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the recess of said legislative council, by granting commissions, whichshall expire at the end of their next session.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the qualified electors of saidterritory shall, at their next and every subsequent election for membersof their legislative council, choose, by ballot, eight persons, having thequalifications of electors, in addition to the number now by law author-ized ; and the names of the twenty-six persons, so elected, shall be trans-mitted by the governor of said territory, to the President of the UnitedStates , immediately after said election, who shall nominate, and by andwith the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States , appoint,therefrom, thirteen persons; which said thirteen persons shall composethe legislative council, any nine of whom shall form a quorum to transactbusiness; and all vacancies occurring in said council shall be filled in thesame manner, from the list transmitted as aforesaid. The members ofthe said legislative council shall receive three dollars each per day, duringtheir attendance at the sessions thereof, and three dollars for every twentymiles in going to, and returning therefrom, in full compensation for theirservices; which shall be paid by the United States .
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That appeals and writs of errorshall lie, from the decision of the highest judicial tribunal of said terri-tory, to the Supreme Court of the United States , in the same manner,and under the same regulations as do lie and are taken from the circuitcourts of the United States , where the amount in controversy shall ex-ceed one thousand dollars, which shall be ascertained by evidence satis-factory to the court allowing the appeal.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That not less than two judges ofthe supreme or superior court of said territory, shall hereafter hold acourt to transact the business of said court.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That so much of any ordinanceor law of the United States as contravenes the provisions of this act, sofar as respects the territory of Michigan , be, and the same is hereby,repealed.
Approved, February 5, 1825.
Additionalmembers of thelegislative coun-cil to be alsochosen by bal-lot.
Same course tobe pursued withwrits of error,as in othercourts.
Two of thesuperior judgesto hold a court.
So much ofany law as con-travenes theprovisions ofthis act, re-pealed.
Chap. VII .—Jin Act confirming certain claims to lands in the western districtof Louisiana . (<z)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That all the claims to landembraced in the report made by the commissioners appointed for adjust-ing the titles and claims to land in the western district of Louisiana , uponthe thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and recom-mended by them for confirmation, be, and the same are hereby, con-firmed : Provided, That no person or persons shall be entitled, by anyone claim, to a greater quantity than one league square under thisact.
Approved, February 5, 1825.
Chap. IX. — An Act making compensation to the persons appointed by theelectors to deliver the votes for President and Vice President.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oftheUnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the person appointed bythe electors to deliver to the president of the Senate , a list of thevotes for President and Vice President, shall be allowed, on delivery of
Act of March3, 1807, ch. 36.
Act of March2, 1805, ch. 26.
Act of Feb.28, 1823,ch.15.
Report of thecommissionersfor adjusting thetitles, &c. toland in thewestern districtof Louisiana ,confirmed.
Compensa-tion allowed topersons whodelivered to thepresident of the
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(«) See note3 to act of May 11, 1820, ch. 87.