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

ulation which may have existed prior t
the act ofsixth March, eighteen hundre,
\ and twenty, either protecting, establish
4 ing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery.
/ Sec. Is. And be 1T further enacted
That there shall hereafter be appropria
ted, as has been customary for the ter
ritorial governments, a sufficient amount
to be expended under the direction o
of the said governor of the Territory O
Nebraska, not exceeding the sums here
tofore appropriated for similar objects
for the erection of suitable public build
ings at the scat of government, and fol
the purchase of library, to be kept a
the seat of government for the use of the
governor, legislative assembly, judges O
the supreme court, secretary, marshal
and attorney of said Territory, and such
other persons, and under such regula
tions, as shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 16. A11d be 1t further enact d
That when the lands in the said Terri
tory sha'l be surveyed under the direc
tion of the government of the United
States, preparatory 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 be:
/ ing applied to schools in said Territory;
4 and in the States and Territories here
/ after TO be erected out of the same.
Sec. II. A,sd be 1t further ena ted
| That; until otherwise provided by law
the governor of said Territory may de-
fine the judicial districts of said Terri:
tory, and assign the judges who may be
appointed for said Territory to the sew
eral districts; and also appoint the timel
and places for holding courts in the sew
raj counties or subdivisions in each Of
said 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 holding the courts, as to them shall
seem proper and convenient.
Sec. 1S. .A,sd be it further enacted
That all officers to be appointed by the
President, by and with the &dvice and
consent of the Senate, for the Territory
of Nebraska, who, by virtue of the pro-
visions of any law now existing, or which
may be enacted during the present Con-
gress, are required to give security for
moneys that may be intrusted with them
for disbursement, shall give such seouri-
ty, at such time and place, and in such
manner, as the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry may prescribe.
Sec. 10. lind be it further enacted,
That all that part of the territory of the
United States included within the fol-
lowing limits, except such portions there
| of are hereinafter expressly exempted
from the operations of this act, to wit
beginning at point on the western
boundary of thefState of Missouri, where
the thirty seventh parallel of north lati-
tude crosses the same; thence west on
said parallel to the eastern boundary of
New Mexico; thence north on said
boundary to latitude thirty EIGHT; thence
following said boundary westward to the
east boundary of the Territory of Utah,
on the summit of the Rocky Mountains /;
thence northward on the said summit to
the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence
east on said parallel to the western boun-
Diary of the State of Missouri; thence
south with the western boundary of said
state to the place of beginning, be, and
the same is hereby, created into tenn
porary government by the name of the
Territory of Kansas; and when admitted
as State or States, the said Territory,
or any portion of the same, shall be re-
ceived into the Union with or without
slavery, as their constitution may pre-
scribe at the time of their admission
Provided, That nothing in this act con-
tanned shall be construed to inhibit
the government of the United States
from dividing said Territory into two or
more Territories, In such manner and
at such times as Congress shall deem
convenient and proper, or from attach
ing any portion of said Territory to any
other State or Territory of the q. s. !;
ProUided further, That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to i'm
pair the rights of persons or property
now pertaining to the Indians In said
Territory, as long as such rights shall
remain unextinguished by treaty be-
tween the United States and such In.
tlians; or to include any territory which,
by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not,
without the consent of said tribe, to be
included within tho territorial limits or
Jurisdiction Of any State or Territory !;
but all such territory shall be excepted
out of the boundaries; and constitute no
part of the Territory of Kansas, until
said tribe shall signify their assent to
the President of the United States to
he included within the said Territory of
Kansas, or to effect the authofi of the
government of the United States to
make any regulation respecting sueh
Indians, their lands, property; or ether
rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise,
which it would have been competent to
the government to make if this act had
never passed.
SEC. 20. aud be 1t further enacted,
That the executive power and authority
in and over said Territory of Kansas
shall be vested in governor, who shall
hold his Office for four years, and until
his successor shall be appointed and quail
flied, unless sooner removed by the Pres
ident of the United States. The gov
ernor, shall reside within said Territory,
and shall be chief of the
militia thereof. He may grant pardons
and respites for offences against laws of
said Territory, and reprieves for offence
es against the laws of the United States,
until the decision of the President can
be made known thereon; he shall COM
mission all officers who shall be appoint
ed to Office under the laws of the said
Territory, and shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
Sec. 81. Aosd be 1t further enacted,
That there shall be secretary of said