The national Republican., 1861-07-08
respectiye Offices which said oaths, when so

respective Offices; which said osths, when so
taken, shall be certified by the person by whom
the same shall have been taken and such GER
tfcates shall be received and recorded by the
secretary among the executive proceedings
and the chief Justice and associate justices,
and all other civil officers in said Territory be-
fore they act as such, shall take like oath or
affirmation before the said governor or secreta
ry, or some Judge or justice Of the peace Of the
Territory who may be duly commissioned and
qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall
be certified and transmitted by the person Ia.
king the same to the secretary, to be by him
recorded as aforesaid and afterwards the like
oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and
recorded In such manner and form as may be
prescribed by law. The governor shall receive
an annually salary Of fifteen hundred dollars
as governor, and one thousand dollars as Su.
tics and associate justices shall each receive
an annual salary Of eighteen hundred dollars;
the secretary shall receive an annual salary Of
eighteen hundred dollars. The said salaries
shall be paid quarter-yearly,'at the Treasury of
the United States. The members Of the legis.
lative assembly shall be entitled to receive
three dollars each per day during their attend.
ance at the session thereof, and three dollars
for every twenty miles travel in going to and
returning from the said sessions, estimated ac,
| cording 10 the nearest usually travelled route.
There shall be appropriated annually the sum
of one thousand dollars, to be expended by the
| governor to defray the contingent expenses of
the Territory. There shall also be appropria.
ted annually sufficient sum, to be expended
by the secretary of the Territory, and upon an
estimate to be made by the Secretary Of the
Treasury of the United States, to defray the
expenses of the legislative assembly, the print
ing of the laws, and other incidental expenses; !;
ly account to the Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States for the manner in which the
aforesaid sum shall have been expended.
Sec. IL. And be ii further enacted, That the
legislative assembly Of the Territory Of Neva
da shall hold its first session at such time and
place in said Territory as the governor thereof
shall appoint and direct; and at said first ses.
sion, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem
expedient, the governor and legislative assem-.
bly shall proceed to locate and establish the
seat Of government for said Territory at such
place as they may deem eligible; which place,
however, shall thereafter be subject to be
changed by the said governor and legislative
assembly.
Sec. i3. And be it further enacted, That a
delegate to the House Of Representatives ofthe
United States, to serve during each Congress of
the United States, may be elected by the voters
| qualified to elect members Of the legislative
| assembly, who shall be entitled to the same
rights and privileges as are exercised. and en-
loved by the delegates from the several other
| Territories of the United States to the said
| House of Representatives. The FIRST election
shall be held at such time and places, and be
| conducted in such manner, as the governor
shall appoint and direct and at all subsequent
elections, the times places, and manner Of
holding elections shall be prescribed by law.
The person having the greatest number Of votes
shall be declared by the governor to be duly
elected, and certificate thereof shall be given
accordingly.
Sec. ID and be Il. further enacted, That when
the land in said Territory shall be surveyed,
under the direction of the Government of the
United States, preparatory to bringing the
same into market, sections numbered sixteen
and thirty-six in each township in said Terri.
for the purpose Of being applied to schools in
the States hereafter to be erected out of the
same.
/ Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That tenn.
porarily, and until otherwise provided by law,
the governor of said Territory may define the
judicial districts of said Territory and assign
the judges who may be appointed for said Ter.
ritory TO the several districts and also appoint
the times and places for holding courts in the
several counties or subdivisions in each of said
judicial districts, by proclamation to be issued
by him; but the legislative assembly, at their
first or any subsequent session, may organize,
liter, or modify such judicial districts, and as
sign the judges, and alter the times and places
of holding the courts, as to them shall seem
, proper and convenient.
Sec. l6. And be II further enacted, That the
Constitution and all laws Of the United States
which are not locally inapplicable shall have
} the same force and effect within the said Terri
r tory of Nevada as elsewhere within the United
5 States.
} Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That tht
E President Of the United States, by and with
r the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be
and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a sur
: veyor general for Nevada, who shall locate hi
, office at such place as the Secretary of the In
. terror shall from time to time direct, and Whose
J duties, powers, obligations, responsibilities
e compensation, and allowances for clerk hire, of
. fee rent, fuel, and incidental expenses, shal
/. be the same as those of the surveyor genera
t of New Mexico under the direction of the Sec
. retary of the Interior, and such instructions al
he may from time to time deem it advisable tc
, give him.
, Approred, March 2, 1861.