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 84 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. _ the council, shall be declared by the governor to be duliv elected to the council, and the person or persons authorized to be e ected, having the greatest number of votes for the house of representatives equal to the number to which each count or district shall be entitled, shall be declared by the governor to be elected members of the nam. house of representatives: Provided, That in case two or more per- "N¤*.¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· sons voted or have an equal number of votes, and in case a vacancy ‘ otherwise occurs in either branch of the legislative assembly, the governor shall order a new election, and the persons thus elected to the Time and place rm- legislative assembly shall meet at such place and on such day as the °,,'€f,,"f‘,?,°{§"‘°' h" governor shall appoint, but after such first election, however the i subsequent site- time, place, and manner of holding elections by the people, and the “°“'· °‘°· apportionment of representation, and the day of the commencement 0 the regular sessions of the legislative assembly shall be prescribed duxtrmdinary an by law: Provided, however, That the governor shall have power to °"‘ call the legislative assembly together by proclamation, on an extraordinary occasion at an time. ,_,(}f1_°”°*” *'· ‘”* °‘°°‘ Sec. 5. That all male citizens of the United States above the age of twenty-one years, and all male persons of foreign birth over said age who s all have twelve months prior thereto declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, as now reqpired by law, who are actual residents at the time of the passa e of this act of that portion of said Territory which was declared by the proclamation of the President to be open for settlement on the twenty-second day of April, anno Dommi eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of that ( portion of said Territory heretofore known as the Public Land Strip, suuequsntueeucus shall be entitled to vote at the first election in the Territory. At q¤.n:i:;•n»¤» ct every subsequent election the qualifications of voters and of holding ,,,'°°°{m,,' _ °““°’m°’ office shall be such as may be prescribed by the legislative assembly, subject, however, to the ollowing restrictions on thelpower of the _ molxnh legislative assembly, namely : First. The right of s rage and of ¤¤.»,5.s.’ ° holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States . above the age of twenty-one years an b rsons of foreign birth above that age who have declared, on oath, bgfore a com tent court of record, as required by the naturalization laws of the Uhsited States their intention to become citizens, and have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and who shall have been residents of the United States for the term of twelve months before the election at which they offer to vote. Second. There shall be no denial of the elective franchise or of holding office to a citizen on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Third. No officer, soldier. seaman, marine, or other tperson in the Army or N avly, or attached to troo s in the service o the United States, shall be a lowed to vote in said Bferritory by reason of being on service therein. Fourth. No person belonging to the Army or Navy shall pe elected to, or hold, any civil office or appointment in said Terrior. rzgmm Wu. Slcc. 6. That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to §_g_?‘·;·]’,£;§g}§'_‘, all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Consti- 3*5- tution and laws of the United States, but no law shall be passed in- B°°m°u°°°' terfering with the primary disposal of the soil ;· no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States, nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents, nor shall any law be passed impairing the right to private property, nor shall any unequal discrimination be made in taxing diiferent kinds of property, but all property sub- P¤¤¤¤·¤· Eelqt to the taxation shall be taxed in proportion to its value: Provided, uigcew ¤¤d ¤1>¤¤i¤1 at nothing herein shall be held to rohibit the levying and col- °` lecting license or special taxes in the 'lferritory from persons engaged in any business therein, if the legislative power shall consider such '¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢ v! bvs- taxes necessary. Every bill which shall have passed the council and the house of representatives of said Territory s all, before it becomes