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 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, Sess. I. Ch. 51. 1850. 453 and that they shall never lay any tax or assessment of any description whatsoever upon the public domain of the United States, and in no case shall non-resident proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than residents; and that all the navigable WHIOTS within the said State shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to thehinbabitants of Asaid State ais to pho fcitizeps of dm; United States, wit out any tax, impost, or uty there or; ravi p,0v;,,,_ That nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognizing ori rejecting the propositions tendered by the people of California as articles of compact in the; ogdingnce adopted by the convention which formed the constitution o t at tate. Approved, September 9, 1850. CHAP. LI.·—.8n.9ct to establish a Territorial Government for Utah. Sept. 9, 1850. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriéa in Congress assembled, That all that part of Osh; the territory of the United States included withinjthe following limits, of Utah deineg to wit: bounded on the west by the State of California, on the north b the Territory of Ore on, and on the east by the summit of the lgocky Mountains, and od the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude, be, and the same is hereby, created into a temporary government, by the name of the Territory of Utah ; and, when admitted as a State, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission : Provided, That nothing Pi-oviso, in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividin said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and a? such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attachin any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and Executive powauthority in and over said Territory of Utah shall be vested in a gov- °;v;f;;$‘} mm: ernor, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor dunes defined_ shall be appointed and qualilied, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The governor shall reside within said Territory, shall be commander-in·chief of the militia thereofQ shall perform the duties and receive the emoluments of superintendent of Indian affairs, and shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect: he may grant pardons for offences against the laws of said Territory, and reprieves for offences against the laws of the United States, until the decision of the President can be made known thereon; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of the said Territory, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a secretary Secretary: his of Said Téffitory, who shall reside therein, and hold his OiliC€ fo1' {OUT dunes d85H9d' years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States: heshall record and preserve all the 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 one copy of the executive proceedings, on or %f§l`%tg8 first day of December in each year, to the President of U18 Speaier fg?-ii Rnd, at the same time, two copies of the laws to il;? S e House of Representatives., and the President of the. miglglfggqilgls {use of Clpngress. And bm the fcgse of the0pt;;:, ug;  gp; , . a ion, or other necessar a sence o e overn. .
 * h·= Territory, uio Secretary Simi; img, and he is hereiby authorized °°‘“‘“g“`°‘°°’