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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SEES. II. Ca. 150, 151 . 1867 . 427 District may several districts in both houses of the legislative assembly, but the legislature may at any time change the legislative districts of the Territory as be changed . fixed by the governor. SEc . 6 . And be it further enacted, That all acts passed at the two ses- Certain former of assembly sions of the so-called legislative assembly of the Territory of Montana, acts of deheld in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, are hereby disapproved and de- dared null. clared null and void, except such acts as the legislative assembly herein authorized to be elected shall by special act in each case re-enact : Pro- Claims for n ghts de vided, however That in all claims of vested rights thereunder ~the party may ay be ma . claiming the same shall not, by reason of anything in this section contained, be precluded from making and testing said claim in the courts of said Territory : And provided further, That no legislation or pretended Certain legisin said Territory since the adjournment of the first legislative lation until, &c assembly shall be deemed valid until the election of the legislative assembly herein provided for shall take place . SEC . 7 . And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day , Salary of of April next the salary of each of the judges of the several supreme p dges courts in courts in each of the organized Territories (except Montana and Idaho) rerritories, except shall be two thousand five hundred dollars . .SEC . 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconRepealing clause . sistent with this act are hereby repealed . APPROVED, March 2, 1867 . C13AP . CLL - An Act to amend an Act entitled ea An Ad to provide a Temporary Gao- March 2, 1867. ernm gut for the Territory of Idaho," approved March three, eighteen hundred an sixty- 1863, ch. 117 . three Vol . xii. P. 808. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the judges of the supreme Judges of Sncourt of said Territory, or a majority of them, shall, when assembled at pleme Court to the seat of government of said Territoiy, define the judicial districts of define the ta d assaid Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Ter- sign judges, and ritory to the several districts ; and shall also fix and appoint the times appoint times and places for holding court in the several counties or sub-divisions in andholding placescourts. for each of said judicial districts, and alter the times and places of holding the courts, as to them shall seem proper and convenient . Stn. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next session of the legisla- Sessions of the tive assembly of the Territory of Idaho shall be held commencing on the legislative asfirst Monday in December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and sembly* thereafter the legislative assembly of said Territory shall be held biennially . And the next election for members of the legislative assembly of Elections for said Territory shall be held on the second Monday in August, A . D . eigh- members teen hundred and sixty-eight, and thereafter said election shall-be held biennially . Sac . 3 . And be it further enacted, That the members of the house of Term of office representatives of said legislative assembly shall be elected for the term of members of of two years, and the members of the council of said legi-lative assembly cou,e,~nd of shall be elected for the term of four years : Provided, That at the first Councillor dieelection hereafter one half of the members of said council shall be elected tracts, and elecn of members for the term of two years, and the remaining half for the term of four tio of council . years ; and the districts wherein members of the council are to be elected for the term of two years and the districts wherein members of the eouncil are to be elected for the term of four years at the next election shall be determined by proclamation of the governor of said Territory : Provided, Proviso. That in all counties and election districts which shall be entitled to elect two members of the council, one of said members shall be elected for two years and the other for fotre years . SEc . 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- Repealing clause. consistent with this act are hereby repealed . APPROVED, March 2, 1867 428 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS . SEss. 11. CH. 152, 153 . 1867. March 2,1867. CHAP. CLII . - An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Construction ofa Jail in and for the District of Columbia," approiled June [July] twenty-five, eighteen 1866, ch . 286. hundred and sixty-six . Ante, p . 231 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repeal of part States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the sixth secof section six of tion of the act entitled ii An act authorizing the construction of a jail in act of 1866, ch. and for the District of Columbia," approved June [July] twenty-five, gas. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as specifies the amounts to be raised and paid into the treasury of the United States by the cities of Washington and Georgetown, respectively, before the completion of said jail, is hereby repealed . City of washSEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the ington to pay part foo as its proper authorities of the city of Washington, and they are hereby refor building quired, to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay into the treasuiy of the tail in the Dis- United States, at or before the time of the completion of said jail, the sum t of Columseventy-eight thousand dollars ; and it shall be the like duty of the baGeorgetown toofproper authorities of the city of Georgetown, and they are hereby repay $12,000. quired, to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay into the treasury of the United States, at or before the time of the completion of said jail, the sum of twelve thousand dollars . APPROVED, March 2, 1867 . March 2, 1867 . CHAP. CLIII . - An Act to provide for the more efficient Preamble. Government of the Rebel States. WHEREAS no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, See Vol . xv. South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, pp . 2,14,29, so. and Arkansas ; and whereas it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established : Therefore, Certain rebel Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States to be di- States of America in Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall be vided into milidivided into military districts and made subject to the military authority tary districts and subjected to of the United States as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virmilitary author- ginia shall constitute the first district ; North Carolina and South Carolina ity First District . the second district ; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida the third district ; Second Dis- Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district ; and Louisiana and Texas trict. Third District . the fifth district . Fourth DisSEC . 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the trict Fifth District. President to assign to the command of each of said districts an officer of President to the army, not below the rank of brigadier-general, and to detail a suffiassign army offi- cient military force to enable such officer to perform his duties and encer to command force his authority within the district to which he is assigned . each district . Military force SFc . 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each to be detailed officer assigned as aforesaid, to protect all persons in their rights of perConimandei8 son and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to o of disti icts, their powers and du- punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and ties . Local civil tri- criminals ; and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and to try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necesbunals. Military tribu- sary for the trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize military nals. State interfer- commissions or tribunals for that purpose, and all interference under color ence declared of State authority with the exercise of military authority under this act, null . shall be null and void. Pei sons under SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons put under military military arrest to be speedily tried. arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and Punishment. no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted, and no sentence of any Sentences of military tribu- military commission or tribunal hereby authorized, affecting the life or nals . liberty 'of any person, shall be executed until it is approved by the officer in command of the district, and the laws and regulations for the govern-