lation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth 1820, ch. 22. March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery. for public buildings and library. § 33. And be it further enacted, That there shall here- Appropriation after be appropriated, as has been customary for the territorial governments, a sufficient amount, to be expended under the direction of the said governor of the Territory of Kansas, not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects, for the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of goverment, and for the purchase of a library, to be kept at the seat of government, for the use of the governor, legislative assembly, judges of the supreme court, secretary, marshal, and attorney of said. territory, and such other persons, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law. be disposed of. § 34. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in Lands to be surthe said territory shall be surveyed under the direction of veyed-how to the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections number sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being ap- Reservation for plied to schools in said territory, and in the states and ter- schools. ritories hereafter to be erected out of the same. Judicial districts § 35. And be it further enacted, That until otherwise pro- how defined. vided by law, the governor of said territory may define the judicial districts of said territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said territory to the several districts; and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or subdivisions in each of said judicial districts by proclamation, to be issued by him; but the legislative assembly, at their first or any subsequent session, may organize, alter, or modify such judicial districts; and assign the judges, and alter the times and places of holding the courts, as to them shall seem proper and convenient. cases. § 36. And be it further enacted, That all officers to be ap-officers appoin pointed by the president, by and with the advice and ed by president to give security consent of the senate, for the Territory of Kansas, who, by for moneys revirtue of the provisions of any law now existing, or which ceived in certain may be enacted during the present congress, are required to give security for moneys that may be entrusted with them for disbursement, shall give such security, at such time and place, and in such manner as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe. laws, &c., made § 37. And be it further enacted, That all treaties, laws, and Not to interfere other engagements made by the government of the United with the treaties States with the Indian tribes inhabiting the territories em- with the Indians braced within this act, shall be faithfully and rigidly States. observed, notwithstanding anything contained in this act; by the United and that the existing agencies and superintendencies of said Indians be continued with the same powers and duties which are now prescribed by law, except that the president of the United States may, at his discretion, change the election of the office of superintendent. TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA. I hereby certify that I have this day delivered to Thomas Morton, Printer, true and correct copies of all Laws, JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS, now on file in this office, passed at the Sixth Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska, begun and held at Omaha City, on the 5th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. SOVEREIGNTY In testimony whereof, witness my hand and the great seal of the Territory of Nebraska, hereunto affixed; done at Omaha city, on this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. J. STERLING MORTON, Secretary of the Territory of Nebraska. GENERAL LAWS. AN ACT Supplementary to the provisions of the criminal code, relative to the custody of convicts, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That whenever it shall be lawful and necessary to confine any prisoner in custody previous to conviction upon a criminal accusation, or in custody for contempt or alleged contempt of court, or upon an attachment by order of a court or judge, or otherwise in lawful custody, and there shall be no secure jail in the proper county, the officer or person having him in such custody may convey him to and confine him in the jail of any county in this territory, or other secure and convenient place of confinement in this territory, to be cured by such officer or person having such prisoner in custody. pro § 2. The cost of keeping and maintaining any prisoner after his conviction of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, wheresoever he may be kept and confined, shall be paid by the territory according to the rate which may be established by law at the time when services may be rendered or expenses incurred: Provided, the rate so established shall not be construed to apply to any contract which the governor may make for the confinement of convicts in the penitentiary of a state. § 3. The auditor of the territory shall allow the account for the costs provided for in the last section and draw warrants upon the treasury therefor, upon being furnished with a certified copy of the judgment or sentence of the court under which such convict is imprisoned, and an account verified by affidavit, showing where and how long such convict has been kept pursuant to such sentence. § 4. The costs of keeping and maintaining any prisoner previous to his conviction of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, or either before or after his conviction of an offense not so punishable, or when he shall not be convicted of any offense, shall be paid by the county in which the offense may be committed or alleged to have been committed. 6 |