Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-19

ion "That all the laws OF the Governor
and Legislative Assembly, shall he sub
mitted to, and if disapprovrd by the Con-
gresS of the United States, the same shall
be null and of no effect" The twelfth
section extends to the inhabitants of said
territory all the rights, privilege and im-
mUnitics of those of Wisconsin; and cx-
tends the laws of the United States over
said Territory, so far as the same or any
provisions thereof may be applicable. .
OF course, the 9th section of the act of the
9th of March, 1920, prohibiting slavery,
was applicable, for every inch of Iowa is
north of thirty-siS degrees, thirty minutes,
which IS the Missouri Compromise line.
We now journey South On the Both
Of March, 1922, Congress passed "An act
for the establishment of II territorial gov
ernment in Florida" See third volume,
page 654. It fuses the two Floridus into
one territory. The fifth section contains
the same provision SO often repeated, for
laying the territorial laws before Congress,
(which, if disapproved by Congress, shall
thencrforth be of no force" The ninth
section extends great number of acts of
! Congress over Florida, and amongst, the
rest all the acts prohibiting the slave trade
The twelfth section forhids the importa-
tion of any slave from any part or place
out of the limits of the United States.
under the penalty of three hundred dol
lars. one half for the use of any common
informer enforcing the act, and bestows
freedom on the slave SO unlawfully i'm
ported. An amendatory act passed March
3, 1923, repeats this provision. See same
volume, page 1904. The 18th section of
| this last named act, amongst other things
confirms "all the proceedings of the last
session Of the legislative council of Flori-
dH," to remain in full force and effect until
the end of the next session OF said coun-
Gil, unless sooner altered, modified or re-
pealed, with the exception of all revenue
laws imposing taxes on the inhabitants or
their properly, and the lfW a3th""'"; ia
the law establishing county courts, which
are hereby declared null and void" One
provision of this act at first overlooked
The sixth section has proviso "That all
bills to tax the inhabitants of the said Ter
ritOry, or their property, shall, before they
become laws, receive the sanction of Con-
grcss, except when the said bill shall au-
thorize county, city and town officers to
! collect tnXes for the use and benefit of
| their respective counties. cities and towns,
and for no other purposes. These last
acts go into operation ut once, subject to
the general power of disapproval by Con-
grcss. On the first of July, 1896, Congress
passed can act to disapprove and anunl
certain acts of the territorial legislature of
Florida and for other purposes. See first
volume, page 6l. The first section reads
us follows: "Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled,
| That no act of the Territorial Legislature
of any Of the Territories of the United
States Incorporating any bank or any in
stitution with banking powers or privil-
eges, hereafter to be passed, shall have any
force or effect whatever until approved
and confirmed by Congress" The second
section as follows: "Ard be it further
enacted, that the following acts of the
Territorial Legislature of Florida, namely:
an act entitled San act to incorporate the
Bank of ST. Joseph" passed February
twelfth, eighteen hundred and thirty-sx;
an act entitled ''an act to incorporate the
Florida Insurance and Banking Company"
passed February tenth, eighteen hundred
and thirty-sX; an act passed February l4th,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled
Gan act to incorporate the ST. Joseph In
surance Company" and all other acts and
parts of acts passed by the said Territorial
Legislature of Florida in the year eighteen
| hundred and thirty six, creating banks or
extending banking corporations or cOrpo-
rations with banking powers, or comforting
banking powers on any corporation or in
stitution whatever, be aud the same are
hereby disapprovcd and annullcd."
On the second of July, 1896, Congress
passed ''nn act regulating the terms of the
Superior Courts of the middle districts of
Florida, and for other purposes" See
same volume, p. p. 60, 30 The first sec
ton approves and confirms an act of the
Territorial Legislature of Florida with
qualifications. The third section reads rs
follows: "Sec 3. And be it further enact
ed, that an act to amend the act entitled
'an act Incorporating the town of Apala-
chacola,' approved twelfth of February,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and an
'act to change the county seat of the