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Delegates toHouse of Re-presentatives U.S. how elected,&c.

Suits, &c. un-determined on3d July next indist. courts ofWisconsin ,west of theMississippi ,shall be trans-ferred, &c.Judicial officersin office on 3dJuly next, shallact temporarilyuntil their pla-ces are filled byGov’t of Iowa .

Proviso.

Causes re-moved from thecourts of Wis-consin, west ofthe Mississippi ,into supremecourt of Wis-consin .

Library to bekept at seat ofgovernment.

Term of mem-bers of counciland House ofReps, of Wis-consin to ex-pire, &c.

Apportion-ment of mem-bers of Counciland Ho. Reps.

TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch.96. 1838.

Assembly thereof to defray the expenses of erecting public buildingsat the seat of Government.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the House ofRepresentatives of the United States to serve for the term of two years,may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legisla-tive Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privilegesas have been granted to the delegates from the several Territories of theUnited States, to the said House of Representatives . The first electionshall be held at such time and place or places, and be conducted in suchmanner as the Governor shall appoint and direct. The person havingthe greatest number of votes shall be declared by the Governor to beduly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be given to the person soelected.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all suits, process, and pro-ceedings, and all indictments and informations, which shall be undeter-mined on the third day of July next, in the district courts of WisconsinTerritory, west of the Mississippi river, shall be transferred to be heard,tried, prosecuted and determined in the district courts hereby establish-ed, which may include the said counties.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted', That all justices of the peace,constables, sheriffs, and all other executive and judicial officers, whoshall be in office on the third day of July next, in that portion of thepresent Territory of Wisconsin which will then, by this act, becomethe Territory of Iowa, shall be, and are hereby authorized and requiredto continue to exercise and perform the duties of their respective offices,as officers of the Territory of Iowa, temporarily and until they, orothers, shall be duly appointed to fill their places by the TerritorialGovernment of Iowa , in the manner herein directed: Provided, Thatno officer shall hold or continue in office by virtue of this provision,over twelve months from the said third day of July next.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That all causes which shall havebeen or may be removed from the courts held by the present Territoryof Wisconsin, in the counties west of the Mississippi river , by appeal orotherwise, into the supreme court for the Territory of Wisconsin, andwhich shall be undetermined therein on the third day of July next, shallbe certified by the clerk of the said supreme court, and transferred tothe supreme court of said Territory of Iowa, there to be proceeded into final determination, in the same manner that they might have beenin the said supreme court of the Territory of Wisconsin.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money inthe treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by, and underthe direction of, the Governor of said Territory of Iowa, in the purchaseof a library, to be kept at the seat of Government, for the accommoda-tion of the Governor, Legislative Assembly, judges, secretary, marshal,and attorney of said Territory, and such other persons as the Governorand Legislative Assembly shall direct.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That from and after the daynamed in this act for the organization of the Territory of Iowa, theterm of the members of the Council and House of Representatives ofthe Territory of Wisconsin shall be deemed to have expired, and anentirely new organization of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin as constituted by this act shall take placeas follows : As soon as practicable after the passage of this act, the Go-vernor of the Territory of Wisconsin shall apportion the thirteen mem-bers of the Council and twenty-six members of the House of Repre-sentatives among the several counties or districts comprised within saidTerritory, according to their population, as nearly as may he (Indiansexcepted). The first election shall be held at such time as the Go-