TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.96. 1838.
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secretary to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such,respectively, take an oath or affirmation, before some judge or justiceof the peace, in the existing Territory of Wisconsin , duly commissionedand qualified to administer an oath or affirmation, [or] before the chiefjustice, or some associate justice of the Supreme Court of theUnited States, to support the constitution of the United States , andfor the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices,which said oaths when so taken, shall be certified by the personbefore whom the same shall have been taken, and such certificateshall be received and recorded by the said Secretary among the execu-tive proceedings. And, afterwards, the chief justice and associatejudges, and all other civil officers in said Territory, before they act assuch, shall take a like oath or affirmation before the said Governor orsecretary, or some judge or justice of the Territory who may be dulycommissioned and qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall be cer-tified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the Secretary,to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and, afterwards, the like oath oraffirmation, shall be taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner andform as may be prescribed by law. The Governor shall receive an an-nual salary of fifteen hundred dollars as Governor, and one thousanddollars as superintendent of Indian affairs. The said chief justice andassociate judges shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundreddollars. The secretary shall receive an annual salary of twelve hun-dred dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quarter-yearly at the Trea-sury of the United States . The members of the Legislative Assemblyshall be entitled to receive three dollars each per day, during their at-tendance at the sessions thereof; and three dollars each for every twentymiles travel in going to and returning from, the said sessions, estimatedaccording to the nearest usually travelled route. There shad be appro-priated, annually, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, to be ex-pended by the Governor to defray the contingent expenses of the Terri-tory; and there shall also be appropriated, annually, a sufficient sum, tobe expended by the Secretary of the Territory, and upon an estimate tobe made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States , to de-fray the expenses of the Legislative Assembly, the printing of the laws,and other incidental expenses; and the Secretary of the Territory shallannually 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 inhabitants of the saidTerritory shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunitiesheretofore granted and secured to the Territory of Wisconsin and to itsinhabitants; and the existing laws of the Territory of Wisconsin shallbe extended over said Territory, so far as the same be not incompatiblewith the provisions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to be altered, modi-fied, or repealed, by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the saidTerritory of Iowa; and further, the laws of the United States arehereby extended over, and shall be in force in said Territory, so far asthe same, or any provisions thereof, may be applicable.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Legislative Assemblyof the Territory of Iowa shall hold its first session at such time andplace in said Territory as the Governor thereof shall appoint and direct;and at said session, or as soon thereafter as may by them be deemed ex-pedient, the said Governor and Legislative Assembly shall proceed tolocate and establish the seat of Government for said Territory, at suchplace as they may deem eligible, which place, however, shall thereafterbe subject to be changed by the said Governor and Legislative Assem-bly. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars, out of any money in theTreasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby granted to the said Ter-ritory of Iowa , which shall be applied by the Governor and Legislative
Chief justiceand associatejudges, &c. totake an oath,&c.
Salary of theGovernor.
Salary of thechief judge andassociate jus-tices.
Salary of thesecretary.
Salaries howpaid.
Pay of mem-bers ol Legisla-tive Assembly.
Contingent ex-penses of theTerritory, &c.
Laws U.S. ex-tended overIowa .
First session ofLegislative As-sembly heldwhereGovernorshall direct.
Seat of Gov’t.
$20,000 appro-priated for erec-tion of publicbuildings at seatof government.