326 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sr-rss. I. Ch. I77. 1848. shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents. All the laws passed by the legislative assembly shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States, and if disapproved, shall be null and of no effect: Provided, _ Pr9vi¤<>=_¤¤**¤· That nothing in this act shall be construed to give power to ineorpg.
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as prying power money in the name of the Territory, or to pledge the faith of the peo.
:\::;’)f= ple of the same for any loan whatever, either directly or indirectly_
0, m grunt rh.; No charter granting any privilege of making, issuing, or putting imo privilvelecefciijjj circulation any notes_or bills in_the likeness of bank notestm- any jgé Tom, ms, bonds, scnp, drafts, bills of exchange or obligations, or granting any ¢w.,&c. other banking powers or privileges, shall be passed by the legislative assembly ; nor shall the establishment of any branch or agency of any such corporation, derived from other authority, be allowed in said Territory; nor shall said legislative assembly authorize the issue of any obligation, scrip, or evidence of debt by said Territory, in any mode or manner whatever, except certificates for services to said Terri- _ All sucjlit tory: and all such laws, or any law or laws inconsistent with the pro-
be mm visions of this act, shall he utterly null and void; and all taxes shall be
and void. equal and uniform, and no distinction shall be made m the assessments between different kinds of property, but the assessments shall be according to the value thereoti To avoid improper influences which may _ ;¤;t¤n;>;`cl;: result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no gjyshuu embrace proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, but one object. and that shall be expressed in the title. _ Certain pmccrs Sec. 7. And be itfurllzer enacted, That all township, district, and
agffjgzidg county officers, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be appointed or
iegislarivenssem- elected in such manner as shall be provided by the legislative assem- NY4. “"‘Y Pm' bly of the Territory of Oregon. SC20f - - Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That no member of the legislaxeslrictrons on _ · _ * _ . members oflevis- five assembly shall hold, or be appointed to, any office which shall have gmio 8i;;:'?;? been created, or the salary or emoluments of which shallhave been mem ¤,,,mC,,_ increased, vyhjlc he was a mtemliej, duringtthe tefrm {prt whiclphp gas e ec e , an or one year a er e expire ion o suc erm; u is restriction shall not be applicable to members of the first legislative assembly ; and no person holding a commission or appointment under the United States shall be a member of the legislative assembly, or shall hold any office under the overnment of said Territory. _·7¤<li<=i¤l1>¤W¤n SHG. 9. And be itfurtlier enacted, That the judicial power of said ""° Territory shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Supreme Court. Courts, and in justices of the peace. The Supreme Court shall consist ofa. chiefjustice and two associate justices, anytwo of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of said Territory annually, and they shall hold their offices during the period of four years, and until their successors shall be appoiintedl and qualified. The said Territor shall be divided into three `u ici is- Di’*’i°* C°'m*- tricts, and a District Court shhll be held in each of said disiricts by M16 of the justices of the Supreme Court, ut such times and places as may be prescribed by law; and the said judges shall, after their appointments, respectively, reside in the districts which shall be assigned them. The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both Justices of the appellate and original, and that of the Probate Courts and of justices of P°a°°' the peace, shall be as limited by law: Provided, That justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any case in which the title to land shall guy wise come in question, or where the debt or damage; c aim s all exceed one hundred dollars ; and the said Supreme an _ _ District Courts, respectively, shall possess chancery as well as common cgiihwgggjgj law jurisdiction. Each District Court, or the judge thereof, Shim ns emit. appoint its clerk, who shall also be the register in Chancery, and SMU
