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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. 83 of Congress; and in case of the death, removal, resignation, or other necessary absence of the governor from the Territory, the secretary shall execute all the powers and perform all the duties of governor during such vacancy or absence, or until another governor is appointed and qualined. Sec. 4. That the legislative power and authority of said Territory legislative power. shall be vested in the governor and legislative assembly. The leg- Assembly- islative assembly shall consist of a council and a house of representatives. The council shall consist of thirteen members, having ommcu. the gualincations of voters as hereinafter prescribed, whose term of service shall continue two years. . The house of representatives shall Hg? of Repw consist of twenty-six members, possessing the same qualications as m m` prescribed for members of the council, and whose term of service shall continue two years, and the sessions of the legislative assembly semen. shall be biennial and shall be limited to sixty days’ duration: Pro- Prwiw. vided, however, That the duration of the first session of said legisla- naman or m-se tive assembly may continue one hundred and twenty days. _ “°“”°“‘ That for the purpose of facilitating the organization of a tem- “ ¤ of porary government in the Territor of Oklahoma, seven counties '°° °°°" are hereby established therein, to be known, until after the first election in the Territory, as the First Count , the Second County, the Third County, the Fourth County, the Fifth County, and the Sixth County, the boundaries of which shall be fixed b the gov- 8i:£?°cgul;1·}¤*kg¤¤¤f¤¥¤¤ ernor of the Territory until otherwise rovided by the legislative‘ assembly thereof. The county seat of the First County shall be at Com? ***8- Guthrie. The county seat of the Second County shall be at Oklahoma City. The county seat of the Third County shall be at Norman. The county seat of the Fourth County shall be at El Reno. The county seat of the Fifth County shall be at Kingiisher City. The county seat of the Sixth County shall be at Stillwater. The Seventh like ¤€*<>¤¤¤ <=<>¤¤¢y County shall embrace all that portion of the Territory lyin west of M m` _ the one hundredth meridian, known as the Public Land érip, the county seat of which shall be at Beaver: Provided, That the county in www seats ocated by this act may be changed in such manner as the sem. . Territorial legislature may provide. At the first election for members of the legislative assembly the Fi¤=¤¤¤¤c¤<>¤. people of each county may vote for a name for such county, and the Naming memes. name which receives the greatest number of votes shall be the name of such county. If two or more counties should select the same name, the county which casts ,the greatest number of votes for such name shall be entitled to the same, and the names receiving the next highest number of votes in the other counties shall be the names of such counties. An apportionment shall be made by the governor Avpvrtivnment as nearly equal as practicable amongl the several counties or districts for the election of the council and ouse of representatives, giving to each section of the Territory representation in the ratio of its m£1·¤¤i<> <>f ¤=x>¤¤¤¢¤¤¤·- population (excepting Indians not taxed) as nearly as may be, and ' the members of the council and house of representatives shall reside _M¤mlgq must m- in and be inhabitants of the district for which they may be elected, sm m °"°’“m°°°‘ respectively. Previous to the first election the governor shall cause a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the several counties or ¤<¤¤¤¤¤ districts of the Territory to be taken, unless the same shall have been taken and published b the United States, in which case such _ _ census and enumeration shall be adopted, andthe iirst election shall F“`“°°'°°°°°· be held at such times and places an be conducted in such manner, both as to the persons who superintend such election and the returns thereof, as the governor shall appoint and direct, and he shall at the same time declare the number of the members of the council and house of representatives to which each of the counties or districts shall be entitled, as shown b the census herein provided for. The number of rsons authorizedr to be elected, having the highest number of legaltotes in each of said council districts for members of