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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 177. 1848. 329 United States, and the purchase of presents for such of the Indian tribes as the peace and quietude of the country requires. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said Ordinance of Territory shall be entitled to enjoy all and singular the rights, privi- EgZ,r‘:rg‘;;fQf‘]j leges, and advantages granted and secured to the people of the terri- west territory attory of the United States north-west of the River Ohio, by the articles flindsd °*¢,!3°*d of compact contained in the ordinance for the government of said terri- g:,:"'°°' ° °°` tory, ou the thirteenth day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty- seven ; and shall be subject to all the conditions, and restrictions, and prohibitions in said articles of compact imposed upon the people of said territory; and the existing laws now in force in the Territory of Oregon, under the authority of the provisional government established by the people thereof, shall continue to be valid and operative therein, so far as the same be not incompatible with the constitution of the United States, and the principles and provisions of this act; subject, nevertheless, to be altered, modified, or repealed, by the legislative assembly of the said Territory of Oregon; but all laws heretofore passed in said Territory making grants of land, or otherwise affecting All grants of or incumbering the title to lands, shall be, and are hereby declared to , be, null and void; and the laws of the United States are hereby ex- ritory to bg null tended over, and declared to be in force in, said Territory, so far as wd Widthe same, or any provision thereof, maybe applicable. Sec. I5. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly Time ofholding of the Territory of Oregon shall hold its first session at such time and place in said Territory as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and location oi and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expe- °°°* °" S°"¤'¤ dient, the legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the m°m` seat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem eligible; which place, however, shall thereafter be subject to be changed by said legislative assembly. And the sum of five thousand dollars, out ,35000 approof any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby R]"‘;‘°g;°" b“'ld' appropriated and granted to said Territory of Oregon, to be there ap- iégo gk_ 1g_ plied, by the governor, to the erection of suitable buildings at the seat ° of government. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the House Delegate to of Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two  I;?,'}; years, who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by United States to the voters qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who l’° °l°°*°‘l· shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as have been heretofore 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 in;`;,"}; g;,:;?;' be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, as ste. ' the governor shall appoint and direct; of which, and the time, place, and manner of holding such elections, he shall give at least sixty days’ notice by proclamation; and at all subsequent elections, the times, places, and manner of holding the elections shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly. The delegate from said Territory shall not be entitled to receive more than twenty-five hundred dollars at any one session of Congress, as a compensation for his mileage, in going to and returning His mileage. from the seat of government of the United States, any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. SBC. 17. And be it jiqtlter enacted, That all suits, process, and All ¤¤i¤, Pw- Pfwéedings, civil and criminal, at law and in chancery, and all indict- g:;?,";:? ments and informations, which shall be pending and undetermined in and criminal, in the courts established by authority nf the provisional government of d*°°"*°““» ‘”°·· Von. IX. Pun. -42