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53. Each territory elects delegate.

Section.

54. Time, place and manner of electing del­egate.

§ [53.] Every territory shall have the right to send a delegate to the house of representatives of the United States, to serve during each congress, who shall be elected by the voters in the territory qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly thereof. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly. Every such delegate shall have a seat in the house of representatives, with the right of debating, but not of voting.

§ [54.] The first election of a delegate in any territory for which a temporary government is hereafter provided by congress, shall be held at the time and places, and in the manner the governor of such territory may direct, after at least sixty days' notice, to be given by proclamation; but at all subsequent elections therein, as well as at all elections for a delegate in organized territories, such time, places and manner of holding the election, shall be prescribed by the law of each territory.

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55. Appointment of governor, etc.

56. Oath of office, how administered.

57. United States district attorney.

58. United States marshal.

59. Clerk of supreme court.

60. Clerk of district court.

61. Officers, how elected or appointed.

62. Vacancies, how filled.

63. Justices of the peace and general militia officers to be elected.

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64. Vacancy in office of justice of peace.

65. Salary of supreme justices.

66. Salary of United States dis trict attorney.

67. Salary of United States marshal.

68. Fees of attorneys, marshals, clerks, etc., in United States case.

69. Payment of salaries-Oath to be administered in territory.

70. Salaries not to be paid when officer abseut.

71. Salaries paid quarterly.

§ [55.] The governor, secretary, chief justice and associate justices, attorney and marshal of every territory shall be nomi­nated, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the president.

§ [56.] The governor and secretary for each territory shall, before they act as such, respectively take an oath before the district judge or some justice of the peace in the limits of the territory for which they are appointed, duly authorized to administer oaths by the laws in force therein, or before the chief justice or some associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to support the constitution of the United States and faithfully discharge the duties of their respective offices; and such oaths shall be certified by the person before whom the same are taken, and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the secretary among the executive proceedings; and the chief justice and associate justices and all other civil officers appointed for any territory, before they act as such, shall take a like oath before the governor or secretary or some judge or justice of the peace of the territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, and such oath shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same, to the secretary, to be by him recorded as above directed; but after the first qualification of the officers herein specified in the case of a new territory, as well as in all organized territories, the like oath shall be taken, certified and recorded in such a manner and form as may be prescribed by the law of each territory.