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 THIRTYQEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 95. 1864. 91 the aforesaid moneys shall have been expended; and no expenditure b E;g°;;‘H;‘;;f’ shall be made by said legislative assembly for objects not specially au- tj%°,,SS_,,,$,1b;y_ thorized by the acts of congress making the appropriations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated for such objects. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly of Firstsession of the Territory of Montana shall hold its first session at such time and place “S“mb1y‘ in said territory as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the governor and legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said territory at such place as they may deem eligible: Provided, That the seat of government fixed by the governor Seatofgoverm and legislative assembly shall not be at any time changed except by au m°”*· act of the said assembly duly passed, and which shall be approved, after due notice, at the first general election thereafter, by a majority of the legal votes cast on that question. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the house of Delvemin representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, °°ngmS' who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other territories of the United States to the said house of representatives; but the delegate first elected shall hold his seat only during the term of the congress to which he shall be elected. The first election shall be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, as the governor shall appoint and direct ; and at all subsequent elections the time and places, and manner of holding the elections, shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest Pluwmy Of number of legal votes shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected, Wm t°€1°°t' and a certincate thereof shall be given accordingly. That the constitu- Constitution tion and all laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, ejldggyggi mg) shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Montana benj,, {mg es as elsewhere within the United States. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said School lands. territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said territory and in the states and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same. Sec. 15. And be it farther enacted, That, until otherwise provided by _J¤di¢i¤l dir law, the governor of said territory may define the judicial districts of said mm' territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or subdivisions in each of said judicial dis·- _ tricts, by proclamation to be issued by him; but the legislative assembly, at their first or any subsequent session, may organize, alter, or modify such judicial districts, and assign the judges, and alter the times and places of holding the courts, as to them shall seem proper and convenient. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all officers to be appointed Di¤b¤P¤i¤g OF by the President of 'the United States, by and with the advice and consent §;3;,g’,_g°V° of the Senate, for the Territory of Montana, who, by virtue of the provisions of any law now existing, or which may be enacted by congress, are required to give security for moneys that may be intrusted with them for disbursement, shall give such security at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Sec. 17. And be it jlmher enacted, That all treaties, laws, and other Treaties with engagements made by the government of the United States with the Igdi““s(° bs Indian tribes inhabiting the territory embraced within the provisions of 0 mw ' this act, shall be faithfully and rigidly observed, anything contained in this