Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-08-14

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By ahs gesssaor 20 Be duly slscssd 70 d
!. soaaciiS aad ina pexson or peFssas sasha
lssd o be- sasosad kssiag the greatest nu
heR eayssee for lshs hssase Of rsurassnsl
hvess equal 20 tina nunhag 10 wh3ch e.
eoaaty or distxies shsn be entitled. sha
aa declared by shs gsTsznor - DO sIsssa
meEnhsgs nf the house Of Representatives
Preridsds Thas I'm case ofA sis hsswss
two Of more paEsens vated Cor, shs go,
eEnor shall order aaw slestian, 10 saIpi
The sAeasy made hy saEh che. And II
lpsssons shas slssssa 90 10 die laxisassiy
assanbly ahali mesa ut such plaos and d
saeh day "a slas gevsraer shall sppoint
bus thereafter, ina tisae, plAess and mss
nor of holding and conduesiax alE eleetaan
by shs peopls, and shs apporsfbning I'd
representation in the several oouasiea D
districts % shs eoanoil and ksaae Of rss
Fsssntasivsss aoess&isg 10 the popalasaon
shall be prescribed BY Law. ~ well a. ID
day OF con1ancamsHs Of the regular ses
sion Of the al the Legislative assembly
PTovSded, That no oas session shall sx
cesd shs tarn Of feFsy days, secspt ii,
firss, which may be sxssnded 70 sixsy day
bat ne longsr. -
Sec 5. And b ii furaasz aaasssa, pha,
every free white nARls inhabfsant Of Id,
United StAsea above tAaage sfswsmsy. ON,
ysags, wba shaa be . cssidsas al said Tar.
fit0Fy at the time Of the passage Oh thi,
act, shaff be entitled to vote at tfls firsl
sleehien, aud sAail ss eligible 20 10 an,
ohos wishsn tha Isxgis0gy; bustsha ouali.
6casions Of sesera and Of h1lding oises
shall be exercised only BY cisizens Of the
the United States and those who shall
heEe declared on oath their intention i
bsoome sash, and shall have taken an ostt
g support the Constitution Of the United
States.
Sec. @. And be it further enacted, That
the Legislative power "a the Territory sssall
sxtsad to all Fightfnl aabjeuts of lsgisla-
sion consistent witt the Constitution oil
chs United States aaa the proTisians of
this act but no Law shall be passed inter
fering with the primary disposal Of the
soil; no sax shall be imposed npon the
property Of tbs UDassd States; nor shall
she lands or other property of non-resi :
dents be taxed higher than the lands or
other property Of residents; nor shall an '
Law be PASSED isapairsng she rights Of pri.
Eate psapertys nor sAaA any discriuins-
riou he aaAde IN taxing different kinds of
bat ail property subject to tax-
alton shall be IN proportion to the value
of abs property taxed, aa~s.
Sec. T. And ba is farthex enacted. That
all township, district, and COUNTY of6esrs.
not herein otherwise provided for. shali
be appointed or elected, as the caso NAV
be, in such manner Is shall be provided
BY the governor and legislative assanably
OF the Territory. The gpvsrnor ahall
nominate and, By and with the consent Of
the Legislative council, appoint all ofieera
aOs herein otherwise provided Cor; and. In
she krst INSTANCE, thsgoyegnor aloas may
appoint all such officers, wAo shall bald
Their ofhoes unsil TIE End af tSs sad sEsll
lay oGt tbs necessary dsetgiess for members
Of the coanon aud house of Eapsesensa-
tiaes, and all othsr o.EcAs.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
no member Of the Legislative assembly
shall hold OF be appoinsea 10 any once
which shall havs been created, on she sal-
aay OK emolumeRts Of whieh ahall hare
been increased whils he was b member,
during the term for which be was elected.
and for oas year gfsar che expiration OF
such teFm; and no psrson heldiag com.
mission or appointment Under the United
States, except postnastera, shall be
member OF the legislative assembly, Or
shall bold any once under the goYeEnaens
of said Territory. "s
Sec. 9. And be ID furshes enacted, That
the judicial powsg Of said Territory shall
be vested in supsaEsa court, disgEicf
coarts, ppebase cous$ss and ia justices of
the peace. The supreme court shall con-
sist Of chief justice and swo associate
Justices, any two of whom saall eoassisass
q sunEua, and who shal hoTd Q saxn at
the saas Of government OF said Territory
aanualiy. and fhay shall bold thair oazloss
daTing the period ef four ysSrs. The said
Territory shall be divided into three Judi
eial aissFioss, and dissgist court shall be
he'd in sash Of tha Districts by ore of the
Justices OF the saprsEas court, as anch time
and phase as aaay bs prescribed by Law !;
and The said jaageF ek2il, altar their ap-
respectively reside in the dis
tEiets which shall be assigned thsm. The
Jurisdiction OF the several courts herein
provided for, both appellate and Original,
aad thai 81 the pEoAsaa ssursa and OF the
iuskicas of the peasas shall be as limited
by Law PForlded, That justices of the
peace shall not have Jurisdiction of any
matter In controversy when the title or
boundaries ofiand Riay be- In dispute, or
where shs debt or sum claimed shall ex-
eaed one hundred dollars; and the said
supreme and district courts, respectively,
shall possess chancexy ~ we'll NJ comsnon
lAw jurSsdission, and aashority for redress
Of al wrongs eoanittsd againas the Con-
stituEien oil the United States, ar of the
Territory, affecting persons or propeyty.
Each district court, or the Judge thereof.
shail apposas lis clerk VINO shali also be
the register in ehaneery, and shall keep
his ofsds 1t the plaee wherc tho court NAV
be held. Writs Of error, bills of axcep.
sioa, and appeals, shall be allowed an all
easss fsem the anal decisions of said dis-
trict eozaEss 10 ths supreme court, under
saeh regulations as may be prescribed by
law; bat In no case removed 10 the su-
psszas saart shall trial By jury be allowsd
In said court. The saprama ecurs or ius-
tiees thereof, shalt appoint its own clark,
aud evsry clerk shall bold his ofice al the
pieasare Of the court for which be shall
have been appoiatsa. Wrisss Of ssxar and
appeals fgom the faal dacisiaas al said
supreme court shall be allowed. and may
be taken 10 The supreme csurt of the Unif-
ID statas, where slse valas ii she proper
ts, or ths anosna In oonsEsssrsy, 10 be
asoarsaiasd By shs osth of sakrnasion 0i
either party, or other competent Witness,
shall exceed pne thouaaad doiIars Aaad
eseh Of the said disswis. courss sAsll h.ss
asaa uxeFesss ehs sszne iuxisdiefinn. In III
eaass aTisiag andAs shs gons<isuti0a and
md laws al shs united States q b yasse{
ii tho cIrsaii aad disttics courts ei III
unitsd Stakss; ana tie sAid saprsus ana
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