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ments as shall be constitutionally made, and to all acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto, and any act of rebellion on the part of the State Government.

there or alliance with one or more States or foreign nations for the purpose of making war on the United States shall terminate their legal existence and State Government and remand them to a Territorial condition, subject to the Government and control of Congress.

Section 2. And be it further enacted, that the Government hereby authorized shall consist of an Executive, Legislative, and Judicial power. The Executive power shall be vested in a Governor. The Legislative power shall consist of a Council of nine members and a House of Representatives of eighteen. The Judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, to consist of three Judges, and such inferior courts as the Legislative Council may by law proscribe. there shall also be a Secretary, a Marshall a District Attorney and a Surveyor General for said Territory, who together with the Governor and Judges of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the term of office for each, the manner of their appointment, and the powers, duties, and the compensation of the Governor, Legislative Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, Secretary, Marshall, District Attorney and Surveyor General aforesaid with their Clerks, Draughtsman, Deputies and Sergeant at Arms, shall be such as are conferred upon the same officers by the act organizing the