Chapter CXLI. *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.* June 20, 1864.1863, ch. 117
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Chap. CXLI.— An Act *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.* June 20, 1864.1863, ch. 117.Vol. xii. p. 808. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Governor may reapportion the Territory of Idaho for members of legislative assembly. That the governor of the Territory of Idaho be, and he is hereby, authorized to reapportion said territory for the election of members of the council and house of representatives of the legislative assembly: *Provided*, That said apportionment shall be based on an enumeration of the inhabitants and qualified votersTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 142, 143, 144. 1864.143 of the several counties and districts of the territory, to be taken by suchBasis of apportionment. persons and in such mode as the governor shall designate and appoint, and the persons so appointed shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid out of the territorial treasury: *Provided, further*, That this act shall not be construed to divest any member of the councilRights of members elect not impaired. elected at the first election in said territory, of any rights he may have acquired by virtue of said election, who was elected from any county or district within the present limits of the Territory of Idaho.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the annual election in said territory for the election of all officers provided for by the laws of said territory, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be held atTime of annual election in 1864. such places as is now provided by law, and such other places as the governor may direct on the second Monday of October. Approved, June 20, 1864.