Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-27

vided, That no session in any one year
shall exceed the term of forty days, except
the first session, which may continue sixty
days. - 1st - -
SEC. s. And be it further enacted. That
every free white male inhabitant above the
age Of twenty -one years, who shall be
an actual resident of said Territory, and
shall possess the qualifications hereinafter
prescribed, shall be entitled to vote at the
first election, and shall be eligible to any
Office within the said Territory; but the
qualifications of voters, and Of holding Of
flee, at all subsequent elections. shall be
such as shall be prescribed by the Legisla-
tive Assembly: Provided, That the right
of suffrage and holding Office shall be exer-
cised only by citizens of the United States
and those who shall have declared on oath
their intention to become such, and shall
have taken an oath to support the Constitu-
tion 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 OF navy Of the United
States, or attached to troops IN the 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 Territory shall
extend to all rightful subjects of legislation
consistent with the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and the provisions of this act !;
but no law shall be passed 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 9TH
er property of non-residents be taxed
higher than the lands or other property
of residents. Every bill which shall haev
passed the Council and House of Re-
presentatives of the said Ter ritory shall, :,
before it become a law, be presented
to the Governor of the Territory: if he
approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he
shall return it with hiso biections to the
house in which it originated, who shall en-
ter the objections at large on their journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconside deration, two thirds of that house shall
agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, to-
gcther with the objections, to the other
house, by which it shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and if approved by two thirds of that
house; it shall become a law. But In all
such cases the votes Of both houses shall be
determined by yeas and nays, to be entered
ON the journal of each house respectively.
If any bill shall not be returned by the Gov
ernor within three days (Sundays except
ed) after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be law in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless the As
sembly, by adjournment, prevents its return,
in which case it shall not be a law.
Sec, 4. And be it further enacted, That
all township, district, and county officers,
not herein otherwise provided for, shall be
appointed or elected, as the as the case may
be, in such manner as shall be provided by
the Governor and Legislative Assembly of
the Territory of Nebraska. The Governor
shall nominate, and, by and with advice
and consent of the Legislative Council, ap-
point all officers not herein otherwise pro-
vided for; and in the first instance the Gov
ernor alone may appoint all said officers,
who shall hold their Offices until the end of
the first session of the Legislative Assem-
bly,: and shall lay off the necessary districts
for members of the Council and House Of
Representatives, and all other officers.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That
no member of the Legislative Assembly
shall hold, or be appointed to, any office
which shall have been created, or the salary
or emoluments of which shall have been
increased, while he was member, during
the term for which he was elected, and for
one year after the expiration of such term !;
but this restriction shall not be applicable to
members of the first Legislative Assembly;
and no person holding a commission or ap-
pointment under the United States, except
Postmasiers, shall b q member of lie Lee
gislafive Assembly, o. hold &c pn-
der the governments Of said TerrttoE
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the judicial power of said Territory shall
be vested in a Supreme Court, District
Courts, Probate Courts, and in Justices of
the Peace. The Supreme Court shall con-
sist of a chief justice and two associate JUS
tices, any two of whom shall constitute a
quorum, and who shall hold term at the
seat of government of said Territory annu-
/ ally, and they shall hold their offices du-
ring the period of four years, and until
their successor shall be appointed and quail
fed. The said Territory shall be divided
into three judicial districts, and a district
court shall be held in each of said districts
by one of the justices of the Supreme Court,
at such times and places as may be pre-
scribed by law; and the said judges shall,
after their appointments, respectively, re-
side in the districts which shall be assign
ed them. The jurisdiction of the several
courts herein provided for, both appellate
and original, and that of the probate courts
and of justices of the peace, shall be as
limited by law: Prouided, That Justices of
the peace shalt not have jurisdiction-of any
matter In controversy when the title or
boundaries of land may be in dispute, or
where the debt OF sum claimed shall ex-
Eeeed one hundred dollars; and the said
supreme and districts eopgts, respectively,