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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1854, 289 jects not specially authorized by the acts of Congress making the appropriations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated for such objects. Src. 31. And be it further enacted, That the seat of government of Seatofgovernsaid Territory is hereby located temporarily at Fort Leavenworth; and **1****** M Fm that such portions of the public buildings as may not be actually used L°ii;i,Y;;°i?;§;d. and needed for military purposes, may be occupied and used, under the ings used as direction of the Governor and Legislative Assembly, for such public g°"°’“°’ dmc"' purposes as may be required under the provisions of this act. Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the House of A dem to to Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, b° °l°°*°‘E° tim who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by the voters %;?§,r§S§t;°ti:h° qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other Territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives, but the delegate iirst elected shall hold his seat only during the term of the Congress to which he shall bo elected. The first election shall be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, as the Governor shall appoint and direct; and at all subsequent elections, the times, places, and manner of holding the elections shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the Governor to be duly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be gvcn accordingly. That the Constitu- _ TM ¤¤¤¤f#¤- tion, and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, ESI E3:??}'?;; shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Kansas United States to as elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth section of the 3;’i:{;:g‘::d °;;f act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved cept gm sgkign March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with vf 9h- 22, 1820, the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States Q;ig°' and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and ° fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not The iptgut of to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, 1101* to exclude it there- this ¤<>¤ <><>¤<>¤¤‘¤ from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate mg ’I‘""V‘ their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall Proviso an to be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may iggsrggxggugz have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen hundred and Slavery_ g twenty, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery. 1820, ch- 22- Sec. 33. And be it jurther enacted, That there shall hereafter be Appmlprmgom appropriated, as has been customary for the territorial governments, a, f<>¥ Pub glguildsufficient. amount, to be expended under the direction of the said Governor mgn ml I my' of the Territory of Kansas, not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects, for the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of government, and for the purchase of a library, to be kept at the seat of government for the use of the Governor, Legislative Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, Secretary, Marshal, and Attorney of said Territory, and such other persons, and under such regulations, as shall be prescribed by law. SEO. 34. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said Lum]; to bg Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the :g;‘);¢g;$d0;g%¥' United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections 'P ' numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied Rmwmon to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter for ¤<>1w<>1¤· to be erected out of the same. Sec. 35. And be it further enacted, That, until otherwise provided by _ Judicial cm,- law, the Govemor of said Territory may define the Judicial Districts of t£<;tl=-—h¤w d°· said Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Ter- ' ritory to the several districts ; and also appoint the times and places for von. x. Pm;. -— 37