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 § [121.] No corporation or association for religious or chari­table purposes shall acquire or hold real estate in any territory, during the existence of the territorial government, of a greater value than fifty thousand dollars; and all real estate acquired or held by such corporation or association contrary hereto, shall be forfeited and escheat to the United States; but existing vested rights in real estate shall not be impaired by the provisions of this section.

§ [122.] All religious societies, sects and congregations shall have the right to have and to hold through trustees appointed by any court exercising probate powers in a territory, only on the nomination of the authorities of such society, sect or congregation, so much real property for the erection or use of houses of worship, and for such parsonages and burial grounds as shall be necessary for the convenience and use of the several congrega­tions of such religious society, sect or congregation.

§ [123.] All general laws heretofore enacted by the legislative assembly of the territory of Dakota, providing for the incorporation of insurance companies are hereby legalized and made valid, and are declared to have the same force and effect as if the said legislative assembly had had full power and authority to enact the same; and all insurance companies incorporated under said laws and in accordance therewith are hereby declared to have been legally incorporated.

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124. Secretary of war may issue arms.

125. Amendment.

126. Amendment.

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127. Secretary of war may issue cartridges.

128. Territory to have credit on ordnance account.

§ [124.] The secretary of war is hereby authorized to cause to be issued to the territories, and the states bordering thereon, such arms as he may deem necessary for their protection, not to exceed one thousand to said states each; provided, that such issues shall only be from arms owned by the government, which have been superseded and no longer issued to the army; pro­vided, however, that said arms shall be issued only in the fol­lowing manner and upon the following conditions, namely: Upon the requisition of the governors of said states or territories, showing the absolute necessity of arms for the protection of the citizens and their property against Indian raids into said states or territories; also that militia companies are regularly organized and under control of the governors of said states or territories, to whom said arms are to be issued, and that said governor or governors shall give a good and sufficient bond for the return of said arms or the payment of the same at such time as the secretary of war may designate.

§ [125.] The joint resolution approved July third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, authorizing the secretary of war to issue arms to the territories and the states bordering thereon, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the words "each of said territories," the words "and ammunition for the same, not to exceed fifty ball cartridges for each arm."

§ [126.] A joint resolution, approved July third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to issue arms," be amended as follows: By inserting in the fifth line, after the word "states," and before the word "each," the words "and territories," and by striking out after the word "each," in said fifth line, and before the word