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the seat of crovernment in said territory, and continue not longer thansix weeks; and the members of said council shall receive three dollarseach per day, during their attendance in council, and three dollars forevery twenty miles, to be estimated by the actual distance from theplace of residence to the seat of government, and so distinctly certifiedby the governor of said territory, in going to, and returning from, anymeeting of the legislative council, once in each session, and no more ;and the first election shall be held on the first Monday of October next,and at such times thereafter, and under such regulations, as the governorand legislative council shall direct.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the members of the legisla-tive council shall not be eligible to any office created during the periodof their service, or the fees of which were regulated by laws passedwhilst they were members, or for one year thereafter.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful forthe legislative council to pass any law imposing a higher tax on the landsof non-residents, than those of residents of said territory.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That so much of the several actsof which this is an amendment, as may be inconsistent with the pro-visions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed ; and so muchof any of the laws of said territory, as are repugnant to the same, are dis-approved and annulled.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the several acts passed by thegovernor and legislative council, granting divorces; the four first sec-tions of “ An act to amend an act to define crimes,” &c. approvedDecember tenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and “ An act toprescribe the forms of actions,” &c. approved December fifth, eighteenhundred and twenty-five; the act “ in addition and amendment of an actto determine fees,” &c. approved December ninth, eighteen hundred andtwenty-five; and “ An act to amend an act regulating judicial proceed-ings,” &c. approved December eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and “An act to provide, in part, for raising a revenue,” approvedthe ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be, and thesame are hereby, disapproved and annulled.
Approved, May 15, 1826.
Chap. XLVII .—Jin Act for the sale of a house and lot in New Orleans , and astore house at the Quarantine ground in Louisiana .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell a house and lot, inRoyal street, in the city of New Orleans , heretofore used for the districtcourt of the United States , and a public store-house and lot of land atthe Quarantine ground, in the state of Louisiana , whenever, in hisopinion, the same shall be deemed expedient.
Approved, May 15, 1826.
Chap. LVI .—An Act to alter the lines between the land districts in the territory
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the boundaries of thesouthern land district, in the territory of Michigan , as established by theact passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three,entitled “ An act to establish an additional land office in the territoryof Michigan, ” shall be so altered, as that, from the point where the
Members ofthe legislativecouncil not tobe eligible toany office, &c.
Taxes.
So much ofthe several actsof which this isan amendment,&c., repealed.
Acts by thelegislativecouncil, &c.,disapprovedand annulled.
Statute I.
May 15, 1826.
Secretary ofthe Treasury authorized tosell a house andlot, public pro-perty, in Royalstreet in the cityof New Orleans .
Statute I.May 16, 1826.