The Kansas herald of freedom., 1854-10-21

t ister oafhs and affirmatioas BY the laws
now in force therein. or before the chief
. justice, OF soma associate justice ef the
. supreme court of the United States, To
support the constitution OF The United
States, and faithfully u discharge the dsl-
ties OF their respective offices, which said
oatis. when sa taken, shall be certified by
the person by whom the same shall have
been taken; and such certificates shall he
. received and recorded ay The said seere-
iarY among the executive proceedings !;
and the chief justice and associate justices,
and all other civil officers III said Territory,
before they act as such, shall take a like
oath or affirmation before the said govern
OF OF secretary, or some Judge OF justice
of the peace Of the Territory, who may
be Guly commissioned and qualified, which
said oath or affirmation shall be certified
and transmitted by the person taking the
same to the secretary u be by him re-
corded 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 annual sal
ary of two thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
The chief justice and associate justices
shall receive an annual salary of two thou
sand dollars. The said salaries shall be
paid quarter-yearly, from the date of the
respective appointments, at the treasury
of the United States: but no such pay
nent shall be made until said officers shall
have entered upon the duties of their re-
spective appointments. The members of
the legislative assembly shall be entitled
to receive three dollars each per day dur
| ing their attendance at the sessions there
OF, and three dollars each for every twenty
miles travel in going to and returning
| from the said sessions, estimated accord
ing to the nearest usually travelled route;
and an additional allowance of three dol
lars shall be paid to the presiding officer
Of each house for each day he shall 50
preside. And chief clerk, one assistant
clerk, a sergeant alarms, and doorkeeper,
may be chosen for each house; and the
chief clerk shall receive four dollars per
tlay, and the said other officers three dol
lars per day, during the session of the
legislative assembly; but no other officers
shall be paid by the United States Pro-
vided, That there shall be but one session
of the Legislature annually, unless, on an
extraordinary occasion, the governor shall
think proper to call the Legislature to-
gether. There shall be appropriated an
nualy, the usual sum To be expended by
the governor, TO defray the contingent ex-
penses of the Territory, including the sal
AIRY of clerk of the executive department;
and there shall also be appropriated, an
nualIy, a sufficient sum to be expended by
the secretary 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 govern
or and secretary of the Territory, shall, in
the disbursement OF all lnoneys intrusted
to them, be governed solely by the in
.tructions of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury of the United States, and shall semi
annually, account to the said Secretary for
the manner in which the aforesaid mon
eys shall have been expended and no
expenditure shall be made 10y said legis-
lative assembly for. objects not specially
authorized by the acts of Congress max
ing the appropriations, nor beyond the
sums thus appropriated 70. such objects.
SEC 81. Aad be ii further enacted,
That The seaI 0f government of said Ter
ritory is hereby located temporarily at
Fort Leasenworth;* and that such por-
tons Of the public buildings as may not
be actually used and needed for military
purposes may be occupied and used under
The direction of the governor and legila-
tive assembly, for such public purposes
as may be required under the provisions of
this act.
Sec. 80. And be At further enacted,
That delegate to the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States, to serve
for the term of two years, who shall be citi- |
zen of the United States, may beelected By |
the voters qualified to elect members of
the legislative assembly, who shall be en-
titled to the same rights and privileges as
are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates
from the several other Territories of the
United States to the House of Represen-
tarives, but the delegate first elected shall
hold his seat only during the term of the !
Congress to which he shall be elected
The first election shall be held at such |
time, and be conducted in such manner as
the governor shall appoint and direct;
and at all subsequent elections the times,
places, and manner of holding elections
shall be prescribed by law. The person |
having the greatest number of votes shall
be declared by the governor to be duly
elected, and certificate thereof shall be |
given accordingly. That the constitution,
and all laws of the United States which |
are not locally inapplicable, shall have the
same force and effect within tie said Ter |
ritory of Kansas as elsewhere within the
United States, except the siohth section of
the act preparatory to the admission of
Missouri into the Union, approved
Morch si1th, eighteen hundred and fpea-
ty, achich, being Inconsistent Nth the pri1a-
cipie Of non intervention By Congress
nth slduery ia the State and Territories,
as recognized By the legislation OF eight |
cen hundred aad ffty, commonly called
The compromise measures, as hereby de-
eiared inoperatipe and Uoid, as being the
true intent and meaning Of the act not 10 !
iegislate slavery into any Territory or
State, nor to erelitle Il Merefron,, bat to
teape the people thereof perfectly free
TO form and regulate their domestic /
institutions IN their o,ea ray, subject
only to the constitution Of the United
States; Propided, That nothing herein /
contained shall be construed 10 repipe or
put ia force any law or regulation achick
may haze eristed prior TO tie act OF he
sirih Of March, eighteen hundred and
f@eafg, either protecfiag, establishing I