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Rh ing the rights of private property, nor make any discrimination in taxing different kinds of property; but all property subject to taxation shall be taxed in proportion to its value.

§ [14.] The sessions of the legislative assemblies of the several territories of the United States shall be limited to sixty days' duration.

§ [15.] Hereafter no extraordinary session of the legislature of any territory, wherever the same is now authorized by law, shall be called until the reasons for the same have been presented to the president of the United States, and his approval thereof has been duly given.

§ [16.] The legislature of the territory of Dakota shall hereafter consist of twenty-four members of the council and forty-eight members of the house of representatives, and that there shall be elected at the next general election in said territory two members of the council and four members of the house of representatives, in each of the twelve legislative districts provided for in chapter seven of the territorial statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty-three of said territory. And the members of each branch of the said several legislatures shall receive a compensation of four dollars per day each during the sessions provided by law, and shall receive such mileage as the law provides; and the president of the council and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each receive six dollars per day for the same time.

§ [17.] And the legislature of Dakota may divide said territory into as many council and representative districts as they desire, which districts shall be as nearly equal as practicable, taking approved March into consideration population (except Indians not taxed); Provided, that the number of council districts shall not exceed twenty-four, and the number of representative districts shall not exceed forty-eight.

§ [18.] That the subordinate officers of each branch of said territorial legislatures shall consist of one chief clerk, who shall receive a compensation of six dollars per day; one enrolling and engrossing clerk at five dollars per day; sergeant-at-arms and approved June doorkeeper at five dollars per day; one messenger and watchman at four dollars per day each; and one chaplain at one dollar and fifty, cents per day. Said sums shall be paid only during the sessions of said legislatures, and no greater number charges per diem shall be paid or allowed by the United States to any territory.

§ [19.] The members of the legislative assemblies of New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Dakota, Arizona, and Wyoming territories shall each receive three dollars for every twenty miles' travel in going to and returning from the sessions of their respective bodies, estimated according to the nearest usually traveled route.

§ [20.] No member of the legislative assembly of any territory now organized, shall hold or be appointed to any office which has been created, or the salary or emoluments of which have been increased while he was a member, during the term for which he was elected, and for one year after the expiration of such term; but this restriction shall not be applicable to members of the first legislative assembly in any territory hereafter organized; and no person holding a commission or appointment under the United States, except postmasters, shall be a member of the legislative assembly or shall hold any office under the government of any