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 700 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 70. 1863. of the district court for said district, to be held at Dubuque, shall be held on the third Tuesday in November. Approved, March 2, 1863. ,—· t thend an Act entitled "An Act to ovide a Tem a if CHAP- LXX An Aéovgrnhiznt for the Territory of C'0Zorado.” pr PM ry Ante; p. 172. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Colorado Terri· States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the Governor. The executive power and authority in and over said Territory of Colorado shall be vested in a Governor, 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 thereoh shall perform the duties and receive the emoluments of superintendent of Indian Affairs; he may grant pardons for offences against the laws of said Territory, and reprieves for oH`ences 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 executed. V¢¢<> power- Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That every bill which shall have passed the legislative assembly 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, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. lf, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and, if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the assembly, by adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. Judicial power. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That section nine of the act to which this act is amendatory be altered so as to read as follows : Section 9. And be it further enacted, That the judicial power of said Territory · Supreme court. shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of said Territory annually, and they shall hold their offices during the period of four years. The said Territory shall be divided into three judicial districts, and a District courts. district court shall be held in each of said districts by one of the justices of the supreme court at such time and place as may be prescribed by law; and the said judges shall, after their appointments, respectively reside in the districts which shall be assigned them. The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and Justices of the of justices of the, peace, shall be as limited by law: Provided, That jus- P“*"“°· tices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy when the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or when the debt or sum claimed shall exceed three hundred dollars; and the said probate court shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy when the debt or sum claimed shall exceed the sum of two thousand dollars; and said supreme and district court shall have authority for redress of all wrongs committed against the constitution and laws of the United
 * °'>'· act to which this act is an amendment be altered so as to read as follows;