The true Democrat., 1854-07-05
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY
ually as compensation for extra services.

Attorney, and Marshal shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap pointed by the President of the United States The Governor and Secretary to be appointed as aforesaid shal before they act as such respectively take an oath or affirmation before the District Judge some Justice of the Peace in the limits of said Territory, duly authorized to administer oaths and afrmatons by the laws now in force therein before the Chief Justice or some Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to support the Constitution of the United States and faithfully discharge the duties of their respective offices, which said oaths when so taken shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said Secretary the executive proceedngs and the Chief Justice and Associate Justices and all other civil officers in said Territory, before they act such shall take like oath or affirmation before the said Governor or Se- cretay or some Judge Justice of the Peace of the Territory who may be duly commissioned and quail ned, which said oath affirmation shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the Secretary, to be by him recorded aforesaid and, afterwards the like oath or affirmation shall be taken certified and recorded, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. The Governor shall re- celve an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices sha each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars The Secretary shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quarter yearly from the dates of the respective appointments, at the Treasury of the United States put no such payment shall be made until said officers
 
 appointments: The members of the Legislative As semby shall be entitled to receive three dollars each day during their attendance at the session thereof and three dollars each for every twenty miles, travel III gong to ana returning from the said sessions umated according to the nearest usually travelled route an additional allowance of three dollars shall be paid to the presiding officer of each house for each day he shall so preside. And Chief Clerk. one assistant Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper may be chosen for each House. and the chief Clerk shal re- celve four dollars per day and the said other officers three dollars per day. during the session of the Leg
 atve Assembly; but other officers shall be paid by the United States Provided, That there shaf be but one session of the Legislature annually unless on an extraordinary occasion the Governor shall think pro- per to call the Legislature together. There shall be appropriated, annually, the usual sum- to be expend- ed by the Governor to defray the contingent o1 the Territory, including the salary of Clerk of appropriated, annually, sufficient sum, to be ex- pended by the Secretary of the Territory. and upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to defray the expenses of the Legislative Assembly, the print
 ing of the laws and other incidental expenses and the governor and Secretary of the Territory shall in the disbursement of all moneys entrusted to them be go verned solely by the instructions of the Secretary of the treasury of the United States, and shall, semi annually account to the said Secretary for the her in which the aforesaid moneys shall have been ex- pended; and no expenditure shall be made by said Legislative Assembly for objects not specially au- 'horZed pv the acts ot Congress making the appro- prations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated of such objects.
 Is. And be it further enacted, That the Lepisla- tive Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska 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 expedient the Governor and Lecs lative Assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem eligible, which place, however fO hao ohov <boc o. vernon and Legislative Assembly.
 l4. And be It further enacted. That Delegate to the House of Representatives of the United States to serve for the term of two years, who shall be voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other Territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives but the Delegate 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 manner as the Governor shall appoint and direct; and at all subse- quent elections the times places and manner of hold ing the elections shall be prescribed by law The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the Governor to be duly elected and q certificate thereof shall be given accordingly. That the Constitution and all the laws of the United States which not locally inapplicable 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 the admission of Missouri into the Union approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty which being inconsis- tent with the principle of non-interventon by Con- gess with slavery in the States and Territories as re- cognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared imperative and void; it being the rueintent and meaning of this act not to legisate slavery into any Territory 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 Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty either protecting, establishing prohibiting abolshing slavery.
 15 And be it further enacted That there shall hereafter be appropriated, has been customary for the Territorial Governments, a sufficient amount to De 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 government and for the purchase of library to be kept at the seat of for the use of the Co., vernor Legsiatlve Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, Secretary, Marshal and Attorney of said Ter rtory, and such other persons and under such regu lations shall be prescribed by law.
 1e And be it further enacted, That when the lands m the sad Territory shall be surveyed under preparatory to bringing the same into market sec
 ons numbered sixteen and thirty in each town ship, 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 Terri tories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
 $ IT, And be it further enacted, That until other wise provided by law the Governor of said Territory may define the judicial districts of said Territory and assign the Judges who may be appointedor said Ter rtory to the several districts; and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or subdivisions in each of said judicial dis trcts by proclamation to be issued by him; but the Legislative Assembly at their first any subsequent session, may organize alter or modify such Judicial Districts, and assign the Judges and alter the times and places of holding thecourts them shall seem proper and convenient.
 ls And be it further enacted, That all officers to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the Territory of Ne braska who by virtue of the provisions of any law now existing, which may be enacted during the pre- sent Congress required to give security for mo- neys that may be entrusted with them for dsburse ment, shall give such security at such time and place and in such manner the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
 s 1s And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following imits except such portions thereof as are hereinafter expressly exempted from the operations of this act to-wt: Beginning at point on the wes- tern boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the eastern