to time as circumstances may require, to lay out those parts of the territory in which the Indian title shall have been extinguished, into districts, subject to such alteration as may be found necessary; and he shall appoint thereto such magistrates and other civil officers as he may deem necessary, whose several powers and authorities shall be regulated and defined by law.
Compensations of the Governor, &c.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary and judges, to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall respectively receive the same compensations for their services as are by law established for similar offices in the Indiana territory, to be paid quarter yearly out of the treasury of the United States.
Oaths of office of the governor, &c.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, judges, justices of the peace, and all other officers civil or military, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath, or affirmation, to support the constitution of the United States, and for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office;Before whom the oaths of office shall be taken. 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 and judges before the governor; and all other officers before such person as the governor shall direct.
Governor, &c. to be appointed by the President during the recess of the Senate; but to be nominated by him at the next succeeding session for the Senate’s concurrence.
Laws in force to continue in force, unless they be inconsistent with the act.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, and judges, to be appointed by virtue of this act, and all the additional officers authorized thereby, or by the act for erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof, shall be appointed by the President of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, but shall be nominated at their next meeting for their advice and consent.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the laws and regulations, in force in the said district, at the commencement of this act, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall continue in force, until altered, modified, or repealed by the legislature.
Repeal of a former act.
Act of March 26, 1804, ch. 38.Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act, intituled “An act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof,” as is repugnant to this act, shall, from and after the fourth day of July next, be repealed, on which said fourth day of July, this act shall commence and have full force.
Approved, March 3, 1805.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XXXII.—An Act to amend the charter of Georgetown.
Corporation of Georgetown divided into two branches, after the 2nd Monday in March.
The first, how constituted.
The second, how constituted.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the second Monday in March current, the corporation of Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, shall be divided into two branches; the first branch to be composed of five members, and a recorder, and to be called “the board of aldermen;” and the second branch to be composed of eleven members, and to be called “the board of common council-men;” which said two branches shall be elected as hereafter particularly provided.
Term of their service.
Present recorder to be the president of the board of aldermen.
2nd branch of board of common councilmen, to be composed of the other members of the corporation.
Powers, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the passage of this act, and before the said day above mentioned, the present members of the said corporation shall meet at their usual place of meeting, and then and there choose, by ballot, from their body, five persons to compose the said board of aldermen, which said persons, when chosen as aforesaid, shall compose the said board of aldermen, and be, and continue such, until the fourth Monday in February, one thousand eight hundred and six; and that the present recorder of the said corporation shall be the president of the said board of aldermen until the time last aforesaid: that
