Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-27


assent to the President of the United States
to be included within the said Territory OF
Nebraska, or to affect the authority OF
the government of the United States to
make any regulations respecting such In
dams, their lands, property,or other rights,
| by tIeaty, law, or otherwise, which it would
have been competent to the government to
make if this act had never passed.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the executive power and authority in and
over said Territory of Nebraska shall be
vested In Governor, who shall hold his
Office for four years, and until his successor
shall be appointed and qualified, unless
sooner removed by the President of the
United States. The Governor shall reside
within said Territory, and shall be comman-
der-in-chief of the militia thereof. He may
grant pardons and respites for offences
against the laws of said Territory, and re-
prieves for offences against the laws of the
United States, until the decision of the Pre-
sident can be made known thereon; he
shall commission all officers who shall be
appointed to office under the laws of the
said Territory, and shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be Secretary of said Territory,
who shall reside therein, and hold his Of
flee for five years, unless sooner removed by
the President of the United States, he shall
record and preserve all the laws and pro-
ceedings of the Legislative Assembly here
matter constituted, and all the acts and pro-
ceedings of the Governor in his executive
department; he shall transmit one copy of
the laws and journals of the Legislative
Assembly within thirty days after the end
of each session, and one copy of the execu-
tive proceedings and official correspondence
semi-annually, On the first day of January
and July in each year to the President of
the United States, and two copies of the
laws to the President of the Senate and to
the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, to be deposited in the Libraries of Con-
gress and in case of the death, removal,
resignation, or absence of the Governor
from the Territory, the Secretary shall be,
and he is hereby. authorized and required
to execute and perform all the powers and
duties of the Governor during such vacan-
CIV or absence, or until another Governor
shall be duly appointed and qualified to fill
such vacancy.
Sec 4. And be il further enacted, That
the Legislative power and authority of said
Territory shall be vested in the Governor
and Legislative Assembly. The Legisla-
tive Assembly shall consist of Council and
House of Representatives. The Council
shall consist of thirteen members, having
the qualification of voters, as hereinafter
prescribed, whose term of service shall
continue two years. The House of Repre-
sentatives shall, at its first session, consist
of twenty-six members, possessing the same
qualifications as prescribed for members of
the Council, and whose term of service shall
continue one year. The number of repre-
sentatives may be increased by the Legis-
latiye Assembly, from time to time, In pro-
portion to the increase of qualified voters ::
Provided; That the whole number shall
never exceed thirty-nine. An apportion-
ment shall be made, as nearly equal as
practicable, among the several counties or
districts, for the election of the council and
representatives, giving to each section of
the Territory representation In the ratio of
its qualified voters as nearly as may be.
And the members of the Council and of the
House of Representatives shall reside in,
and be inhabitants of, the district or county,
or counties for which they may be elect
ed, respectively. Previous to the first cleo
ton, the Governor shall cause census, or
enumeration of the inhabitants and quali-
fed voters of the several sounties and dis
fricts OF the FeffiteFyJfs te be taken.b such
persons and In such mode as the Governor
shall designate and appoint; and the per
sons so appointed shall receive a reasonable
compensation therefor. And the first cleo
ton shall be held at such time and places,
and conducted in such manner, both as to
the persons who shall superintend such
election and the returns thereof, as the
Governor shall appoint and direct; and he
shall at the same time declare the number
of members of the Council and House of
Representatives to which each of the coun-
ties or districts shall be entitled under this
act. The persons having the highest num-
Der of legal votes in each of said council
districts for members of the Council, shall
be declared by the Governor to be duly
elected to the Council and the persons
having the highest number of legal votes
for the House of Representatives, shall be
declared by the Governor to be duly elect
ed members of said house: Provided, That
in case two or more persons voted for shall
have an equal number of votes, and In case
vacancy shall otherwise occur in either
branch of the Legislative Assembly, the
| Governor shall order new election; and
the persons thus elected to the Legislative
Assembly shall meet at such place and or
such day as the Governor shall appoint; bu
thereafter, the time, place, and manner O
holding and conducting all elections by the
people, and the apportioning the represen
tation In the several counties or districts tt
the Council and House of Representatives
according to the number of qualified voters
shall be prescribed by law, as we'll as the
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