Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-28
ferxrRA1 nAruRr-No. 27.l


D. - enacted by the Senate aud House q nc
resenfafiuss of the United States O tbe
Congress assembled, That all that p Jadw ;tbin
territory of the United States ino a,h;e he and
tbe limits of the District OF CoeD, O.oTernment
the same is hereby, createa "s of Columbia by
W III. os,.o = ;s hereby constitutea uouy
cornorate for municipal pnrposes' "a ha 's,,od
tract and he contracted witn' 90 - "a o~o-
plead and be impleadeq nav onr;c;nsl corners
else all other Po;steni with the Constitution and
ton nor li Tinted States and the provisions of
this act y fsrths, enacted That the
SEC 2 An @e Ss and authority in and over said
executV e. Columbia shall be vested in gov
Dislric .gS S shall be appointed by the President
erhoo,5,d with the advice and consent of the
Dyase and who shall hold his Office for four
and qualified. The governor shall be citizen
of and shall have resided within said District
twelve months before his appointment and
have the qualifications of an elector. He may
grant pardons and respites for otfenses against
tbe laws of said District enacted by the legisla-
tive assembly thereof; he shall commission all
officers who shall be elected appointed to
office under the laws of the said District enacted
as aforesaid, and shall take care that the laws
be faithfully executed.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That
every bill which shall have passed the council
and house OF delegates shall, before it becomes
a law. be presented to the governor of the Dis
trct of Columbia; if he approve, he shall sign
it, but if not, he shall return IT. with his oolec-
lions. to the house in which it shall have origi-
mated who shall enter the objections at large
on their Journal and proceed to reconsider It,
If after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all
the members appointed or elected to the house
shall agree to pass the bill tshall be sent together
with the objections to the other house. by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and If APP
proved by two-thrds of all the members APP
pointed or elected to that house, IT shall become
a law. But in all such cases the votes OF Dotn
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the Journal
of each house respectively. If any bill shall
not be returned by the governor within ten days
Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him. the same shall be aslaw IN like
manner as if he had signed it. unless the legIs-
lative assembly BY their adjournment prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be law.
SEC f. .Aad-be 1t further enacted, That there
n shall disappointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
secretary of said District who shall reside
therein and possess the qualifications of an
elector, and shall hold his Office for four years,
and until his successor shall be appointed and
qualified; he shall record and preserve all laws
and proceedings of the legislative assembly
hereinafter con stituted and all the acts and pro-
ceedings of. the governor, in his executive de-
partment; he shall transmit one copy of the
within thirty days after the end of each session,
and one copy of the executive proceedings and
official correspondence semi-annually, on the
first DAYS Of January and July in each year
to the President of the United State and four
copies Of the laws to the President of the Senate
and to the Speaker ofthe House of Representa-
tives for the use of Congress; and in case of the
death, removal resignation, dsability,or absence,
of the governor from the District, the secretary
shall be- and he is hereby, authorized and re-
riradi "A, ax md nj
aud duties Of the governor during such vacancy,
disability, or absence, or until another governor
shall be duly appointed and qualified to NIL
such vacancy, And in case the offices of gov
ernor and secretary shall both become vacant
the powers duties and emoluments of the Of
fee of governor shall devolve upon the presid-
ing officer of the council, and in case that office
shall also be vacant, upon the presiding officer
of the house of delegates, until the office shall
be filed by new appointment
SEC. B. Aed be 1T further enacted That legis-
lative power and authority in said District
shall be vested in legislative assembly as here
inafter provided. The assembly shall consist Of
council and house of delegates. The council
shall consist of eleven members, of whom
two shall be 4 residents of the city of
Georgetown and two residents of the
county outside of the cities of Wash
ington and Georgetown, who shall be APP
pointed by the President, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Senate, who shall have
the qualification of voters as hereinafter pre-
scrihed, five of whom shall be first appointed
for the term of one year and six for the period
of two years, provided that all subsequent APP
pointments shall be for the term of two years
The house of delegates shall consist of twenty
two members, possessing the same qualifications
as prescribed for the members of the council,
whose term of service shall continue one year
An apportionment shall be made, as nearly
equal as practicable into eleven districts for the
appointment of the council and into twenty
two districts for the election of delegates, CIV
ing to each section of the District representa-
ton in the ratio of its population nearly may
be. And the members of the council and of the
house of delegates shall reside in and be inhabi-
tants of the districts from which they are APP
pointed or elected, respectively. For the pur-
poses of the first election to be held under this
act, the governor and judges of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia shall desig-
nate the districts for mem bers of the house of
delegates appoint board of registration and
persons to superintend the election and the re-
turns thereof prescribe the time, places, and
manner of conducting such election, and make
all needful rules and regulations for CARRYING
into effect the provisions Of this act not other
Wise herein provided for: Provided, That the
hrst election shall be held within sixty DAYS
from the passage of this act. In the first and
all subsequent elections the persons having the
highest number Of legal votes for the house of
delegates, respectively. shall be declared by
the governor duly elected members of said
house. In case two more persons voted for
shall have an equal number of votes for the
same ONCE, or if vacancy shall occur in the
mouse OF delegates, the governor shall order q
new election. And the persons thus appointed
ana elected to the legislative assembly shall
meet at such time and at such place within the
Dlstrlct as the governor shall appoint; but
thereafter the time, place, and manner of hold
ing ana conducting all elections by the people
ana tue formation of the districts for members