The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-07-27

extraordinary occasion, the OoFerhoI sHaii .,iii
proper to call the Legislature together There
shall be appropriated, annually, the usual SUN,
to be expended by the Governor, to defray the
contingent expenses of the Territory, including
the salary of a clerk of the executive depart
ment; and there shall also be appropriated an
nually, sufficient sum, to be expended py the
Secretary of the Territory, and upon an esumate
to be made by the Secretary OF the treasury oi
the United States, to defray the expenses OF the
Legislative Assembly, the printing OF the laws
and other incidental expenses; and the Governor
and Secretary of the Territory shall, in the dis
bursement Of all moneys intrusted to them, be
governed solely by the instructions of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury of the United States, ana
shall semi annually, account to the SAID oecre-
tary for the manner in which the aforesaid mo-
news shall have been expended and no expendl-
ture shall be madeaby said Legislative Assembly
for objects not specially authorized by the acts OF
Congress making the appropriations, nor beyond
the sums thus appropriated for such objects
SEC. Is. lind be IL further enacted, That the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebras-
ka shall hold its first session at such time and
place in said Territory as the Governor thereof
shall appoint and direct and at said first session,
or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedi-
ent, the Governor and Legislative Assembly shall
proceed to locate and establish the seat OF Gov
eminent for said Territory at such place as they
may Qeem ellRlDlej WHlCH pidCeJ HONChcIY snail
thereafter be subject to be changed by the said
Governor and Legislative Assembly.
Sec. IA. And be IL further enacted That Del
egate to the House of Representatives of the
United States to serve for the term Of two years,
who shall. be citizen of the United States, may
be elected by the voters qualified to elect mem
bers of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be
entitled to the same rights and privileges as are
exercised and enjoyed by the Delegates from the
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the said House of Representatives, but the Del
egate 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 places and be conducted IN such man.
ner as the Governor shall appoint and direct /;
and at all subsequent elections, the times, places
and manner of holding the elections, shall be
prescribed by law. The person having the great
est 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 inappicable, shall have the
same force and effect within the said Territory of
Nebraska as elsewhere within 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, being inconsistent with the prin-
ciple of non-intervention by Congress with sla-
very IN the states ana aS recognised
by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty,
commonly called the Compromise Measures, is
hereby declared imperative and void; it being
the true intent and meaning of this act, not to
legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor
to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people
thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own way, subject
only to the Constitution of the United States ::
Prorided, That nothing herein contained shall be
construed TO revive or put in force any law or
regulation which may have existed prior to the
act Of sixth March, eighteen hundred and twenty,
either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or
abOlishing slavery.
SEC. 10. And be IL further enacted That there
shall hereafter be appropriated, as has been
customary for the Territorial Governments, a
sufficient amount, to be expended under the
direction of the said Governor of the Territory
Of Nebraska not exceeding the sums heretofore
appropriated for similar objects for the erection
of suitable public buildings at the seat of Gov
ernment, and for the purchase of library, to be
kept at the seat of Government for the use of the
Governor, Legislative Assembly, Judges of the
Supreme Court, Secretary, Marshal, and Attorney
of said Territory and such other persons, and un-
der such regulations, shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. lG. Ind be 1t further enacted, That when
the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed
under the direction 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 hereby, reserved for
the purpose of being applied to schools in said
Territory, and in the States and Territories here
after to be erected out of the same.
SEC. II. And be IL further enacted, That, until
otherwise provided by law, the Governor of said
Territory may define the judicial districts of said
Territory, and assign the judges who may be
appointed for said Territory to the several dis
tricts and also appoint the times and places
for holding courts in the several counties OF
subdivisions in each of said judicial districts, by
proclamation, to be issued by him but the Lee
gisatiye Assembly, at their first or any subse-
quent session, mary 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 Is. -And be ii further enacted, That all Off
GERS to be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. for
the Territory of Nebraska, who, by virtue of the
provisions of any law now existing, or which may
be enacted during the present Congress, are re-
CURED to give security for moneys that may be
intrusted with them for disbursement shall give
such security, at such time and place, and in
such manner as the Secretary Of the Treasury
may prescribe.
SEC. 49, And be 1t further enacted That all that
part of the territory of the United States included
within the following limits, except such portions
thereof as are hereinafter expressly exempted
from the operations of this act, to wit beginning
at point on the western boundary of the State
of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel OF
north latitude crosses the same; thence west on
said parallel to the eastern boundary of New
Mexico; thence north on said boundary to lati-
| tude thirty-eght thence following said bound
airy westward to the east boundary of the Terri
| tory of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Noun
| tainS; thence northward on said summit to the
fortieth parallel of latitude thence east on said
parallel to the western boundary of the State OF
Missouri; thence south with the western bound
airy Of said State to the place of beginning, be
and the same is hereby, created into a temporary
| Government, by the name of the Territory OF
| Kansas; and when admitted as State or States
! theEaid Territory, or any portion of the same
shall be received into the Union with or without
| slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe al
the time of their admission: Prorided, That
nothing in this act contained 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 a.
| Congress shall deem convenient and proper OF
| from attaching any portion of said Territory Il
any other State or Territory of the United States
Prop1ded, further, That nothing in this act con.
tanned shall be construed to impair the rights
| of person or property now pertaining to thu
Indians in said Territory, SO long as such rights
shall remain unextinguished by treaty between
| the United States and such Indians, or to include
any territory which, by treaty with any Indiar
tribe, is not without the consent of said tribe t.
be included within the territorial limits or uris
diction of any State or Territory; but all sucl
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 tn,
| President of the United States to be included
within the said Territory of Kansas, or to affec
/ the authority Of the Government of the ITnitet