THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 90. 1853. 177 the duties of their respective offices, which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person before 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 afiirmation before the said 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 certined and transmitted, by the person taking the same, to the Secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and afterwards, the like oath or atlirmation shall be taken, certified and recorded in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. The Governor shall receive an Salaries. annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars as Governor, and fifteen hundred dollars as Superintendent of Indian affairs. The Chief Justice, and Associate Justices, shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars. The Secretary shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quarterly, from the dates of the respective appointments, at the Treasury of the United States; but no such payment shall be made until said officers shall have entered upon the duties of their respective appointments. The members of the legislative assembly shall be entitled to receive three dollars each per day during their attendance at the session thereof, and three dollars each for every twenty miles’ travel in going to and returning from said sessions, estimated ac- _ cording to the nearest usually travelled route. And a chief clerk, one assistant clerk, a sergeanbat-arms, and door-keeper, may be chosen for each house; and the chief clerk shall receive five dollars per day, and the said other officers three dollars per day, during the session of the legislative assembly; but no other officers shall be paid by the United States: Pro- OM Session anvided, That there shall be but one session of the legislative assembly an- “““uY* °“1Y‘ nually, unless, on an extraordinary occasion, the Governor shall deem it expedient and proper to call the legislature together. There shall be appro- Contingent expriated, annually, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended by the P‘*¤°°S· Governor, to defray the contingent expenses of the Territory, including the salary of a clerk of the executive department; and there shall also be appropriated, annually, a sufficient sum to be expended 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 of the laws, and other incidental expenses; and the Governor and Secretary of the Territory shall, in the disburse- I¤§¤‘¤¤¢i¤¤SM ment of all moneys intrusted to them, be governed solely by the instruc· gi- ;l5g§,Sm£°§§ tions of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and shall, followed. semi·annually, account to the said Secretary for the manner in which the aforesaid sums of money shall have been expended; and no expenditure, to be paid out of money appropriated by Congress, shall be made by said legislative assembly for objects not specially authorized by the acts of Congress making the appropriations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated for such objects. Src. 12. And be it farther enacted, That the laws now in force in _ E¤$§·i¤p lays said Territory of Washington, by virtue of the legislation of Congress in fsgtinuigl fr; reference to the Territory of Oregon, which have been enacted and passed force so far as subsequent to the first day of September, eighteen hundred and forty- “PPh°“bl°· eight, applicable to the said Territory of lVashington, together with the legislative enactments of the Territory of Oregon, enacted and passed prior to the passage of, and not inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, and applicable to the said Territory of Washington, be, and they are hereby, continued in force in said Territory of Washington until they shall be repealed or amended by future legislation. _ _ Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly of of xuzguggffslf the Territory of Vlfashington shall hold its first session at such time and mmbij, v01;,. x. PUB. —— 23
