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 that said services were actually performed and that the bill for such services is correct and just.

§ 24. There shall be elected and employed by the house of representatives and council, each, one clerk whose duty it shall be to act as clerk of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives and council when said committees are in session; and it shall be the duty of such clerks when said committees are not sitting, to act as assistant engrossing and enrolling clerk of their respective houses. The per diem of such clerks shall be four dollars each, to be audited and paid out of the territorial treasury, upon an account certified by the respective presiding officers of each house of the legislative assembly, and a sufficient sum to pay said certificates is hereby appropriated out of the territorial funds not otherwise appropriate.

§ 25. It shall be lawful for the president of the council and speaker of the house of representative of the territory of Dakota and they are hereby authorized, to appoint, from time to time, such clerks for committees, stenographers, postmasters, and other subordinate officers and employes, for the irrespective bodies, in addition to those already provided for by law, as may, from time to time, be declared necessary and provided for by resolution of their respective houses, or by joint resolution of such assembly. The salary of such clerks, subordinate officers, and employes, shall be fixed and provided for by the resolution declaring their appointment necessary. There is hereby appropriated out of the territorial ne a a sum sufficient to pay for services of persons so employed. e respective amounts due each clerk, officer or employe, so employed and appointed, shall be audited and paid out of the territorial treasury, upon an account certified by the presiding officers of the two houses, respectively, and attested by the chief clerk thereof.

§ 26. The counties of Union, Clay and Lincoln shall constitute the first council and representative district, and Union county shall be the senior county.

§ 27. The counties of Yankton, Hutchinson and Turner shall constitute the second council and representative district, and shall be entitled to elect one member of the council and three members of the house of representatives, and Yankton county shall be the senior county.

§ 28. The counties of BonHomme, Douglas, and Charles Mix shall constitute the third council and representative district, and shall be entitled to elect one member of the council and one member of the house of representatives, and BonHomme county shall be the senior county.

§ 29. The counties of Minnehaha, McCook and Hanson shall constitute the fourth council and representative district and Minnehaha shall be the senior county, and they shall be entitled