act, in the recess of Congress; and their commissions shall continue in force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such appointment.
Per diem allowance to superintendents of sales.Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of the public sales directed by this act, shall receive six dollars each, for each day’s attendance on the said sales.
Sum appropriated to carry this act into effect.Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect; which sum shall be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury.
Approved, March 26, 1804.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XXXVI.—An Act altering the time for the next meeting of Congress.
Congress shall meet on the first Monday in November, 1804.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the expiration of the present session, the next meeting of Congress shall be on the first Monday of November next.
Approved, March 26, 1804.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XXXVIII.—An Act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof.[1]
Act of Feb. 20, 1811, ch. 21.
Act of April 8, 1812, ch. 50.
Act of April 14, 1812, ch. 57.
Lands south of the Mississippi territory in Louisiana made the territory of Orleans.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of country ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies south of the Mississippi territory, and of an east and west line to commence on the Mississippi river, at the thirty-third degree of north latitude, and to extend west to the western boundary of the said cession, shall constitute a territory of the United States, under the name of the territory of Orleans; the government whereof shall be organized and administered as follows:
The executive power—how constituted.
To hold his office three years.
The governor’s powers, duties and authority.Sec. 2. The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall reside in the said territory, and hold his office during the term of three years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. He shall be commander in chief of the militia of the said territory; shall have power to grant pardons for offences against the said territory, and reprieves for those against the United States, until the decision of the President of the United States thereon, shall be made known; and to appoint and commission all officers civil and of the militia, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
- ↑ Prior acts relating to Louisiana—An act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the 30th of April last, and for the temporary government thereof, Oct. 31, 1803, chap. 1; an act authorizing the creation of a stock to the amount of eleven millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying into effect the convention of the thirtieth of April, 1803, between the United States of America and the French Republic, and making provision for the payment of the same, Nov. 10, 1803, chap. 2; an act making making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States, on the government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, 1803, between the United States and the French Republic, November 10, 1803, chap. 3; an act to repeal an act entitled “An act to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New Orleans, and therein to amend the act entitled, An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,” Nov. 25, 1803, chap. 5.
