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the property of nonresidents cannot be taxed higher than that of residents. All laws have to be submitted to, and if disapproved by the Congress of the United States, they become null and void: and laws incorporating banks do not take effect unless approved by Congress. The members of the Legislature receive three dollars per day when in session and three dollars for every twenty miles travel in going to and returning from Madison. They meet annually, on the first Monday in December, and their sessions are limited to seventy five days.

The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Courts, and justices of the Peace.

The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and two associate judges, appointed during good behavior, who hold a team annually at Madison the seat of Government on the 3d Monday in July. The salary of the judges is eighteen hundred dollars.

The District Court is held twice a year in each county, by one of the judges of the Supreme Court, at such times as is prescribed by law. The Territory is divided into three Judicial Districts. The First, Charles Dunn, District Judges consists of the counties of

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