Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-05-02
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such eases the same fees which the clerks OF
the district courts of Oregon Territory now /.
receive for similar services.
Sec. 10. And Re Il further enacted, Tha. f.
there shall be appointed an attorney for said /
Territory, who shall continue in Office for
four years, unless sooner removed by the
President, and who shall receive the same
fees and salary as the attorney of the Unit
ed States for the present Territory of Ore
gon. There shall also be marshal for the
Territory appointed, who shall hold his of
fee for four years, unless sooner removed
by the, President, and who shall execute -
processes issuing from the said courts when
exercising their jurisdiction as circuit and
district courts of the United States; he shall
perform the duties, be subject to the same
regulation and penalties, and be entitled to
the same fees as the marshal of the district
court of the United States for the present
Territory OF Oregon; and shall, in addition,
be paid two hundred dollars annually as a
compensation for extra services.
Sec IL. And be Il .turtier enacted, That
| the governor, secretary, chief justice and
associate justices, attorney and marshal,
| shall be nominated, and, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, appointed
! by the President of the United States
| The governor and secretary to be appointed
as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such,
respectively take an oath or affirmation be
fore the district Judge, or some justice of
the peace in the limits of said Territory, du
" authorized to administer oaths and afiir-
nations by the laws now in force therein,
or before the chief justice or some associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, TO support the Constitution of the
United States, and faithfully to discharge
the duties 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 such 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 take IA like oath or
affirmation, before the said governor or sec
retsry, or some judge or justice of the peace
of the Territory, who may be dull commits
stoned and qualified, which said oath or af
firmation shall be certified and transmitted
by the person taking the same, to the sec
retarv, TO be by him 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 governor shall receive an an
; nual salary of fifteen hundred dollars as
governor and one thousand dollars as su-
perintendent of Indian affairs. The chief
. justice and associate justices shall each re-
6 ceive an annual salary Of eighteen hundred
dollars. The secretary shall receive an an
nual salary of eighteen hundred dollars
{ The said salaries shall be paid quarter
, yearly, at the treasury of the United States.
The members of the legislative assembly
, shall be entitled to receive three dollars each
, per day during their attendance at the ses-
, sions 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 appropriated annu-
ally 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 a sufii-
cient sum to be expended by the secretary
q of the Territory, and upon an estimate to be
made by the Secretary of the Treasury OF
|, the United States, TO defray the expenses OF
> the legislative assembly, the printing of the
! laws, and other incidental expenses; and
the secretary of the Territory shall annual
" account to the Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States for the manner in which
q the aforesaid sum shall have been expended
: Sec. 12. And be 1t further enacted, That
1 the Legislative assembly of the Terrific
t ry of Utah shall hold IFS first session
: at such time and place in said Terri
i tory as the governor thereof shall
t appoint and direct; and at said first
b session, or as soon thereafter as they shall
:; deem expedient, the governor and legisla
t tive assembly shall proceed to locate and
!. establish the seat of government for said
E. Territory at such place as they may deem
K eligible; which place, however, shall there
e after be subject to be changed by the said
: governor and legislative assembly. And
e the sum of twenty thousand dollars, out o
\ any money in the Treasury not otherwise
: appropriated and granted to said Territory
e of Utah, to be applied by the Governor and
! legislative assembly to the erection of suit
able public buildings at the seat of govern
r ment
Sc. 13. And be It further enacted. Tha
:, delegate to the House of Representative:
d of the United States, to serve during eacl
n Congress of the United States, may be e
d lected by the voters qualified to elect mem
d bers of the legislative assembly, who shal
t be entitled to the same rights and privilege.
:, as are exercised and enjoyed by the dele
: gates from the several other Territories o
il the United States to the said House of Re
t representatives.. The first election shall b,
# held al such time and places, and be con
!, Quoted in such manner, as the governo
It shall appoint and direct; and at all subse
e quent elections, the times, places, and man
i ner of holding the elections shall be pre-
/; seribed by law. The person having the
II greatest number of votes shall be declared
n by the governor to be duly elected, and Z
d certificate thereof shall be given according
e ly: Propided, That said delegate shall re-
ceive no higher sum for mileage than is al
It lowed by law to the delegate from Oregon
y ii. And be II further enacted, That
It the sum of five thousand dollars be, and
b the same is hereby appropriated, out of a.
e ny moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
j, appropriated, to be expended by and un-
d der the direction ofsaid Governor of the
: Territory of Utah, in the purchase of Ii
# brary, to be kept at the seat of Government
n for the use of the governor, legislative as
n sembly, judges of the supreme court. Sec