Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-04

Chief Justice or some associate ia.
tice of the Supreme Court Of the Tn
ted States, to support the Constitutio
Of the United States, and faithfully I
discharge the duties of their rcspe
tive offices which said oaths, vile
SO taken, shall be certified by the pc
son by whom the same shall have bee
taken and such certificates shall b
received and recorded by the said set
rotary among the executive proceed
ings and the chief justice and asst
ciate justices, and all civil officers i
said Territory, before they act as suct
shall take a like oath or affirmatio
before the said Governor or secretary
or some judge or justice Of the peac
of the Territory who may be dull
commissioned and qualified, or betor
the Chief Justice or some assoclat
justice of the Supreme Court of tn
United States, which said oath or a
firmation shall be certified and tran.
mitted by the person taking the sam
to the secretary, to be by him recon
ded as aforesaid and afterwards tn
like oath or affirmation shall be taken
certified, and recorded in such manne
and form as may be prescribed b.
law. And any person who has here
tofore been appointed chief justice o.
associate Justice Of the Territory o
Idaho, who has not yet taken the oatl
of Office, as prescribed by the act or
ganizing said Territory, may take
said oath or affirmation before the
Chief Justice or some associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the Uni.
ted States. The Governor shall re-
ceive an annual salary of two thou
sand five hundred dollars the chief
justice and associate justices shall re.
ceive an annual salary of two thousand
five hundred dollars the secretary
shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars. The said salaries
shall be paid quarter yearly from the
dates of the respectiGe appointments
at the Treasury Of the United States ;
but no payment shall be made until
said officers shall have entered upon
the duties of their respective appoint,
ments. The members of the Legisla.
tive Assembly shall be entitled to re.
ceive four dollars each per day dur
ing their attendance at the sessions
thereof, and four dollars each for every
twenty niles travel in going to and
returning from said sessions, estima
ted according to the nearest usually
travelled routes and an additions
allowance of four dollars per day shal
be paid to the presiding officer of eact
house for each day he shall 80 preside
And chief clerk, one assistant clerk
one engrossing and one enrolling
clerk, sergcant-at-arms and door
keeper may be chosen for each house
and the chief clerk shall receive fou
dollars per day, and the said other OF
fccrs three dollars per day during thu
session of the Legislative Assembly
but no other officers shall be paid b,
the United States: Prorided, Tha
there shall be but one session of the
Legislative Assembly annually, unless
on an extraordinary occasion, the
Governor shall think proper to cal
the Legislative Assembly together
There shall be appropriated annual.
the usual sum, to be expended by TIT
Governor, to defray the contingent
expenses of the Territory, includin:
the salary of the clerk of the execu
tive department. And there shall als'
be appropriated annually suflicien
sum, to be expended by the secretar.
Of the Territory, and upon an estimat
to be made by the Secretary Of til
Treasury of the United States, to d.
fray the expenses of the Legislativ
Assembly, the printing OF the laws
and other incidental expenses. An
the Governor and secretary of tn
Territory shall, in the disbursement o
all moneys intrusted to them, be gov
erned solely by the instructions of tn
Secretary of the Treasury of the Uni
ted States, and shall scmiannually &C
count to the said Secretary for tn
manner in which the aforesaid money
shall have been expended and no eS
penditure shall be made by said Legis
iative Assembly for objects not spe
cially authorized by the acts of Cor
gress making the appropriations, nc
beyond the sums thus appropriate
for such objects.
i Sec. IL. And be IL further emacte
That the Legislative Assembly of Il
|, Territory of Montana shall hold i
first session at such time and place
said Territory as the Governor there,
shall appoint and direct; and at sal
first session, or as soon thereafter q
they shall deem cxpedient, the Go
, ernor and Legislative Assembly sha
proceed to locate and establish til
seat Of government for said Territor
: at such place as they may deem eiig
: ble (: Prorided, That the seat Of go
, crnmcnt fixed by the Governor an
Legislative Assembly shall not be I
} any time changed except by an act I
the said Assembly duly passed, an
WHICH oudii oc appiOsSu, oi'Ei ooc IL
tice. at the first general election Their
after, by majority of the legal vote
cast on that question.
Sec. Is. And bel further enacte
That delegate to the House Of Rel
resentativcs of the United States,
serve for the term of two years, VIII
shall be a citizen of the United States
may be elected by the voters qualiiic
J to elect members Of the Legislatiy
J Assembly. who shall be entitled to th
same rights and privileges as are eA
crcised aud enjoyed by the delegate
from the several other Territories G
the United States to the said House Q
Representatives; but the delegat
first elected shall hold his seat onl,
during the term Of the Congress I,
which he shall be elected. The frs
election shall be held at such time an,
places, and be conducted in such man
ner, as the Governor shall appoint an,
direct and at all subsequent cleo
| tinns tho time and placps and manne