The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-09

hold his Office for Eve years, unless sooner
removed by the President of the United
States; he shall record and preserve all
the laws and proceedings of the legisla-
tive assembly hereinafter constituted,
and all the acts and proceedings of the
governor in his executive department
he shall transmit one copy of the laws
and Journals Of the legislative assembly
within thirty days after the end of each
session, and one copy of the. executive
4 proceedings and official correspondence
Esemi-anuaiiy, on the first days of Janu-
ary And July in each year, to the Pres
ident of the United States, and two cop
les of the laws to the President of the
Senate and to the Speaker of the House
of REPRESENTATIVES, to be deposited in
the libraries of Congress and in case of
the death, removal, resignation, or ab-
absence of the governor from the Ter
ritory, the secretary shall be, and he is
hereby, authorized and required to ex-
ecute and perform all the powers and
duties of the governor during such va
cancy or absence, or until another gov
ernor shall be duly appointed and quail
fled to fill such vacancy.
| SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted
That the legislative power and authority
/ of said Territory shall be vested in the
governor and s legislative assembly.
The legislative assembly shall consist of
a council and house of representatives
The cnhncii shall consist of thirteen
members, having the qualifications of
voters, as hereinafter prescribed, whose
term of serHice shall continue two years.
The house of representatives shall, at its
first session, consist of twenty-six men,
| befs, possessing the same qualifications
as prescribed for members of the council,
and whose term of service shall continue
one year. The number of representa-
tives may be increased by the legislative
assembly, from time to time, in proper
tion to the increase of qualified voters
.PrOVided, that the whole number shall
never exceed thirty-nine. An appor-
tionment shall be made, as nearly equal
as practicable, among the several coun-
! ties or districts, for the election of the
council and representatives., giving to
each section of the Territory represents
ton in the ratio of its qualified voters
az nearly as may be. And the members
of the council and of the house of rep
resentatives shall reside in, and be IN
habitants of, the district or county, or
counties, for which they may be elected
respectively. Previous to the first cleo
ton, the governor shall cause census,
or enumeration of the inhabitants and
qualified voters of the several counties
and districts of the Territory, to be ia
ken by such persons and in such mode
as the governor shall designate and ap-
point; and the persons so appointed
shall receive reasonable compensation
therefor. And the first election shall be
held at such time and place, and be
conducted in such manner, both as to the
persons who shall superintend such cleo
tions and the returns thereof, as the gov
ernor shall appoint and direct; and he
shall at the same time declare the num-
Der of members of the council and house
Of representatives to which each of the
counties or districts shall be entitled
under this act.-The persons having the
highest number of legal votes in each of
said council districts for members of the
council, shall be declared by the gov
ernor to be duly elected to the council
and the persons having the highest num-
Der of legal votes for the house of repre-
sentatives, shall be declared by the gov
ernor to be duly elected members of
said house ProUided, That in case two
or more persons voted for shall have an
equal number of votes, and in case a va
cancy shall otherwise occur in either
branch of the legislative assembly, the
governor shall order q new election
and the persons thus elected to the leg
islatiye assembly shall meet at such
place and on such day as the governor
shall appoint But thereafter, the time,
place, and manner of holding and con-
Quoting all elections by the people, and
the apportioning the representation in
the several counties or districts to the
council and house of representatives, &C
cording to the number of qualified vo-
ters, shall be prescribed by law, as well
as the day of the commencement of the
regular session of the legislative assem-
bly,: Provi4ed, That no session in any
one year shall exceed the term of forty
days, except the first session which may
continue sixty days.
SEC. %. Aasd be 1t further enacted,
That every free white male inhabitant
above the age of twenty-one years who
shall be an actual resident of said Ter
ritory, and shall possess the qualifca-
tions hereinafter prescribed, shall be
entitled to vote at the first election, and
shall be eligible to any Office within the
said Territory; but the qualifications of
voters, and of holding office, at all sub
sequent elections, shall be such as shall
be prescribed by the legislative assembly:
Provided, That the right of suffrage and
of holding officel shall be exercised only
by citizens of the United States, and
those who shall have declared on oath
their intention to become such; and
shall have taken an oath to support the
constitution of the United States and
the provisions of, this act: A7ad prom.
ded further, That no officer; soldier, sea-
man, or marine, or other persons in the
army or navy of the United States, or
attached to troops in the service Of the
United States, shall be allowed to vote
or hold Office in said Territory by rea-
son of being on service therein,
SEC. "a. And be 1t further enacted,
That the legislative power of the Ter
ritory shall extend to all rightful sub
jects of legislation consistent with the
constitution of the United States and the
provisions of this act; but no law shall
be passed interfering with the primary
disposal of the soil no tax shall be i'm
posed upon the property of the United
States nor shall the lands or other