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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1854. 279 having the highest number of legal votes in each of said council districts for members of the Council, shall be declared by the Governor to be duly elected to the Council; and the persons having the highest number of legal votes for the House of Representatives, shall be declared by the Governor to be duly elected members of said house: Provided, That in Provisor in case two or more persons voted for shall have an equal number of votes, gfs:0‘;’;1§ff;‘;““°y and in case a vacancy shall otherwise occur in either branch of the Legis· ` lative Assembly, the Governor shall order a new election; and the persons Subsequent thus elected to the Legislative Assembly shall meet at such place and on Qgigxggcf 5; such day as the Governor shall appoint; but thereafter, the time, place, the Assembly. and manner of holding and conducting all elections by the people, and the apportioning the representation in the several counties or districts to the Council and House of Representatives, according to the number of qualified voters, shall be prescribed by law, as well as the day of the t6P';"’iF°>S*§0*° commencement of the regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly: PM- Ogrjigisisgive M vided, That no session in any one year shall exceed the term of forty Assembly. days, except the first session, which may continue sixty days. SEO. 5. And be it further enacted, That every free white male inhabit- Qualincations ant above the age of twenty-one years who shall be an actual resident °fv°t°"‘ of said Territory, and shall possess the qualifications hereinafter prescribed, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualincations of voters, and of holding officc, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be _ prescribed by the Legislative Assembly: Provided, That the right of {\§`8X‘;‘j’M me suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the right of ,,ug·,,,g,, United States and those who shall have declared on oath their intention and of holding to become such, and shall have taken an oath to support the Constitu— °m°°‘ tion of the United States and the provisions of this act: Andprovided Further proviso. further, That no officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, or other person in the army or navy of the United States, or attached to troops in the service of the United States, shall be allowed to vote or hold office in said Territory, by reason of being on service therein. _ _ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the 0£*v‘;§‘;?i2’: Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent ggyjmw d,, with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; 5H6d- 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. Every bill which shall have passed the Council and House of Representatives of the said Territory shall, before it become a law, be presented to the Governor of the Territory; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it G0V¢f¤<>Y’¤ with his objections to the house in which it originated, who shall enter v°°°‘ the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, _ after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass agglfalgjjg the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, ghjrds Ofyeach by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds housenotwithof that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of "“"d"‘g‘ both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered on the Bu b journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by ,1,;, g°n1é;°Q;° the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have tamed by gobeen presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he E”;‘;’:,;"1;h‘“ had signed it, unless the Assembly, by adjournment, prevents its return, y ` in which ease it shall not be a law. _ Sec. 7. And be it fart/ter enacted, That all township, district, and d_H°WV>W¤Sl¤P» . . . · istrlct and county officers, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be appointed or county Umm, elected, as the case may be, in such manner as shall be provided by the me to be sp- Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska. The P°mt°d‘ Governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the