APPROPRIATION FOR PRINTING FOR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

CHAPTER 101.

JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for certain Public Printing, and Making Appropriation for the same,

Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives:

SECRETARY AUTHORIZED ΤΟ PROCURE PRINTING.] That fhe Secretary of the Territory is hereby authorized to procure from the public printer the printing, at a rate not exceeding that established by the government for similar work, of not more than one hundred copies each of all bills, resolutions and memorials ordered printed by the House of Representatives or the council of this session, and for which payment has not been otherwise provided for. Upon presentation to the territorial Auditor of a properly verified account for printing done under the provisions of this resolution, such account having been approved in writing by the secretary of the Territory, the Auditor shall draw his warrant on the territorial treasurer or the amount of said bill or bills; and there is hereby appropriated from the territorial treasury such sum as may be necessary to pay for said printing. Approved, January 31, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR PAY OF STENOGRAPHERS.

CHAPTER 102.

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the Council and Speaker of the House to Appoint Stenographers for their Respective Bodies.

Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Dakota:

AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY APPROPRIATION.] The president of the Council and speaker of the House of Representatives of the Terri

tory of Dakota are authorized and it is hereby made their duty to appoint a competent and skilled stenographer for their respective houses. Such stenographers shall be under the direction and control of the president and speaker respectively for the service of the various committees of the respective houses. Each of said stenographers shall receive six dollars per day for the time actually employed by them in the performance of their duties, which services shall be audited and paid out of the territorial treasury on the certificate of the president of the Council and speaker of the House of Representatives that said services were actually performed and that the bill for such services was [is] correct and just.

Approved, February 11, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR ASSISTANT ENROLLING CLERKS.

CHAPTER 103.

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the Council and Speaker of the House to Appoint an Assistant Engrossing Clerk, and Assistant Clerk of the Council and House of Representatives.

Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Terriritory of Dakota:

AUTHORITY TO APPOINT-APPROPRIATION.] That the president of the Council and speaker of the House of Representatives are authorized to appoint when necessary an assistant enrolling and engrossing clerk, and an additional assistant clerk of the Council and House of Representatives respectively. Each of said clerks shall receive for their services the sum of five dollars per day for the time actually and necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, to be audited and paid out of the territorial treasury on the certificate to and allowance of, their account of services by the said president and speaker respectively.

Approved, February 1, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF ENROLLING CLERKS.

CHAPTER 104.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

Resolved by the Council, the House of Representatives concurring:

AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY, ETC.] That the president of the Council and the speaker of the House are hereby authorized to employ such additional engrossing and enrolling clerks for both branches of the Legislature as are in their judgment deemed necessary for a proper fulfillment of the duties required of the committees of each House; and there is hereby appropriate ! out of any funds in the treasury a sum of money sufficient to cover the expenses of such additional service.

Approved, March 13, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR CLERKS AND OTHER SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.

CHAPTER 105.

AN ACT Compensating the Clerks and other Subordinate Officers of the Council and House of Representatives for extra Services.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota :

§ 1. EXTRA COMPENSATION.] That the chief clerks, assistant chief clerks and enrolling and engrossing clerks of the Council and House of Representatives and the sergeant-at-arms, assistant sergeant-at-arms and other subordinate officers, excepting pages, be paid the sum of $25 each for extra services rendered during the sixteenth session of the Legislative Assembly.

§ 2. WARRANT AUTHORIZED.] Upon the certificate of the pres ident of the Council and speaker of the House of Representatives,

duly attested by the chief clerks of their respective Houses, the territorial Auditor shall draw his warrant for the sum so named on the territorial Treasurer, whereupon the territorial Treasurer shall pay the same out of any moneys in the territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 3. APPROPRIATION.] There is hereby appropriated the sum of six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, out of any money in the territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval; Provided, That this act shall apply only to such officers as had taken the oath of office prior to March 5th. Approved, March 13, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR ENROLLING CLERKS.

CHAPTER 106.

AN ACT Providing for Compensation for V V. Barnes and Chas. Kichardson for Labor on Committees of Engrossment and Eurollment in House and Council respectively.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota :

1.

APPROPRIATION] There is hereby appropriated out of any money in territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated, fifty dollars each to V. V Barnes and Charles Richardson as compensation for labor performed on committee of engrossment and enrollment of their respective Houses.

Approved, March 13, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR EXTRA SERVICES OF CLERKS.

CHAPTER 107.

APPROPRIATION] WHEREAS, Under a joint resolution passed by the Council and House of Representatives on the 13th day of

March, 1885, known as House bill 426, there was appropriated $600 (six hundred dollars) for extra services by the clerks and other subordinate officers of the session; and

WHEREAS, There is a deficiency of $200 (two hundred dollars) existing for the purpose named in said bill, therefore be it

Resolved, By the Council, the House concurring, that there is hereby appropriated $200 (two hundred dollars) or as much thereof as is necessary to carry out the provisions of said act.

Approved, March 13, 1885.

APPROPRIATION FOR CLERK FOR COMMITTEE.

CHAPTER 108.

AN ACT Providing a Clerk for the Committee on Appropriations. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

§ 1. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY.] That the committee on appropriations of the house be authorized to employ a clerk for said committee during the remainder of the sixteenth session of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, to receive the same pay and be paid in the same manner as the clerk of the judiciary committee, whose duty in addition to that of clerk of said appropriation committee and when not so employed, shall be to assist other committees as clerk, under and by direction of the speaker of the house.

2. APPROPRIATION.] There is hereby appropriated from the territorial treasury such an amount as may be necessary to pay said clerk according to provisions of said act.

Approved, February 13, 1885.