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 {72 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 59. 1861. B¤'l¤€i¤8 l¤¤¤¤ To meet an extraordinary emergency which has arisen in bringing from !$“'f,,§'},,g°§,,’,Ell’ Batavia twenty-Four seamen of the ship " §tagh0und,” charged with mutiny, nine tl1ousand`seven hundred and ninety-two dollars, or so much thereof as may be deemed just and fiur; said sum to be expended under thedirection of the Secretary of State. Armovnn, February 28, 1861. F¢l>!‘¤¤P.Y28,186r Cmm. LIX. —An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado, 1863. ¢b· 70- Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives if the United . Pm} p' 7°°' States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the terri- tory of the United States included within the following limits, viz: comlished. mencing on the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude, where the twenty- Boundaries. 6fth meridian of longitude west from Washington crosses the same; thence north on said meridian to the forty-first parallel of north latitude ; thence along said parallel west to the thirty-second meridian of longitude west from Washington ; thence south on said meridian to the northern line of New Mexico; thence alongthe thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby erected into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Colorado: Provided, Indian rights That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights preserved- of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or y,,,;;,,, em;. Territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries my excepted. ° and constitute no part of the Territory of Colorado until said tribe shall ““m* &°‘ signify their assent to the President of the United States to be included within the said Territory, or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent for the Government to make if this act had never passed: Provided further, That nothing in this act contained shall Tqrqitzg may be construed to inhibit the Government of the United States from dividing b° dma said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion thereof to any other Territory or State. Governor. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and au- Am>¤i¤¢m¢¤¢, thority in and over said Territory of Colorado shall be vested in a gov- 3°,{a‘g·{’°w°"*°°d crnor, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The governor shall reside within said Territory, shall be commander-in—chief of the militia thereof, shall perform the duties and receive the emoluments of superintendent of Indian affairs, and shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect; he may grant pardons for offences against the laws of said Territory, and reprieves for offences against the laws of the United States, until the decision of the President can be made known thereon; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of said Territory, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully execute . $¤9¤‘¢¤¤’y¤Y Src. 3. And be it rtlwr enacted, That there shall be a secreta of T°m°°'-7* S"' said Territory, who shzdl reside therein, and hold his oiilce for four ygars, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor, in his executive department; he shall transmit one copy of the laws and one copy of the executive proceedings, on or before the first day of De-