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CHAP. LXXXVI.]
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS.
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Sect. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 24, 1862.
W. JAYNE, Governor.


TERRITORIAL OFFICERS.


CHAPTER 86.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN TERRITORIAL OFFICERS.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. That at the first annual election for the year A.D. 1862, and every second year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the territory, one territorial treasurer and one territorial auditor, for the term of two years.

Sect. 2. The territorial treasurer shall take and subscribe to the same oath as county officers, and shall give bonds in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the governor, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office. He shall keep a correct account of all monies paid over to him, and by whom, and of all monies paid by him on the warrant of the territorial auditor, and to whom the warrant was drawn. He shall report the condition of the treasury to the legislative assembly at the commencement of each session, giving the items; and he shall be entitled to a salary of fifty dollars per annum therefor.

Sect. 3. The territorial auditor shall take and subscribe to the same oath that is required of the territorial treasurer, and shall give bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved by the governor, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office. He shall audit all claims