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 420 FORTY—-FIRST CON GRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 62. 1871. veto power of large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. Ii} after such pe, 8¤V¤F¤°¤'· consideration, two thirds of all the members appointed or elected to the 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 all the members appointed or elected to that house, it shall become u law. But, in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the 'ournal of each Bills not re house respectively. 1f' any bill shall not be returned by`] the governor ten days, &c. . . . . . P. him, the same shall be a. law in like manner as if he had signed rt, unless the legislative assembgy by their adjournment prevent its returu,iu which case it shall not be a nw. Secretary of Ssc. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall he appointed by the °‘° Df***"°°· President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a secretary mggsggiggg of said District, who shall reside therein and possess the qualification of dum · an elector, and shall hold his ofiioe for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; he shall record and preserve all 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 journals of the legislative assembly within thirty days after the end of each session, and one copy of the executive proceedings and official correspondence semiannually, on the first days of January and July in each year, to the President of the United States, and four copies of the laws to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the use of Con- Whentonotas gress; and in case of the death, removal, resignation, disability, or abg°'°"’°" pencg, of thp govesnor from the District, the secretary shall he, and lic is iere y, eutiorize and re uired to execute and ertoim all the owcrs and duties of the govcrno;] during such vacancy, disability, or abseiice, or until another governor shall be duly appointed and qualiiied to till such ncgxpisionirot- vacancy. And in case the offices of governor and secretary shall both md“cr§f‘:_‘;:'::;# become vacant, the powers, duties, and cmoluments of the officc of govvnqnmg, &c_ ernor shall devolve upon the presiding officer of the council, and in case that office shall also be vacant, upon the presiding officer of the house of L! -1 { dcgzgate? umildtf office Zhell be dlled by a new appointment. saivoas- mc. . n it urt er enacted That le isl f · · ·' °°'“b£" in said District shalljbe vested in a legisladveas,is]s(er€1(l>vly?lalsnll1;;lli(nlielr· Ovunuila provided. The assembly shall consist of a council and house of delegates. degggniggéxgi The council shall consist of eleven members, of whom two shall be resim(m_’m.m ofof_ dents ofitlie city of Gteorgetown, and two residents of the county outside Hou, Sec. of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall have the qualification ofvoters as hereinafter prescribed, five of
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wo years, provide t at a su sequent appointments shall be gag<:;¤¤¤ ¤l” @$8* for the term of two yeprs. The house of delegates shall consist of twenty· m,,,,,m, mm two members, possessing the same qualifications as prescribed for the ot‘omce,&e. members of the council, whose term of service shall continue one year. Dl¤*»¤¤¤·· An apportionment shall be made, as nearly equal as practicable, into eleven districts for the appointment of the council, and into twenty-two districts for the election of delegates, giving to each section of the Dis- Rmmmm  pppresentntnon in the ratio of its population as nearly as may be- · d _ ne néepibers ol: the council and of the house of delegates shall remm demon 21011:1:1; e inhabitants of the districts from which they are appointed · 53 LO it, respectively. It or the purposes of the first election to be held erft is act, the governor and judges of the supreme court of the Dis. peg ti Columbia shall designate the districts for members of the house 0 e egzttes, appoint a board of registration and persons to superintend