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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. 121. 1849. 407 seo, 11, And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, chief G¤v¢r¤9n_ Sevjusiice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominal- ;;;:;{;_t‘;h‘°* cd, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed tices, aemmey, by the President of the United States. The governor and secretary, to :;";;“;’“l;?;·::?‘:i" be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before lheyact as such, respectively take Eaohppm cake an oath or alhrniation, before the ghsmct judge, or some justice of the ¤fB¤i¤=!¤¤¢h¤,&<= peace in the limits of sand Territory, duly authorized to administer oaths and aihrmations by the laxvs now in force therein, or before the chief justice or some associate justice of the Suprerne Court of the United States, to support Jhe Constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the uties of their respective offices; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken, and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings; and the chief justice and associate justices, and all other civil officers in said Territory, before they act as such, shall take a like oath or affirmation, before the sand governor or secretary, or some judge or justice of the peace. of the Territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmilteliiupy the persogi taking the samehtolthe secretary, to be by him recor e as a oresai ; an a terwards the ike oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded in shch manner and form as ma be . _ Y prescribed by law. The governor shall receive an annual salary of Salary of govlifleen hundred dollars as governor, and one thousand dollars as super- °"‘°’· iutendent of Indian afairs. The chief justice and associate justices Salariesofohief shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. The ?“d. ”S°°““° . . Justices. secretary shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. salary O; W,- §he  salarieghshall be paid quarter-yearly, at the treasury of the F€lg¤‘Y· _ dS5m :a;;s. E th e néenibers ofhthe lggislgtive asslernbly shag be en- of ;>u¤;*1I;1<;)¤;;¤:;_1 .e iv ree dollars eac per ay uring theu atten ance at 1 · m- M, the iessions'thereoiQ and three dollars each for every twenty miles sigblynm trave in going to and returning from the said sessions, estimated according to the nearest usually travelled route. There shall be appropriated, annually, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be expended Pr9visi<>¤ for by the governor to defray the contingent expenses of the Territory; and gg2Q2g?; °" there shall also be appropriated, annually, a sufficient sum, to be ex— I l pended by the Secretary of the Territory, and upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly, the printing oi; the. laws, and other incidental expenses; and {DB Secretary of the Ferritory shall annually account to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States . forsthe rpgnngr énbwhicoh the aforesaid sum shall have been expended. BC. . sz e it urther enacted, That the inhabitants of the said I h bh gs t Territory shall be emisled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities b°;l¤*}l*l1°¢ln*·> all heretofore granted and secured to the Territory of Wisconsin and to ggvilzgggiugiq is lghabrtfaixtls; and the laws in force in the Territory of Wisconsin at eegpixihabitauw e ats o the admission of the State of Wisconsin shall continue to ° ’i“°°““i"· · . . . . La.- be valid and operative therein, so far as the same be not incompatible eonsixs  EQ.; with. the provisions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to be altered, *i¤u°i¤ *`°¥°<*· modified, or repealed, by the governor and legislative assembly of the said Territory of Minnesota; and the laws of the United States are hereby extended over and declared to be in force in said Territory, so far as the same, or any provision thereof, may be applicable. Sec. 1.:%. And be at further enacted, That the legislative assembly of the Temlory of Minnesota shall hold its first session at Saint Paul; {md at said first- session the governor and legislative assembly shall m§;Q°°fo§:°’:;`;‘é OGMG Hf1d establish a temporary seat of government for said T8fl’ii0I‘y Territory_ at such place as they may deem eligible; and shall, at such time as they shall see proper, prescribe by law the manner of locating the