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THIRTY—-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 86. 1861. 243 discharge the duties of their respective offices; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the secretary among the executive proceedings; and the chief justice and associate justices, and all other civil officers in said Territory, before they act as such, shall take a like oath or ailirmation before the said governor or secretary, or some judge or justice of the peace of the Territory who may be duly commissioned and qualified, 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 ailirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded in such man[n]er and form as may he prescribed by law. The governor shall receive an Salaries. annual salary of Hfieen hundred dollars as governor, and one thousand dollars as superintendent of Indian affairs; the chief justice and associate justices shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; the secretary shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quarter—yearly at the Treasury of the United States. The members of the legislative assembly shall be entitled ic§§*g;°lfr;h° to receive three dollars each per day during their attendance at the ses- ` sion thereof, and three dollars for every twenty miles’ travel in going to and returning from the said sessions, estimated according to the nearest usually travelled route. There shall be appropriated annually the sum Contingent exof one thousand dollars, to he expended by the governor, to defray the P€“S”‘ contingent expenses of the Territory. There shall also be appropriated annually a. sufficient sum, to be expended by the secretary of the Terri- I Ef§P<>PM Of tory, and upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury s;*if§,g$“§;S` of the United States, to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly, i the printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses; and the secretary of the Territory shall annually account to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States for the manner in which the aforesaid sum shall have been expended. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly of fg?¤¤t¢¤¤<lPl¤°;_°· the Territory of Dakota shall hold its first session at such time and place fjegislitiigvin ° in said Territory as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the governor and legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem S<*¤*°*`S<>V€*'¤- eligible; which place, however, shall thereafter be subject to be changed mm by the said governor and legislative assembly. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the House of Delegate to Representatives of the United States, to serve during each Congress of C°“€'€”· the United States, may be elected by the voters 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. The first election shall be held at such time and places, El€°¥l<>¤ Oli &°· and he conducted in such manner, as the governor shall appoint and direct; and at all subsequent elections, the times, places, and manner of holding 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 he given accordingly. S20. 14. And be iz further enacted, That when the land in said _ Territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the government of the of5kg0i S°°t‘°““ United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sectionsV 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 to schools in the States hereafter to he erected out of the same. Src. 15. And be it further enacted, That temporarily, and until Judicial disotherwise provided by law, the governor of said Territory may define m°“·