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Rh legislature, consent to the provisions of this act, within two years next after the passage hereof, this act shall cease and be of no effect.

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3. Executive power vested In governor.

4. Veto power.

5. Secretary of territory.

6. Duties of secretary.

7. Secretary to furnish estimate of expenses.

Section.

8. Secretary to furnish surveyor-general with facts of legislature incorporating cities and towns.

9. Salaries of governor and secretary.

10. Contingent expenses of governor's office.

§ [3.] The executive power of each territory shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the president. He shall reside in the territory for which he is appointed, and shall be commander-in-chief of the militia thereof. He may grant pardons and reprieves, and remit fines and forfeit­ures for offense against the laws of the territory for which he is appointed, and respites for offenses against the laws of the United States, till the decision of the president can be made known thereon. He shall commission all officers who are appointed under the laws of such territory, and shall take care that the laws thereof be faithfully executed.

§ [4.] Every bill which has passed the legislative assembly of any territory shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it orig­inated, and that house shall enter the objections at large on its journal and proceed to reconsider. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that house agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the journal of each house. If any bill is not re­turned by the governor within three days, Sundays excluded, after it has been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislative assem­bly, by adjournment sine die, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

§ [5.] There shall be appointed a secretary for each territory, who shall reside within the territory for which he is appointed, and shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the president. In case of the death, removal, resignation or absence of the governor from the territory, the secretary shall execute all the powers and perform all the duties of governor during such vacancy or absence, or until another governor is appointed and qualified.

§ [6.] The secretary shall record and preserve all the laws and proceeding of the legislative assembly, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in the executive department; he shall transmit one copy of the laws and journals of the legisla­tive assembly within thirty days after the end of each session thereof, to the president, and two copies of the laws within like time, to the president of the senate and to the speaker of the house of representative, for the use of congress. He hall transmit one copy of the executive proceedings and official