Public build ings. SEC. 10. That any of the public buildings in said district not required for the customs service or military purposes shall be used for court-rooms and offices of the civil government; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to instruct and authorize the custodian of said buildings forthwith to make such repairs to the jail in Jail in Sitka, the town of Sitka, in said district, as will render it suitable for a jail and penitentiary for the purposes of the civil government hereby provided, and to surrender to the marshal the custody of said jail and the other public buildings, or such parts of said buildings as may be selected for court-rooms, offices, and officials. repairs. appli cable, etc., print SEC. 11. That the Attorney-General is directed forth- Laws with to compile and cause to be printed, in the English ing of. language, in pamphlet form, so much of the general laws of the United States as is applicable to the duties of the governor, attorney, judge, clerk, marshals, and commissioners appointed for said district, and shall furnish for the use of the officers of said Territory so many copies as may be needed of the laws of Oregon applicable to said district. to examine and on the condition of In SEC. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior shall select, Commissioners two of the officers to be appointed under this act, who, report together with the governor, shall constitute a commission dians, lands, etc. to examine into and report upon the condition of the Indians residing in said Territory, what lands, if any, should be reserved for their use, what provision shall be made for their education what rights by occupation of settlers should be recognized, and all other facts that may be necessary to enable Congress to determine what limitations or conditions should be imposed when the land laws of the United States shall be extended to said district; and to defray the expenses of said commission the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any commission. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Appropriation for expenses of children. SEC. 13. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make Education of needful and proper provision for the education of the children of school age in the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, until such time as permanent provision shall be made for the same, and the sum of twenty-five thou- Appropriation. sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for this purpose. liquors, except SEC. 14. That the provisions of chapter three, title R. S., p. 343. twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the unorganized Territory of Alaska, shall remain in full force, except as herein specially otherwise provided; and the importation manufacture and sale of Intoxicating intoxicating liquors in said district except for medicinal for medicinal mechanical and scientific purposes is hereby prohibited purposes.ete, prohibited. under the penalties which are provided in section nine- R. S. p. 343. teen hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes for the wrongful importation of distilled spirits. And the Presi-President to dent of the United States shall make such regulations as regulations, etc. are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Approved, May 17, 1884. make necessary TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. Act of May 2, 1890; 26 Stats., 81. May 2, 1890. Oklahoma. CHAP. 182.-An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States Court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Territory of of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Erected in In- SEC. 1. That all that portion of the United States now dian Territory, known as the Indian Territory, except so much of the same etc. government. Boundaries. as is actually occupied by the five civilized tribes, and the Indian tribes within the Quapaw Indian Agency, and except the unoccupied part of the Cherokee outlet, together ⚫ with that portion of the United States known as the Public Temporary Land Strip, is hereby erected into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Oklahoma. The portion of the Indian Territory included in said Territory of Oklahoma is bounded by a line drawn as follows: Commencing at a point where the ninety-eighth meridian crosses the Red River, thence by said meridian to the point where it crosses the Canadian River, thence along said river to the west line of the Seminole country, thence along said line to the north fork of the Canadian River, thence down said river to the west line of the Creek country, thence along said line to the northwest corner of the Creek country, thence along the north line of the Creek country, to the ninety-sixth meridian, thence northward by said meridian to the southern boundary line of Kansas, thence west along said line to the Arkansas River, thence down said river to the north line of the land occupied by the Ponca tribe of Indians from which point the line runs so as to include all the lands occupied by the Ponca, Tonkawa, Otoe and Missouria, and the Pawnee tribes of Indians until it strikes the south line of the Cherokee outlet which it follows westward to the east line of the State of Texas, thence by the boundary line of the State of Texas to the point of beginPublic Land ning; the Public Land Strip which is included in said Territory of Oklahoma is bounded east by the one hundredth meridian, south by Texas, west by New Mexico, north by When Chero- Colorado and Kansas. Whenever the interest of the Cherokee Indians in the land known as the Cherokee outlet shall have been extinguished and the President shall make proclamation thereof, said outlet shall thereupon and without further legislation, become a part of the Territory of Okla Strip included. kee outlet included. homa. Any other lands within the Indian Territory not lands included. boundaries, etc. Proviso. not im Congress may at any time hereafter change the bound-, Change of aries of said Territory, or attach any portion of the same to any other State or Territory of the United States without the consent of the inhabitants of the Territory hereby created: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to impair any right now pertaining to any Indians dians or Indian tribe in said Territory under the laws, agree-paired. ments, and treaties of the United States, or to impair the rights of person or property pertaining to said Indians, or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to make any regulation or to make any law respecting said Indians, their lands, property, or other rights which it would have been competent to make or enact if this act had not been passed. Governor powers, duties, SEC. 2. That the executive power of the Territory of Executive. Oklahoma shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his term of office, office for four years, and until his successor shall be ap- etc. pointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The governor shall reside within said Territory; shall be commander-in-chief of the militia thereof; he may grant pardons for offenses against the laws of said Territory, and reprieves for offenses against the laws of the United States, until the decision of the President can be made known thereon; he shall comrmission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of said Territory, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Secretary SEC. 3. That there shall be a secretary of said Territory, term, power, and who shall reside therein and hold his office for four years duties. unless sooner removed by the President of the United States; he shall record and preserve all the laws and the proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department; he shall transmit one copy of the laws and journals of the legislative assembly, within thirty days after the end of each session thereof, to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Interior and, at the same time, two copies of the laws and journals of the legislative assembly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate for the use of Congress; and in case of the death, removal, resignation, or other necessary absence of the governor from the Territory, the secretary shall execute all the powers and perform all the duties of governor during such vacancy or absence, or until another governor is appointed and qualified. S. Doc. 148- -14* power. Assembly. Legislative SEC. 4. That the legislative power and authority of said Territory shall be vested in the governor and legislative assembly. The legislative assembly shall consist of a counCouncil. cil and a house of representatives. The council shall consist of thirteen members, having the qualifications of voters as hereinafter prescribed, whose term of service shall conHouse of rep-tinue two years. The house of representatives shall consist of twenty-six members, possessing the same qualifications as prescribed for members of the council, and whose term of service shall continue two years, and the sessions of the legislative assembly shall be biennial and shall be limited to sixty days' duration: Provided, however, That the duraDuration of tion of the first session of said legislative assembly may continue one hundred and twenty days. resentatives. Sessions. Proviso. first session. of seven counties. first six counties. Establishment That for the purpose of facilitating the organization of a temporary government in the Territory of Oklahoma, seven counties are hereby established therein, to be known, until after the first election in the Territory, as the First County, the Second County, the Third County, the Fourth Composition of County, the Fifth County, and the Sixth County, the boundaries of which shall be fixed by the governor of the Territory until otherwise provided by the legislative assembly County seats. thereof. The county seat of the First County shall be at Guthrie. The county seat of the Second County shall be at Oklahoma City. The county seat of the Third County shall be at Norman. The county seat of the Fourth County shall be at El Reno. The county seat of the Fifth County shall be at Kingfisher City. The county seat of the Sixth The seventh County shall be at Stillwater. The Seventh County shall embrace all that portion of the Territory lying west of the one hundredth meridian, known as the Public Land Strip, the county seat of which shall be at Beaver: Provided, Changes in That the county seats located by this act may be changed in such manner as the Territorial legislature may provide. county and seat. Proviso. county seats. First election. Naming counties. At the first election for members of the legislative assembly the people of each county may vote for a name for such county, and the name which receives the greatest number of votes shall be the name of such county. If two or more counties should select the same name, the county which casts the greatest number of votes for such name shall be entitled to the same, and the names receiving the next highest number of votes in the other counties shall be the names Apportion of such counties. An apportionment shall be made by the governor as nearly equal as practicable among the several counties or districts for the election of the council and house of representatives, giving to each section of the Territory Ratio of rep-representation in the ratio of its population (excepting Members must Indians not taxed) as nearly as may be, and the members reside in their of the council and house of representatives shall reside in ment. resentation. districts. Census. be and be inhabitants of the district for which they may elected, respectively. Previous to the first election the governor shall cause a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the several counties or districts of the Territory to be taken, unless the same shall have been taken and published by the United States, in which case such census and enumeration shall be adopted, and the first election shall be held First election. at such times and places and be conducted in such manner, both as to the persons who superintend such election and the returns thereof, as the governor shall appoint and direct, and he shall at the same time declare the number of the members of the council and house of representatives to which each of the counties or districts shall be entitled, as shown by the census herein provided for. The number of persons authorized to be elected, having the highest number of legal votes in each of said council districts for members of the council, shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected to the council, and the person or persons authorized to be elected, having the greatest number of votes for the house of representatives equal to the number to which each county or district shall be entitled, shall be declared by the governor to be elected members of the house of representatives: Provided, That in case two or more persons voted for have an equal number of votes, and in case a vacancy otherwise occurs in either branch of the legislative assembly, the governor shall order a new elec- New elections tion, and the persons thus elected to the legislative assembly shall meet at such place and on such day as the governor shall appoint, but after such first election, however, the of legislature, time, place, and manner of holding elections by the people, and the apportionment of representation, and the day of subsequent the commencement of the regular sessions of the legislative elections, etc. assembly shall be prescribed by law: Provided, however, Extraordinary That the governor shall have power to call the legislative assembly together by proclamation, on an extraordinary occasion at any time. Provisos. necessitated. Time and place for first meeting etc. election. elections. SEC. 5. That all male citizens of the United States above, Voters at first the age of twenty-one years, and all male persons of foreign birth over said age who shall have twelve months prior thereto declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, as now required by law, who are actual residents at the time of the passage of this act of that portion of said territory which was declared by the proclamation of the President to be open for settlement on the twenty-second day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of that portion of said Territory heretofore known as the Public Land Strip, shall be entitled to Subsequent vote at the first election in the Territory. At every subsequent election the qualifications of voters and of holding Qualifications office shall be such as may be prescribed by the legislative gibility to office. assembly, subject, however, to the following restrictions on the power of the legislative assembly, namely: First., Restrictions as The right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised ing office, etc. only by citizens of the United States above the age of twenty-one years and by persons of foreign birth above that age who have declared, on oath, before a competent court of record, as required by the naturalization laws of the United States their intention to become citizens, and have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the of voters and eli to suffrage, hold |