The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-23


ton. No distinction shall be made, in ass
essments, between different kinds os pro-
perty, for the purpose of taxation; but all
such assessments shall be according to the
true value thereof: PROVIDED, That the leg
islatiVe assembly may exempt from assess.
ment and taxation all property held or set
apart for religious, charitable, or education
al purposes, all public Libraries, and all pri-
vate libraries, other than those used for pro-
purposes; also, etbeF PssASnaf pro
perry OF any one person, not exceeding in
value three hundred dollars.
To avoid the con fusion and impr0prietics
which may result from ntermixing in one
and the same act or law a number of things
or subjects which have no relation to each
other, every law shall embrace but one OBJ
ject, and that shall be expressed in the title
of the bill or act. And every act which
shall pass the council or house of reprcsen-
tatives shall, before it becomes u law, be
presented to the governor for his signature.
Ii he approve, he shall sign i; otherwise
he shall return it to the house in which it
originated, with his objections, who shall en-
ter said objections at large on their Journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. II, after such
reconsideration, u majority of two-thirds of
the members elected to that house shall
again pass it, and have their names entered
upon their journal upon call Of the yeas
and nays, said bill shall then, with said OBJ,
iections, be sent To the other house for the
like reconsideration. And if said bill shall,
III that house, receive like majority, and
their names be entered upon their journal
upon call Of the yeas and nays, it shall be.
come law; subject, nevertheless, to review
by Congress, as in other cases. And if any
bill shall not be returned by the governor
within three days excluding the Sabbath)
nIter it shall be presented to him, the snme
shall become q law (unless Congress forbid
O in like manner as if he had signed it, un.
less the assembly, by adjournment. prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be a
law,
SEC 7 And be ii further enacted, That
all township, district, and county officers,
not herein otherwise provided for, shall be
appointed or elected, as the case may be, in
such manner as shall be provided by the
governor and legislative assembly Of the
Territory of Kansas. The governor shall
nominate, and, by and with tne advice and
consent of the Legislative council, appoint
all other officers, the choice of whom is not
herein otherwise provided for; and in the
first instance, the governor alone may ap-
point al said officers, who shall hold their
Offices until the end of the next session of
the Legislative assembly, and until their sue
cessors are appointed, or elected, and quail
fed.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That no
member of the legislative assembly shall
hold, or be appointed to, any office which
shall hive been created, or the salary and
emoluments OF which shall have been in
creased while he was member, during the
term for which he was elected, and for one
year after the expiration of said term; mud
no person holding u commission or appoint
mcnt under the United States, except post
masters. shall be member Of the legislative
assembly, or shall hold any office under the
governmcrtol said Territory.
SsC. 9 And be 1t further enacted, That
the judicial power of said Territory shall be
vested in supreme court, district courts,
probate courts, and in Justices of the peace.
The supreme court shall consist Of chief
justice and two associate justices, any two
Of whom shall constitute quorum, and who
shall hold term at the seat of government OF
said Territory annually, and they shall hold
their Office during the period OF four years.
| The s1id Territory shall be divided into
three judicial districts, and 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 prescribed by
law; and the said judges shall, after their
appointments, respectively, reside in the
districts which shall be assigned them. The
jurisdiction of the several courts herein pro-
vided for, both appellate and original, and
that of the probate courts and Of justices Of
the peace, shall be limited by law: Provided
That justices Of the peace cha II not have ju
risdction OF any matter in controversy when
| the title or boundaries OF land may be in dis
pute, or where the debt or sum claimed shal
exceed one hundred dollars; and the said su
preme and districts courts, respectively
shall possess chuncery, as we'll as common
law, jurisdiction. Each district court, or the
Judge thereof, shall appoint its clerk, whc
shall also be the register in ehancery, anc
shall keep his Office at the place where the
court may be held. Wrils of error, bills o
exception, and appeals, shall be allowed il
Tan cases, civil or criminal from the fina
decisions of said district courts to the su
preme court, under such regulations as may
be prescribed by law; but in no case remov
ed to the supreme court shall trial by jury
Ebe allowed in said court. The supreme
court, or the justices thereof. shall appoint
Its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold hi
office at the pleasure Of the court for which
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