districts are entitled for similar services; and shall, in addition, be paid the sum of two hundred dollars, annually, as a compensation for all extra services.
Governor, secretary, judges, &c., to be appointed by the President and Senate.
Term of judicial offices.
Governor, secretary, judges, &c., to take an oath.
The governor to take the oath before the President or judge, &c.
The secretary, &c., before the governor.
Salaries to the governor, &c.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, judges of the superior courts, district attorneys, marshals, and all general officers of the militia, shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. All judicial officers shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and no longer. The governor, secretary, judges, members of the legislative council, justices of the peace, and all other officers, civil and of the militia, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath or affirmation to support the consitution of the United States, and for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office; the governor, before the President of the United States, or before a judge of the Supreme or district court of the United States, or before such other person as the President of the United States shall authorize to administer the same; the secretary, judges, and members of the legislative council, before the governor, and all other officers, before such persons as the governor shall direct. The governor shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the secretary of one thousand five hundred dollars; and the judges of one thousand five hundred dollars, each; to be paid quarter yearly out of the treasury of the United States. The members of the legislative council shall receive three dollars each, per day, during their attendance in council, and three dollars for every twenty miles in going to, and returning from any meeting of the legislative council, once in each session, and no more. The membersThe members of the legislative council privileged from arrest, &c. of the legislative council shall be privileged from arrest, except in cases of treason, felony, and breach of the peace, during their going to, attendance at, and returning from, each session of said council.
The acts mentioned in force in Florida.
1790, ch. 9.Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the following acts, that is to say: “An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” approved April thirtieth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and all acts in addition or supplementary thereto, which are now in force:
1817, ch. 92.“An act to provide for the punishment of [certain] crimes and offences committed within the Indian boundaries,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen:
1818, ch. 88.“An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,” approved April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen:
1799, ch. 1.“An act for the punishment of [certain] crimes therein specified,” approved January thirtieth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine:
1793, ch. 7.“An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters,” approved twelfth February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three:
1794, ch. 11.“An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country,” approved March twenty-second, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine:
1800, ch. 51.“An act in addition to the act entitled ‘An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country,’” approved May tenth, one thousand eight hundred:
1807, ch. 22.“The act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,” approved March second, one thousand eight hundred and seven:
1807, ch. 46.“An act to prevent settlements being made on lands ceded to the United States until authorized by law,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and seven: