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FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. 89 whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the secretary among the executive roceedings, 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 affirmation before the said governor or secretary, or some judge or(just1ce of the Lpeace of the Territory, who may be dul commissione and qualifie , which said oath or affirmation shall hre certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the secretary, to be recorded by him as aforesaid, and afterwards the like oath or affirmation shal be taken, certified, and recorded in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. The governor shall receive Salaries. an annual salary of two thousan six hundred dollars as governor; the chief-justice and associate justices shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and the Secreta shall receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dlollars. The said salaries shall be payable cpliarter-yearly at the Treasurly of the United States. The members of the legis ative assembly shal be entitled to receive rny¤:1egu1ntnnt. four dollars each per day during their attendance at the sessions, _ and four dollars for each and every twenty miles traveled in going to and returnin from said sessions, estimating the distance by the nearest traveledg route. There shall be appropriated annually the Contingent exsum of one thousand dollars, tobe expended) by the governor to de- P°"“°°· fray the contingent expenses of the erritory. There shall also be Expensesof legusappropriated annually a sunicient sum, to be expended by the secre- °i"° '“°"‘°l"°°°‘ tary, and upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly, of the courts, 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 s all have been expended. Sec. 15. That the legislative assembly of the Territory of- Okla- rims and piece ct homa shall hold its first session at Guthrie, in said Territory, at such €§",,_"’“‘°“ ° 1°g‘““' time as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the overnor and legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and estabhs}; the seat of overnment for said Territory at such place as they S¤¤¤¤f¢¤v¤r¤¤e¤•>· may deem eligilile, which place, however, s all thereafter be subject to be changed by the said governor and legislative assembly. Sec. 16. That a Delegate to the House of Representatives of the neiegmtocnngmn. United States, to serve during each Congress of 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 privile es as are exercised and enjoyed by the Delegates from the several other Territories of the Unite States in the said House of Representatives. The first election shall be held at such time and place, mncucn cttw. and be conducted in such manner as the governor shall appoint and direct, after at least sixty days’ notice, to be given by proc amation, and at all subsequent elections the time, place, and manner of holding elections shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of votes of the qualified electors, as hereinbefore provided, shall be declared by the governor elected, and a certificate thereof shall be accordingly given. Smc, 17. That the revisions of title sixty-two of the Revised gagioglejluinxkei Statutes of the United States relating to national banks, and all ° ’°°’ amendments thereto, shall have the same force and eifect in the Territory of Oklahoma as elsewhere in the United States: Provided, mma. That ersons otherwise qualified to act as directors shall not be re- Qualiticatlnnsof atquiredl to have resided in said T6I‘1'ifo1‘y for more than three months “’°‘°"* immediatel preceding their election as such. Sno, 18. That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each msghwi www ¤¢ township in said Territory shall be, and the ame are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to public schools in the State or