Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-07-13

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ernor shall be duly appointed and quail
fed TO fill such vacancy.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted.
That the Legislature power and authority
of said Territory shall be vested in the
governor and q legislative assembly,
The legislative assembly shall consist of
a council and house of presentatives.
The council shall consist of thrice !,
members. having the qualifications of
voters, as hereinafter prescribed, whose
term of service shall continue two years.
The house Of representatives shall, at its
first session, consis. of twenty six men,
bers. possessing the same qualifications
as prescribed for members of the conncil,
| end whose term Of service shall continue
one ytar. The number of repres enta.
tives may be increased by the legislative
asse mbly. from time TO time. in proper
lion TO the increase of qualified voters;
PrOUided, That the whole number shall
never exceed !hirty.nine. An appoint
ment shall be made. nearly equal as
practicable, among the several counties
! or districts, for the election OF the coun-
Gil and representatives. giving TO each
section of the Territors representation
in the ratio of its qualified voters as
nearly as may be. And the members of
the council and Of the house of represen
tatives shall reside in, and he inhabi-
tanis of, the district or county, or cOun-
! ties, for which they may be elected re-
spective!y. Previous 10 the first eiec-
he hol
or enumeration of the inhabitants and
qualified voters of the several counties
and districts Of the Territory, 10 he la.
ken BY such persons and in such mode as
the governor shall designate and appoint;
and The persons so appointed shall receive
reasonable compensation therefor. And
the frst election shall be held at such
time aud places. aud be conducted in
such manner, both as to the persons who
shall supeTin;end such election and the
returns thereof. as the governor shall ap-
point and direct; and he shall at the
same time declare the number of mem
bers OF the council and house of repre-
sentatlves TO which each Of the counties
or districts shall be entitled under this
number Of legal votes in each of said
council districts for NE mbers of the coun-
Gil. shall be declared by the governor to
be duly elected to the council and the
persons having the highest number of lie.
gal votes for the house of representatives..
shall be declared by the governor 10 be
duly elected members OF said house:-
lied f,f
persons voted for shall have an equal
number of votes, and in case Of vscan
cy shall otherwise occur in either branch |
of the legislative assembly, the governor
shall order new election; aud the per
sons thus elected TO he legislative as
sembly shall meet al such place and on
such day as the governor shall appoint,
but thereafter. the time. place and man.
ner Of holding and conducting all cleo
tons by the people. and the appor,ionng
the representation in the several coun
ties Os districts tO the council and house
of representatives. according to the mum
Der of qualified voters, shall be prescri |
bed by law. rs we'll as the day Of the
commencement Of the regular sessions of
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no session in any one year shall exceed
the term of forty days, except the frs,
session. which may continue sixty days.
SEC. S. And be it further enacted,
That every free white male inhabitant
above the age of twenty one years vino
shall be an actual resident Of SAID Terri
tory. and shall possess the qualfica tions
hereinafter prescribed. shall be entitled
to vote at the first election. and shall be
eligible to any office within the said Ter
ritory; but the qualifications of voters.
and of holding office. at all subsequent
elections, shall be such as shall be pre-
scrIbed by the legislative assembly. Pro-
rided. That the right Of suffrage and of
holding office shall be exercised only by
citizens of the Un; ted States and those
who shall have declared on oa tn their in
tentiOn to become such, ard shall have
taken an oath to support the constitution
of the United States and the provisions
of this act: And provided further. That
no officer. soldier, seaman or marine, or
other person in the army or navy of the
United States, or attached 20 troops in
tie service Of the United States. shall
be allowed to vote or hold office in said
Territory, by reason of being on service
therein.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted.
That the legislative power of the Terrific
ry shall extend to all rightful subjects of
legislation consistent with the constitu-
tion Of the United States and the provis-
ions of this act; but no law shall be pass
ed, interfering with the primary disposal
of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon
the property of the United States: nor
shall the lands or other property of non
residents be taxed higher than the lands
or other property of residents. Every
bill which shall have passed the council
and house of representatives. Of the said
Territory shall, before il becomes law.
be presented to the governor of the Ter
ritory; if ne approve, he shall sign it; but
if not, he shall return it with his objec-
tions to the house in which it originated,
who shall enter the objections at large on
their journal, and proceed to reconsider
lit. If, after such reconsideration, two
thirds Of that house shall agree to pass