Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-03


and be entitled to the fees the marshal OF IN
district Of the United States for the present Terri
tory of Utah. and shall in addition be paid two hundre
dollars annually as a compensation for extra service
Sec. go And be further enacted, That the governor
secretary chief justice and associate Justices attornev
and marshal shall be nominated and by and with Ii,
advice and consent Of the Senate appointed by the Pre-
sident of the United States The and
respectively take oath affirmation before the district
Judge justice OF the peace in the limits of said
Territory duly authorized to administer oaths and
nations by the laws in force therein, before tie
chief justice associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States to support the Constutn of
the United States and faithfully to discharge the tes
of their respective Offices; which said oaths when
taken shall be certified by the person by whom the
shall have been taken and such certificates shall be re-
ceyed and recorded by the said secretary among the
ecutve proceedings and the chief justice and associate
Justices and oil other civil officers in said Territory be-
fore they such, shall take like oath affirmation
before the said governor secretary some Judge or
Justice of the peace of the Territory who may be duly
commissioned and qualified which said oath afirma
ton shall be certified and transmitted by person taking
the the secretary to be by him recorded
said and afterwards the like oath or affirmation shall
be taken certified and recorded in such and form
may be prescribed by law The governor shall receive
an annual salary Of two thousand five hundred dollars
The chief justice and associate justices shall receive
annual salary of two thousand dollars The secretary
shall receive 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; but such payment shall be made
until said officers shall have entered upon the duties Of
their respective appointments The members Of the Lee
gislatye Assembly shall be entitled to receive three dol
lars each per day during their attendance of the sessions
thereof and three dollars each for every twenty miles
travel in going to and returning from the said sessions
estimated according to theneares usually
and additional allowance of three dollars shall be paid
to- the presiding officer of each house each he shall
preside And chiefclerl one assistant clerk, ser
gean alarms and doorkeeper may be chosen for each
house and the chief clerk shall receive four dollars per
day. and the said other officers three dollars per day du
ring the session of tile Legislative Assembly but no other
officers shall be paid by the United States Provided
That there shall be but session of the Legislature
nualy, unless extraordinary occasion, the COVER
shall think proper to call the Legislature together
There shall be appropriated annually the usual sum, to
be expended by the governor to defray the contingent
expenses of the Territory including the salary Of clerk
executive departments and there shall also be ap
propriated annually sufficient sum- to be expended by
the secretary Of the Territory and upon estimate to
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States to defray the expenses Of the Legislative Assem-
bly, the printing Of the laws and other incidental expen
and the governor and secretary the Territory shall
in the disbursement Of all moneys ntrusted to them be
governed 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 in which
the aforesaid moneys shall have been expended; and
expenditure shall be made by said Legislative Assembly
for objects not specially authorized by the of Con-
gress making the appropriations, beyond the
tnuS appropriated Tor such OBJECTS #
Sec. 81 And be further enacted That the seat of gov
eminent of said Territory is hereby located temporarily
at Fort and that such portions Of the pub
lie buildings may not be actually used and needed for
military purposes may be occupied and used, under the
direction of the Governor and Legislative Assembly, for
such public purposes may be required under the pro
sions Of this act.
Sec. 80. And be further enacted That delegate 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 members Of the Legislative Assembly who shall
be entitled to the rights and privileges
csed and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other
Territories Of the United States to the said House of Re-
presenatves 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 the
Governor shall appoint and Direct and at all subsequent
elections the times places, and Of holding the
elections shall be prescribed by law The person having
the greatest number Of votes shall be declared the Go
vernon to be duly elected and certificate thereof shall
be given accordingly That the Constitution and all laws
of the United States which locally napplicabe
shall have the force and effect within the said Terri
tory of Kansas elsewhere within the United States
cept the eighth section OF the act preparatory
mission of Missouri into the Union approved March sixth
eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent
with the principle of nonnervention by Congress with
slavery in the States and Territories recognised by the
legislation Of eighteen hundred and fifty commonly called
compromise measures is hereby declared imperative
and vod being the true intent and meaning of this
exclude it hererom but to leave the people thereof per-
fecty free to form and regulate their domestic nstitu
tons in their way subject only to the Constitution of
the United States: Propided That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed revive or put force any law
regulation which may have existed prior to the of
sixth Of March eighteen hundred and twenty either pro-
tecng, establishing, prohibiting abolishing slavery
Sec 49, And be further enacted That there shall here
after be appointed has been customary for the Terri
toria Governments sufficient amount to be expended
under the direction Of the said Governor of the Territory
of Kansas, not exceeding the heretofore appropri
ated 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 Governor Legislative Assembly, Judges of the
Supreme Court Secretary Marshal and Attorney of said
Territory and such other persons and under such regua
tons as shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. a. And 6eH further enacted That when the lands
in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the drec-
ton Of the Government Of the United States preparatory
to bringing the into market sections numbered six
teen and thrtysix in each township in said Territory
shall be- and the same hereby reserved for the pur
pose OF being applied to schools in said Territory and in
the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of
the same.
Seo 35 And be IL further enacted, That until otherwise
provided by law the Governor of said Territory may de-
fine the judicial districts of said Territory and assign
the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to
the several Districts and also appoint the times and
places for holding courts in the several counties or SUBJ
divisions in each of said judicial districts by proclam
ton, to be issued by him. but the Legislative Assembly
at their first or any subsequent session. may organize
alter 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. 30. 1nd bet 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 Kansas Who
by virtue Of the provisions of any law existing