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90 THIRTY·-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 95. 1864. Certain odihers Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary,

  • °b°‘li§’°i'?*°° chief justice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal shall be ap.

by the Mmmm pointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice Om] of gw_ and consent of the Senate. The governor and secretary to be appointed mw: and seem as aforesaid shall, before they act as such, respectively, take an oath or

  • -**5*5 ani;-mation before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the

limits of said territory, duly authorized to administer oaths and aH:irmations by the laws now in force therein, or before the chief justice or some associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to support the constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective oHiees; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certffied by the person by whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among of judges and the executive proceedings; and the chief justice and associate justices,

        • 1 °m°°”· and all civil officers in said territory, before they act as such, shall take a

like oath or affirmation before the said governor or secretary, or some judge or justice of the peace of the territory who may be duly commissioned and qualified, or before the chief justice or ·some associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and afterwards the like oath or afnrmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. And any person who has heretofore been appointed chief justice or associate justice of the Territory of Onth of judges Idaho, who has not yet taken the oath of ofiiee, as prescribed by the act i¤ Id¤h°· organizing said territory, may take said oath or affirmation before the chief justice or some associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. The governor shall receive an annual salary of two thousand Eve hundred dollars; the chief justice and associate justices shall receive an Salaries. 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 respective 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 ap- Pay of nieni- pointments. The members of the legislative assembly shall be entitled b°¤°2}°8”l”**'° to receive four dollars each per day during their attendance at the scs- "mn y` sions thereof; and four dollars each for every twenty miles' travel in going to and returning from said sessions, estimated according to the nearest usually travelled route; and an additional allowance of Four dollars per day shall be paid to the presiding oHcer of each house for each day he Chief clerk and shall so preside. And a chief clerk, one assistant clerk, one engrossing g;2;'l;’£;;’gf°fh° and one enrolling clerk, a. sergeant-at-arms, and doorkeeper may be assembly. chosen for each house; and the chief clerk shall receive four dollars per day, and the said other onicers three dollars per day during the session of the legislative assembly; but no other officers shall be paid by the United States: Providei That there shall be but one session of the h Assgnibiyiq legislative assembly annually, unless, on an extraordinary occasion, the ·i;;° u;leg;°8::?' governor shall think proper to call the legislative assembly together. ° There shall be appropriated annually the usual sum, to be expended by the governor, to defray the contingent expenses of the territory, including the salary of the clerk of the executive department. And there shall nnnualappro- also be appropriated annually a sufficient sum, to be expended by the £:';£°¤* *0 b° secretary of the territory, and upon an estimate to be made by the Sec- ' retary of the Treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly, the printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses. And the governor and secretary of the territory shall, in the Disbummmt, disbursement of all moneys intrusted to them, be governed solely by the of moneys. instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and shall semi-annually account to the said secretary for the manner in which