Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-08-04

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,ion for extra services.
SEC. 30. And be Il further enacted. Tha,
the governor. secretary, chief justice, and as.
sociaie justices. attorney. and mafshal. shall
bu nominated. and, by with the advice and
conseul of the senate, appointed by the PTes.
ideni NJ the United States. The governor
and secretary To be appointed as Aforesaid,
shall, before they act as such, respectively
take anh olt or affirmation before the district
indge or tomu Justice Of the peace IN the
limits Of said territory, duly authorized 10
administer UAils and aiIimalions by the Laws
now in force therein, or before the chief jus.
iice or some associate justice OF the Supreme
Court of ,he United States. TO support ihs
Constitution of the United States, and faith.
fully In discharge the duties Of their respee.
tive Offices, which 'aid oaihs. when 80 taken,
shall be certified by tie persons by whom tho
same shall have been taken. ana such ccnif-
Gates shall be received aud recorded by iho
said secretary among the executive prOceed.
/ ings. and The chief justice and associates JOS.
ices. and a'l other civil officers In said ter.
rilOty before they act as such shall taAe alike
oath ur affirmation, selore the said governor
or secretary or some justice Of the peace of
. tho ic rrnory who may bc duly commissioned
and quail fed. Which said oath or IfEru alien
shall be certified and transmitted by the Ter-
SON taking tho same IT, tie Secretary. 10 be
hy him recorded a. aforesaid and afterwards
the like oath and affirmation shall lie taken,
certified aud recorded m such manners and
forms as NAV be prescribed hy law The
governor shall receive an annual salary Uf two
thousand fcc hundred dollars. The chief
Justice and associate justice shall receive 90
annual salary ~ iVo thousand dollars. Tie
secretary shall receive an annual salary Of
two thousand dollars. The said Ialarics
shall be paid quarter yearly. from the daie.
NJ the respective appointments, al The Treas.
ury of the United States. hut no such paw.
meni shall be made until ssd officers shall
shall have entered upon the duties II their
respective appointments. The members Of
tie legislative assembly shall be entitled 10
receive three dollars each per day during
their attendance AZ The sessions thereof, snd
three dollars each fnr eyey twenty miles ira.
vel IN going 10 and returning from the 'aid
sessions, estimated according 10 the nearcst
usually travelled route, and an addlluhal
ALLOW arce of three dollars shall be paid n
The presiding officer of each house Tor each
day he shall 81 prcsd de-. Ard chief clerk,
one assistant clerk. \ scrpFant.starms, and
duor.kecper. may be chosen for each houso
and tic chief clerk shall ieceiye four dollars
per day, ard the said other ofllcers three dol'
lars rcr day. during the Session ofihe lcris.
laiSe assembly; hni no other officers shall
be Paid hy the United State, Provided,
that there shall be bot one session Of The lc.
cisIaiure annually. unless OF an eliraordna.
~ occasion. the governor shall think proper
to call the legislature together. There shall
be appropriated annually Ibc usual sum, to be
,xpcndct hy the governor, 10 deiray the con-
iinccnl expenses of tie iorriiury, including
the salary NJ clerk II the executive depart
mVnt. and there shall alsn be appropriated an-
nually a sufficient sum IN be expended by tho
secretary of the territory and u?un an estimate
,o bc made hy the Secretary ~ tie Treasury
~ the United Sla'cq tu deifay the rXpens'sof
the legislative assembly, tie printing of tic
laws. and other incidental cIl en'cs, and tic
governor ard secretary Of tie Tertiary shall
I'm the disbursement # an m0reys Intrusi'd
,l them. be governed solely by the instruc.
tiou. If the Secretary uf the Treasury Of the
United Stairs. and shall sgml.sunually &C.
cunt 10 tire sa.d Secretary iyr the manner 10
which the aforesaid moneys shall have been
expended, and M expenditure shall he made
by said legislative assembly for objects not
specially authorized by tie acts Of Congress,
making lhc appropriations, nor hryond tbs
sums lhus appropriated for such obJrci'.
Src. 81. And be il further enacled, That
the seat o. government oi said Territory ~
hereby located temporarily ai Fort Leaven.
worth lnd that such portions Of tic public
buildings as msy not actually uysl and need.
I'd Tor military purposes NAV he occupied and
useJ under the direction Of the governor and
lepi,latiye assembly. iur such publIc purposes
as may be required under the provisions Of
this act.
SEC. 80. And he il further enacted, That
\ delegate 10 the House of Representatives OF
IA, United States, 10 serve iorthc term oltwo
wears. who shall be- citizen nf the United
States. mas be elected by the voters qualified
IN elect members NJ the legislative assembly,
,,ln ,ball be entitled IN the same rights and
priyIlcccs as are exercised and enloyed by ihe
delegates from the seyeIll other Territories
nj ths United State. to the sad House Of
Representatives. bu, the delegate first elected
hall hold his seat only diung the term ofihs
CONGRESS 10 which he shall be elected. The
first election shall be held al such time aud
places. and be- conducted in such manner. 81
The governor shall appoint and direct and al
an subsequent elections the time, places, and
mlnner nfhnlding the elections shall be pre-
scrIbcd by law. The persons having the
greatest number Of votes shall he declared by
the royernur 10 he dolly elected, and eer'ih'
cate thereof shall be given accordingly That
the constitution, and all laws OF the United
States which are not locality inaPplIcabIe
shall have the same force and eject "l'h'n
the said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere
within the United States, except the eighth
section NJ the act preparatory TO the admission
of Missouri into the Union, approved March
sixth. eighteen hundred and I~eniY, which
being Inconsistent With the principle OF non
Intervention by Congress with slavery IN tbs
States and Territories, as recognized by the
legislation of eighteen hundred and ilIy, COM
mnnly called The compromise measures. -
hereby declared imperative aud VOID n being
the true intent aud meaning Of lhi: act not 10
lecislale slavery into any Territory or Siale
nor IN exclude II iherplrom, but 10 leave the
peupe thereof perfectly free TO iurn and regu.
late their domestic institutions In their own
way subject only 10 the constitution ot the
United States Provided That nothing here
in contained shall be construed 10 revive or
put In lurce any law or regulation which may
have existed prior to the act ofsl,ih OF March
eighteen hundred and twenty. either pro'eei'
ing. establishing, prohibiting, or aboIlshlns
slavery
Src. 80. And be il fuFiher enacted. That
there shah hereafter he appropriated. as has
been customary for the territorial governments
a sufficient amount, to be expended under the