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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0144 and id is 1 raw text is: SEc. 3. Be it fuirther enacted, That'the Governor
thoPsncdeto be and he is hereby authorized to allow double per
and Speakcr. diem to the President ofthe Senate, and to the Spea-
ker of the 1house of Representatives, accoiding to
the usage of all legislative bodies, for the present ses.
sion. To J. S. 1{otinson, Secretary of the Senate,
For takingcaro two hundred dollars for taking care of the furniture
of fornituro.etcand papers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
To S. S. Sibley, for copies of the Floridian furnished
the senate (luring this session, thirty dollars.
Contingent ox. SEc. 4. To contingent expenses incurred by the
ponsos. House of Representatives, the sum of four hundred
dollars, which the Governor is hereby requested to dis-
burse and pay. [Approved 2d March, 1840.
NO. 38.-An Act to incorporate the City of Tallahassec.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted b the Governor and Le.
gislative Council of the Territory of Florida, That
all the free white male inhabitants, over tie age of
twenty-one years, comprehended within Ve section
thirty-six, township one, range [one,] north of the
City limits, basis parallel, and west of the meridian, in the coun-
ty of Leon, and district of Middle Florida, and their
successors be, and remain a body, corporate, by the
name and style of the City of rTailahassee; and by
Incorporation, their corporate name may sue and be sued, implead
and be impleaded, and do all other acts as natural per-
sons, and may p)urchase and hold real, personal and
mixed property, and dispose of the same for the bene-
fit of the said city.
SEC. 2.1 Be it further enacted, That the govern-
City Council. ment of the said city, shall be vested in a City Coun-
cil, composed of an Intendant and eight Councilmen,
Qualifications each of whom shall have the qualification of being the
ror. proprietor of a lot; and shall have resided twelve months
within the limits aforesaid, in order to fill either of
said offices.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said City](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0144&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)