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any money III the treasury not OtnerWi sc
appropriated is hereby appropriated and
granted to said territory of Nebraska. to
be there applied. by the governor, to the
erection of suitable buildings at the seat
of government.
SEC. Il. And be it further enacted,
That delegate TO the House of Repre-
senlatiyes OF the United States, 10 serve
for The term of two years, who shall be q
citizen Of the United States, may be eiec-
ted by the voters qualified to elect men,
bers Of the legislative assembly. who shall
be entitled to the same rights and privi-
leges as are exercised and enjoyed by toe
delegates from the several other territories
of the United States TO the said House o!
Representatives, but the delegate first eloc-
TED shall hold his seat only during the
term of the Congress 10 which he shall
have been elected. The first election
shall be held at such times and places, and
be conducted in such manner, rs the gov
ernor shall appoint and direct, and at all
subsequent elections the time, place. and
manner Of holding the elections shall be
prescribed by law. The person having
the greatest number of votes shall be de
clared by the governor TO be duly elected,
and certificate thereof shall bo given
accordingly. That the Constitution and
all laws Of The United States which are
mol locally inappicable, shal, have the
same force and effect within the said ter
rilory of Nebraska as elsewhere in the
United States; except the eighth section
OF the act preparatory to the admission Of
Missouri into the Union, approved March
sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which
was superseded by the principles of the
legislation Of eighteen hundred and fifty
commonly called the cnmpromise meas
ures, and is hereby declared inoppera-
tive.
SEC. Is and be it further enacted,
That the sum eff five thousand dollats be
and is hereby appropriated. out OF any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propria.ed, TO be expended by and under
the direction Of the said governor Of the
territory of \ ebraska in the purchase ofa
library, TO be kept at the seat Of govern
oent for the use Of the governor. legisla-
tive assembly, judges Of the supreme court,
secretary, marshal, and attorney of said
territory, and such other persons and un-
der such regulations as shall be prescribed
by law.
Sec. is. And be it further enacted,
That when the lands in said territory
shall be surveyed under the direction Of
The government fihe United States. pre-
paraiory to bringing the same into market,
sections numbered sixteen and thirty-siX
in each township in said territory shall be
and the same are hereby reserved for the
purpose of being applied to schools in said
territory, and in the States and territories
hereafter to be erected on, of the same.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted.
That. until otherwise provided by law, the
governor of said territory may define the
judicial district OF said territory and assign
the judges who may be appointed for said
territory to the several districts and also
appoint the times and places for holding
courts in the several counties or subdiviS-
ions in each Of saiG judicial districts, by
proclamation to be issued by him; but the
legislative assembly, at their FIRST or any
subsequent session, may organize, alter, or
modify such judicial districts, and assign
the judges, and alter the times and places
of hdlding the courts, as TO them shall seem
proper and convenient.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted,
That all officers to be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, for the territory Of Ne.
braska, who, by virtue Of the provisions Of
any law now existing, or which may be
enacted during the present Congress, are
required to give security for moneys that
may be inlrus,ed with them for the dis
bursement, shall give such security, al
such time and pl,ce, and in such manner.
us the Secretary of The Treasury may pre-
scribe.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted,
That the President of the United States be,
and he hereby is authorized to enter into
with the Indian tribes of the
said territory OF N Nebraska, for the purpose
of securing the assent of said tribes to the
settlement Of the citizens of the UUited
States upon the lands claimed by said Indi-
ans, and for the purpose Of extinguishing
the title of said Indian tribes in whole or
in part, to said lands. and thai, for the
purpose oi carrying into effect the proyis-
sions OF this section, the sum Of one hun
dred thousand dollars is hereby nppropria-
led ou, of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted,
That. so soon as the Governor of said ter.
rtory OF Nebraska shall enter upon the
ischarge of his duties as such. the super |
niendency Of Indian affairs at st. Louis,
in the Stale of Missouri, shall be abolished.
and the duties transferred to and perform
ed by the said governor Of Nebraska, so
far as they relate to, or are to be perform
I'd within said territory.
The foregoing sections embrace that por.
ion of the bill which relates to the propo-
'ed territory of Nebraska. The same
lu,nber of sections follow which make
precisely the same disposition of Kansas,
he only variation being in the name and
N that clause which defines the bounda-
les OF the two territories. The limits as.
signed to Kansas, beginning at a point on
he western boundary of the State of Mis-
'ouri, whore the thirty.sevenlh parallel of
,orth lot;tnra proccac tha vanon. ,hnou.