be erect
cd out OF the same.
SEC. is. .Anf be it further enacted, That
temporarily, and until otherwise provided by law,
the Governor of said Territory NAV deGre the
Judicial districts Of said Territory, and assign the
judges wEo may be appointed for said Territory
to tile several districts, and also appoint the times
and phases Tor holding courts in the several coun-
ties subdivisions in each of said judicial districts
by proclamation 10 be issued by him: but the Leg
isatve assembly. at their first or any subsequent
session, may organize, alter. or modify such lu-
dica districts, and assign the Judges and alter the
times and places of holding the courts 10 them
shall seem proper ard convenient.
SEC. II. .and be IL further enacted, That the
Constitution, and all laws of the United States,
which are not locally inapplicable, shall have The
same force and effect within the said Territory Of
New Mexico as elsewhere within the United
States.
SEC. Is Jand be 1t further enacted, Tha, The
provisions Of this act be, and they hereby sus
pended until the boundary between the United
States and the State OF Texas shall be adjusted,
and when such adjustment shall have been effect
ed, the President Of the United States shall issue
bis proclamation, declaring this act TO be IN full
force and operation, and shall proceed 10 appoins
the officers herein provided to be appointed IN and
for said Territory.
SEC. l9. md be ii further enacted. That no
citizen Of the United States shall be deprived of
his life, liberty, property, in said Teni,ory,
cept by the judgment Of his peers and the laws
Of the land.
Approved September 9, 1850.
SAD RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY, FOR FOND
HUsBAND:--sOne of The most curious re-
turns from Siberia, where many Of my
countrymen were sent during the war Of
Napoleon, and whence so few returned, is
that of a man named Sebastian Haltzaker,
90 years old, who was captured in 1918. and
seat to the mines. The poor old man found
his wife married to another. She hid ex-
pected him five years, and having not heard
anything about his fate, had married anoth-
er man."-[ib.
LOLA Monies THINKTr:G OF PIETv.-
"Lo1a Mcntes, the celebrated Grentureriere
does not wish TO be consoled, since the de-