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 correspondence semi-annually, on the first day of January and July in each year, to the president. He shall prepare the acts passed by the legislative assembly for publication and furnish a copy thereof to the public printer of the territory, within ten days after the passage of each act.

§ [7.] And hereafter it shall be the duty of the secretary of each territory to furnish estimates in detail for the lawful expenses thereof, to be presented to the secretary of the treasury on or before the first day of October of every year.

§ [8.] And it shall be the duty of the secretary of each of the territories of the United States to furnish the surveyor general of the territory for the use of the United State, a copy duly certified of every act of the legislature of the territory, incorpor­ating any city or town, the same to be forwarded by such secretary to the surveyor-general within one month from the date of its approval.

§ [9.] From and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the annual salaries of the governors of the several territories shall be three thousand five hundred dollars, and the salaries of the secretaries shall be two thousand five hundred dollars each.

§ [10.] There shall be appropriated annually one thousand dollars, to be expended by the respective governors, to defray the contingent expenses of New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Dakota, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, including the salary of the clerk in the executive departments of those territories.

Section.

11. Legislative power, etc.

12. Extent of legislative power.

13. Further restrictions upon legislative power.

14. Limit of time of session of legislature.

15. Extra sessions of legislature.

16. Number of members of council and house-Compensation.

17. Council and representative districts.

18. Subordinate officers-Compensation.

Section.

19. Mileage of members.

20. Members of legislature prohibited from holding certain offices.

21. Prohibition of extra compensation to certain officers.

22. Accounts of territories.

23. Expanses for printing laws, etc.

24. Limitation on expense& of legislature.

25. Legislature shall not pass local or special laws in certain cases.

§ [11.] The legislative power in each territory shall be vested in the governor and a legislative assembly. The legislative assembly shall consist of a council and house of representatives. The members of both branches of the legislative assembly shall have the qualifications of voters as herein prescribed. They shall be chosen for the term of two years, and the sessions of the respected legislative assemblies shall be biennial. Each legislative assembly shall fix by law the day of commencement of its regular session. The members of the council and house of representatives shall reside in the district or county for which they are respectively elected.

§ [ 12.] The legislative :power of every territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the con­titutionconstitution [sic] and laws of the United States. But no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States, nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.

§ [13.] In addition to the restrictions upon the legislativepower of the territories, contained in the preceding chapter, section eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the legislative assemblies of Colorado, Dakota and Wyoming shall not pass any law impair-