the recess of said legislative council, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of their next session.
Additional members of the legislative council to be also chosen by ballot.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the qualified electors of said territory shall, at their next and every subsequent election for members of their legislative council, choose, by ballot, eight persons, having the qualifications of electors, in addition to the number now by law authorized; and the names of the twenty-six persons, so elected, shall be transmitted by the governor of said territory, to the President of the United States, immediately after said election, who shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, appoint, therefrom, thirteen persons; which said thirteen persons shall compose the legislative council, any nine of whom shall form a quorum to transact business; and all vacancies occurring in said council shall be filled in the same manner, from the list transmitted as aforesaid. The members of the said legislative council shall receive three dollars each per day, during their attendance at the sessions thereof, and three dollars for every twenty miles in going to, and returning therefrom, in full compensation for their services; which shall be paid by the United States.
Same course to be pursued with writs of error, as in other courts.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That appeals and writs of error shall lie, from the decision of the highest judicial tribunal of said territory, to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner, and under the same regulations as do lie and are taken from the circuit courts of the Untied States, where the amount in controversy shall exceed one thousand dollars, which shall be ascertained by evidence satisfactory to the court allowing the appeal.
Two of the superior judges to hold a court.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That not less than two judges of the supreme or superior court of said territory, shall hereafter hold a court to transact the business of said court.
So much of any law as contravenes the provisions of this act, repealed.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That so much of any ordinance or law of the United States as contravenes the provisions of this act, so far as respects the territory of Michigan, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 5, 1825.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. VII.—An Act confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Louisiana.[1]
Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 36.
Act of March 2, 1805, ch. 26.
Act of Feb. 28, 1823, ch. 15.
Report of the commissioners for adjusting the titles, &c. to land in the western district of Louisiana, confirmed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the claims to land embraced in the report made by the commissioners appointed for adjusting the titles and claims to land in the western district of Louisiana, upon the thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and recommended by them for confirmation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, That no person or persons shall be entitled, by any one claim, to a greater quantity than one league square under this act.
Approved, February 5, 1825.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. IX.—An Act making compensation to the persons appointed by the electors to deliver the votes for President and Vice President.
- ↑ See notes to act of May 11, 1820, ch. 87.
