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Organic Acts for the Territories of the United States With Notes Thereon
Organic Acts for the Territories of the United States With Notes Thereon Author:United States General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Govt. Print. Off. Subjects: United States History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free... more » trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TERRITORY OF MISSOURI. Act of . hinc I. 1812; 2 Stats., 748. Statute I. Chap. XCV. -- Ah Act providing for the government of the territory of Mis- June 4,1812. 80uri- W robsolete.] Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Representatives Louisiana to i'c /.-, Tt i T cYi i fl it yv 777 called Missouri. the United, states oj America in Congress assembled, That the territory heretofore called Louisiana shall hereafter be called Missouri, and that the temporary government of the territory of Missouri shall be organized and administered in the manner herein after prescribed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the executive Governor -- ten- ii'i L i i i-n i ure of office, gen- power shall be vested in a governor, who shall reside in erai powers,« less