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Excerpt from Brief Digest and Index of the Various Annexations of Foreign Territory Made by the United States of America
Sec. 2 provides that the executive power shall be vested in a governor, to hold office for three years, unless removed. Sec. 3 provides for a secretary of the Territory, with certain powers. Sec. 4, that in case of the absence of the governor, the secretary should perform his duties. Sec. 5 vested the legislative power in a governor and in thirteen fit and discreet persons of the Territory, to be called the legislative council, to be appointed by the President of the United States. They might enact such laws and regulations for the government of the Territory as should not be inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, and amend and modify existing law. Sessions were provided for each year, to be not longer than two months. Sec. 6 provides for the judicial power, to consist of two superior courts, and such inferior courts as the legislature should appoint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
