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 ORGANIZATION AND GOVERN MENT. 3 laws of the District so enacted, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Sec. 7. Every bill which passes the council and house of delegates V¤*<> P<>“‘¤f· shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if he ap- prove, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his objections 62, v. lG,s?3,p. 4120. to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large on the journal, and proceed to reconsider it. Sec. 8. If, after reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members ap- passage, of bills pointed°or elected to said house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be over g¤v¤r¤¤r’ S sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall E10- ._e likewise be reconsidered ; and if approved by two-thirds of all the mem- Ibidbers appointed or elected to that house, it shall become a law. . Sec. 9. In all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined Vote, now taken. b_y yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against ·ILi(T*"·vi the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. I ` Sec. 10. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten Bins not returndays, Sundays excepted, after it shall have been presented to him, the ¤<lwithi¤t¤¤ <l¤¥¤- same shall he a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the leg- my `I islative assembly by adjournment prevent its return; in which case it shall not be a law. THE SECRETARY. Sec. 11. There shall be appointed by the President, by and with the Secretar y. anadvice and consent of the Senate, a secretary of the District, who shall P°i!***¤***{°: ‘1“*‘l’}" reside therein, and possess the qualifications of an elector, and who shall  ‘"‘d t'""" hold office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and quali-  tied. "' Sec. 12. The secretary shall receive an annual salary of two thousand Sa1ary,Iwwn=¤y- dollars, payable quarter-yearly from the date of his appointment, at the “m°· _; _ Treasury of the United States, but no payment shall be made until he Ibid., s. 32, p. 425. shall have entered upon the duties of his office. Sec. 13. The secretary shall record and preserve all laws and pro- Duties of secreceedings of the legislative assembly, and all the acts and proceedings QQ'- of the governor in his executive department; he shall transmit one copy Ibid.,s. 4, p. 420. 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 semi-annuall y, on the iirst 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 t.he use of Congress. Sec. 14. In case· of the death, removal, resignation, disability, or When to act as absence from the District of the governor, the secretary shall execute 8°"°’¤°’~ and perform all the powers and duties of the governor during such va- mq_ cancy, disability, or absence, or until another governor shall be duly appointed and qualified to till such vacancy. Sec. 15. In case the offices of governor and secretary shall both be- Provision in come vacant, the powers, duties, and cmoluments of the office of gov- <>=§*> (if *i;=¤¤=*¤°5’ m ernor shall devolve upon the presiding officer of the council, and incase ;u(f;;c';6t§f;°'“°r that office shall also be vacant, upon the presiding officer of the house .i-;-— of delegates, until the office shall he Iilled by a new appointment. md- THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Sec. 16. The legislative power is vested in a legislative assembly, Legislative aswhich shall consist of a council and house of delegates. Scrub y- Ibid., s. 5. Sec. 17. The council shall consist of eleven members, of whom two Council, m,m_ shall be residents of Georgetown, and two residents of the District out- ber and qualitiesside of Washington and Georgetown, and they shall have the qualitica- tions of memberstions of voters and shall reside in and be inhabitants of the districts Ibid_ from which they are appointed. {sees so.] ·