The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-02
OFFICIAL.
l. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session Of The
- c1a Fortieth Congress.
rPnnr1c-Nn 1241

CPUBLIc-No. 124 1aw
An act to amend an act entitled IAN
act proposing to the State of Texas
the establishment of her northern
and western boundaries, the relin
Quishment by the said State of all
territory clsimed by her. exterior TO
said boundaries. and of all her
claims upon the United States. and
to establish territorial govern mt
for New Mexico" aa
Be it enacted by fhe Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled. That the aforesaid act
shall be amended as follows: Every
bill which shall have passed the coun-
ell and house of representatives of
the said Territory shall, before it be-
comes a law, be presented to the gov
rsrnor of the Territory; if he approve
be shall sign it, but if he do not ap-
prove 1t. he shall return it with his
objections to the house in which it
originated, who shall enter the objec-
tions at large upon their journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If after
such reconsideration, two-thirds of
that house shall pass the bill, it
shall be sent, together with the
objections, to the other house, BY
which it shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and if approved by two thirds of
that house, it shall become law, the
governors objections to the contrary
Notwithstanding. But in such eases
the votes OF both houses shall be de-
termined by the yeas and nays and en-
tered upon the journal of each house
respectively. And If the governor
shall not return any bill presented to
him for approval, after its pas
sage by both ihouses of the legisla-
ture within three days (Sun-
days excepted } after such presenta-
ton, the same shall become a law In
like manner as III the governor had
approved it: Provided, however,
That the assembly shall not have
adjourned sine die, during the three
days prescribed as above, in which
sase it shall not become law.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That, from aud after the passage OF
this act. the secretary Of the Terri
tory of New Mexico shall be ex officio
superintendent of public buildings
and grounds, and shall have all con
troll and management Of all public
buildings now erected, in progress Of
erection, or to be hereafter erected.
and of all grounds pertaining thereto;
and he shall be under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior. who
shall establish such rules in relation
to said public buildings and grounds
as in his Judgment he may devise, and
for. his services as such superintend
ant shall receive an annual salary of
one thousand dollars. TO take effect
from and after the passage of this
act, and it shall be the duty of
the secretary Of said Territory,
upon the convening of the legis-
Iature thereof, to administer the oath
Of Office to the members elect of the
two houses and the officers thereof
when chosen; and no other person
shall be competent to administer said
path, save In the absence of the sec
.etary; In which case any one mem
Der of either house may administer
The oath to the presiding officer elect,
and he shall administer the same TO
the members and other officers: Pro
vided, That the annual salary of the
secretary of said Territory shall be
two thousand dollars per annum from
and after the first day Of February,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seyen.
Approved, July q, 1868.