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Notice"
The following are the main provisions Of
the Nebraska-Kansas bill, as passed by
both Houses of Congress, and now law ::
A new Territory named Nebraska, is to
be organized, composing all that portion
OF the hitherto unOrganized territory of the
United States lying between Iowa and
Minnesota on the east the British possess
ions (lat 40 deg.) on the north, the sum-
nit of the Rocky Mountains on the west,
and parallel Of n. lat. 40 deg. on the south
forming tract about thousand miles
from east TO west by little over six hun
dred from north to south. The Governor
is to fix the temporary seat of government
of this Territory. The rights Of the Indi-
ans are not to he impaired or affected by
its organization. 1t is all now Indian
territory, aud there are probably not three
hundred white men settled within its limits
-and what few are there are either Gov
ernment employees or squatters, mainly
hunters, trapperS, Indian traders, &c.l
A Governor, (salary $4,000 Secreta-
ry, (salary 5000 Chief Justice and two
Associate Justices, Salaries $4,000 each }
District Attorney and Marshal (paid
by fees for said Territoy shall be ap-
pointed by the President and Senate-all
to serve for four years, Except the Secrc
tary, e)-all to be paid quarterly out of
the Treasury Of the United States.
A Legislative Council of thirteen and a
! Iof A ,1f
bers shall be chosen-the former for two
years, the latter for one yearly the free
white male inhabitants of said Territory,
who urc either citizens of the United States
or shall have declared their intention of
becoming such, and sworn allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States. The
Governor is TO take census, divide the
Territory into election districts, apportion
the members aud designate the time for
holding the election. He has beyond this
a veto on all acts of the Legislature, which
can only be overcome by two-thirds vote
in either branch Township, district and
county officers are to be appointed or
elected" as the Governor and Legislative
Assembly shall dictate. Members Of the
Assembly have So per day each, and the
same for each twenty miles travel, to be
paid out Of the u S Treasury, with pub
lie buildings, clerk-hire sergeant-at-arms, a
library, printing, &c, for each House A
delegate to Congress is to be chosen, and
to have the pay and power of other dele
gates ..l..'..
As there appears to be vast deal Of
misapprehension aaoat with regard to the
slavery clause in the bill. the reader will
find it inserted in the following article
which we copy from the Quincy (nl) Her
aid, Of March last
"WHAr Is THE NEBRASKA Bill "A
great many very good people appear to
misapprehend entirely the nature and char
acter Of the Nebraska BILL The provision
of this bill which the abolitionists and their
whig allies have seized upon as an excuse
for their present attempt at agitation,
reads as follows:
That the constitution and laws Of the
United States, which are not locally inap-
plcable, shall have the same force and CT
feet within the said Territory Of Nebraska
as elsewhere in the United States, except
the 9Th section Of the act preparatory to
the admission Of Missouri into the Union,
approved March 6, 1920, which being in
consistent with the principles Of non-inter-
reaiiOa 6y Congress ,1ith sidrery in the
States and TERRITORIES as recognized by the
legislation Of 1850, Commonly called Che
compromise measures, is hereby declared
imperative and void, IT BEING THE TRUE IN
TENT AND MEANING OF THIS ACT NOT TO LEG
IsLvTE SLAVERY INTO ANY TERRIToRY OR
STATE, nor to exclude ii therefrom, but to
LEAVE THE PEOPLE THEREOF PERFECTLY FREE
TO FORM AND REGULATE THEIR DOMESTIC INsrl-
ruTfoNs IN THEIR OWN WAY, subject only to
| the constitution Of the United States
Prorided, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to revive or put in force
any law or regulation which may have ex-
listed prior to the act Of 9Th March, 1890,
either protecting establishing or abolish
ing slavery"
fSec. 10. Aud be II further enacted.
That the provisions of an act entitled An
act respecting fugitiyes from justice and
persons escaping from the service Of their
masters approved February twelve, sew
enteen hundred and ninety three, and the
provisions of the act entitled An act to
amend, and supplementary to, the aforesaid
act, approved September eighteen eighteen
hundred and fifty be, and the same are
hereby, declared 10 extend 10 and be in full
force within the limits of said Territory of
Nebraska . u
Such are the provisions Of the bill as
respects Nebraska, which are all repeated
with the slight needhl variations, with re-
gard to KaRsas, which is bounded as fol-
lows:
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